Workshop Wednesday

Discussion in 'General' started by yardmaster, Nov 15, 2017.

  1. geep07

    geep07 Member

    It cease to amaze me how some guys can buy quality item model railroad stuff on the cheap.
    It's like rubbing 2 nickels and you make a quarter.
    What am I doing wrong !
     
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  2. Ha. I know what you mean John! An older guy from the area is selling out. He unloaded tons of high end cars cheap like that. Of course I didn’t know until it was too late but my dad kept his cards close to his chest and got some. Ha
     
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  3. gjslsffan

    gjslsffan Staff Member Staff Member

    You are so right about that John! I have a couple of those BLI Cryo tank cars and paid thru the nose for both. But I gotta say the cars I got were not built very well IMHO. Both required a bit of work before they went onto the MRR. They are certainly unique cars.
     
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  4. Funny Tom, this one was in good shape. But I do a lot of repairs on Tangent covered hoppers for people.
     
  5. rjthomas909

    rjthomas909 Member Frisco.org Supporter

  6. Ozarktraveler

    Ozarktraveler Member

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    Adding decals to one of the ancient Athearn Blue Box units begins, this one is a dummy. I need better files/sandpaper to smooth out the roofs.

    In a previous post I had started painting a Frisco heavyweight RPO, but my 25 year old airbrush's needle bushing disintegrated. I'll have to replace it, before I can finish that.
     
  7. Thanks Bob! That was part of our deal right? Ha. Thanks for sharing that. I appreciate it.


    Craig your geeps are looking good. Keep it up.
     
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  8. FriscoFan1522

    FriscoFan1522 Member

    A little early this week.... finally got time to keep working on weathering my freight cars. This is my latest.
     

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  9. gjslsffan

    gjslsffan Staff Member Staff Member

    Looks really good Matthew.
     
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  10. My Freightshaker is getting close now. Another couple weeks should wrap it up.
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  11. rjthomas909

    rjthomas909 Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Suh Weet.
     
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  12. Thanks Bob!
     
  13. Coonskin

    Coonskin Member

    Wow, just wow. And scratch built no less!!!

    Andre
     
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  14. Thanks Andre!
     
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  15. rjthomas909

    rjthomas909 Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Workshop Wednesday at Last!

    Been working on finishing up the three new sections for the Crawford and Cherokee. The brickyard south of Weir City will be on a short (3.5 ft) section that just provides room for a couple of yard tracks. I have managed to finish up the legs and casters for this section since last weekend, and cut out the pink foam top. Because I do not have a code 70 FastTracks fixture, I ordered a Micro Engineering #6 code 70 turnout to use here (from Midwest Model Railroad--great stuff, arrived in 2 days!), and had enough code 70 flex track to demo a rough layout of the track. Going to have to adjust the track on the existing south Weir section.

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    The alignment between the two sections turned out pretty good, with a small amount of shim needed on the right side. (Sorry for all of the junk in the garage).

    I have also finished up the frame and foam tops for the two sections that will be the new version of the Lightning creek mine, south of Cherokee. These two sections will make a ~7-ft length of benchwork with the mine, and which with the south Cherokee section, can be used as a nice little switching layout. I am still considering track layout here, but am rather fond of this plan, which is a bit different than my original sketch:
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    Still need to glue down the foam on the tops.

    I hope to have these two up on their legs by the weekend, get some black paint on the fascia and start laying track. The goal is to have these in working order by the end of March. I am scheduled to present at the South Texas Model Railroad Social on the 28th of March, and host a brief open house to see the layout. Not sure how far I will get with a number of work trips coming soon.

    That's it for this week, Frisco Friends....hope all are doing well!

    -Bob T.
     
  16. klrwhizkid

    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Robert, I really admire the work you do on the modules, but a question comes to my mind; are they twice as deep as they really need to be?
     
  17. Joe Lovett

    Joe Lovett Member

    Great job on your layout Bob!!!

    I think Bob made them for stability since he frequently moves the modules around in his garage. Bob has a beautiful layout and I have followed his build thread from day one. Always look forward to his next post.

    Joe
     
  18. rjthomas909

    rjthomas909 Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Good Morning Guys,

    Yes, Joe is right on. There are pockets for the legs that are about 5-1/4 inches long when using a 1" foam base and a 1/2-inch plywood frame underneath. The overall depth is about 7 inches at the faceplates. The depth improves the stability and reduces the need for cross-bracing the legs. As this layout is stored much of the time other than maybe one or two sections that I am working, the single-module stability on the casters is important. The current mess in the garage with all of the sections set up is because I hosted a couple of guys to get comments on operations for the overall layout and test power requirements for the whole thing.

    Another reason for the depth is that I use tortoise switch machines and did not want them or wiring to protrude from the underneath. Keith is correct, the switch machine is only about 4-1/2 inches tall inside the base, giving about an inch of clearance. The modules shown have about 5-1/4" of clearance to the bottom waffle. If I were to use a 2-inch thick piece of foam for a deeper cut in the landscape, there would still be clearance for a switch machine and the wiring plug. I might have made them one inch shorter or so, but not much less.

    Thanks for the feedback guys!

    -Bob T.
     
  19. Bob they look great. I love seeing the great pics you get off that layout too. It sure looks fun.
     
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  20. RogerRT

    RogerRT Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Got a few new items for the Pokey...#500 is stock Atlas with a few add-ons, I bought it from a fellow Frisco.org member...Thanks Dave runs like a champ!!!...Finally finished the 2 Overland cabooses I bought last summer, one is of course 1200 w/Rockwell trucks & the other 1274, the last cab from the 1957 order...I call them Alpha & Omega...The last is #1456, a Hallmark sleeper I bought years ago...I had to repaint it as it had brown ends & no red on the skirts...Of course the name came naturally, Spring River...The lettering is a combination of Walthers & Oddball decals...Roger

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