tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74239030420129428392024-03-20T06:16:33.325-07:00The Delaware Lackawanna in Proto 48Jim Lincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396164338506262369noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423903042012942839.post-34445889953417608702012-03-13T20:47:00.000-07:002012-03-13T20:47:48.287-07:00I haven't died ...Well, no new photos today, but a little bit of an update. I have not done a lot of work on the RR per se, but for the last month I have jumped into 3D modeling with Google Sketchup with both feet. I have produced several models and had them printed by Shapeways and it is, I must say, very cool. The coolest is my drop in Atlas O to P48 conversion bolster for their Roller Bearing trucks. It makes a several hour job into a several minute job. I got them back from Shapeways and they dropped right into, with no modifications required! I now have a set of RB's with 33" wheels for a boxcar done and one with 36" wheels done. I would have done them both, but I am saving the one on the sprue for the O scale show in Chicago, where I will be speaking about 3D modeling and the future of the hobby. Jeepers, and I've only been doing this for a month! <br />
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I hope to have more photos up soon, but I have had issues with the old computer not wanting to upload photos from my iPhone. It seems that when I updated the software, it caused issues with the phone, which, of course, should have been fixed ... I think it is a plot to get everyone to buy new iPhones!Jim Lincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396164338506262369noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423903042012942839.post-39064012673971130732012-02-01T18:56:00.000-08:002012-02-01T18:56:25.825-08:00Since I mentioned it ...<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Here are some photos of the Motrak Models structure I built for the review in O Scale Trains. It will be appearing in the June issue, for those who are interested.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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When I arrived at Mike's he was screening some ballast that he had gotten from Scott Mason, who had gotten in from Ken McCory's. Well, he gave me some of the coarse stuff to try on my layout. I'm not sure about the color ... and it is a little large, but I will use it as accents in other areas ... Let me know what you think ... if you can really see it.<br />
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I suppose I should upload some photos of the structure I just completed ... hmmm<br />
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One of the first things is that rotted ties have a tendency to appear hollow, well, how would you do that? If you dig out from the top, while it might look okay, it won't look hollow. So I was able to start out doing these first five ties ...<br />
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So here are the ties after installation on the layout and application or Miniwax Ebony stain, a little bit of ballast and the addition of weeds. The weeds are paint bristles off an old paint brush that had been stained white already ...<br />
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I put the first ties down with carpenters glue, but then I remembered that I had pre-colored as per the directions on Joe Fugate's videos on scenery. That is the grey material above the unstained ties ... I did this to use as cement for the ties, but to also have them appear to be sunk into the earth ...<br />
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My process for adding the weeds is pretty slow ... I put a bottom layer of Aileen's Tacky Glue, then put in some ballast to help hold the paint bristles upright and then adhering that ballast with Future Floor Wax.<br />
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I added in a couple sprigs of Super Trees materials that I spray painted with grey spray paint and then glue some cigar leaves.<br />
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I hope you enjoy the photos and I hope to get more frequent blog updates .Jim Lincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396164338506262369noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423903042012942839.post-62117381041616073142011-12-03T18:56:00.000-08:002011-12-03T18:56:45.563-08:00A needed detail ....One of the things that I believe is sorely lacking on model railroads is that omnipresent ground cover ... leaves. They are everywhere, at least they are nowadays. Here are a couple photos illustrating my point. The first is pretty bad as it is a photo of the computer screen, but it was the best photo I had available and the second is a better one.<br />
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If you notice, leaves are everywhere, so the question is, how does one model leaves? Well, some people have tried using real leaves, the problem is that real leaves are too thick. So, I tried torn up cigar leaves ... I think that it turned out exceptionally well ...<br />
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That's the torn up leaves and the result is in the two photos below ...<br />
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The only problem is that I have to tear up a gagillion more leaves .... ugh.Jim Lincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396164338506262369noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423903042012942839.post-28622696653713210872011-12-03T18:33:00.000-08:002011-12-03T18:33:38.915-08:00Work has continued, but posts haven't ...I am very sorry for the lack of posts, but my internet connection is sometimes a little sketchy. So, while I might have time to do a little work on the railroad (the model one), it is much harder to get posts out as you all might want.<br />
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I will start off with some posts that have gone out to the Model Rail Radio mailing list, but I have not posted here. That happens because I take the pictures with my iphone and I am able to send them to the list from that. Whereas, I am not able to send photos to the blog from my iPhone, or at least it has been sufficiently difficult that I have not pursued it.<br />
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Anyway, I have been working on the abandoned track that is going to run alongside the main line here and I have been moving along slowly, but then again, I always do ...<br />
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So this all makes sense, I am going to post bits and pieces, instead of loading it all into this one post.<br />
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Well, just so you all know, I went down to Craig Bisguier's this weekend on then Acela. It was a late afternoon train and I was able to get this photo with my iPhone as we tooled along at around 100mph.<br />
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I never cease to be impressed with the camera in the iPhone. It takes about the best model photos I have ever taken and there is no way in the world I could have gotten a picture like the above with my other cameras, at least not without a lot of prep, that was just fired out the window.<br />
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When I arrived, Craig's wife picked me up at the train station in Clifton, NJ and brought me over to his friend, Dave Ramos' house for the operating session that was on going when I arrived. It was very cool and I had a great time, even though the engineer I worked with first only killed me about 4 times ... It only hurt a little.<br />
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Today, Craig and I drove out to Scranton, PA to get research photos to help me with my Delaware Lackawanna modeling. We started out in Steamtown, where we both bought t-shirts at the store and then were greeted by CN 3254 being turned on the turntable and then backed onto a string of 6 coaches.<br />
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That photo was taken later, in Moscow, PA. After visiting the DL shops, where we saw a number of the stable outside, including 2452, and various others, as well as the rather impressive deadline, we decided to chase 3254 to Moscow, as that is in the direction of Cresco, PA, our ultimate destination. We were assured by one of the trainman that we would have no problem chasing her as she would only be going 25 mph up the hill ... Well, due to several factors, we got smoked (no pun intended) It is very difficult to believe that they were only going 25 ...<br />
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After spending some time in Cresco getting lots of photos, we were greeted by PT-98, which we chased towards the East, which just happens to be towards Craig's ... very convenient. I think this bridge needs to be modeled ... But then again, I want to model everything ...<br />
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Modeling updates are to follow ...Jim Lincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396164338506262369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423903042012942839.post-78152252341745287412011-11-11T16:30:00.000-08:002011-11-11T16:30:30.713-08:00Believe it or not ...<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Work has actually taken place. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I had gotten a tiny bit of work done since the last post in time for Craig Bisguier, Jeff Adam and Lee Weiss to come over during the lunch break from CSC11 on Saturday and take a look at my 3 feet of track and benchwork. The railroad has been taking its toll and it really does not allow me the time or energy to work on the layout. That changed this week as I have been working later in the day instead of bright and early in the AM. This appears to be kinder on the body's clock, as it were ...</div><br />
I set about finishing the stretch of track, which is done, basically ... I also set up the frame for my backdrop.<br />
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That being the case, you all might be wondering about the next few photos, where I am going after a blue sky backdrop ... But it is the easiest to to with the amount of experience that I have, which is none ... So, I went to Lowe's to get some sky blue paint ... But I got tired of taking paint cards outside to look at the perfecgt blue sky, so I took this photo ...<br />
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And I came home with this color, as is seen after initially painting the styrene ...<br />
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</div>Jim Lincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396164338506262369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423903042012942839.post-37589309537830437902011-10-11T15:21:00.000-07:002011-10-11T15:21:29.604-07:00Wupped ...Well, for those of you that are actually following this ... not really much has happened in the last week except work. I have done a little ... very little, since I hve worked the last eight days straight. On Sunday, I took a train here:<br />
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I found this interesting artifact adjacent to the Whitman commuter rail station ... the old turntable pit with several tracks still there, apparently restored and maintained, very cool!<br />
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Now here is another example of why the camera on an iPhone is so cool ... try THIS with an SLR. This photo was taken handheld, no tripod ... It never ceases to amaze me ... Actually, the photo I took resting the phone on the back of my car to steady it, came out worse! Oh, this is the Rhode Island state capitol building in Providence, RI.<br />
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That same day, Saturday, instead of going home on my release, I went over and toured the USS Constitution, which is across Boston Harbor from South Station. A 10 minute ride by water shuttle, which was free, being a MBTA employee (sort of), although it is normally only $1.70 for the same ride ... which amazed the two tourists from Toronto, Canada that I met in line waiting to go through security at Charlestown Navy yard ...<br />
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Here is a look at the gun deck of the Constitution, one of the crew members (yes this ship is still commissioned in the U.S. Navy and naval officers serve 2 year tours of duty aboard her) stated that while Constitution was listed as a 44 gun ship, she never went out with fewer than 50.<br />
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A very interesting day, we had beautiful weather, for October (actually for anytime), just about 80 degrees and not a cloud in the sky.Jim Lincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396164338506262369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423903042012942839.post-22444505852928041992011-10-01T18:28:00.000-07:002011-10-01T18:28:25.444-07:00Dealing with another dip ...And it isn't me, thank you very much, Clark. I had another dip in the roadbed that I got about to repairing today. The first two photos show how much of a dip there was. What I did was to take a piece of rail, one of the good thing about using code 138 steel rail (yes, steel, not nickel silver) is that it has a tendency to want to stay pretty straight/flat. I used the rail as a gauge to know which ties to raise and by how much. You can see that the dip is pretty sizeable ...<br />
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In the next photo, I have started to shim the lower ties up to the level of the rail "gauge." The clamp is holding the rail in place so this actually <em>works</em> ...<br />
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The ties on the other side were also dipped down, but not as badly, so I repeated the process for the other side as well and added in the missing ties to complete the section ...<br />
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Now I just have to wait for the carpenters glue to dry ...Jim Lincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396164338506262369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423903042012942839.post-72078058400697953322011-09-30T18:50:00.000-07:002011-09-30T18:50:07.808-07:00Looking to the Future ...Well, per a request from Mike Rose, I ballasted a little bit of track, using Future Floor Wax, of course! It worked well as usual, here is a photo of the finished product ... well, sort of, I am still waiting for the Future to dry so I can paint the rail ...<br />
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I took this video with my iPhone of the Future application and how easy it is. Unfortunately the microphone on my iPhone is not working, so there is no sound ... not that there was a lot of sound involved in this ...<br />
You will be able to see the Woodland Scenics ballast crater, and then level out and then the Future flow through the ballast, without a wetting agent! And if you listen to the September Scotty Mason show, you will be able to hear Jimmy Simmons talk about some of the other things that Future can do.<br />
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First off, I sanded and painted the rest of the roadbed on the section that I have up ...<br />
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</div> Well, the second project was to create a splice plate so that I can hold the splines on the next section of layout. Here is the piece I built using a scrap piece of aspen, cutting 1/2" deep notches for the spines with a table saw.<br />
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This is the splicer plate installed on the new section. I also installed that tie that you see that hasn't been stained ... That is actually on the second section.<br />
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For reference, this is the tie spacing jig that I made out of masonite pieces last year. The width of the masonite strips is such that it allows for a little variation in the tie spacing, just like on the prototype.<br />
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I installed a couple tie strips and held them down into the yellow gluw with these pieces of 1/2" plywood and clamps ...<br />
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In this case, it was a good thing that I am impatient, because when I looked at the ties under the block on the left, they had shifted WAY out of position. Fortunately, the glue had not set completely, so I was able to move and reglue them. They are now being held in place three at a time with the clamps.<br />
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Oooo, I love it when I get parts in the mail ... I just got these today ... Rail anchors! The last piece of the puzzle as far as the track detailing here goes, but dear lord, I am going to go broke using these things as much as I need to ... They come from the Irish Tracklayer, but I think y'all could figure that out.<br />
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And this is what they look like installed .... I really think that they make the track pop ...<br />
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And here is a shot of a little more of the track with them installed ...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>But wait ... there's more ...Jim Lincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396164338506262369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423903042012942839.post-87023405059514128402011-09-29T12:00:00.000-07:002011-09-30T15:36:25.957-07:00Converting a Corn Syrup Car to P48 ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0SjAJI8xIn3W_sheyFdMzFprN9Xtij-GwcdLCYM2j84Dezd523l9hQEYkMtS0qL5QAE2RNOUmXJGxEf2OvLEmCfl5JwfWhwd3gAicyh5LlXqyfML-O1rbRcHKNY3lyNCiHKjUF2T5tZrn/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239px" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0SjAJI8xIn3W_sheyFdMzFprN9Xtij-GwcdLCYM2j84Dezd523l9hQEYkMtS0qL5QAE2RNOUmXJGxEf2OvLEmCfl5JwfWhwd3gAicyh5LlXqyfML-O1rbRcHKNY3lyNCiHKjUF2T5tZrn/s320/012.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Well, this wasn't much a "project" really, but I thought you might be interested in the photos nonetheless. I swapped the trucks off of an Atlas O Corn Syrup tank car with the other set of P48 Roller Bearing trucks from Protocraft. Here are a couple photos of the differences between the Atlas Trucks that I have talked about and the Protocraft, correct size trucks. You all might find it interesting ... The Protocraft truck is on the right ...</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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The problem: A dip in on of the rails due to rushing through the laying of the ties and the roadbed, just so that he could see something get done. The first photo shows the problem, I think, but the second really does, here goes:<br />
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In this photo, I have loosened all of the spikes in the area, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4neBqgTtwAK8YcxltadCF-uSa7aQWo4QjNS6PTF3TT5_Gainz00vvFWvqpNErlPzH4WAWs2qXJMIfmbcQHINSbw3lUEvaRfPg8Rjmk41htlx9-vAv19rAAcQSq91tQTsv1KLdAEQmB6r/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239px" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4neBqgTtwAK8YcxltadCF-uSa7aQWo4QjNS6PTF3TT5_Gainz00vvFWvqpNErlPzH4WAWs2qXJMIfmbcQHINSbw3lUEvaRfPg8Rjmk41htlx9-vAv19rAAcQSq91tQTsv1KLdAEQmB6r/s320/013.JPG" width="320px" /></a>and used an X-Acto knife with a chisel blade to lift up underneath one of the ties to show how much of a dip there was in the rail.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"></div>Jim Lincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396164338506262369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423903042012942839.post-51571562171379485672011-09-26T18:38:00.000-07:002011-09-26T18:38:07.243-07:00A little more of the same ...I continue along with the track laying, a little at a time. I have added a little bit of weathering to the ties to give them a sun-bleached look. That is simply done with a white pastel pencil, as per a suggestion from Laurie Green when he was here in the US for CSS 2010. Here are the photos:<br />
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Any questions Gordon?Jim Lincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396164338506262369noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423903042012942839.post-22336386119952883162011-09-26T18:15:00.000-07:002011-09-26T18:15:14.284-07:00A question of spikes ...Gordon Dobson once again brings up a question, well actually he brought it up on Model Rail Radio and just reminded me that I had promised pictures. The issue was about what spikes I was using. I said Micro Engineering, but that I had to cut the head of the spikes to use them, which was taking a lot of time. Here are a couple photos demonstrating why it is necessary.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">In the left photo, you can see an unmodified spike on the left and the cut spike on the left. The unmodified spike head is 1/8 of an inch, or 6" in O scale. Even better, it's 1 foot in HO. The cut head is about 1/16, still too big, but better, at least.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">On the right, the modified spike is on top and the unmods are below. The width is also adjusted to look better.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I have a supply of these spikes, and thus I am using them. Many times, I have been using relatively unmodified spikes on the back of the rail, since it can't be seen. (Yes, even I will do the "good enough" thing if it really is feasible.) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Technically, the best spikes are the ones from Proto 87 stores, but they are pricey and take a while to get. They also can be a bit of a pain to work with, but the pliers I am using do help in that regard. </div>Jim Lincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396164338506262369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423903042012942839.post-41117163035694150182011-09-24T20:15:00.000-07:002011-09-24T20:15:20.526-07:00Self Guarded Frog ...This is something that I would really like to have, but is not available in P48 (or anywhere else for that matter) is the cast manganese self guarded frog. Here's the photo for Jason on the Sept 24, 2011 Model Rail Radio ...<br />
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The photo below is the joint on the other side in progress and how it looks before the joint bar is installed.<br />
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Well, the photo on the left you can see the track shaping up and in the right photo, I wanted to show how I was tearing up the track on this section. I was not pleased with the fact that the rails were leaning to one side. With the modified Sweepstick, I now had the tool to correct the issue. So up the rail came!<br />
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These are just a few more photos of the distressing and staining work ...<br />
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Here is just a photo of me using the small stainless steel wire brush. It takes a bit of elbow grease to get a good level of grain, but as the photo below brings out, I really think the effect is excellent. The grain appears to be pretty close to prototypical as for relatively new ties.<br />
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These are still going to recieved a lot more weathering before they are going to be dubbed "done." I will hit it with another color of stain, as this is really meant to just pop into the grain to push it to the fore ...<br />
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</div>Jim Lincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396164338506262369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423903042012942839.post-74577556874546925662011-09-23T18:30:00.000-07:002011-09-23T18:30:03.075-07:00A Little Explanation ....Well, Gordon sent me a good question. What I might think is self evident, obviously isn't. In regard to my using a "modified" FastTracks Sweepstick: Technically speaking, a sweepstick is really only billed as being a means for curving flextrack to a specific radius. When I talked to Tim Warris, he did say that they can be used as a track gauge, but that people would jump down his throat if he billed the wooden sweepsticks as a track gauge. Well, in my experience thus far, they work just fine for that purpose. However, they are not without their issues when used in that way ... First of all, here is the unaltered sweepstick that I am using for the 60" radius.<br />
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The main issue is that they will drop down within the web of the rail, where they will settle in and cause the track gauge to be too narrow. Hopefully this photo will help ...<br />
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I modified the one of the two sweepsticks by placing O scale ties along the centerline, like so ...<br />
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</div>The only problem is that the rest of the curve that has been laid already, has that lean ... grrrr. I really do need to get after distressing the other ties, though.<br />
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Thanks for the question Gordon! Sorry for not being more explicit.Jim Lincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396164338506262369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423903042012942839.post-1328531841279984522011-09-23T10:27:00.000-07:002011-09-23T10:27:58.060-07:00Trackwork ...Here are a few photos of the trackwork. It is going slowly partly because of the spikes that I am using and partly because I am trying to be extra careful since this is going to be on the end of the "module." Since I am going for radio control with batteries, I am not concerned with having individual 39' lengths of rail. One of which is half that because of being at the joint, of course.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spiking is coming along, but there is a small problem ...I forgot to distress the ties!</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>And that's where things stand at the moment. I don't have to wake up at 4am tomorrow, so a little more time can be spent working on this tonight ... maybe.Jim Lincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396164338506262369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423903042012942839.post-45283411518620209172011-09-23T10:18:00.000-07:002011-09-23T10:18:51.663-07:00For those of you who listen ...I have, on more than one occasion, mentioned my dogs, Titus and Harrison. My mother has been bringing them with her when she comes to pick me up at the train station when I come home on my release. This is who waits for me when I come home:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They certainly brighten my day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Conversely, they also wait in the window and watch me leave when I go back to work, which is a killer ...</div>Jim Lincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396164338506262369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423903042012942839.post-87050242246549909962011-09-23T10:11:00.000-07:002011-09-23T10:11:26.891-07:00Little by little ... and some photos!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Well, I have been tryinh to get a little bit done every night, but it is extremely slow going as I am using spikes that need trimming before use. What with 4 spikes per tie minimum, this is taking some time.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">First off, here are a couple photos of the slide cover glass that I got in the mail the other day:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDHRFxWci0t-s8uzPO9yFP7etUfsvMbDxF60UPjx27doK9B6_FXjAEuz23qu_cJrYAfmUmiFcYpWRzKVFwIyeJCgHcIvmdVK7s2zXloMn43vqqR4ympr404byuPxEVsEfix3VjeJLrmGUH/s1600/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; height: 202px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; width: 154px;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="200px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDHRFxWci0t-s8uzPO9yFP7etUfsvMbDxF60UPjx27doK9B6_FXjAEuz23qu_cJrYAfmUmiFcYpWRzKVFwIyeJCgHcIvmdVK7s2zXloMn43vqqR4ympr404byuPxEVsEfix3VjeJLrmGUH/s200/022.JPG" width="149px" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>It is amazingly thin! I am looking forward to starting up the GP9u project again and this was one the items that was holding me back. They are just large enough to work as the windows in the locomotive.Jim Lincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396164338506262369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423903042012942839.post-13026747998433289492011-09-22T08:04:00.000-07:002011-09-22T08:04:09.702-07:00After a few minutes ...Well, as things would go, when I said I was going to do a little work on the layout, wouldn't you know it, there was a great episode of NCIS: Los Angeles on and it blew my available time, oh well. Of course, since I wanted to get something done, I stayed up too late and didn't get a lot of sleep for work. That does not make for a fun day.<br />
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I came home last night to find my most recent purchase in the mail: two packages of slide cover glass to use as windows for my GP9u project. When I get home (I am presently deadheading home on a train for my release, NO I AM NOT ON DUTY!), I will upload some photos. I also laid a little bit of track on the module, of which I also took some photos. Not much, but something!<br />
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Photos to follow in a while ...Jim Lincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396164338506262369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423903042012942839.post-905395441995512702011-09-20T17:47:00.000-07:002011-09-20T17:47:30.986-07:00A Day at the computer, or rather night ...Well, I thought I would take a little time to put up the photo that really started it all. Ironically, it will be quite a while before I have a pair of Delaware Lackawanna RS-3's running about and the first loco will be a CP Rail GP9u. The GP9u's do roam about the area of Scranton, albiet at the west end of the DL and they don't roam onto the DL itself, but they <em>could</em>, and that's the point. I will spend a few minutes tonight working on the ties, undoubtedly, before turning in for 4am tomorrow. <br />
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Last night's work included the following:<br />
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Not necessarily in the order as shown. The wood filler was put on first because it makes it easier to get a smooth surface on the homasote without tearing it to shreds. It also helps to seal it in addition to the cheap grey paint to keep it from absorbing too much moisture.Jim Lincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396164338506262369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423903042012942839.post-63102026399473428082011-09-20T07:55:00.000-07:002011-09-20T07:55:21.475-07:00And So It Begins ...Well, this is all new to me, but I figured that I would start a blog in regards to my efforts in building my Delaware Lackawanna based layout in Proto48. And so, it begins!<br />
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As I take photos I will post them and I was able to do a little work on the layout last night. Some more ties and a little bit of sanding to get everything nice and level. It is slow going, but then again, that is what laying track in Proto48 is all about.Jim Lincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396164338506262369noreply@blogger.com4