Weekend Update 4/8/12

[Ntrainz1]

another 3500pd repainted, decaled, added stirups, brakewheel, 905 couplers, blma trucks


Bob.

[M.C. Fujiwara]

Lots of groovy modeling this week: thanks for sharing!

Fun times at the Hiller Aviation Museum Planes n' Trains Spring Break extravaganza.
 First time Free-moNing for me, so quite a learning experience!
 Will write a bit more on that later, for now just posting some picts to show the general Free-moN sprawl:
 




[Yes, our one turnback loop is wrapped around a pole]
 
And, of course, a video!
 (Only two minutes: Woot!)
 

A bit shaky as no tripod.
 We'll be popping in to run trains and work on modules all week, so there should be a big difference (for better or worse) by Sunday.
 
Thanks for looking, and hope to see you there (like we saw John Sing today! Yeay!)

[bbussey]

another 3500pd repainted, decaled, added stirups, brakewheel, 905 couplers, blma trucks

Sweet!  Needs the 100-ton trucks though, as the real ones ran on 125-ton trucks with 38" wheels.

[chuck geiger]

Sold my layout and collection this weekend and luckily he is a fan
of The SD&AE which the layout is based on and will continue the
blog. That is awesome. He drove over with a van from San Luis
Obispo.

[BCRail_FSJ]

Got a little bit of track down at Fort St. John and was able to run some trains on the upper deck for the first time.

[BCR 570]

Got a little bit of track down at Fort St. John and was able to run some trains on the upper deck for the first time.

Well done, Andy - looking forward to seeing it in person in two week's time.  Are you able to run from the lower deck to the upper deck via the helix yet?


Tim

[BCRail_FSJ]

Well done, Andy - looking forward to seeing it in person in two week's time.  Are you able to run from the lower deck to the upper deck via the helix yet?


Tim

Yes.  I can run from staging - over the bridge - through Taylor - up the helix and into Fort St John (well.. the first 3 feet of yard lead at least).   Once i have a run-around loop installed at Fort St John I will be able to do some very basic switching.

[jnevis]

Really miss the Hiller mesuem.  Pretty cool set up too MC!

[BCR 570]

Yes.  I can run from staging - over the bridge - through Taylor - up the helix and into Fort St John (well.. the first 3 feet of yard lead at least).   Once i have a run-around loop installed at Fort St John I will be able to do some very basic switching.

In that case we need to run, film and photograph the first official train!

Tim

[Scottl]

Great modelling all.  My only project right now is a CN Swoosh-noodle paint job.  Not getting very far, I spent the weekend chopping wood, riding bikes and goofing off at the cabin.  Love to get that loco done before the summer comes and modelling grinds to a halt 

[rochsub]

More ballasting.  More info on blog.  http://genevasub.blogger.com

[Zox]

Right now all my work is virtual--laying out the pavement for my Kankakee station module in CorelDraw:

[Ian MacMillan]

Mostly show prep stuff for me...table presentation, Power Points, some CRHS shill stuff. First show is this coming Saturday in Sanford, ME... so lots of stuff to do.

[daniel_leavitt2000]

Mike:
Sorry about your rough time of things latley. I hope it all works out for the best. You can always move to the East Coast and hang out with us asshats.

Bryan:
Can you fast track the autorack to production? I could use a few dozen.

This week I worked on a Japanese auto transporter:






The model is made of etched nickel and measures 8'6" wide, 12'5" tall and about 40' long making it perfect for 1/160. This type of transport is used to move smaller batches of used cars from auctions to dealerships where TrainCat's model is mainly used for new car deliveries.

I still need to add details and paint some parts.

[Catt]

Since is Z guyz have no weekend photo fun I thought I would post this here.This is the start of my Zeetown commercial district.To this point everything is scratchbuilt using For Sale signs bought at Wal Mart and Evergreen plastic shapes and siding.There is one more building to be scratched then some rework of the basr the store are setting on.



I enjoy taking this layout to shows and always change something on the layout between shows. I should be done by wednesday.Then I can dpend more time on the home N scale monster layout. (I keep talking myself out of downsizing the monster)