Weekend Update 11/5/23

[up1950s]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=cR4mvFc9a7Q

https://railway-news.com/israel-railways-purchases-10-rail-vision-main-line-systems/

https://rail.knorr-bremse.com/media/2000_products/2900d_product_broschures/new_product_brochures_june_2022/railvision/maine_line_bro_f_digital.pdf

https://www.handcar.com/our-vision/

https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/brian-oneill/2018/04/15/Norfolk-Southern-railroad-trains-Allegheny-Commons-North-Side-bridges/stories/201804150069

https://www.oddee.com/item_100025.aspx

https://www.history.com/news/transcontinental-railroad-workers-impact

[chuck geiger]

Cue up Aerosmith CHIP AWAY THE STONE. Base coat down, need black/gray wash in shadows and off white color for dry brushing the rocks.

[CR4100]

Something for our Canadian members this weekend. I printed a 3300 cu ft pressure flow covered hopper as used by CN and BCOL. The model is eight separate parts: The main body, brake wheel, 2 outlets and 4 roof hatches. It will look great with some EMS wheels under it. The car is printed in ABS like resin which will hopefully prevent the railings from getting snapped off.

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[ednadolski]

How about a foam core sandwich?



Very rigid, and the whole thing weighs about 10 lbs.

Ed

[Lemosteam]

Tried my hand at making an old streetlight using an 0201pre wired LED, a toothpick (just under 12”) for the pole, 1mm OD brass tubing, a 00-90 flat washer pushed into a dome on my drill press with a drill bit having the shank end ground to a 120 degree included angle.

First I soldered the washer onto the tubing. Then I drilled the excess solder and tube away. Then I used a 0.5mm drill bit to clear a hole to the center of the tubing. After twisting the wires, I fed the led magnet wire through the tube. A drop of CA holds the LED in the dome.

I left one point on the toothpick for planting, and trimmed the other end or about 20 scale feet in the straight section of the toothpick. Then I drilled a 1mm hole in the center of the toothpick all the way through. I fed the light assembly wires through the hole and cemented the brass tube into the hole.

After the CA set, I ran the wire down the pole to the beginning of the taper on the toothpick. I used sepia waterproof India ink to color the pole. Need to paint the arm with my trusty Rustoleum galvanized paint color.

The light is temporarily mounted in the foam and the wires fed through. I am so happy with it I am going to make several more!
 

[BCR 570]

Something for our Canadian members this weekend. I printed a 3300 cu ft pressure flow covered hopper as used by CN and BCOL.

Very nice - I could use some of those!  As could a few friends I know.


Tim

[Dwight in Toronto]

Lemosteam - that is a perfect lamp design for lighting up an old rail yard, or steam servicing facilities, periphery of a turntable, rail-side junk yard, etc etc.   

“Drilling out the centre of a toothpick” … sounds like microsurgery, but I can see how that is doable.   I’m gonna give this a shot some day - thanks for the tutorial. 

[Lemosteam]

Lemosteam - that is a perfect lamp design for lighting up an old rail yard, or steam servicing facilities, periphery of a turntable, rail-side junk yard, etc etc.   

“Drilling out the centre of a toothpick” … sounds like microsurgery, but I can see how that is doable.   I’m gonna give this a shot some day - thanks for the tutorial.

It’s all about the tools. I am photographing the entire process and tools I made for a quick write up.

[Dave V]

November 2023 update on the HOn3 Rio Grande Southern First District:

[u18b]

Aaron and I went to see a big G scale layout today.
Their welded steel trestle is impressive.

[nkalanaga]

Is that Godzilla on top?

[wazzou]

Is that Godzilla on top?

Not just for N-Trak anymore. 

[aikorob]

Not just for N-Trak anymore. 

probably scales out better, though

[delamaize]

Not a lot for me the last few weeks. Got a long ways on a 4-8-4 fictitious build, using a lot of parts from the collection of a club member who passed away a while ago. I'm really happy with it so far, and I'm pretty impressed by the Newer Bachmann 4-8-4 mech.


The other project was the continue rebuild of an old atlas 0-4-0 I picked up. Got it all torn apart, and cleaned. Also made a drawbar to allow me to use a Bachmann slopeback tender behind it. Then came the lucky motor, the last motor from max' rebuild program. This is one sweet running machine now!! Gotta thank max again!! Just gotta get a decoder into it now!
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O, almost forgot, I built my Rduck wooden locomotive kit of J&L 58. Very fun, very well done kit!!

[robert3985]

Something for our Canadian members this weekend. I printed a 3300 cu ft pressure flow covered hopper as used by CN and BCOL. The model is eight separate parts: The main body, brake wheel, 2 outlets and 4 roof hatches. It will look great with some EMS wheels under it. The car is printed in ABS like resin which will hopefully prevent the railings from getting snapped off.

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I've had really good luck with ABS-Like Resin from Anycubic.  Quite strong and non-brittle, and is great for details when printed at between 72 and 78 deg F.  I think you could have gone even a bit finer for the stand-off details and still retained durability.

Cheerio!
Bob Gilmore