Locos - Rolling stock (general)
How do you clean and oil your engines?
I hope you would share your thoughts and experience about how you clean and oil your engines.
Different views and methods are appreciated.
I think MRH columnist Bruce P did a very thoroughfare column in the january 2013 issue of MRH. He shows how he cleans the Kato NW2 and oils it. He literarily takes the engine apart, clean the gears in an ultrasonic cleaner and lubricates it with NanoOil and NewerStall.
Converting a 89' Flat car into a Stella Jones log car
Here's my latest Modern Log car conversion, I hope you find it interesting:
Here in the Pacific Northwest, one of the products produced locally and shipped nationally is utility poles. There are several types of converted or specialty built 89' log cars used for this purpose currently in service, most of them are similar to this one.
Weathering with Mike Confalone: Project 7-CP Rail boxcar
For project 7, Mike Confalone weathers a green CP Rail boxcar. Mike focuses in-depth on weathering a boxcar roof with oils, since that part of the weathering process has not yet been covered. The rest of the car was finished previously off camera using PanPastels and techniques that have been covered in many of the other segments.
Tichy Reefer Part 6
Well, I finally got a chance to update ya'll on this build.
Pic of Hatch assembly. I left it on the parts tree for easier handling.
Another pic of hatch.
The New Toy
USA Train GP7, first run. To be repainted for Algoma Central and converted to battery/radio control. But we just wanted to see it run, on this snowy February day:
Attended the Monroe swap meet
I went to Monroe WA. today for a model railroad swap meet. They had three bldgs at the fairgrounds full of layouts and a lot of vendors. Crowd was large and one gent commented it was the largest crowd he has seen in awhile. Aisles were crowded and I think I made three walk throughs of the two largest bldgs.
Unfinished projects
I'm hoping I'm not alone. I can't seem to finish a project. I have 2 major projects on the go that are just sitting collecting dust. I keep putting them aside for one reason or another and can't seem to get back into them. One is a salvage/scrap dealer that has several small structures and the other is a locomotive detail project that is ready for paint. Right now all I seem to want to do is DCC and electronics projects instead of modeling.
Wondering if others suffer from project stagnation? I am very envious of those who post their completed projects.
Algoma Central Railway Scratchbuilt and Kitbashed Rolling Stock
One of the interesting challenges of modeling a prototype railroad, particularly a lower profile non-Class I, is correctly modeling the rolling stock of the railway.
The Algoma Central Railway ran through almost 300 miles of pure wilderness in the northern part of the Canadian province of Ontario, serving primarily mining and forestry industries and a large steel mill at the southern terminus of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
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