Gidday All, Happiness is getting some work done on a model railroad project.[:D]
Having made the wheel last weekend, I thought it needed a wheel house.
Looking forward to the really Good Stuff,
Have a Great one ffolkes,
Cheers, the Bear.[:)]
Bear!
That is going to be spectacular! Actually, it already is! Glad you were able to get some modelling time in.
I have made a little progress on my rail truck. Its actually been sitting for a while but over the past couple of nights I have managed to add some grab irons and running boards. I also took about a 1/2 inch off the back of the box so it doesn’t look like its going to fall on its bum anymore. Here is the first incarnation of the box:
Here is the revised version:
The odd shaped grabs are copied from Rio Grande’s Goose #2 as are the running boards with the curved support bars. Making those reminded me of just how shakey my hands are getting[:(!][(-D] I realized today that the prototype #2 had a gravity feed fuel tank. OH well, I had already epoxied the twin tanks to the frame so they are there to stay. We’ll just have to call it updated technology.
I really hope that Loksound comes out with their promised Galloping Goose sound decoder sometime soon.
Looking forward to seeing what everybody has to show this weekend.
Dave
ive been ballasting and zip texturing my mine interchange tracks, going to add a layer of black for the leaky hoppers.
jabear: your model is looking awsome.
hon30critter: the railcar is coming along nice. cant wait to see the progress on that one.
later
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I did several projects this week, and here ys the first. Former rdg hopper from bowser redone into another Wheeling hopper.
Nice pictures so far. Here’s an older one from me.
Thanks for starting things off again this weekend Bear. Your ferry is going to be spectacular. Thanks for sharing the process, it has been inspiring.
I’ve been toying with the idea of an abandoned scale house near the grain elevator. Had to shrink it some because of space limitations. Here is the second or third iteration. Still working out the scale house location and additional landscaping.
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.
Bear… Your carferry model looks outstanding.
Dave … I like your “goose”.
ggooler … your balast job looks very good.
Jimmy … You did a great job applying decals on the W&LE hopper.
Corey … I like the C&NW F3’s.
Allan … That’s a very nice scale house.
Below is my C&S 700D. It is an F9Am. The origanal 700D was an F7A demoplished in a head-on collision, and the F9Am was manufactured by EMD with parts salvaged from the F7.
Nice job on the F9, Garry. An RS3 leads a short freight across Hammer Creek.
Wow, great stuff everyone. I got my track laid but I would not consider my trackwork “really good stuff” so instead I’ll post this. The kids are excited to finally be able to run trains again. The bedtime routine now consists of bath, jammies, teeth, and a short ops session from his signal tower perch.
Bear,
The ferry is starting to look very shipshape[wow]
And nice work on that modification, Dave, that really helps the proportions[tup]
And a bunch more great work here, too.
The B&B gang has been busy up at Crater Lake, so let’s hop on the local and go see…
Passing Summit.
Arriving at the new station in Crater Lake.
Across from the station, a new water tank rises up, although it’s still waiting on its spout and some other details. Oh yeah, and a foundation.
And if anyone has been wondering how all those planes stay in the air over the layout, despite the apparent lack of an airport, now there’s proof of what’s going on…
Some really great pictures here already today.
My big layout is all torn down now and the renovation has started on the building. So, it’s lots of bench projects and tinkering on modules for a few months. I have finished the first of a series of projects that I am calling “Locomotives the Bangor & Aroostook never had”. I have several pieces of power that I just like but, the BAR never ran that I am going to put into livery as if they had.
Here is an overview of the modules that I am building to keep me busy until the layout building is renovated.
Off to a great start this week.
Bear, your car float looks awesome.
Dave, your rail truck is turning out nicely.
Ggoogler, you’re making great progress.
Jimmy, Your hopper is turning out great.
Corey, Cool shot.
Allan, I like the abandoned scale house.
Garry, Nice F Units.
Grampy, Nice Shot.
Carnegie, Your layout is off to a great start and by the look of things, so are your kids.
Mike, Awesome narrow gauge stuff as always.
Hobbez, cool switcher.
Last week, I had the guys over to run trains. It wasn’t a true operating session but it was fun despite Murphy and his stupid law showing up. Ihad a lot of forign power on the layout.
A friend’s Southern GP18:
And another friends Conrail Dash 8:
My ACL Fts:
LIRR C420 and N&W 611 in the Altoona Staging Yard:
Congratulation Bear for the ferry.
Nice work for this WPF from everybody; I like the goose but also all these ongoing projects.
Just to show you two more pieces of my high lift coal dumper puzzle in Nscale
These are the twins bracket which hold the pulleys assembly on the pan.
The small cabin which I still need to build is just underneath.
I build the twins last sunday, they were quiet difficult to accomplish and I adjusted them in the week.
I put a shot of the plan for reference.
I’ve started working on some interior details for the barbershop on my 1/24th scale In-ko-pah Railroad, beginning with a scratchbuilt barber’s chair:
Inspiring photos from everyone as usual. Thanks, Bear, for coordinating this fun weekly event. Hope everyone enjoys the weekend.
Here is some roadwork occurring this week on the modest size layout.
Just a little off the top please & thank you.[bow]
Bear, Thanks. Good to see you back at it and smiling, lookin’ good!
Marc Magnus, That is an impressive scratch build you’ve got going on.
Thanks to all, regards, Peter
A bird eye view of the club layout. Photos taken by a member.
The paper mill.
The farm area.
Vrac facilities.
Work is progressnig on teh Porland area on the Boothbay Railway Village layout. A pier in the foreground, Commercial St buildings and street running tracks in the middle and the roundhouse on the background
Nothing new here…eccept for the new power drill.
I had seen this on Facebook and decided to get one…put it together last night…runs on 2 AA batteries and does a better job at drilling multiple small holes then what a Dremel can do.
