The NYC was into containers fairly early on, here is one from one of the Car Builders cyclopedias. An earlier car with fewer riv... moreThe NYC was into containers fairly early on, here is one from one of the Car Builders cyclopedias. An earlier car with fewer rivets, different trucks, truss rods and the containers appear to be at least wood sheathed.
Dan Hilyer said:Devon, I hate to rain on your parade, but I don't believe HP was around in 1890
Ya' know I was curi... moreDan Hilyer said:Devon, I hate to rain on your parade, but I don't believe HP was around in 1890
Ya' know I was curious about that so I had to look it up. It doesn't say that they could not have moved into a rented old blacksmith shop in the early 40's but I suppose it's possible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewlett-Packard
Devon Sinsley said:
I can't leave you guys alone
No. I told my supervisor at my last job that I am not supposed to be out withou... moreDevon Sinsley said:
I can't leave you guys alone
No. I told my supervisor at my last job that I am not supposed to be out without adult supervision. Anything is liable to happen.
Thank you.
When Barry shipped me my drives he sent me dimensioned drawings which looked very similar to what Greg has posted. No... moreThank you.
When Barry shipped me my drives he sent me dimensioned drawings which looked very similar to what Greg has posted. Now to make sense of it by converting inches to millimeters
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Oh... BTW, I learned early on in my car building career , Save the underside st... moreDave Taylor said:
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Oh... BTW, I learned early on in my car building career , Save the underside stuff till last. That way you have a good "Non Delicate" surface to set the car on while you manhandle it putting all the rest of the hardware on the top half. Setting the whole car down on the truss rods, isn't a good thing.
Oh, now you tell me ......... after I found out the hard way Great looking cars, Dave. Those are just too cool less
22 February, 2019 - The Ridge Live Steamers is having their Winter Meet this weekend. Great fun! Over a 100 people w... more22 February, 2019 - The Ridge Live Steamers is having their Winter Meet this weekend. Great fun! Over a 100 people were at the pot luck this evening. Over 40 RV's and better than 30 - 7 1/2 inch, 1/8th scale steam engine, plus lots of diesel/electrics, battery powered and many gas powered unit are here for the annual event. So sitting on a hill, waiting for track to clear, while running a Pennsylvania H-10, owned by "Long Island Bob". A problem about 500 feet up the track had a number of trains stopped. So 2 trains up, a guy gets off one of the trains and starts walking back. I know that face. Nick Armana (sp?, I'm sure I've screwed up the spelling of his last name), as sure as the day is long, the "Aristo Bear" is walking straight at me. Had a great talk while waiting for the track to clear and continued our reunion later back at the station. Yes, its a small World and better with all the great friends we've made through this hobby of trains.
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Nick says he may ma... less
One simple stupid note that you will understand. Perhaps your conduit is pushing upward when closing because you don't have it s... moreOne simple stupid note that you will understand. Perhaps your conduit is pushing upward when closing because you don't have it strapped down at the end. I personally would move the conduit clamp closer to the end before I play with tweaking it. The solid rod on the bell crank also looks like it's a bit tight in the hole (.........) maybe drill out that hole a bit for some slop. I played around a little with bell cranks in the past and they can be a bit tricky....
Honestly I don't even know which end you are controlling it from beer 4! less
When I did my PS2 hopper I also found that going from HO scale weathering to G scale weathering was difficult, it's a much bigge... moreWhen I did my PS2 hopper I also found that going from HO scale weathering to G scale weathering was difficult, it's a much bigger canvas. I'm thinking the techniques used in HO scale are fine for G scale, the hold up is mostly in my head. I've been gun shy on rust streaks. But after watching Ken Patterson in the What's Neat Janurary 2019 MRH episode he's got a technique I want to try. The technique starts at 4:12. Then at 22:14 he airbrushes graffiti on a G scale Autorack. Sooooo gotta try this.
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I appreciate all the advice...believe it or not I'm starting get a better idea of how this all works. The issue with the L... moreI appreciate all the advice...believe it or not I'm starting get a better idea of how this all works. The issue with the LGB Forney is the drive wheels are pretty much encased with very little clearance for a magnet. The motor block takes up all the space. So I may have to play with the trucks under the oil bunker as Dan suggests. That is unless there is another option. I could possibly fit a 1/16" magnet on the drive wheel...but not sure where the reed switch would be mounted because of the motor block. I'll have time to play with stuff this weekend
Again, thanks!!
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ML-Train 80501013
... moreFinally found the reed sensor at Modell-land.de
ML-Train 80501013
Also the 65012 which is ML-Train 80501016
Cable for reed is possibly this one: DC board connector appears to be correct, not sure if the sensor ia a pc board connector or the 3 pin 100 mil type.
ML-Train 80501017
Mike these are incredibly helpful, I would love to do some things like this , so your build logs are sort of like a blueprint an... moreMike these are incredibly helpful, I would love to do some things like this , so your build logs are sort of like a blueprint and color instructions all in one, and special thanks for giving the part numbers on the styrene shapes you use, even if I don’t make a full car I can probably adapt to bashing cars I have!
Make sure the transmitter and G3 are on the same frequency, if you had the G3 powered on without having the transmitter on, the ... moreMake sure the transmitter and G3 are on the same frequency, if you had the G3 powered on without having the transmitter on, the G3 will revert to frequency 0.
I believe that is the case as far as i know from family. I just don't have full verification of it just yet. But that was what I... moreI believe that is the case as far as i know from family. I just don't have full verification of it just yet. But that was what I was told.
Oh, and all his trains and supplies are in Rockport, TX, with family.
Ken
