Bob, thanks… I take it you scratch built them… what material??
Bob Welcome Nice work…and the photo’s are great. As for modeling winter !!
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It’s Easy it could be a subway!!! Sean
Andy Clarke said:Unubtanium!
Bob, thanks.... I take it you scratch built them... what material??
Andy Clarke said:
Bob, thanks… I take it you scratch built them… what material??
CSX crews, working south of Hialeah yard, must do their work while avoiding holding up buisy Tri-Rail. I wanted this drama to be part of our operation. But my aim was MODEL RAILROADING, not RAILROAD MODELING.
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the “models” were eyeballed, without plans, from a few known dimentions and a number of pictures I found on the web. Frames were 1/4in plexiglass, Bodys were built of thin wood to which an overlay of poster board was laminated. Windows (and there were a LOT of them) were made from that awful tough plastic everything comes packaged in nowdays. The back side of the window material was spray painted, black. Zipping up and down the main, they were impressive and played their part well but they would never have won any modeling contests. Overall—just smoke and mirrors—no unobtanium…LOL!
Ha …USA NW2 trucks though!
We think alike Bob!
Sharp eyes, David!
They don’t look much like the diesel mechanical trucks of the prototype
but they were what I had and normaly this train was only seen in mition.
Bob,
They are a perfect choice… excellent work.
I’m working on these currently
http://www.largescalecentral.com/LSCForums/viewtopic.php?id=13868
David Russell said:If y'all ain't seen this, you need to take a look! COOL! David is doing a fine job of what I did, only he's taking his time and doing it right! Good job. Looking forward to the finished product. BTW, what's your plan for all those windows, David?
Bob, They are a perfect choice...... excellent work. I'm working on these currently http://www.largescalecentral.com/LSCForums/viewtopic.php?id=13868
We are about ready to lay track at the north end of River St. yard on the new layout. This shot shows what we are using for track base. we saw stips of 1/2in styrofoam then saw a 45 degree bevel along one edge. This is half a track base (like cork in HO). It will bend enough to follow curves. I attach it with drywall screws.
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Some of these strips are black because they were sawed from a sheet that had been painted.
This is a close up view of one of the track base strips. Rip the strips to suit your track width. If you want to use this system for sound deadening, glue, then attach with screws. After the glue sets up, remove the screws.
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I used this system on the Miami layout and others before and have been very happy with it. It is easy and CHEEP!
I like the easy and CHEEP part…
I experimented with that material early on, but gave up due to the complexity of cutting curves. I never thought of trying to get a straight piece to conform to a curve. If I ever get around to doing scenery inside I might just give it another go.
BTW - I call the stuff that is made up of little balls and crumbles Styrofoam. They make coffee cups from it. I think what you are using is an open cell foam like insulation board, correct?
Yep Jon, 4X8 sheet, 1/2in thick. From the builder’s supply. What I have is blue,
Don’t remember the brand name but, yes, it is insulation board.
I have successfully curved it down to a 60in radious.
Years ago, in HO scale, we were pretty happy just to have an engineer in the losomotive cab. But now, in large scale, and especially with a near eye-level layout, our model engineers are quite visible. So it bugged me no end that my plastic buddy sat there forever frozen in the forward fasing pose, even when the engine was working back and forth, switching. I decided to do something about that. A few cuts at the neck and waste, brass wire for a spine, and hook-up to an onboard Tortoise switch machine…
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Here’s our pipe smoking 'ole eingneer (let’s call him “Uncle Bob”) watching the track ahead. But when it’s time to shove back…
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He turns to watch for signals from his ground man. The switch motor provides smooth, slow, natural looking movement. I also use it to reverse the battery powered headlights.
When do 2 trains = 1 ?
On our new Loganville layout, Our local switching area is fed by a turn out of West Knoxville to Etowah, tn. But on the layout the mainline is all hidden staging.(2 tracks)
So our plan is to have 2 trains staged, one northbound, one southbound, different concists but IDENTICAL POWER.
Running first the southbound then later the northbound, it will look like the Etowah turn making its trip south then returning to West Knoxville.
Welcome Bob. I don’t know about Bulldogs, but I’m a Climax fan.
Shays aren’t to bad either.
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David
With Grand kids and the need for space I put my track on my basement wall, about 150 ft of it .
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David
GOOD NEWS FOR LARGE SCALE! I have recieved conformation from Andy S. at MR that he
plans to run the Paul Dolkos article about my LARGE SCALE Miami layout in the 2012 issue
of Great Model Railroads! Should be out late October, this year.
Congratulations, Bob.
Remind us when it comes out so I can pick up the issue.
Ralph
Very cool Bob!