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The First day of Fall what are your building plans?

General Discussion
#1

Well today is the first day of Fall and though there are still plenty of good running days left on the calender I am already thinking about what I will be building when it gets too cold and dark out to run trains.

For many of us we have defined seasons of running and building so what are your plans to stave off the “cabin fever”

On the Bench:

a bashup of an attempt to build a heavy duty 8 axle depressed center flat car similar to the LGB ones that go for big bucks.

On the Napkin:

A string of warehouse buildings in relief for practise leading up to the attempt to construct the Conway Scenic station in NH.

On the Mind:

Acquiring a USAT GP30 and painting it in the local Mass Coastal scheme.
Repainting the S4 to resemble the old Bay Colony I remember as a kid.
Fix the top edges of the turntable that lifted a bit.
Go through a few cars I acquired that have sound cards and see what is good and what is junk then put the decent ones to use.
Construct a removable horse corale so I can put 2 stock cars that have been collecting dust to use.
Sell off some equipment and stop buying stuff I don’t really need.
Build something really cool for Miks build challenge what ever that challenge may be this year.

How about you what is On your Bench, On the Napkin, and On your Mind for the upcoming build season?

#2

On the bench: Numerous projects in multiple stages…

On the Napkin: Town switching for Hilltop Overlook, with work in progress since this weekend,

http://www.largescalecentral.com/forums/topic/22197/hilltop-overlook-town-rail-plan

On the mind: Painting/decaling more covered Hoppers for Operations.

Working on getting some buildings done.

#3

Andy will you be doing your projects from inside this :

:wink:

#4

Hard to say. Whatever catches my fancy…:wink:

#5

I must try to make a backdrop in front of which to place my locos for photos for posting here .

In between times , several locos and bits of rolling stock WIP (work in progress) .

When I get fed up with that , tanks , trucks , armoured cars , who knows ?

Mike

#6

I’ll be continuing on the HO microlayout, no LS plans or outdoor plans for now other than clearing out junk from the garage and finishing laying pavers in the back yard.

#7

Building a new layout before the ground freezes.

#8

Not really building plans, but I have to get a live steam locomotive before next spring!
And, if I acquire one earlier then I may be building some cars for it to pull.

#9

I’m finally going to get some track down here in Bovill (or is it Palouse? Ill let you know if I ever figure it out.) I’m off to the lumber store in a few minutes to get the rest of the wood to finish the deck. I have a track plan, but it will probably change 5 or 6 times before I’m satisfied.

#10

As there is little room for any more structures out in the back yard, apart from the Waubeka schoolhouse which really is a winter project, any additions will be small time. Extending the spur that serves the grain elevator allowed a red barn to be re-sighted at spur end.

I remember seeing a small coral alongside a couple of boxcars (Matt Doti’s railroad) some while ago and that prompted me to make a similar, if smaller, coral near the barn. I have some model sheep so that will be the stock cars load.

#11

Sean McGillicuddy said:

Andy will you be doing your projects from inside this :

:wink:

Sean, actually, that is the Dispatch shack during operations… Dispatcher can set on the right side porch and oversee the whole railroad…

#12

Did someone say;

Lets see, I have my flat cars to letter, my 4-4-0 to finish kit-bashing, my HO/HOn30 module to finish, and probably another dozen projects in various states of started that I need to get done, so I can have space in my workroom. But the first indoor project is to clean up my workroom, so I can find the important stuff. Stuff like the chair, the workbench, the drill press, the saw, the floor…

#13

Drink pumpkin beer and think

#14

Too much to list, sorry.

#15

I need a track plan!

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/26bOBa8DoWoHo3uV_z_IEbX8CtIKsKVe2lq9XbH3crY=w366-h274-no)

http://www.largescalecentral.com/forums/topic/22204/nbrr-v4-0-i-need-a-track-plan-a/view/post_id/256963

Finish up a pondless waterfall!

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-q7-V5Ls6Rwo/VCB_AfiNaEI/AAAAAAAAAOw/qGU4Oiu954w/w366-h274-no/IMG_20140922_155627_136.jpg)

http://www.largescalecentral.com/forums/topic/22100/pondless-waterfall-stream/view/post_id/256962

Finish the RR.

http://www.largescalecentral.com/forums/topic/18147/n-b-r-r-v4-0/view/page/1

#16

Depends on what I have supplies for

#17

That’s the station I’m thinking of David Maynard. That is super nice. Did you finish it?

#18

not yet I havent

#19

On the bench (so to speak): Finish home remodel project so wife will let me get back to my hobbies!

On the napkin: build a couple of wooden building kits I bought at the big train show last June but had to put on hold due to the above.

On the mind: expand the switching yard in the workshop now that my daughter cleared out all her college stuff.

#20

On the bench:

Finish (finally, after coming up on 7 years!) my string of passenger cars. That will bring my varnish roster to a total of 7. Ideally, they’ll be mostly finished and painted by the end of October, with the rest of the interior details to be finished over the course of the winter.

Also on the bench (or at least past the napkin stage):

I need another locomotive like a hole in the head–especially a non-EBT one–but I’ve always liked the proportions of this loco ever since I first rode on her up in Georgetown. I’ve got a Bachmann 4-6-0 chassis awaiting modification to a 2-6-2, which will then be placed under a “Connie” boiler I bought recently. While the whaleback tender is certainly unique, I’ll likely opt for a more traditional coal tender, since my railroad doesn’t have facilities for oil-fired locos. Or I might do two shells that fit on the same frame, or… This one will become Tuscarora RR #6 when it is finished, though there’s absolutely no timeline on when that might be.

On the Napkin:

A rock tipple to go over my ganister quarry spur. I’ve got a photo of a suitable tipple that served the EBT; I’ve just got to find the time to rip a bunch of cedar fence boards into the appropriately-sized lumber.

On the Mind:

With the NGRC in Denver next Summer, I’ve got plans to re-do my tannery buildings. A new bark shed is definitely in the cards, as the current state of the one shown new-ish in this photograph is definitely a bit in need of attention. The warehouse can probably survive with just a new roof, though I’d like something a bit different. I keep thinking it needs to be a bit bigger. We’ll see what happens…

Later,