Weekend Update 7/24/2010

[daniel_leavitt2000]

The weekend is here! Time to show what you have been working on in the past week.

[daniel_leavitt2000]

Natick's Engine 1 is loosly based on the 1994 E-One Hurricane prototype:
http://massfiretrucks.com/Natick_Engine_1_08.jpg

The model still needs window glass, an AC unit, wipers and mirrors, but its very close to done.


This will become Natick's Engine 4, one of the busiest companies in the state.


OK so this is a funny story. I was building this E-One 75' quint because i liked the looks and it was a fairly easy build over other ladder trucks. E-One had a PDF with engineering drawings available on their website. I used print outs to build mine. About a year ago, I left those drawings in dispatch after working a shift. This showed up about a month ago:
http://massfiretrucks.com/Natick_Engine_1_2010.jpg

Now I'm not sure if anyone found the print out, or if that had anything to do with the order. They were originally planning on keeping Ladder 1 in station 1 (headquarters where dispatch is), and move the spare ladder (2) to station 4, where it would be 30 seconds away from the Natick Mall. Now I hear we are getting rid of Ladder 2.

Anyway... this model was made from the Ferraro eggs I wrote about in the 2007 N Scale Magazine article. Every panel has been separated and the majority of the body is styrene sheet. The ladder is from a Tomytec truck and is fully positionable. the wheels are Atlas and the underframe is Athearn.

[wm3798]

I did this today...


But last night I did some decoders.  Might do some more this afternoon.  But then again, there might be some more of this...



For those of you in Nebraska, those are boats.

 ;D

[asciibaron]

here is a teaser...



it's hot outside.

[Guilford Guy]

So Steve has dropped N scale and is now doing a Garden Railroad so he can model realistic operations in different types of weather!

I continue to work on the module. When I have money again I'll be replacing the track/roadbed/ballast to better represent the prototype.

[Dave V]

All I did model-railroading-wise this week (besides run trains) was weather the beast:

[asciibaron]

the right lobe benchwork is fast becoming complete... just waiting for the drill battery to charge up so i can get the risers in place.



i'm retro fitting the original L&HR v1.0 benchwork by attaching a beam that runs the length of the open grid and then attach a cantilever beam to that.  if needed, i can add a beam under the canitlever and add some supports, but i don't think that will be needed.

[DKS]

No modeling this week. Instead, I've been working on this:
 
http://davidksmith.com/njmt/

It's a work in progress, so there may be some changes.
Compare to the current version:

http://www.njmt.org/

[sizemore]

No modeling this week. Instead, I've been working on this:
 
http://davidksmith.com/njmt/

It's a work in progress, so there may be some changes.
Compare to the current version:

http://www.njmt.org/

Great work. Compared to some of your other sites I've seen this one is definitely unique. I like how you've let the content dictate the flow and presentation.

The S.

[Philip H]

Natick's Engine 1 is loosly based on the 1994 E-One Hurricane prototype:
http://massfiretrucks.com/Natick_Engine_1_08.jpg

The model still needs window glass, an AC unit, wipers and mirrors, but its very close to done.


This will become Natick's Engine 4, one of the busiest companies in the state.


OK so this is a funny story. I was building this E-One 75' quint because i liked the looks and it was a fairly easy build over other ladder trucks. E-One had a PDF with engineering drawings available on their website. I used print outs to build mine. About a year ago, I left those drawings in dispatch after working a shift. This showed up about a month ago:
http://massfiretrucks.com/Natick_Engine_1_2010.jpg

Now I'm not sure if anyone found the print out, or if that had anything to do with the order. They were originally planning on keeping Ladder 1 in station 1 (headquarters where dispatch is), and move the spare ladder (2) to station 4, where it would be 30 seconds away from the Natick Mall. Now I hear we are getting rid of Ladder 2.

Anyway... this model was made from the Ferraro eggs I wrote about in the 2007 N Scale Magazine article. Every panel has been separated and the majority of the body is styrene sheet. The ladder is from a Tomytec truck and is fully positionable. the wheels are Atlas and the underframe is Athearn.

Those are HAWT!  Any idea where one can get the eggs and their prizes that you used as your starting point?

[up1950s]

Giving the TOFC's a rest . Going to be UP 4925 but not exactly . Sucking the USRA looks out of it , MP cab , fire hose box , some crane boom sides to extend the under cab frame , rounding the top of the dome . It's going to be oil fired with extended fillers , and added piping to the boiler and firebox . This is the first of possibly 3 different UP ish 0-6-0's , the other are a modified tender USRA Bachmann , and an old Arnold that looks impossible to make into anything good .

[Dave Schneider]

I spent most of the week finishing up work projects in prep for two weeks of vacation starting later today.  Headed to the Pacific NW, Port Townsend, Seattle, Hood River, Portland. Hope to take in some trains and a hobby shop or two. My son will be performing at the Port Townsend Jazz Festival and that should be a good time. Forecast is fir 70s and sunny which will be nice compared to summer in Anchorage.   On the railroad front I managed to wreak my DSDX car I showed last week with a large splorch of paint on the finishing weathering touches with my airbrush.  Turns out I messed up the nozzle seal when I cleaned it previously which lead to an unexpected pulse. So it is back in the stripper in a couple of weeks and I will try again.  Lesson learned.

Nice work this week everyone. Dave, your Pennsy steamer looks great. Nice subtle job... I need to be a bit less heavy handed in my weathering.

Best wishes, Dave  

[wm3798]

Steve, lay out the cookie cutter roadbed first, then attach the risers to it.  Get some clamps to position them while you adjust to smooth out your grades.  Much easier on the constitution, and far fewer "do overs".  Make the risers a bit long, you can go back with the jig saw and trim their tails once the glue dries.

Lee

[tom mann]

freaking me out here...I think there is work tomorrow. :-\

[GaryHinshaw]

Steve, lay out the cookie cutter roadbed first, then attach the risers to it. 

Yea verily.

freaking me out here...I think there is work tomorrow

Ditto.   ;D

Forecast is fir 70s and sunny which will be nice compared to summer in Anchorage.   

And *way* better than summer in DC...   

Great engines and steamer weathering Daniel and Dave.