N Scale Hi Rail - Retro Hollow Core Door Layout

[dem34]

What hath God wrought?


This ought to fetch a few quid on eBay! It's fecking adorbsies!

*Sound of snipers loading up.*

I got sniped out of the PRR one by 50 cents.

[Point353]

What hath God wrought?

God would have painted the window frames and stripes along the bottom and top of the body in vermilion and the roof in silver/aluminum.

[peteski]

*Sound of snipers loading up.*

I got sniped out of the PRR one by 50 cents.

Well, you really don't  know that.  The next bid increment was probably 50 cents more than your maximum.  The sniper could have placed a bid 10 or 100 dollars higher than you, and the automatic proxy bidding (or whatever they are calling it nowadays) only outbid you by the bid increment amount.  That's how sniping works.

[johnb]

*Sound of snipers loading up.*

I got sniped out of the PRR one by 50 cents.

i smell a sale coming on...

[ChristianJDavis1]

A few minor details to fix, then some weathering...



@DKS , if you want to send those parts to Frankenstein's Lab, I'll see if I can get at least one of them ready for your next micro layout!

V.Von F.

Don't forget to re-add the bell that your's is missing (ahead of the cab).

[wm3798]

There's something happening here...

[Carolina Northern]

Yup, but what it is ain't exactly clear.

[Steveruger45]

Maybe it’s the ryobi battery that’s on charge? 😊

[wazzou]

The ripped up cork double mainline...

[MK]

That piece of paper in the middle is a huge away. 

[wm3798]

I've got the basic geometry worked out.  Next to cut some foam and inventorying track to see what I'll need.

[wm3798]

Installed the skyboard/scene divider to provide the view block for the staging tracks, and started cutting some foam.



Checked the clearance for those times when the cat poles will appear...



And otherwise got myself feeling pretty good about the potential for this thing.



My conundrum now is, do I proceed with the c80 track so I can keep on having fun with the retro equipment I've accumulated, and place an order for the several turnouts I'll need, or use the mountain of c55 I have at my fingertips and have all the track laid tomorrow...

I might need an intervention of some sort...

Lee

[CRL]

Well, if you have a bunch of Peco code 55 track, you’re good to go since those old pizza cutter wheels will run just fine since it doesn’t have any of those pesky fake spikes in the inside of the rails.

Other code 55 brands, not so much.

[davefoxx]

Install the code 55 track, use the blender on the retro crap, and come to your senses.  Problem solved. 

DFF

[Point353]

My conundrum now is, do I proceed with the c80 track so I can keep on having fun with the retro equipment I've accumulated, and place an order for the several turnouts I'll need, or use the mountain of c55 I have at my fingertips and have all the track laid tomorrow...
I might need an intervention of some sort...

A "Retro Tech Layout" must use "Retro Tech" track.
I have plenty of legacy equipment that I would never want to forgo being able to run due to incompatible track.