Not very often do I click on a post and wish I hadn’t ( okay thats not true it happens all the time). I instantly fell in love. This would be awesome fun for my indoor RR. Like I need another day dream project. Thanks for sharing, it is very cool.
John Caughey said:
Am I the only sick SOB that would love to see a video of a car breaking loose at the top and flying down this ski jump. Empty and with no one standing below it, I don’t wish people dead or injured. But the car once it reached that flat before going down again would sail like a bird in a hurricane. I doubt it would have ever landed.
Devon, probably the best way to visualize that horrendous sequence you describe (which I applaud heartily) would be to do so not in a model context (with only a one-off opportunity, limited effects budget, and comparatively few viewers) but in a movie context.
Be an awesome scene!
If we use HO stuff, we could launch from Cliffy’s balcony/deck down the side of his mountain and out into the neighbor’s property(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)!
John Caughey said:
If we use HO stuff, we could launch from Cliffy’s balcony/deck down the side of his mountain and out into the neighbor’s property(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)!
Haha! But if it were today, that ore car would be diving into a scale 87 feet of snow! Which would be cool…
Cliff Jennings said:
Devon, probably the best way to visualize that horrendous sequence you describe (which I applaud heartily) would be to do so not in a model context (with only a one-off opportunity, limited effects budget, and comparatively few viewers) but in a movie context.
Be an awesome scene!
Cliff, I am not quite sure if I like or dislike the way you think. I might have found my post MIK 2019 project. I would gladly donate a quickly fashioned car to use. And I am pretty sure I have enough track on hand to do it justice.
But if we were to really have fun we need to use Vic’s Silver Fish turned Hindenburg and make it really fly. Some hydrogen and a model rocket ignitor and we could finish this movie in a spectacular fashion that would make Dan proud.
And of course this would have to be a retro black and white silent film of Howard Hughes proportions.
Devon Sinsley said:
Cliff Jennings said:
Devon, probably the best way to visualize that horrendous sequence you describe (which I applaud heartily) would be to do so not in a model context (with only a one-off opportunity, limited effects budget, and comparatively few viewers) but in a movie context.
Be an awesome scene!
Cliff, I am not quite sure if I like or dislike the way you think. I might have found my post MIK 2019 project. I would gladly donate a quickly fashioned car to use. And I am pretty sure I have enough track on hand to do it justice.
But if we were to really have fun we need to use Vic’s Silver Fish turned Hindenburg and make it really fly. Some hydrogen and a model rocket ignitor and we could finish this movie in a spectacular fashion that would make Dan proud.
And of course this would have to be a retro black and white silent film of Howard Hughes proportions.
Love it!!
J J Abrams would too, haha!!!
Well the incline RR in Chattanooga is still in operation and is the steepest passenger railroad in the world. Grade at 72.7% . Later RJD
Hello All:
To see a new G-Scale Funicular Garden Railway see this new album:
This is a rare two rail G-Scale Model Funicular with the ingenious and revolutionary ABT Passing switch. (the only railroad switch without moving parts!)
See video of the first full system test here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlcarmichael/49105795553/in/datetaken/
and another video here: https://youtu.be/SmoXgy7kNUo
After seven months of design and construction, I moved it to my garden railway for permanent installation where I’ll build a mountain around it. My funicular features automated station stops, delay, and reverse- all programmable. Speed is adjustable with a throttle. It also has an automatic warning bell just like the real ones, and extensive cabin and structural lighting. Controls are conveniently located outside of the rear of the Gear Room. Everything is weather resistant for outdoor use. The track slopes upwards at 30 degrees and is 72 inches long. I created the track and passing switch using LGB brass Flex track.
I believe this is the first G-Scale fully functional garden funicular railway in the United States with the ABT Passing Switch.
See ABT Switch Info: https://www.giessbach.ch/en/abt-switch.html
And see this VERY interesting article: Giessbach Funicular.pdf (2.1 MiB)
Most of the people I talk to- even railroad aficionados, don’t even what a funicular is. This is understandable since very few exist in the United States. But there are some incredible ones in the rest of the world.
To make a fully functional G-Scale model I had to teach myself everything about it since there is almost no information on modeling a funicular on the internet or in railroad magazines. Everything, including the crazy tracks, had to be designed by just using old photographs of real funiculars. It is the biggest railroading challenge I have ever undertaken. Precision in all parts of the design and construction was imperative. The split-level cars had to stop exactly in line with the boarding platforms. The cars had to travel at 3 inches/sec. so I had to teach myself all about gears and gear ratios and how to do the calculations knowing the motor’s RPM. Difficult but lots of fun!
I’m making the full design drawings, electrical diagrams and construction photos available to everybody hoping that more will be built. This way, future modelers won’t suffer the learning pains and design errors I had to solve teaching myself how to make it.
wishing success to those who try to make one,
John Carmichael
Do the outer wheels have double flanges? edit: I saw on your other post that they do, it all makes sense. Thanks!
Watch out I may give you a call, neighbor. (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif)
Fun set up
Thanks,
I had to look a while before I figured it out, one car has the “spool” wheel (double flanges) on one side, the other car has them on the other side.
So, one car always takes one direction/side and the other car the other direction/side. Each car has double flanges on one side, and “blind”/flangeless ones on the other.
I was scratching my head on how the “inner” wheel got through the “frog” but the rails there are just for support.
Pretty cool, and beautiful bending of the rails!
Greg
Thanks for sharing, very cool
Welcome to LSC John Carmichael!
Not my interest or modeling cup of tea but OUTSTANDING work on your end !
Very cool!!
John Caughey said:
Do the outer wheels have double flanges? edit: I saw on your other post that they do, it all makes sense. Thanks!
Watch out I may give you a call, neighbor. (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif)
Fun set up
Thanks,
