Weekend Update 9/23/18

[up1950s]

Paper Mill info
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln,_New_Hampshire
 
More Paper Mill info and many images
http://whitemountainhistory.org/East_Branch_and_Lincoln.html
 
Video last paper mill building comes down
Not a valid vimeo URL
What replaced it
https://www.mapquest.com/us/new-hampshire/riverwalk-resort-at-loon-mountain-374390881
 
Close by today
http://www.hoborr.com/hobo.html

[SP-Wolf]

This also goes along with Spookshow's shell swap thread.

A Minitrix shell on a Bachmann NW-2 chassis.
(I could have sworn I posted this on that thread - as I was asked about the hand rails -- both of those posts are now gone) Strange---



Thanks,
Wolf

[mandealco]

Nice FM Wolf. 

There could be a problem with Railwire, my normal bookmark hasn't worked for a couple of days, just thought it was me.  Hasn't been a lot of traffic since then either.
Cheers
Steve

[tom mann]

Thanks @up1950s for starting this up so quick after the "Railwire Crash of 2018". It makes me feel better to see "business as usual".

[coosvalley]

Paper Mill info
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln,_New_Hampshire
 
More Paper Mill info and many images
http://whitemountainhistory.org/East_Branch_and_Lincoln.html
 
 
What replaced it
https://www.mapquest.com/us/new-hampshire/riverwalk-resort-at-loon-mountain-374390881
 
Close by today
http://www.hoborr.com/hobo.html

That paper mill/logging RRs steam locomotives ended up at Clarks Trading post, which I posted photos of in last weeks WUD, and is also nearby.. #5 closest to the camera was the mill switcher, and the other 2 were used in the woods..

http://www.clarkstradingpost.com/

[up1950s]

Thanks @up1950s for starting this up so quick after the "Railwire Crash of 2018". It makes me feel better to see "business as usual".

While I and most others waited and did what we wanted , it was you who ran point and got Donald and family all in a row again . Thanks to You Tom .

[craigolio1]

I finished the decals on my VIA FP9A today. The micro scale decals are very thin and while a good match to the yellow paint on the paper, once on the model they get quit a bit darker. @CNR5529 suggested laying another identical decal over top and boy what a difference! Looks exactly how I want it to now. Next up clear coat and a bunch of white grab irons.

Craig

[conrail1973]

After 20+ years in this hobby, I need to attempt weathering because 5001 and my freight cars look to clean for 1988!!

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2736358

Thanks,

Adam

[johnb]

I have had a Bachmann Spectrum 2-8-0 since the first run, and was at one point going to make it a Pacific Coast Railway loco. The Pacific Electric would lease steamers all the time from their parent road, the Southern Pacific. The PE also owned a handful of 0-6-0's, and these were the only Pacific Electric lettered steam locos. I decided today that needed to be changed.

The real 2716 had a Vanderbilt tender.

[mu26aeh]

I spent Friday and Saturday representing TRW and the N scale contingent at the Mid Atlantic RPM.  First time attending and first time displaying.  N scale displays were slim, though Saturday added an N scale steel mill module. 

[mark dance]

Hi everyone…

Modelling progress this week comprised solely of assembling, painting and installing the handrails for the Nelson diesel house maintenance platform walkways…including about 200 stanchions!









Next week I hope to g et to the first wall assembly so the model will begin looking like a diesel house!

Have a great weekend!

md

[OldEastRR]

I finished the decals on my VIA FP9A today. The micro scale decals are very thin and while a good match to the yellow paint on the paper, once on the model they get quit a bit darker. @CNR5529 suggested laying another identical decal over top and boy what a difference! Looks exactly how I want it to now. Next up clear coat and a bunch of white grab irons.

Craig

I did the same thing for a SP U-50 I did a custom paint job, except for the opposite reason: the red of the "wings" down the side of the cab was lighter than the red paint I did the nose with. Double decals matched perfectly. This double-application is a good solution for problems of too-light or too-dark mismatches between paint and decals. More people should know about it.

[bnsfdash8]

I got half on NYC 4201 decaled this week. After quite a few applications of Micro Sol I got the stripe decals to lay down nice and smooth.

[Joetrain59]

Looking real nice Reese. Whose shell is that?
 Joe D

[bnsfdash8]

Looking real nice Reese. Whose shell is that?
 Joe D

It's an old Life Like, the early plastic frame version. Adding the extra details really brought the shell to life.