Weekend Update 8/12/12

[up1950s]

 
UP 819 progress
 

 

[dougnelson]

Fresh out of the Juniata paint shop and in time to head to the N Scale Weekend in Bedford PA in a couple of weeks.

[Dave V]

Played with my new camera (Nikon D5100 DSLR)...

[BCRail_FSJ]

More progress on the BC Rail CRS-20s.   607 and 611 got their noses chopped.

[superturbine]

Arch enemy to UP's and my beloved FEF.....   Northern Pacific A4

[atsf_arizona]

Great shots already, everyone.

On all three N scale U30CG's, added the Gold Medal Models stirrups, painted handrails, body-mounted the couplers:





Macro photo shows small imperfections in the application of the numberboards, in real life, looks better and I can't see those imperfections.



Rear of the locos:





Finally, the weathering.





I used this unusual 'helicopter' angle for these shots, because while this angle is unusual in real life rail-fanning,
IMHO this angle is actually the common normal angle in viewing a N scale model.  Hence, the roof weathering is
disproportionately important in terms of giving a good impression. 

Now I can move to Sarasota, Florida in peace and pack my modeling tools.

Have a good weekend, all!

[bc6]

Below is my partial attempt to install Gold Medal industrial railings on a pvc end cap got one set of railings to go. I instaled a MRC sound decoder in ol # 77 wasnt too impressed by it bummer.

[Guilford Guy]

Awesome work so far! I'm especially liking those alcos. I'm assuming you'll be filling in those gaping holes in the pilot?

I've been doing a bit more trackwork and painting/scratchbuilding. Hopefully by the end of the weekend I'll be able to share a shot of the finished yard trackage.

Milk train


Town A yard

[Lemosteam]

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Dougnelson, that is one really nice paint job and those fleischmann driver spokes look really sharp!  Awesome.

[ljudice]

Operation of some sort!!!  Tour begins of the hidden back wall, which has room for staging tracks to be added.  Total mainline run is 5:30 minutes - and downhill is too fast, so I am very, very happy with the length I have achieved here.  Passing sidings are 10 feet long.  Grades are 2%.  There are a lot of reverse curves, typical of river hugging, mountain clinging lines.  There will be a lot of tunnels and snowsheds (rocksheds)

OERN is the Oregon Eastern Railway & Navigation, a revived idea of mine from several years ago. Modern name is the UP McKenzie River Subdivision. The idea is that SP built the OE across the Cascades through Bend to Idaho (part of the original plan).  The line was not used much outside of the war years, but became a major rebuild project when UP bought SP.  Concrete ties,  stack train clearances, etc....   The large town is McKenzie Falls - a mix of Dunsmuir, Oak Ridge and Truckee.  A former helper base, now a MOW base.  Turntable for turning those snow plows....  The only large industry will be a huge fiberboard plant in McKenzie Falls. Woodchips in, boxcars out.

Possibly looking at the industry owning a shortline with a dinner train or something.  McKenzie Falls and the other hamlets will be former logging/mill towns now serving the tourist trade....  Need some Starbucks and Patagonia shops!

[chuck geiger]

Headed to Anchorage in the morning to take some shots of the APU Spur for a track
plan DKS is working on for me. Dave, time for some grade crossings to replace
those rerailers. Shots look great. Can't wait for your publication.

[jsoflo]

Still slogging away at the intermodal yard. Got some more backdrop on, still need to "make it snow" on the south module and add the lights to the light poles but its taking shape:

[Dave V]

Thanks, I know...  I've had a lot of commentary lately on them.  I laid them in 2006 when the layout was meant to do the train show circuit.  Code 80 in general looks bad in close-ups but the re-railers look ridiculous.

For GMR 2014 I'm just going to have to avoid shooting them straight-on.  I don't expect to have the time or resources to rip out the 80 and replace with 55, which is what I really need to do, before I will owe pictures to Kalmbach.

It's not real likely I'll have those re-railers out of there in the next 12 months.

[chuck geiger]

Being a fan of your layout and work, I have an idea you could do. Cut the rerailers out
and replace with C-80 flex. If the work area is tight, build the entire grade crossing out
of C-80 on the bench on thin styrene and affix to the scene. Less disruption of the
buildings and other track. Use Blair Line or BLMA crossing or for all of us budget
conscious modelers, use a pour of Durhams Water Putty, plaster or joint compound
on the bench and shape the crossing to the side of the streets. Then apply the
entire prepared crossing to the area. Cut the rails to accept the new track and
slide joiners in. I've done it before, where the joiners slide way back, match the
rails and push the joiners to the center of the rail joints. All this coming from an'
arm chair railroader. LOL

[davidgray1974]

Can't you go over it with a thin layer of smooth it?