We're back from a weekend of hopefully some progress. I did okay, how about you? Saturday: Was not exactly as I had planned. Lucy who usually has me out of bed at 5:30 let us sleep until 8:00. Good thing Jess didn't need those brake pads after all. She got a clean bill of health when she got checked out at the Jeep dealership for her oil change. Lucy however did need to get some medicine in her so we took turns watching her all day. Around 1:30, I set off for my not so local hobby shop to enjoy some food and see some friends and to also get some LEDs. To my surprise, my buddy and fellow railfan showed up in a beautiful 2017 Go Mango Challenger! Yes, I'm a MOPAR guy so trains were sidelined as I drooled over Brian's new car. I'm happy for him as he he deserves a nice diversion. Inside the shop was plenty of chili, brats, cake and bull session. I hung out for a while then bought my LEDs and headed home to relieve Angela of puppy sitting. Sunday: Turned out to be the most productive. On my way to the hardware store, we were experiencing temps in the low 70's. It was so warm on the trip back, I was shocked to find a little Garter Snake in the road just emerging from the field. I hope the little guy found shelter soon cause by 3:00, the temps dipped back into the 50's again. I spent the rest of the day in the garage working on the Mk. IV module and by dinner I had the folding legs design done. The design allows me to fold these legs up within the module for easier transport. Here they are in transport mode. The leg mounts as well as the legs are made from 3/4 Baltic Birch. Still to be added is the 2-inch wide 1/4-inch Baltic Birch that will create an L girder type leg for rigidity as well as a secure seat at the leg end for a 2X2 inch, 3/4-inch block with T-Nut for the adjustable leg. I realize this design has taken longer to build, but keep in mind that this is the prototype and I'm applying design changes based on the mistakes I made with the Mk. II modules. So far the module is turning out better then expected. The plan now is to finish it up after Trainfest before taking a break for the Christmas season as I have a O scale Christmas project that has been green lit to start Thanksgiving weekend. Finally, no shop project is complete without a dog or cat to help us out. Lucy is a cute distraction and I love having her in the shop. Hopefully she'll make a good railfan Beagle. The rest of the night was spent working on the last loose ends for Trainfest before calling it a night. All in all a good weekend. So how about you? How did you fare this past weekend? Let us know. Now for a programming note. Friday's WMP thread will either be very early or very late. I'm leaving for Milwaukee at 3:00am and will be busy with set up at Trainfest. I'll do my best to get the thread up but please be patient as I maybe busy with set up or dealing with a bad signal. In any case, we'll get the thread up. Until then, have a great week, stay safe and as always... High Greens!
All I managed to get done: Got the silver ends pained - then a gloss coat: Hope Y'all had a great weekend, Wolf
Did get a few little things done on my industrial building over the weekend. A building like this would need to have several emergency exit doors so digging through my details junk I found a door and some stairs and added these, still need to find my stash of railings. While looking for the door I picked out 6 turbine vents and added those to the roof, one of which is also seen in this photo. FirstBldg3 by nscalestation posted Nov 6, 2017 at 7:48 AM This building needed some help to keep it stable on the layout but I still wanted to be able to remove it so I came up with this idea using some small magnets I had and some long flat head screws. In the photo I showed on Friday I noticed the back edge of the roof was not very straight so I added a solid .080 x .080 bracing which is also visible in this photo. FirstBldg4 by nscalestation posted Nov 6, 2017 at 7:48 AM On Saturday I received a kit in the mail which will be the starting point for the second industry in this area of my layout so have started on that and also got the track painted. We got our first cold weather this weekend and I got to try out the new heater I bought for the train room and so far it does a much better job than the old one.
That warehouse is looking good, I can't wait to see it finished. As for me, I am sick. I started to decal my SW1 and gave up for the time being. I hope to finish it tonight. So, while in bed, I decided to put all of my research on a project into a blog post... https://sopacincg.com/pacific-electric-flat-top-caboose/
Saturday was all football. Yesterday, went to the Raleigh Scale Model train show. Not large a large show with respect to vendors, but some good modular layouts are there from time to time. The best of which is usually the "Sipping and Switching Society of North Carolina". Also managed to come home and get some plywood installed for more track. My goal is to get down all of the plywood and finish the loop in one, big effort. Tired of "diddling around" with it.. Here's a couple of shots of the "Sipping and Switching Society" layout.
It was a busy weekend with the train show but I did manage to get a few more bents put up. Not this is gonna be bigger than I dreamed. Lol. I have already gone through a bunch of balsa wood. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
Well, I did manage to get my new shelf close to where it's going to go. My apartment is too small to move much around. I need to get rid of a couple of large pieces of furniture to make room my workbench, and I want to keep my spray booth as close to the window as possible. It's getting there.
I still need track and a power pack. I’m thinking a simple figure 8 over and under Micro layout. Maybe an Arizona mining theme.
Let me know if you need some Sonoran Dessert dirt...my wife doesn't bat an eye anymore at me mailing dirt.
Sweet work. Now you're in trouble. We want to see this baby as it progresses. Nice detail coming along in N scale. Please keep this project posted as to progress. That's some awesome work so far.
Will do, Kitbash. Thanks! Bremmer, I may take you up on that. Sometimes I cover for other Physical Therapists out in Kingman, Yuma and Prescott and I’m shooting for the Kingman/Oatman area as far as scenery goes. I love Arizona scenery.
I’m deviating from the instructions and decided to build this as an open cab version. Kitbashing in Nn3 is challenging to say the least. I used prototype photos for inspiration. I’ve also discovered that an extra shim is required on the rear power truck to keep the rear end from sitting too low. An extra washer levels things up just fine. Just an FYI.
