On Christmas day, the Frisco and QA&P reach switching and trackage rights agreement with Hindsight Industrial RR on some 15 feet of track. Film at 11:00 HIRR inspection train passes on the way to the Hindsight Industrial park|-| Tom
Thanks, That Athearn Hustler was more work than you might think by the time I put in Ernst gears tinkered with it for 6 months to work out all the kinks, made the handrails and all the details. But it runs actually pretty smooth. The car I bought off of ebay all I did was decal it and make the grill and put some people on it. I enjoy whimsical stuff once in a while. Thanks Tom
She is a Woodland Scenics girl, not a Rockett but good enough for me. The grill however, was made from an old Athearn plastic wheel I chucked up in a dremel tool and turned down made a lid for it and used an old Dynamic brake grill for the cooker grill. Ya gotta love this hobby huh? TDH
Tom, let us know about new businesses in the Hindsight Industrial Park. Sounds like a good destination for some traffic, roundabout as the route may be from Fort Smith.
|-|Traffic could be BOOMING on the HIRR, This Glowendark (import) reactor just arrived from the SL-SF, interchange, going past the Frisco's South Side Grain Yard and headed for spotting at Wagoneer for unloading. HIRR spared no expense for the arrival this special shipment, breaking out all of their finest equipment.|-|
Glad to see that some cheap power is on the way. That Glowendark reactor should last many years. I have word that they are a very reliable company only having a 15 per cent failure rate of their primary vessel which only resulted in a few hundred fatalities. The chain link fence around the yard is very good. What's it made from?
Thanks Sherrel, That fence is made from pieces of .030 of piano wire hammered into the base with a string of .020 wire Soldiered to the tops of the posts. I then took some of that really sticky contact cement from Woodland Scenics and painted the outside of the posts and wire. The mesh is actually Gray material that goes around a Tutu You can get enough to do 100's of feet for 4-5 bucks. The hardest part is cutting the stuff straight. And gluing it to the posts without getting is all wound up
Tom, cutting the mesh for chain link fencing can be a PIA. Here is a tip that I found out to simplify this matter. Spread the material out on a flat surface, tape the edge down, get masking tape, (a less tacky type) and place it over the material, sticky side down, If you don't have wide tape, just overlap in strips. Draw your fence height and length on the tape. Use a staight edge and hobby knife and cut the tape and material to desired height and length. Peel off the material carefully. Place glue on the fence railings and post and place the mesh on that. Let dry and spray paint. John
If you're looking at your local JoAnn's Fabrics or similar establishment, look or ask for "tulle" (pronounced "TOOL"). We used similar stuff in the industrial areas of my previous club layout. As Tom's noted, with some care and patience, it ends up looking pretty good in HO-Scale. Best Regards,
Thanks John, Funny how we think alike. I did just as your talking about, found that the Blue masking tape has less "tack" and was easier to work with. Used the widest stuff I could come up with, and got 2 strips of fencing out of 1 tape pass. That contact cement worked pretty good but it does not set up hard, need something that is just as tacky but dries harder. Any ideas on what kind of glue that would be?
Tom, you could try using super thin CA after the first glue sets up. Capillary action should help run it along the posts and require very little glue. Strong result and sturdier to handle for weathering. Just a thought. I've never made chain link fencing but that's a common method used to strengthen small delicate model parts.
Tom, I see your Hustler is hard at work in the Chevron Refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3383400 Jerome-OKC
What I really like most about the fence is the way that the top has a few sags in it , and a loose rail ... Just as a real fence would have.
WOW! That Hustler is C L E A N. I mean isn't that just about the exact copy? (different color) And pretty clean too?? I'm just saying. Yep that is about as excellent as example, as you could come up with. Thanks so much for taking the time to catch it, and post the pic's Jerome, now that's cool. And Please "carry on".
Tom, I saw this on a forum on Yahoo and thougt you would enjoy it. To be honest, I did not know such a beast existed in real life. Jerome
