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Re: Weekend Update 6/26/11
« Reply #30 on: June 26, 2011, 09:35:19 PM »
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Got the frame built for my next module, a "companion" to my bridge that will feature Kankakee's ex-ICRR passenger station:



I've got a bit more work to do on the leg system, then I can start working on the top.
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Re: Weekend Update 6/26/11
« Reply #31 on: June 26, 2011, 09:36:17 PM »
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A treat I picked up while in Hershey from a friend...



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Re: Weekend Update 6/26/11
« Reply #32 on: June 26, 2011, 09:42:22 PM »
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Just need a few etched details to finish the model.




The Bachmann concrete mixer looks down right funny next to it.


I didn't like the way this one came together. The cab is at the right height but seems to sit way too high.




In other news, I was just listening to the song Tahitian Moon and decided to look up the lyrics but kept getting 404ed. Then I realized it must have been my work's internet software blocking the band name.
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Re: Weekend Update 6/26/11
« Reply #33 on: June 26, 2011, 10:19:55 PM »
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Quote from: wm3798 on June 26, 2011, 09:10:10 PM
Welcomed a few more traveling cars from around a$$hat land, including a couple collected at the Hershey convention...

Glad to see that Conrail 55 ran smoothly.  This WLRYWL "office car" excursion is the first time the model has operated.
 
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Re: Weekend Update 6/26/11
« Reply #34 on: June 26, 2011, 10:30:28 PM »
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We had a little issue with the trip pins, but once we ground them off with a belt sander, it ran fine!

DKS has compiled a video, which I expect we'll be seeing sometime in the near future...

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Re: Weekend Update 6/26/11
« Reply #35 on: June 27, 2011, 12:08:26 AM »
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Quote from: BCR 570 on June 26, 2011, 05:52:15 PM
In addition to becoming a Canadian citizen this week....

Reminds me ... I want to get mine back !
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Re: Weekend Update 6/26/11
« Reply #36 on: June 27, 2011, 12:47:57 AM »
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I took one of my Atlas SD35's and did some lighting FX. I added a rooftop beacon, separated the number boards from the headlights and put the number boards on their own lighting function apart from the headlights. I can now turn on the number boards all by themselves without the headlights being on, and have an operating rooftop beacon and normal operating headlights.

This is the second engine I've done. The first took over a week to complete. This one, only about 5 hours. They should start getting faster from here on out.

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Re: Weekend Update 6/26/11
« Reply #37 on: June 27, 2011, 03:08:24 AM »
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Quote from: skytop35 on June 26, 2011, 10:34:28 AM
A photo of the Varsity which ran between Madison and Chicago usually with hand me down Hiawatha coaches. Sometimes Union Pacific and even Southern Pacific coaches would show up on a quick turn to Madison!



that sort of photo should come with a NSFW warning! mag-freaking-ificent

I should edit up and say that after 6 months waiting for a spare day the exchange is coming together, spent the day in the shed giving myself a blackface from the spray paint but the legs look presentable, hopefully by the weekend I'll have the first rails down in over a year.
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Re: Weekend Update 6/26/11
« Reply #38 on: June 27, 2011, 08:55:32 AM »
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@ Daniel
That's one of the best looking n scale vehicles I've seen in a while.  Stop setting the bar so high, will ya?
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Re: Weekend Update 6/26/11
« Reply #39 on: June 27, 2011, 09:52:30 AM »
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Worked some more on scratchbuilding a truss bridge also getting ready to add a river, just deciding whether to use WS realistic water or Enviro-Tex the module for this scene is nearly complete just need to add some trestles and some scratchbuilt line poles, I got pictures but need to find the driver for my camera to get them onto my computer.
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Re: Weekend Update 6/26/11
« Reply #40 on: June 27, 2011, 10:08:47 AM »
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Quote from: Day One on June 27, 2011, 12:47:57 AM
I took one of my Atlas SD35's and did some lighting FX. I added a rooftop beacon, separated the number boards from the headlights and put the number boards on their own lighting function apart from the headlights. I can now turn on the number boards all by themselves without the headlights being on, and have an operating rooftop beacon and normal operating headlights.

This is the second engine I've done. The first took over a week to complete. This one, only about 5 hours. They should start getting faster from here on out.



Outstanding. What kind of bulb did you use for the beacon?
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Re: Weekend Update 6/26/11
« Reply #41 on: June 27, 2011, 10:21:59 AM »
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Day 1, I'm guessing that all this gadgetry was facilitated by using a high hood shell... Any chance a similar install can be done in a standard cab?  Also assuming micro surface mount LED's...  Got any shell-off views?  Or are you still working on the patent? 8)

And won't it be awesome when TCS or someone does a light board replacement that does all of this?
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Re: Weekend Update 6/26/11
« Reply #42 on: June 27, 2011, 10:30:45 AM »
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Quote from: wm3798 on June 27, 2011, 10:21:59 AM
And won't it be awesome when TCS or someone does a light board replacement that does all of this?

Yes, well we'll make your lower staging yard derailment proof before that happens.
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Re: Weekend Update 6/26/11
« Reply #43 on: June 27, 2011, 10:48:40 AM »
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Well I guess my car ran O.K.  You do realize that the car is older than Ed.
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Re: Weekend Update 6/26/11
« Reply #44 on: June 27, 2011, 10:56:06 AM »
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Yes it did, Bob.  And I treated you to some lo-pro wheels!  Thanks for joining the fun... :)

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