Weekend Update 11/27/16

[wcfn100]

On the industrial side of my door layout I had this spot planned out for a culvert.

Turned into this. The small pump house building is cut from Middlesex Mfg. walls.

I know I'm pissing into  the wind a little here, but I still think the intake side would be pretty mundane with most of the excitement hidden from view.  I'd just add a simple intake and put the piping on the other side of the building.



Jason

[Chris333]

I like that, even without the pipes on the other side. But that concrete piece is painted, weathered, Dullcoted, and glued on to the layout. 

[davefoxx]

The roof is finished, short of a coat of Dullcoat and weathering.



More on the Seaboard Central 2.0 thread in the Layout Engineering forum.

DFF

[MVW]

Capped off Thanksgiving weekend by gathering my three teens around the kitchen island for an hour of tree-making. A pleasant time was had by all.





Still have to fill in some bare spots, add some highlights and touch up the trunks, but this is a good start. And a hell of a lot quicker than doing it by myself.

The kids have enjoyed the bit of scenery work they've done. They don't know it yet, but over Christmas break they're gonna learn ops. 

Jim

[Mike C]

Rick, 15 years after you received your book, I received the third printing of the book, My is very worn and some of the pages are now missing to time. (Flip phone included for size reference)



Like you, I drooled over this book, but my favorite chapter is number 15, page 179. The story of the Bellefonte Central that served State College PA.


Sure the Mighty P company and the Central were in the book, but a little short line in central Pennsylvania. I've been fascinated by short lines ever since.

Thanks Rick for the walk down memory lane 

I also have a very battered copy of the third edition . I wore it out when I was a kid .LOL

[peteski]

Yeah, I didn't make a big deal of it on TRW but a few months ago I was diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia after having sudden onset of stabbing, electric shocks all over the left side of my face, through the jaw, the cheekbone, and behind the eye.  MRIs showed a compression of the 5th cranial nerve by a vein near my brain stem.  The surgery I had on Tuesday was called a microvascular decompression.

Ouch!  Wishing you a speedy recovery!

So I guess the micro-compression occurred when you were too intensely thinking about how to solve your micro-N-scale projects?    It is amazing what the modern medicine can accomplish nowadays.

[peteski]

On the industrial side of my door layout I had this spot planned out for a culvert.

And then I added some pipes on the side for interest.


Question: Should I keep the pipes or scrap?

The pipes look ok, but as others mentioned a simple intake opening with a grate is probably more realistic. What bugs me is that the corrugated-metal shack will be fully immersed in water. Would that happen in real life?

[Rich_S]

Survived brain surgery and am now doing the slow, painful recovery thing.  I have 14 staples in my scalp along with a patch of titanium mesh over a quarter-sized hole in my skull.

Dave, You and your family continue to be in my thoughts and prayers. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Are you allowed to work on the layout or are you on minimal activity until further notice? 

[Chris333]

So if I cut the arch from thin styrene I should be able to paint/weather it. Once happy cut the hole  and glue on. Put some rusty bars up behind it.


Don't know if I like my arch though. Might re-try with a wide oval instead of circle.

[Dave V]

Dave, You and your family continue to be in my thoughts and prayers. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Are you allowed to work on the layout or are you on minimal activity until further notice?

It will depend on how I feel.  For now I'm working hard on not throwing up what little I can eat.  You would not believe how much nausea comes along with a craniotomy.  I'm better today, though.

[peteski]

So if I cut the arch from thin styrene I should be able to paint/weather it. Once happy cut the hole  and glue on. Put some rusty bars up behind it.

Don't know if I like my arch though. Might re-try with a wide oval instead of circle.

I think that what Jason Photoshopped onto your photo looks great. I agree that oval would be better (or part of a much larger diameter circle).

[wazzou]

@Chris333
My thought is to have a 24-30" diameter pipe come somewhere out of the middle course of concrete, beneath the structure.
I'd have it come straight out and then descend at a 45-60 degree angle into the drink.  Bing, bang boom.

[wcfn100]

So if I cut the arch from thin styrene I should be able to paint/weather it. Once happy cut the hole  and glue on. Put some rusty bars up behind it.


Don't know if I like my arch though. Might re-try with a wide oval instead of circle.

The arch is just an example, you could do a lot of different things.  Here's another type that could just be added to what's there.




Jason

[craigolio1]

Great Weekend Update! Lots 'a good modeling going on!

With more goofs and setbacks I would care to mention (I seem to be becoming all thumbs lately ), I managed to get my "phase I" GP60 kitbash into fresh paint and decals....





...trying to beat the FVM release, as I probably wouldn't otherwise  finish it once they come out.

That loco looks awesome. 

Craig

[craigolio1]

I managed to get another decoder installed as well as a pilot conversion on this older Atlas/Kato RS3 for @Blazeman . 

   20161127_145916 by Adam Henry, on Flickr

I also managed to get a decoder in this SD40-2, after again snapping a piece off the frame where the board picks up power.  Have to quit doing that 

20161127_162535 by Adam Henry, on Flickr

What can you do to repair frames? I bought same Atlas frames to modify for 4 Briggs Models m420. The fuel tanks need to be shortened after trying unsuccessfully on two pairs I gave up and decided just to paint the exposed frame portions black. It'll be like Kabuki!  The modifications leave so little frame material left near the motor that they get brittle. But if they can be repaired I'm interested to know how.

Thanks.

Craig