Weekend Photo Fun August 17 - 19 2018

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Weekend Photo Fun

AUGUST 17 - 19, 2018

All Are Welcome!

Here is an opportunity to showcase any recent project or layout progress or to simply post a photo or two of your favorite railroad-related subject.

Please feel free to post any model railroad related photos here — past or present. This is a place to share photos of your layout, equipment or current project.

WOW! I get to start Weekend Photo Fun! What an honor! What a responsibility! I am going to begin with a picture of a Model Railroader 50th anniversary boxcat that I completed this week. I have been on a building spree of old Athearn Blue Box kits lately. I have plenty of them accumulated, and they are making for a nice change of pace for a while. I can get them done even while I am traveling for work. I have owned this car since I was in High School and it was brand new. I guess the time finally came to assemble it.

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Thanks for opening up Kevin, I remember that car, since I started on being more prototypically correct on my modeling I have sort of stopped collection cars like that one, although I have a few NMRA convention cars from conventions I attended.

Nothing new for a while so its time for an old picture which will be the staple for a month or so.

DT&I GP38-2’s working the Delta Turn with auto parts from various Ford parts plants to be attached to the N&W’s Ford Fast Train to Kansas City, KS and Milpitas, CA. #1776 was the only builder painted Bi-Centennial unit, the rest were done by railroad forces.

Thanks for looking,

Rick Jesionowski

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Thanks Rick. This is the first time I opened WPF, and I want to do it right. I pretty much just copied and pasted a previous WPF to get it going.

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I bought quite a few convention cars, commemorative cars, and NMRA heritage/living legends cars, but up until last month I never assembled any of them.

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I do not know what came over me, but for some reason I have really enjoyed the refreshment of doing something simple and basic. Since they are commemorative cars I feel no obligation to make any improvements on the appearance.

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These have been pure relaxation.

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-Kevin

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Kevin … Thanks for starting Weekend Photo Fun . Like Rick, I racal the MR 50th Anniversary boxcar.

Rick … I like that photo.

Below is a very nice gift I received this week. It is a GP40 lettered for Paducah and Louisville Railway ( Salute to Veterans ) . It is an Atlas Master Line model. It has some details for me to add myself which I have not yet done. It runs very nicely and sounds real right out of the box.

The boxcar (partly visible in photo ) is another wesetern Kentucky railroad (Cadiz Railroad )

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Hey Garry, that GP40 looks pretty sharp and whoever gave it to you gets a [Y], I like it!

Terry

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Kevin - Thanks for starting off WPF. I too remember the MRR 50th.

Rick - Good looking train. Love the Bi-Centennial unit.

Garry - Thats a great looking GP40. I like the color. Something different.

Its been a busy couple of weeks around here. Nothing new on or for the railroad so here is an oldie but goody:

Black River Valley Railroad F-7 #1116 rounds the Pasture Curve at the west end of the layout with a short local freight in tow. It is the only locomotive on the layout in house (BRVRR) colors.

Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.

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Some interesting models here so far.

Here’s what I’ve got on my workbench at the moment. It’s an On30 model built on the chassis of a HO Roundhouse 2-8-0. Currently, it’s awaiting some 3D printed parts from Shapeways, including a smokebox front:

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Hello all. I’ve (finally) been focussing on my benchwork these last few weeks. I opted for a structure based on 1X4s - probably an overkill but it can be bought cheap here in Canada, and I really like its sturdiness.

But I’m not sure that shot qualifies as “really good stuff” (dixit Bear), so I’m adding this picture taken at our club.

Have a great weekend.

Simon

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Thanks for opening WPF, Kevin. Fine job indeed!

That M-R box car brings back some memories.

The Delta Turn is looking sharp, Rick. Same with your GP40 Garry. I like that paint scheme.

Great photo, Allan. Amazing work with the styrene scratchbuild, TBDanny!

The Royal Hudson looks sweet as does your nice benchwork, SNJRoy.

I’ve had this B&O Q-4b in the box for at least two years (maybe three?) and it was finally time to get down to business and install a sound decoder and get a coat of paint on her.

Q3_decoder by Edmund, on Flickr

Q3_prep1 by Edmund, on Flickr

Here’s all the pieces laid out after washing. One of the stumbling blocks was how to fit a decoder and speaker into a sealed-shut Vanderbilt tender.

Q3_decoder0 by Edmund, on Flickr

I chopped out the slope sheet of the tender so the decoder and keep-alive can be stuffed into the tank and I made a speaker enclosure to fit in the coal bin.

Q3_paint by Edmund, on Flickr

After paint but before baking. For some reason the paint looks orange-peeled here but it is actually pretty smooth (Scalecoat I).

And, finally, the roundhouse is

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Ed, is that the original Westside Q4b, or some later model. I have the orginal and the motor is so small I am worried about it overheating, yours looks a lot bigger than the one I have.

Gary, I like that engine, very nice indeed.

Great photo, Allan, your private road scheme is very eye catching

TBDanny, Super work with the styrene scratchbuild can’t wait to see the finished product.

SNJRoy, did not need to see the Royal Hudson, you benchwork was inspiring enough.

Rick Jesionowski

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Greetings -

With some subtle prodding from Ed, I’m going to post for the first time in WPF.

I picked up one of my dream locomotives last weekend off eBay: A NYC H-10a 2-8-2 Heavy Mike (OMI). It arrived on Wednesday and she’s a beaut and essentially mint.

I’ll eventually get around to painting & detailing her. In the meantime I’ll give the gears a good cleaning & re-lubing.

And, even though the H-10 has never been out of the box in 30 years, she’s already a smooth runner. So, breaking her in should only improve things. Needless to say, I’m pretty happy with the purchase.

Below is also a photo of a project I’m currently working on: Detailing and painting an undecorated Kato NW2 switcher for the NYC (ca. '46):

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Kevin, Good start, everyone seems to do it a little different. That boxcar is a blast from the past!

Rick, The DTI had one of the better looking 200th schemes IMO.

GARRY, That’s a change of pace, as the Beartoon reminded me, but an eye-catching scheme.

Allan, Hey, paint costs money and your management says don’t paint it if it’s not rusting. Works for me. [swg]

tbdanny, I’m already liking that loco a lot.

Simon, This is one of my most favorite parts of building a layout. Getting some benchwork wrapped up in my garage, where Thomas, one of our new members, is learning about how to do that, along with the basic shop practices to safely cut and build. Here’s a pic after things got painted last week.

Ed, You make that look easy, but I know what it’s like to take the can opener to your brass. Not for the faint of heart, but the new tech combined with the brass is just much of a treat to pass up on.

Bear!, [(-D][swg][(-D]

Tom, Nice loco! Drop by more often!

Now for my big contribution, an experimental video shot with the Zhiyun gizmo. I fiogured if it worked for real trains, why not 1:87? I’m still climbing the steep slope of the leraning curve on this thing, but it works pretty well indoors with my iP6 mounted on it.

DualGaugeCountry from Mike Lehman on Vimeo.

I may have another I’ll add later.

A-ha, here’s the first in a multi-part tour of the layout.

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It is the one that was boxed with the extra water can, Rick. Like this one:

https://brasstrains.com/classic/Product/Detail/062586/HO-Brass-Model-Train-WMC-Westside-Models-B-O-Baltimore-Ohio-2-8-2-Q-4b-Auxiliary-Tender

The can motor IS small and does run pretty hot. I initially ran it on a set of rollers and the current draw was about 480 mA at 5.5V and the motor was 120°! [}:)]

I played around with the gear case and did a little lube work and now at 5.5V I have 280 mA and 102°. Still, I see a motor replacement in its future. The one in there is .630 dia. and there’s .925 width in the firebox. The reality is that without some extensive drive line work this locomotive is destined to be pretty lame in the running-quality department. The #2 and #3 drivers are crooked on the axles and the driving boxes are pretty sloppy, too.

[edit] I just scrounged around my can-motor stock and found a (nearly) perfect replacement. 16mm wide, 21mm dia. and 30mm long and at 5 volts I can not stop the shaft with my fingers. Before I go any further I’m going ahead with the motor replacement [Y] 620 mA stalled at 12 V.

Glad you stopped in, Tom. Your H-10 Mikado is a real gem, indeed! The fan blades make a real difference in the appearance of the NW-2 also.

Mike, The Zhiyun Gizmo sounds like a name for some piece of hi-tech surgical equipment [:O] I can just hear the surgeon "Yep, almost lost him — had to go in with the Zhiyun Gizmo and make some quick repairs

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Thunderstorm over Talheim

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Bear… That’s hillarious ! [swg]… I suppose I can justify it because, the CB&Q owned the bridge into Paducah, KY from Metropolis, IL over the Ohio River. However, dates are not right. CB&Q became a fallen flag merging into BN long before Illinois Central RR sold the line to Louisville to a new short line called Paducah & Louisville Ry. (reporting mark is PAL ) . BNSF now owns the bridge… Thank you for your humor.

Terry Penn Central … Thanks for commenting.

Allan … Thanks for remark about my GP40. Your F7 and grain elevator are very nice.

TB Danny … Looks like a fun project.

Simon… The benchwork looks good and the CP 4-6-4 is beautiful.

Ed … Thanks for cocmmenting about my PAL GP40. Your B&O Q-4b appears to be a fun project. … Your lighted roundhouse is fantastic !

Tom … Glad to see you posting in WPF ! … Your H-10a is impressive. The NW2 looks like a great model.

Mike L … Thank you for commenting about my new loco. The benchwork looks very solid. I enjoyed your videos.

Rick … Thanks for your comment.

Ulrich … I like the passenger train. … The thunderstorm is amazing !

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Kevin, Thanks for the WPF start-up, your pic reminds me of my first Athearn blue box kit purchased at the local hobby shop back in 82’, the shop is long gone, but still have the boxcar.

Tom, Ohh, I like your Kato NW2 grill.

Ulrich, Nicely crafted scene and models. The Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society’s layout openhouse had thunderstorms, complete with a spritzing of real H2O from above the viewing aisle, always caused quite a stir.

RIP track ready for business, but needs a few wheelsets.

Thanks to all the contributors, wishing everyone a good weekend, regards, Peter

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Yup Ed that is the same one I have, did you manage to get

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My last project, a Sylvan Scale Models CNR Wood Caboose.

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Gidday All, thanks for starting us off Kevin, see it didn’t hurt at all!![swg]

**Rick,**not only because of your club, but the Strongsville Historical Village looks well worth a visit.

Glad you got a smile Garry, I did check the “Burlington Route” Map to see if the Paducah & Louisville RR ran on it’s former trackage. As a general comment, I am more than a little surprised how private companies are prepared to spend to commemorate those who have served.

I enjoy seeing action on the BRVRR, Allan.

tbdanny, I like seeing your