Weekend Photo Fun - November 19 through November 21, 2021

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Thanks for the opener, Kevin.

My condolences to Garry and all who knew and loved him. Of his work, I’m most impressed with his ability to blend in a backdrop, even from printed ones.

Nice pix and work, everyone, especially the tributes to Garry.

A couple of things to share just arrived. As discussed in the latest track cleaning thread…

I finally sprung for the CMX unit. Used it a little with one of that discussions suggestion, MEK. Too stinky and not great on the brain cells. (Yes, I ventillated the room) I’ll get some electronics contact cleaner as someone suggested. But I like what I’m seeing.

Arriving just this afternoon (Saturday), Another great score (to me), a Keystone 44 tonner on the 'bay.

Great mechanisms in these, except for those tubes used for connecting the shafts. NWSL u joints smooth these out silky smooth and quiet.

For the ultimate smooth ride, some home made flywheels and those u-joints as seen on a WIP shot of my first purchase of one of these.

The weekend’s not over. Keep 'em coming! Dan

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Stunning pictures by everyone (as usual).

A scene on my layot at Crown Point Yard.

Sometimes you see a picture differently in black and white.

Just a picture of a 45t crane perhaps?

Looking inside Taylors & Sons Transport… The building is low relief, the inside is on the backscene. The old, small single deck buses. Any large, modern ones would overpower the scene. A double deck bus would not be able to fit in.

J.H. Thompson Timber Merchants. Although it is nearly in the corner, workmen are busy. Are the getting some planks of wood down, or putting them up?

Beyond the timber merchants are some sheep and cattle. They are difficult to see, but they are there.

Yes a picture of a 45t crane in a little scene.

David

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OK, sounds like a good plan [:)]

A Pennsy J1 is resting between runs:

J1_Resting by Edmund, on Flickr

— and hard at work:

PRR_J-meets-Q by Edmund, on Flickr

Dan, maybe try some low-odor mineral spirits in your CMX. I’ve adopted this over the 99% isopropyl I used to use. Seems to work just fine.

Cheers, Ed

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Thanks for the start to WPF Kevin. I am sorry to hear Garry has passed away. He will be missed.Whenever I see a Burlington loco I think of Garry’s many fine photos.

Ed - That reefer looks to be a challenge. At least it would be for me.

Bear - More than fitting. It is a salute!

Davi - Love the photos. Your layout is another world to me. Fasinating!

Rick - Your soon-to-be workbench area looks remarkably like my work area and storage closet. The NYC freight looks good.

moelarrycurley - thanks for the picture of Garry and Kevin. I often wondered what the looked like.

Ed - A fitting tribute to BREAKIE. I do miss his commments and sometimes rough humor.

moelarrycurley - Some great photos from the past. The Burlington streamlinere is a favorite.

Simon - A good looking and unusual locomotive.

Mike - Thats a good looking scene IMO.

Mike L - Cool little strutures. I particularlly liked the horse drawn ore wagon and team. I wonder if they have and Amish buggy?

Kevin - Immortality for the SGRR.

HO-Velo - Thats a great looking tank car.

John-NYBW - You hit the mark!

Scott - Good job on the track cleaning car. You might try the lead weights for Pinewood Derby cars. They are available in nearly every hobby shop.

Dan - Pretty complex track cleaning car.

David - Great photo, B+W or color.

Ed - the J1 is impressive. Mine doesn’t look nearly as good.

A couple of photos of trains that are currently running on the layout as I type:

SF F3 #18 A/B at the head of a short passenger train of my grandson’s SF heavyweight cars.

NYC F7s #1821 and 1814 at the head of a mixed freight (night time).

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

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Oops. The picture didn’t post in my original reply.

Not as complex as the 44 tonners whose pix did make it! Ed, I’ll look for Low odor mineral spirits.

Nice additional pictures! I love the Pennsy look. Dan

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Great pictures, everyone!

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Allan,

Thanks. I’ll be building more and putting the three larger structures together as the downtown in Purgatory in the near future. Gotta build a small bump-out to provide enough room to look good.

Berkshire Valley Models does have a #2108 Buggy. It does have a top, no side curtains, though they could be added.

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This has been an amazing edition of Weekend Photo Fun!

Peter: That new Rapido tank car is gorgeous!

John: Garry had one of those rare layouts that had big enough scenes to take effective wide angle photographs. I only had that on my Dream House layout 30 years ago. He also had some amazing small scenes as well.

Scott: That gondola track cleaner looks a lot like the ones I built for my layout. Nice!

Dan: That 44 ton mechanism work looks fantastic. Does it run as smooth as one would expect from a Sagami powered diesel?

David: I love that crane.

Ed: The PENNSYLVANIA J series is an absolute beast! Great pictures.

Allan: Your track level shot of the SANTA FE passenger train sure looks good.

I am sure Garry’s legacy will live on for a long time in our hearts.

-Kevin

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It would run smooth with one more tweak. Those tubing shaft connectors cause a lot of vibration and limit truck rotation. Replacing them with NWSL u-joints 489-6 smooths them out. (I turned the flywheels myself, they don’t come stock in the kit) This locomotive was made by Keystone, but as it points out in their own instructions, they contracted out some components. One paragraph from the instruction sheet reads:

“Grandt Line designed and produced the gear box for us. It is made of delrin which is a strong, stable, self-lubricating plastic. Mated with the delrin gearboxes are brass gears, wheels, and axles produced for us by Northwest Short Line. Their expertise in this field has long been recognized. The fine etchings were done by Photo-Mill.”

I’ll add that the smooth shiny worm gears are steel. The mesh of the gears is so precise, if you use a thicker oil than Labelle 107, as they recommend, you can hear it slow it down. The fine brass etchings are the hoods, and walkway-frame, which thankfully comes assembled. There are little delrin axle clips that are broken about half the time, but the axles stay in anyway.