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Post by TBird1958 on May 22, 2016 6:59:15 GMT -8
A hellish work and band schedule plus being a bit under the weather means I haven't finished anything up for this week so I have a few shots from recent trip to my fave place to take pics. Have a great Sunday guys! Had the pleasure of attending a local RPM meet yesterday, since Dave Hussey was in attendance here's a shot of one his completed kits alongside my CB&Q XM-4  I could use a couple more of the Intermountain FMC 5283 cars.  Atlas Evans 53' car that I added a few parts to, makes a nice addition to my pool of lumber cars.  |
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Post by riogrande on May 22, 2016 7:06:57 GMT -8
Very nice photo's of those box cars; always a pleasure to see! Hope you are feeling better soon.
Any photo's from the meet?
I took a break from scenery after getting 99% of the plaster cloth and worked on adding more track to the main yard. Will try to get a few photo's up later, must take the misses to the Dr.
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on May 22, 2016 8:38:30 GMT -8
I've been working on a batch of hopper cars for my railroad and patched together this data only Accurail PS boxcar using extra pieces from my custom Highball Graphics decals.  It some point in time it will succumb to some dirtyin' up for use on the layout. It has been weighted to NMRA specs, ~4oz and has Intermountain wheels and Kadee #5 couplers |
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Post by mrsocal on May 22, 2016 11:26:34 GMT -8
Cool looking stuff today. I have been at the bench scratching some parts that do not exist on the model.   |
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Post by dti406 on May 22, 2016 11:30:49 GMT -8
Good morning all from the sunny and mild Northeast Ohio! Nothing finished this week, as I am in the middle of decaling a couple of 60' Auto Parts cars, and there are a lot of decals to apply to each of these cars. But never fear, I have a couple of photographs I took with my I-Phone at the club in Strongsville, OH.  Athearn GP38-2's with a loaded coil steel train!  This is from last weeks NMRA Division 4 layout tour, I usually bring a train that ran in the Cleveland area, and I chose my NKP GP9's with a mixed freight. Showing a meet with Ron Spiga's C&NW Grain Train. Thanks for looking! Rick Jesionowski |
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Post by riogrande on May 22, 2016 12:13:12 GMT -8
Finished 99% of the plaster cloth last week:   Took a break from scenery and added tracks for engine and caboose area and a industry lead on the right side - a Pike Stuff 2-stall engine house is planned for the right two most tracks:  Extended additional yard tracks around to the left:   Here is an Athearn lumberload on a WOT bulkhead flat car:  |
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Post by ddatrainman on May 22, 2016 12:32:24 GMT -8
Finishing up Mohawk Adirondack & Northern 2453.  |
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Post by 12bridge on May 22, 2016 15:05:48 GMT -8
A few cars I weathered this week..  Intermountain SPFE Reeefer  Proto Newsprint Car.  Wheels of Time SP Flat  Tangent X58  Another X58. |
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Post by roadkill on May 22, 2016 16:15:06 GMT -8
Good morning all from the sunny and mild Northeast Ohio! Nothing finished this week, as I am in the middle of decaling a couple of 60' Auto Parts cars, and there are a lot of decals to apply to each of these cars. But never fear, I have a couple of photographs I took with my I-Phone at the club in Strongsville, OH. Athearn GP38-2's with a loaded coil steel train! This is from last weeks NMRA Division 4 layout tour, I usually bring a train that ran in the Cleveland area, and I chose my NKP GP9's with a mixed freight. Showing a meet with Ron Spiga's C&NW Grain Train. Thanks for looking! Rick Jesionowski Funny, I live 5 minutes from there and I've never visited it... |
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Post by mlehman on May 22, 2016 19:00:17 GMT -8
Mostly doing maintenance and reliability upgrades to prep for the OP SIG sessions here before and after the NMRA National in Indy in early July. For details and to sign up, see: www.nmra2016.org/#!opsig/c1ygl I did start on building some platforms at Summit  And it's nice to have most of the ballasting out of the way   |
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Post by everywherewestontheq on May 22, 2016 22:43:13 GMT -8
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Post by Donnell Wells on May 22, 2016 22:51:54 GMT -8
Here's an experiment that I conducted a few years ago where I took some Atlas code 100 snap-track, shaved off the molded spikes, and replaced them with custom spikes formed from mini staples and modified ME micro spikes. There were actually three pieces of 24" radius track soldered together, and it was also going to be painted and ballasted to show how good snap-track could actually look when detailed, even though everything is a bit over-sized...but alas, I got side-tracked!
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on May 24, 2016 18:54:13 GMT -8
Sorry I'm a little late. I finally finished my late 60s MILW 'The Arrow' Great photography!! |
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Post by Chet on May 25, 2016 6:34:16 GMT -8
This photo is more on detail items. I model a more rural area during the transition era. Found these hay bales put out by JTT Scenery Products. The package comes with rectangular bales like these and also larger round bales. Unfortunately I couldn't use the large round bales as they didn't come on the scene until around the early 70's, but they do add a bit of detail to a scene.  |
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Post by Christian on May 25, 2016 9:53:11 GMT -8
This photo is more on detail items. I model a more rural area during the transition era. Found these hay bales put out by JTT Scenery Products. The package comes with rectangular bales like these and also larger round bales. Unfortunately I couldn't use the large round bales as they didn't come on the scene until around the early 70's, but they do add a bit of detail to a scene. Actually during WWII. Large round bales left in the field were popular with manpower short cattle operations. Rectangular bale sized round bales were common in the 50's. That's a really nice looking scene. Been there, bucked the bales. |
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Post by tankcarsrule on May 25, 2016 12:05:30 GMT -8
A hellish work and band schedule plus being a bit under the weather means I haven't finished anything up for this week so I have a few shots from recent trip to my fave place to take pics. Have a great Sunday guys! Had the pleasure of attending a local RPM meet yesterday, since Dave Hussey was in attendance here's a shot of one his completed kits alongside my CB&Q XM-4 I could use a couple more of the Intermountain FMC 5283 cars. Atlas Evans 53' car that I added a few parts to, makes a nice addition to my pool of lumber cars. Mark, I had a rough week too. My right thumb is worn out from changing channels. Retirement, good and bad! Regards, Bobby |
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Post by Chet on May 25, 2016 13:36:03 GMT -8
This photo is more on detail items. I model a more rural area during the transition era. Found these hay bales put out by JTT Scenery Products. The package comes with rectangular bales like these and also larger round bales. Unfortunately I couldn't use the large round bales as they didn't come on the scene until around the early 70's, but they do add a bit of detail to a scene. Actually during WWII. Large round bales left in the field were popular with manpower short cattle operations. Rectangular bale sized round bales were common in the 50's. That's a really nice looking scene. Been there, bucked the bales. Bucked quite a few myself. The machinery that makes the large round bales we see today, made by Buchele and Haverdink, was completed and tested in 1966. There were round bales prior to this machinery, but the bales were smaller. Sure wish we had this new baler when I was growing up. |
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Post by Christian on May 26, 2016 1:03:36 GMT -8
tested in 1966. There were round bales prior to this machinery, but the bales were smaller. Yeah. I think we have a different concept of "large" and "really large!" |
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Post by Christian on May 26, 2016 1:09:58 GMT -8
]Mark, I had a rough week too. My right thumb is worn out from changing channels. Retirement, good and bad! Boy Howdy Bobby. Tell it like it is! These whippersnappers think that retired is all Mai-tai's out on the deck. They haven't experienced the heartache of missing a "Murder She Wrote" episode. |
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Post by mlehman on May 26, 2016 10:55:55 GMT -8
tested in 1966. There were round bales prior to this machinery, but the bales were smaller. Yeah. I think we have a different concept of "large" and "really large!" IIRC, there may have been a regional aspect to this, too, with ag labor shortages being more acute in the West. The "bracero" program was another solution en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracero_program. IIRC, it extended eastward only to roughly Arkansas I don't recall round bales in the Midwest prior to the "really large" ones in the mid-60s -- of course my memory, only goes back to maybe 1960. I vaguely remember a discussion about this when the '66 round balers came out with my cousin on the farm. He was aware of such things, but noted no one around there -- southern Indiana -- used them prior to that. Most likely this was a discussion as we bounced over the fields stacking square bales in the trailing wagon as my uncle baled them up ahead of us... |
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2016 14:36:55 GMT -8
Yeah. I think we have a different concept of "large" and "really large!" IIRC, there may have been a regional aspect to this, too, with ag labor shortages being more acute in the West. The "bracero" program was another solution en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracero_program. IIRC, it extended eastward only to roughly Arkansas I don't recall round bales in the Midwest prior to the "really large" ones in the mid-60s -- of course my memory, only goes back to maybe 1960. I vaguely remember a discussion about this when the '66 round balers came out with my cousin on the farm. He was aware of such things, but noted no one around there -- southern Indiana -- used them prior to that. Most likely this was a discussion as we bounced over the fields stacking square bales in the trailing wagon as my uncle baled them up ahead of us... Great points. As we get in to the memorial day weekend, it reminds us all the great sacrafices made by labor, to which we owe the upmost debt of gratitude. |
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