Weekend Update 6/16/24

[Lemosteam]

Those are what I have in mind. I'm goin to weather the lamps a bit, see if I can improve them, but I'll probably just get the Just Lite it lamps.

@dangerboy81 , There are other, much finer versions of goosenecks to purchase out there with surgical pipe and formed shades and escutcheons. The wires are red and gold (negative) and each comes with a 1K resistor. They can be soldered to the WS connectors sold separately (which I dislike for size).

Search eBay for this item number 163963594897.

They have many other lighted products, but this is their finest IMHO. I tried to make my own and could not come close, by a longshot. You won’t beiieve how impressive they are until you have one in your hands.



Lit:

[Bill H]

@dangerboy81 ,
Search eBay for this item number 163963594897.

Hi John;
Searched the Bay for that item number, nothing comes up. Can you suggest another search?
Kind regards,
Bill

[sschnabl]

Bill,

Try this:  https://www.ebay.com/itm/163963594897


Scott

[dangerboy81]

@dangerboy81 , There are other, much finer versions of goosenecks to purchase out there with surgical pipe and formed shades and escutcheons. The wires are red and gold (negative) and each comes with a 1K resistor. They can be soldered to the WS connectors sold separately (which I dislike for size).

Search eBay for this item number 163963594897.

They have many other lighted products, but this is their finest IMHO. I tried to make my own and could not come close, by a longshot. You won’t beiieve how impressive they are until you have one in your hands.



Lit:

That is much nicer, but I have already installed the Woodland Scenics lights on the model. I'll post in this weekends update, and save the link for those lights!

[OldEastRR]

I also repainted all of the Monroe Models junk pile castings with thinned Testors rust as they were very lightly painted.

I don't want to rain on your junkpile, but are you going to vary the color of the various junk pieces? The header photograph for this WU is a pretty good example of the very varied shades of rust that iron can have. Also, even junked cars retain some or most of their paint color, unless they've been abandoned for decades in the woods.

[peteski]

I don't want to rain on your junkpile, but are you going to vary the color of the various junk pieces? The header photograph for this WU is a pretty good example of the very varied shades of rust that iron can have. Also, even junked cars retain some or most of their paint color, unless they've been abandoned for decades in the woods.

I was thinking the same thing @Lemosteam . Just a little color variation (and maybe some dark wash to better show the "texture" of the pile would go a long way.

[Dwight in Toronto]

Peteski - is that pic of the Ontario Northland gondola “for real”, or is it a model? 

I’ve zoomed in, and out, and in, and just can’t tell for sure. 

If that’s N scale, then it’s undoubtedly the most realistic model photo that I have ever seen!

[Lemosteam]

I was thinking the same thing @Lemosteam . Just a little color variation (and maybe some dark wash to better show the "texture" of the pile would go a long way.

Just redoing the base coat.

[EJN]

...is that pic of the Ontario Northland gondola “for real”, or is it a model? 

I’ve zoomed in, and out, and in, and just can’t tell for sure. 

I say real, look at the coupler

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[dem34]

The real key to scrap loads is getting small enough pieces to blend the bigger chunks cohesively in a way that represents that they are tossed in and will settle into the smaller detritus a bit.  As well as avoiding obvious model railroad components in the mix unless you are being deliberately tongue and cheek abt it.

[mu26aeh]

Got the whole YorkRail family together in Lincoln Yard

[peteski]

I say real, look at the coupler

Yes, a 1:1 (real) gondola. But with the new scale couplers coming soon, it will get more  difficult to tell real  and N  scale. 

[nkalanaga]

And, at least in photos, it's already difficult in HO and larger scales.  Exact-scale dummy couplers can easily be installed there for photos, and, at least in O, they have exact-scale operating couplers.