N Scale Hi Rail - Retro Hollow Core Door Layout

[davefoxx]

Stay in your lane, handyman. That's a window casing anyway!

Haha!  I'll tell you what: I'll fix my post, if you fix your window casing. 

DFF

[wm3798]

Dammit.

[CRL]

Nice HO scale street lights! Yep… that’s definitely Retro. 

[OldEastRR]

Stay in your lane, handyman. That's a window casing anyway!

A nice drawing like a backdrop picture would go nice there -- have to custom draw the scene but it'd be easy and unmessy to install.

[wm3798]

Nice HO scale street lights! Yep… that’s definitely Retro. 

Yeah... I got one of them to mash down a little shorter, but apparently that was an anomaly from the manufacturer, I couldn't get the base to budge on any of the other ones.  Oh well!  As you said, another Retro Special Effect!

Lee

[CRL]

Yeah... I got one of them to mash down a little shorter, but apparently that was an anomaly from the manufacturer, I couldn't get the base to budge on any of the other ones.  Oh well!  As you said, another Retro Special Effect!

Lee

It’s not the height, it’s those massive globes that are no less than 2 N-scale feet wide. But, back then that’s what was sold as n-scale.

[nkalanaga]

Back then that was the smallest economically-practical light bulbs for 12-16 volts!

[wm3798]

It’s not the height, it’s those massive globes that are no less than 2 N-scale feet wide. But, back then that’s what was sold as n-scale.

If it's Uber proto accuracy your looking for, you're following the wrong layout build.  And when the lamps are on, they are glaring enough that it's hard to discern the geometry of the fixture.  Especially from my desk across the room.

Thanks as always for dropping by.

Lee

[CRL]

If it's Uber proto accuracy your looking for, you're following the wrong layout build.  And when the lamps are on, they are glaring enough that it's hard to discern the geometry of the fixture.  Especially from my desk across the room.

Thanks as always for dropping by.

Lee

Nope… I think you’ve nailed the Retro look you’re going for, but a little chain yanking is always fun because you’ve got a good sense of humor. I appreciate your layout because you’ve left some room for scenery and have avoided (or at least minimized) the Atlas Track Plan Book spaghetti bowl look.

[wm3798]

Did some house keeping today.  Mucked out the office, put away the roundhouse module, and finally made room for the Newport and Rock Falls where it can be more fully enjoyed.




It's right at home next to the Hi Rail layout.
And NO, there are no plans to connect the two.  The N&RF is and will always be portable, and I hope to bring it to N Scale Weekend in September.

Lee

[davefoxx]

Is that a north-facing window or will the N&RF take a beating from UV light?

DFF

[wm3798]

It's actually a southwest exposure, but we have gigantic maple trees in the front yard that shade the front of the house most of the summer.  Also, the window you see there is a Weather Shield with UV coatings and a good thermal break.  I'm sure it will be just fine.  I'm more concerned about Mr. Ollie using it as an observation platform for keeping an eye on the bird feeders.  Fortunately, he has three other windows to look out that don't involve sitting on line poles and 12v DC...

Lee

[muktown128]

When I hear UV coating, I think of a UV curable coating since I'm a paint chemist that has formulated UV curable coatings.  However, I'm assuming the UV coating you mention is actually a glass coating to filter/block out UV light that could damage items inside.

Hopefully your Weather Shield windows hold up better than the ones made back in the '90's.  Weather Shield and Marvin Windows had issues with rot back in the '90's.  The company I work for was involved in a couple of lawsuits with Weather Shield and Marvin Windows.  I was deposed for both lawsuits because I was involved with investigating the complaints and analyzing rotted windows.  We settled with Weather Shield and lost big time against Marvin.  I'll never buy Marvin Windows as a result of that lawsuit.

[wm3798]

These windows are circa 2015.  They were actually ordered by a client of mine for a design I did, and somewhere along the line he decided to change to double hung windows, so these came out and went to our local ReStore.  I recognized them, and made a ridiculously low offer to buy the lot of them (The client was my first since I had shuttered my design business after the crash of '08, and I did not charge anywhere near what I should have, so I didn't feel like anyone was getting cheated )  Anyway, they fit our house perfectly, with a couple of additional bits and pieces.  I'm pretty satisfied with them so far.
@Philip H can attest to their quality!  He helped put them in!

Lee

[Philip H]

They were heavy.