O Scale

Stick to your O scale, it is awesome !!

BLACK WIDOW F UNITS IN O

I saw a set one day at a models home that did two rail O and almost went home and sold all the HO.

O is the way to GO.

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O scale

I am a 3 railer but 2 rail O scale looks great and offers great opertunities for detailing realism.

3 Railer

 Bruce,

If you ever in South Florida you need to go to the hobby shop in North Miami which is call "Ready to Roll". They are a big dealer for MTH. In matter of fact you will see Mike. the owner of MTH almost every weekend their. This hobby shop is just a train shop, they don't sell anything else. They have wall to wall stuff of three rails. You will be in heaven !!!

I myself model 2-Railer so I need to order my stuff most of the time. 

I just started a new layout with standard gauge and On30. It will be a point to point layout, urban style in the 50's

Here is the link to my blog which gives the beginning of the layout with a few photos. 

http://southfloridanick.blogspot.com/

2-rail O

Hi Nick,

I do have one On30 train set and like it pretty well. I like toy trains as well as I do model trains, I plan on having a disply layout for my O gauge and do detailed model building in S and O scale. Might build a S scale modular layout some time down the road.

Great blog by the way.

S and O Scale

Bruce,

Thanks for the compliment and keep us posted on the progress on the modules.

Update

I think an update is in time.

I had a long break after the trainshow in April. Last week I started working on the modules again. And during the weekend I painted the two end modules in their final color. The three middle ones are being prepared for surfacer and painting. I hope to have them finished painted on friday.

Todays work

Today I finished the spackling, so the only thing left before I can start scenicking is sanding and painting the modules. I can't wait for the weekend to start.

Photos

Whenever you get a chance, post some photos of the progress. It keeps the juices flowing.

Photos

Photos have been requested so here are some.

The three first are shot at the trainshow in April. It was the first time trains were running on modules. Some flaws and trouble was there, but they are I'm trying to eliminate during the summer. I regret now that I didn't make a list of what I have to do and where the troubled areas was.

The two last shot were taken today just after I had painted the first coat of paint. I have also started placing structures on the track plan. I love the easy way of making changes on CAD software

First shot shows an overview of my modules with three engines. In the back is a ATSF EMD GP-7, in front is a Reading Lines I think it's a SW9 but not quite sure since its not mine. The LC is an Alco C-626 if I remember right.

The Geep close up as it head in to a track to pick up some cars I guess

Looks like I guessed right since it looks like it's picking up some hoppers.

Todays work, painting the middle modules, the end modules are already painted.

More pictures will come tomorrow. Hope to get down all the cardboardstripes tomorrow.

Modules

So Eivind,

So what is the total of modules do ypu personally have ? And are you able to connect them  at home and use it ?

Numbers of modules

I have a total number of 5 modules to my disposal, mesuring a total of 4824mm. I have space to put them up if I move a shelf, but it will just have 40-50cm to clear them into my bedroom, but now DCC system so can't run them. And I have to take them down when school start because then the other janitor is coming back from vacation.

The plan is to go to a trainshow the first weekend of october. By then I have hoped to have done a lot on the modules. Hopefully some of the other guys have made some modules to connect to mine.

Todays work

Today I finished up placing structures on the modules.here.

I also did manage to put the cardboard strips and masking tape down on the little area that will have some landscape. And mount three of the modules together. The last two have to wait until I get some help to move the others a little out from the wall so the corner won't be in the way.

O'Norway's standard.

A lot done.

Today I felt I got a lot done, even though I had to set up my modules up again, because I had to start from the other end of the hallway.

There aren't much to show of today, since most of the day went to mark where structures would be. But I managed to start cutting away the excess roadbed, to get ditches.

Then a more closeup, where you can see where I have been cutting and you can also see where I need to cut.

Today I also have a couple of questions.

1. In the 1950's was the loading ramp for a teamtrack mostly made of concrete or gravel? this station will be in a rural area.

2. In the same period what kind of a platform whould a depot of 24' x 42' usually have, wood, gravel or stone?

Team tracks in rural areas

Concrete probably would not have been used in rural areas unless there was alot of activity on the team tracks. However, I would think that you would need to consider the time [eriod ypu want to consider as concrete did become more likely to be used in later years especially when there would have been a problem with mud and heavier loads.

Irv

Modules

Eivind,

Thanks for posting the photos of the modules. You sure have a lot of capabilities of switching and doing plenty of operations just on your own modules to keep you busy for awhile.

To answer your questions, ramps on rural areain the 50's I would assume they were mostly gravel. On your second question it depends on the particular station and when it was actually built. In the 50's they had all that you have mention.

Weekends work

With the Trainshow in Bergen closing in. I have had a little bit done this weekend. I manage to finished replacing trackwork I had taken up due to some failures and to do some scenery. I hope I can start ballasting during the week that come. And I hope the DPM-plates will arrive during the week.

Wow lots of progress from

Wow lots of progress from last time I checked. Looks great so far.