Workshop Wednesday

Keith that is pretty incredible, what a piece of art!!
Gary you are not scared of any project are you? HA

I am finally on to a couple projects for Keith again in the paint shop. But I did take some pictures of some other projects past and present this past weekend. So I will post a few. I have the MKT truck 99% at last. Now I can work on a few easier projects until the next big one.
Here is the original Emery Gulash picture from the Nick Molo book:

Here is my attempt:







Steve

 

Here is some other stuff I took at the same time:








Enjoy, Steve

 

Eh, how much broker could they get?

What is that truck? It looks like a matchbox car I had as a kid...

I still got some train projects done this week. The good weather meant I could paint. I painted the undecorated X-29s I built in a hotel room months ago, and I painted the underframe and brake wheel to the Accurail MKT boxcar in my very first post in this thread:


I thought I could get my K4 done, but the cyclinders seem to have a problem--a bearing is in the wrong spot:



I used a plier and twisted it out. It looks like Bowser missed the starting dimple with their drill. I'm trying to figure out how to fill the hole and how to drill it out correctly.

I installed Kadees on this old wood caboose. They're a bit low, so still needs some tweaking. I have roof walks, platforms, and ladders, too. It's not right for the Frisco, but I'm tempted to call Rule #1 because I like it:



One of my train friends liked the Arduino arc welder example I experimented with, and asked if I could make him one. I got a pro mini, some LEDs, leftover decoder wiring, and put one together for him:



I didn't have a blue LED so I used a blue highliter. It's small enough to go right in the building.

 

Agreed. I built a No. 5 RH using a jig this morning.

 

Keith, what is the website for the company that makes N scale turnout jigs? I need about twenty five #6 turnouts.

Joe

 

That was funny Gary!! The truck is a Dodge A-100. As far as I know the Frisco never had them, I found a picture of a PRR one and built it like that except the Frisco decals.

 

Thanks Keith

 

Thank you Keith, I'll check them out.

Joe

 

Steve,

The truck looks superb, next question I have is when are you going to build a model of the Flying Scottsman to go with it!

Brad

 

Thanks Brad! I will add a Scotsman to my long term plans how about? Ha, I can’t imagine the time or money for that really.

 

I changed out the SoundTraxx sound decoder with the GE and added a current keeper and big SoundTraxx speaker. Now it's time to put this 44-year-old brass U-25B to work.

 

Here's the Thursday-morning production line to build HO turnouts for the Knoxville club. The photographer, me, is assigned to build the number fives.

 

Good stuff Doug. Nice that U25 gets to keep on chugging.

 

Keith's F units are my work bench this week. I got some Friscoizing done on them and the paint work is under way.

 

Waffles.

I needed to make one additional module (18" x 48") for the new Crawford and Cherokee layout (see other thread). While I was travelling, I listened to a recent MRH podcast including an interview with the Sipping and Switching Society of North Carolina, which led me to read their article in the April 2009 Model Railroader.

Link to podcast: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrhmag/~3/AzXgzP1I3GM/episodes

They build lightweight "waffle modules" and I thought I would give the construction technique a try. I was lucky to have my neighbor give me a sheet of 1/2 inch birch plywood from a remodeling project (used for base), the remainder is made from 1/4 inch Luaun plywood, gussets, 3/4 inch end plates, 1" pink foam, and a half-bottle of Gorilla Glue.

Waffle 1 by rjthomas909 posted May 9, 2018 at 9:32 PM

Waffle 2 by rjthomas909 posted May 9, 2018 at 9:33 PM

While a rough first attempt, this is an interesting method. I think my mind has been poisoned and I am having strange thoughts of re-engineering my other modules in a similar fashion. Any experience among the Frisco Nation with such modules?

-Bob T.

 

A few small projects this week.

Installed supermagnets in this Bowser DC-71 motor:



Painted the trucks for this Mopac car:



Soaked this old Tyco/Mantua kit in brake fluid, but the paint is stubborn: