Weekend Update 11/25/12

[Bart1701]

Bart , is that cool hobbyshop scratched , awning as well ?

The Hobby Shop was originally a Convenience Store Kit. I made a few alterations to the overhang to accommodate the Hobby Shop sign in a vertical orientation.  The kit is available at Fifer Hobby - it is the Randy Brown Models N Scale Structures (formerly Arrowhead Models) N Scale CONVENIENCE STORE Part # RB-N-101. Here is photo of what it looks like as a convenience store.
 


Thanks,
Bart

[elnscale]

A word to the wise about the flats, cover them with something when doing balast work. we used them in our yard on our club travel layout. A close encounter with some wet watter tie dyed the buildings quite nicely.

Ah, yes. I did some Scalescenes walls a while back and got the same effect when I put in some grass in front of them.

Any ideas on how to seal these? Would a coat of dull coat seal them enough? The included directions from Radical Flats mentioned doing this to remove any unwanted glossiness of the photos. Didn't mention sealing them from water though.

[Puddington]

Mark: Those CNR Airslides are perfect !

[jmlaboda]

Too bad Pullman didn't have something similar...

[BCRail_FSJ]

Got my mega 16foot backdrop printed (as one big seamless roll..thanks to the nice folks at London Drugs photolab).   Certainly thinned out the wallet but totally worth it.



Hoped to install it and post photos, but i am stuck in the office this weekend 

Hopefully next weekend........

[Catt]

@ Bart 1701,
 I have the Z scale version on my Z traveling layout. I never thought of making it a hobbyshop.Does Uncle Bob's have a franchise program? 

[Puddington]

Too bad Pullman didn't have something similar...

Ain't passenger modeling grand.........? 

One size does NOT fit all............... and then there are those daft canucks... I mean really, what the heck were they thinking... um....nevermind........

[Scottl]

Some very nice work.  Ritchie, now I know what everyone means by quartering!  I always wondered....  Clever solution.

Nothing to show from my end, but I went to Credit Valley RR Co. in Toronto today and stocked up on lots of goodies to keep me going this holiday.  I am ramping up to bridge experimentation mode and trying to figure out how to recreate the CN Cisco bridge on my new layout (see https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=27858.0).

After lots of staring at packages and mental engineering, I bought Micro engineering HO tall towers and some Central Valley lacing parts and both look to be very usable for my purposes.  The M-E HO bents scale to 30" in N, a little more than the Cisco prototype of 24 to 28".  If this works, I should be able to put a detailed bridge together with mostly styrene parts.  The CV cross braces are very detailed and should be quite suitable as well.  Both are very nice sources for bridge building and very economical.  I'll still have to fabricate some of the larger beams, but these parts will make the job much more reasonable.

[MRLX1020]

Ain't passenger modeling grand.........? 

One size does NOT fit all............... and then there are those daft canucks... I mean really, what the heck were they thinking... um....nevermind........

Is this similar to the car that is preserved at the Museum of Canadian Rail Travel in Cranbrook, BC?  What an awesome place in an out of the way location!

[Puddington]

Is this similar to the car that is preserved at the Museum of Canadian Rail Travel in Cranbrook, BC?  What an awesome place in an out of the way location!

It "IS" the same car as is at the Museum of Canadian Rail Travel in Cranbrook, BC... sort of......

The "Cape" series was the result of an extensive rebuild of the "River" series Solarium-Observation-Buffet-Sleepers that were first built in the late 20's for the famous CPR "Trans Canada Limited" The car in Cranbrook is, I believe, the "River Rouge", which was one of 15 cars built in 1929. "River Rouge" was one of only two of the cars that was not re-built into a "Cape" series car; instead becoming a buffet parlor car. The rest were extensively re-fitted as Cape cars and served into the 60's and two into 1969-70. many were converted for work service and one, the "Cape Race", today survives, albeit un renovated at the Toronto Railway Historical Association Roundhouse Museum.

So; it's the "same" car, but kinda not................

[eja]

Pud....


We are not worthy of your CPR knowledge.....


....but we love it. Please keep building and sharing !


Thanks,


eja

[Dave Schneider]

Worked on building the Lincoln Warehouse at the very end (or beginning) of the Beer Line. I am building this as a flat on the end of my first layout section. Here is that section and Lincoln Warehouse will be on the left side. The tracks will enter the building and will be mounted on a removable section for access to my circuit panel. The building interior will be modeled and attached to the removable section.



Here is the prototype circa 1976. The low building on the right is the Milwaukee Journal newsprint dock.



Here is my version. I had to compress it slightly to fit my site, but this is an easy build. Just some brick sheet and the concrete frame cut out of .010 styrene with my Silhouette cutter. The side of this building typically had a large Blatz beer sign on it, and it will be a great way to help set the time and place.



Best wishes, Dave

[PaulP]

Finally back to working on my own layout...

Tried my hand at painting a loco
Going to be EMDX 838


Painted up a local county ambulance


Sand towers some what like the Seattle Interbay Yard


Just a test to see if one could make a sky view of ones layout...tried putting a few pictures of a section together...could be a fun project

Sorry but the photos are all iphone photos..I need to figure out how to use my camera


Paul

[John]

Got my mega 16foot backdrop printed (as one big seamless roll..thanks to the nice folks at London Drugs photolab).   Certainly thinned out the wallet but totally worth it.



Hoped to install it and post photos, but i am stuck in the office this weekend 

Hopefully next weekend........

What that set you back.. I would love to have just the mill portion ..

[jereising]

I've not been doing nothing while the SD70 tour was ongoing...

A project with a long gestation, moving the desk and (upgraded) computer to a better location for several reasons - gets it out of the way and is much more convenient for speed matching and general computer/railroad interface.  The earthworm (96 5161's) is passing Bealville:



Here's a closer view -



I had to notch the fascia so I could see the monitor - this shot is pretty much what I see from the chair.  I configure the left monitor to a Panel Pro-designed layout schematic which shows train location by turning a block red.  The main monitor can be used for throttles or whatever else is needed.  Switches can be thrown via mouse.