Weekend Update 1/28/24

[MK]

Get the heck out of town on the fastest train available!   



(Amherst Model Railroad Show 2024)

(Edit: Combined T-Trak layout in the Young building.)

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I'm brining my TTRAK army to a show next weekend, so I'm doing some freshening and cleanup.

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Annoyingly, that involved a LOT of cable management. I decided to use tape.

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[Jesse6669]

Mostly worked on the WP&Y cleaning track to get all the accumulated scenic cement, paint and oxidation off of it.  I use a thin wipe of Sanchem No-Ox as the final step, which seems to help this TGauge track maintain its conductivity a bit.  Since all the DL535's are down for the count (temporarily) and new prints in process, I ran test trains of CN FP9s. 

I also added a few details, the oil bunker at the Fraser water tank,


For reference, here's the prototype:
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and Bullwinkle.

[dandopinski]

Next up for the M420s: Handrails, windows and other details.

[Mike Madonna]

Decided to add more details to my ATSF madame queen and 3800 class 2-10-2 drawings like adding the piping for the sanders. It really completes the models and i can save the STL files as final models.

Drasko

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Adam,
Those small details make a big difference! The random "lines/marks" on the boiler of the 2-10-2, are they visible once painted?

[NtheBasement]

Added SMD LED footlights .... Anyway, these are so much easier to use that I recommend them highly. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MWGL85B 

Update: the lights did not work when I turned them on today.  The LEDs are fried.  All I can think of is a voltage spike from the wall wart when I turned on the power strip that it is plugged into.

I am proceeding with the same lights, this time with an LED controller/distribution board that I ordered a ways back: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RXQZJB3

[draskouasshat]

Adam,
Those small details make a big difference! The random "lines/marks" on the boiler of the 2-10-2, are they visible once painted?

Nope, they go away with a coat of paint!

[Mike Madonna]

Adam,

IIRC, you did a print of an SP AC-1/2/3 2-8-8-2 class Cab Ahead recently, correct?

[draskouasshat]

Adam,

IIRC, you did a print of an SP AC-1/2/3 2-8-8-2 class Cab Ahead recently, correct?

yes but its far from complete.

[JMaurer1]

^^^^^     Need to see pictures!

[PRSL66]

Thanks for the kind words Rick.

[chuck geiger]

Working on Pine Lumber siding.