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Re: HOn30 questions - and perhaps a layout build?
« Reply #45 on: August 01, 2023, 04:39:41 PM »
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Grizzly Flats in On30 scale down for some ideas:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1298313333626237&type=3
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Re: HOn30 questions - and perhaps a layout build?
« Reply #46 on: August 01, 2023, 05:36:43 PM »
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Hey, @Chris333 , what material did you use for your free-standing backdrops?
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Re: HOn30 questions - and perhaps a layout build?
« Reply #47 on: August 01, 2023, 05:55:02 PM »
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On the tiny layout it is just a sheet of matboard after I gave it an S curve. This has Trackside Scenery backdrops glues to it. The bigger layout it is 1/8"hard board with paint.
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Re: HOn30 questions - and perhaps a layout build?
« Reply #48 on: August 01, 2023, 06:55:11 PM »
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Quote from: Chris333 on August 01, 2023, 05:55:02 PM
On the tiny layout it is just a sheet of matboard after I gave it an S curve. This has Trackside Scenery backdrops glues to it. The bigger layout it is 1/8"hard board with paint.

Matboard? Is that the common name? Just wondering what specifically to search for.
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Re: HOn30 questions - and perhaps a layout build?
« Reply #49 on: August 01, 2023, 10:18:09 PM »
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Ordered some of the Marsh Creek cars from Mount Blue Model Co.

They're 20 feet, so not only great for the cartoonishly tight curves I plan, but won't overpower the Minitrains stuff I've already ordered.

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I still need to come up with a name for this thing!
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Re: HOn30 questions - and perhaps a layout build?
« Reply #50 on: August 02, 2023, 04:08:00 AM »
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Matboard is that stuff up put around the border of photos when you frame them. They sell it in whole sheets. Think maybe it's call Strathmore, Idunno. It is about 1/16" thick.
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Re: HOn30 questions - and perhaps a layout build?
« Reply #51 on: August 02, 2023, 08:51:28 PM »
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They're here!

Need to fix the cab of the Porter and the tender of the 0-4-0, but this is the stuff right out of the box:












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Re: HOn30 questions - and perhaps a layout build?
« Reply #52 on: August 02, 2023, 08:52:59 PM »
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Just swap out the buildings  ;)
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Re: HOn30 questions - and perhaps a layout build?
« Reply #53 on: August 03, 2023, 09:35:17 AM »
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Quote from: Chris333 on August 02, 2023, 08:52:59 PM
Just swap out the buildings  ;)

Almost! They clear the Woodland Scenics tunnel portals, but the whistle on the F&C engine doesn't clear the blasted rock tunnel portal.  :facepalm:

Also, I ordered an 8-wheel tender on Shapeways for the 0-4-0, but what can be done about that tippy tender in the meantime? I see what it tilts and lurches...the four-wheel truck is actually on a swivel, presumably to allow for tighter radius curves than I plan to use. Can I tighten it up without causing derailments? I mean...I could always just try it, LOL.

The mail car came with a broken (missing) smoke jack. Will probably swap it out for another from The Original Whistle Stop. Maybe the smoke jack is in Puerto Rico...
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Re: HOn30 questions - and perhaps a layout build?
« Reply #54 on: August 03, 2023, 02:01:33 PM »
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Sketching out plans… it’s pretty clear I’m thinking too “traditionally.” Most of the structures on this plan represent structures I have or plan to build and are true to scale. The curve radii and track centers are also true. 10 small d quarts per foot.

It’s looking too crowded.

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Re: HOn30 questions - and perhaps a layout build?
« Reply #55 on: August 03, 2023, 02:01:57 PM »
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Quote from: Dave V on August 03, 2023, 09:35:17 AM
The mail car came with a broken (missing) smoke jack. Will probably swap it out for another from The Original Whistle Stop. Maybe the smoke jack is in Puerto Rico...

Or Vegas. Or Salt Lake City. 🤣

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Re: HOn30 questions - and perhaps a layout build?
« Reply #56 on: August 03, 2023, 03:56:37 PM »
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It looks busy as a whole, but not like this:



About the tender Idunno I never used one. I had like 3-4 of them I gave away. But if the screw is loose you should be OK to tighten. Or better yet get a Kato passenger truck and stick it under there with the pick-ups wired to the motor.
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Re: HOn30 questions - and perhaps a layout build?
« Reply #57 on: August 03, 2023, 04:02:03 PM »
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Possibly put the siding on the other side of the freight house and slide the road closer. Trucks or wagons would be loading off the road side.


Oh yeah get some Cripplebush rubber rocks!
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Re: HOn30 questions - and perhaps a layout build?
« Reply #58 on: August 03, 2023, 04:30:07 PM »
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Quote from: Chris333 on August 03, 2023, 04:02:03 PM
Possibly put the siding on the other side of the freight house and slide the road closer. Trucks or wagons would be loading off the road side.


Oh yeah get some Cripplebush rubber rocks!

Yes!!!!
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Re: HOn30 questions - and perhaps a layout build?
« Reply #59 on: August 03, 2023, 06:39:46 PM »
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