N Scale Convention

[Scott Lupia]

Q Code.  All the rage lately.

My 72 mustang mach 1 is a Q-code car.  Cobra Jet.  Had no idea all that was on that shirt too?

 

[skytop35]

Scott,

Really liked your article on detailing a CNJ GP7 in N Scale Railroading. Well done!

[Scott Lupia]

Bill, thanks for the compliment.  To say that your work has always been an inspiration to me is an understatement. 

Scott

[John]

Personally, I liked the pictures from the show .. I am especially fond of this one .. and never get tired of seeing it  ... It really helps me Mellow out ..

http://i850.photobucket.com/albums/ab66/cec209/HersheyNScale2011093.jpg

[Dave Schneider]

Personally, I liked the pictures from the show .. I am especially fond of this one .. and never get tired of seeing it  ... It really helps me Mellow out ..

http://i850.photobucket.com/albums/ab66/cec209/HersheyNScale2011093.jpg

Interesting that you should bring this up. Same photo posted in two groups (Atlas and The Railwire) but completely different results....I prefer the peace and quiet of this group.

Best wishes, Dave

[lock4244]

Dave... the mellow reference is the key in John's post 

I agree with Ed's assessment on the Atlas forum... that kind of scene really puts the training wheels on N track. There is a certain elegance of the mini-scene that you have to look for to see, many of which are cuttingly witty and humorous. That is too in your face. Might as well poop on the track...

[victor miranda]

Personally, I liked the pictures from the show .. I am especially fond of this one .. and never get tired of seeing it  ... It really helps me Mellow out ..

http://i850.photobucket.com/albums/ab66/cec209/HersheyNScale2011093.jpg

not 10 minutes I wrote to a friend about that same photo:

depicting a horror scene. OMG...
Godzilla eat your heart out....

Guys, now that I am over my panic, I had a lot of fun at the show.
later today I am going to add a photo of a loco I got while I was there.

v

[lock4244]

I see Atlas forgot to debut the N scale GP40-2W again...

[seusscaboose]

Personally, I liked the pictures from the show .. I am especially fond of this one .. and never get tired of seeing it  ... It really helps me Mellow out ..

http://i850.photobucket.com/albums/ab66/cec209/HersheyNScale2011093.jpg

too funny

[bbussey]

Personally, I liked the pictures from the show .. I am especially fond of this one .. and never get tired of seeing it  ... It really helps me Mellow out ..

I photographed that module for NSR back in 2007 at the San Diego convention.  It's really impressive when taken as a time exposure with no flash, as the glow from the building fire really stands out.

[Dave Schneider]

Dave... the mellow reference is the key in John's post 

I think I got the reference, but thanks. I did get the Atlas mod offer to buy me a beer though! I should have used that opportunity to push for a H10-44,

Best wishes, Dave

[John]

I photographed that module for NSR back in 2007 at the San Diego convention.  It's really impressive when taken as a time exposure with no flash, as the glow from the building fire really stands out.

I am quite serious .. I always see something new in it .. even though I see it every show that BANTRAK does .. sure, its a little long in the tooth, but many NTRAK modules are ..  I am not a big fan of the godzilla, flying saucer, mothra ones, but when you see a full scale module of Thomas Viaduct on the B&O,

or other scenes based on real locations



then we can see the value of these layouts

[sirenwerks]

Something's not right about the viaduct. Isn't River Road on the wrong side of the valley floor? And are the steps there? (Technically, this isn't rivet counting.)

[John]

Something's not right about the viaduct. Isn't River Road on the wrong side of the valley floor? And are the steps there? (Technically, this isn't rivet counting.)

there is a "river road" on both sides .. the other one is also known as leverning road ..

[sirenwerks]

there is a "river road" on both sides .. the other one is also known as leverning road ..

Right, there was one River Rd. that went into Daniels on the north side of the valley and one that, until hurricane Agnes, ran the length of the river on the south side and ended at Ilchester Rd. at the west end of Ilchester tunnel. Lawyers Hill Rd. used to cross the tracks at-grade and then go down the hill to Levering. Early on, there was some sort of plant that Levering ended at, that had a loading dock at track level fed by a siding that ended right at the south end of the viaduct. There was a covered ramp that went up grade to the track (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8OVTOE49yto/TZ0PQAzshhI/AAAAAAAAAGs/3G6sjIeDEK8/s1600/Thomas+Viaduct+and+Hotel+1880+%25231.jpg).

If I did my research and excavation right, when that plant disappeared the Lawyers Hill Rd. grade crossing was removed and Levering was continued under the viaduct to become the southside River Road. When Agnes hit, the southside River Rd. was decimated along with the town of Daniels and both abandoned. What's left of that River Rd. is the park entry road (off of the present Lawyers Hill Rd.) which ends at a parking lot at the suspended bridge. You can still hike that rest of the way to Ilchester Rd. on sections of the old road's pavement that still cling to the valley side.

When I was young I used to walk down to Ellicott City proper from my home and hike the Chessie System, jumping trains when I could to get into Baltimore. I've explored that area extensively; even slept a night inside the old coaling tower. Not sure I'll ever do that again, since they started finding bodies along the tracks.