Greg Elmassian said:
Sorry, very tied up with CEO of company, finally catching up.
Is the original speaker mount inside still there? you can see the ring and the 4 posts for mounting a speaker.
Greg
Staying on topic and read it twice as suggested …you never did answer me on your thoughts?
" Rooster " said:
" Rooster " said:
J.D. Gallaway said:
Oh pish tosh. Its JUST Alco P’s. They are a dime a dozen.
:-p
That’s why the CVRR’s CEO decided he needed a few that he could modify and disassemble/cut up… slap a new power plant and trucks in it/on it then sell what is good usable stuff ! Dieseltectural salvage is big business these days!
Thoughts are always welcome
TEST ^^^^
Not your Grandmothers PA (or is it?)
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" Rooster " said:
Greg Elmassian said:
Rooster, sorry to ask this after 8 pages, but what is the list of things that had to be changed on the PA? I gather they were unique to your road name.
Also, are you going to put sound in it? (I have an ulterior motive that you might like)
Greg
No need to be sorry Greg but if you re-read it twice you would have realized that the PA only came into the picture on page 6 so no need to re-read the other 6 pages before posting. “Its all good” (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
As for what had to be changed on the PA …really nothing had to be changed only gutted and upgraded. Honestly the PA would never have been my choice of locomotive for the CVRR office car train however 3 yrs ago “The Mysterious Chuck” I have spoken about had the ABBA shells in his parts bin for a decent price at the York train show, the color was just right so I scooped them up thinking no repaint only re badging . Also picked up some of his C blocks as well and HTCS frames. Upgrades are gen sets for the HEP removing the steam gens, modern GE dynamic braking, A/C for the cab etc. However most of this is carried inside the covered wagon so fans are needed to reduce the extra heat and duct work will allow this on the very open sides of PA. It will also get a new EMD 710 V-12 (same as an F59PH) prime mover from Progress Rail along with a few other things.
Remember this is completely fictional and my rules …I only model by eye and could care less about the logistical stand point because my models go round and round and round but they are the only ones in the world and my models and “I only aim to please myself”.
Yes I am planning on putting sound into this unit and was honestly looking at the Revo with generic (but not bad) sound. Sound really isn’t my thing as I just enjoy building and going roundy round. However I was thinking I would also make this unit either track or battery (with a switch) and the Revo is interesting to me for numerous reasons so it might be time to play with one or two or three if I like it.
So I’m interested in your,you’re ulterior motive …enlighten me!
Bump
the 480ohm resistor is clearly all wrong for proper ditch lite speed
Lookin’ good (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)Revo with a track station (if you can get one) would be a good replacement for your TE system. They are getting long in the tooth and harder to find in decent condition when you need replacements. My last TE went to you I think.
For a PA, it’s looking pretty good! Didn’t re-read, but skimmed comments from page 5 (just in case you were wrong) and since the ditch lights flash like the ones on the new Amtrak San Joaquin locomotives they fit what you are modeling!
Fred Mills. said:
With all that great work, it should be finished properly.
The whole car should get a good coat of Canadian Pacific Maroon paint, and across the letter board should proudly be displayed…C A N A D I A N P A C I F I C…and then, my friend, you will have a fine model, worth its weight in iced cream…!!!
Fred
Quite surprised we discussed “body mounting” Kadees on Aristo heavyweights in chat considering it has been covered many times and “not only” on LSC but greater websites (sure others will chime in here) .
Mark Dashnaw said:
David Russell said:
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Once again …making junk outta junk and that ain’t something a 3d printer can do no matter how hard you try to program it!!
Making good progress so far …10’ rule
I’m saving all the rafts and supports/misprints to grind up and recycle into new filament, so us 3d printing guys can use “junk” to build junk, tyvm
and you don’t “program” a 3d printer, the program does the calculations for ya, if you can draw it in 3d you can print it in 3d
looking good rooze
Digging this back up because I was asked
Since the current trend is fixing thread pics. I’m currently figuring this out but I doubt a picture resurrection is gonna happen. Nobody gives a rats ass about 3’ long cars “with” properly mounted body couplers of the improper size/scale going through unrealistic 4.5 radii or 9’ diameter curves.
Well I do , since my rr showcases cars with truck mounted couplers( that CAN be backed up ), friction bearing tucks doing interchange service, KaDee 909’s, modern locomotives pulling wood side boxcars and 1/29, 1/32 , and 1/2?? LGB all in one train. So I wish I lived closer so we could interchange , I would love to have some 3’ long Amtrak cars running behind**[quote=“Rooster, post:172, topic:72153, full:true”]
Since the current trend is fixing thread pics. I’m currently figuring this out but I doubt a picture resurrection is gonna happen. Nobody gives a rats ass about 3’ long cars “with” properly mounted body couplers of the improper size/scale going through unrealistic 4.5 radii or 9’ diameter curves.
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** Santa Fe warbonnet F3 AB
OK Pete,
I’m not really sure how to fix this thread but I can do this for you if you are truly interested.
Back in the day in the hood
Possibly 2026?
However right now I’m back into playing with Aristo stuff and enjoying the shed time while I can get it in. Working my overall retirement plan into play early here as well.
So with that said the next up is an Aristo Smooth side observation car. I played around with this car back in the day when someone asked me to build them a model of Conrail #9 Theater Car.
I got disgusted with the results, scrapped the idea and just built Conrail #9 OCS from scratch. I later tore the Aristo OBS car apart and stripped down the paint. Played around with it here and there but never got inspired.
So lets fast forward about 10yrs. I recently acquired another Aristo smoothside ( Santa Fe livery) observation car so I needed to do something with the original one that was shelved.
So here we go…
Nice build, but, you better take time and go play with that pup. How can you resist those pleading eyes? 
His Jedi tricks don’t work on me any more. He is a master at pleading but I tell him this ain’t Burger King and you can’t have it your way!
Had about 6hrs play time this weekend and did get a few things done. Figured I might as well work on the railing and get that out of the way. I’m opting for the Deco look of aluminum and I have some left over from other projects.
So I cut up some pieces and played with different sizes and a little on the configuration. Also played with tube verses solid rod until I found a configuration I was satisfied with.
Next I laid out the back wall paneling and told the crew to start getting this stuff cut and mocked up in place. The aluminum shell is kinda out of square and I tried bending it back but it’s gonna spend the rest of it’s life trying to go back to the way it was so I will offset it with the trim.
With that part of my morning completed I informed the crew that Rocky (the boxer) and I will be going for a haircut and some lunch. I hope to see some progress when I return guys.
Now with Rocky and I all cleaned up we headed to grab a quick lunch then back to the shop.
Upon our return I could see things were not moving along on schedule and where is the crew?
Huuummm, perhaps they found a problem or perhaps they are already pinning pieces and mocking stuff up ??
AND TO MY SURPRISE …“NOPE”… SO WERE DONE FOR THE DAY !
