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Railhead custom painting
Does anyone have in-person, real world knowledge of Railhead custom painting, or its owner, John Miller? http://railheadcustompainting.com/index.html A few of us, from various other forums, have had to form a loose support group, due to our long-term loss of contact with Mr.
ATSF BK Ice Deck Update
Finally finished the model except for painting. Hopefully will be able to get that done today. The paper template is of the icing facility area on the LaMesa Model RR Club layout. I need to cut out the layout substrate and then the deck will be the correct height above the rails. Those are 40 and 50' SFRD reefers in the photos.
Weekend Project - Installing Sound Decoder into an N-Scale Kato F7A
Just finished installing a Digitrax SDN144K0a into an N-scale Kato F7A. The engine frame was modified by Aztec Mfg so it has a machined slot in the rear to hold a round 16mm speaker from Tony's Train Exchange. The decoder comes with front and rear LEDs, a capacitor, and a 13mm speaker. Here are some pictures of the F7 disassembled and the machined opening for the speaker:
Utopia
My layout benchwork, which consists of a pair of 78.5 x 11.5 bi-fold doors topped with foam, has been up for most of the year. During that time I've done nothing to it other than add a backdrop and fascia.
IAIS's West End - UP power on IAIS
I've been on a UP locomotive building kick lately and thought I'd share the results. Many of the models in this post had previously been in service on the layout, but in untouched factory paint with no weathering. A big part of this push was to renumber, redetail, and weather them to match units that operated on the IAIS during May 2005.
Roadbed options
Time has come to install the roadbed. There are several commercial made products available for roadbed: cork, camper tape, homasote (440 sound board) being some of the major choices. Of course there are multiple manufactures for each type of roadbed.
My intent is not to start a debate on which product is better for XXX reason, YYY price or ZZZ application. Instead, I want to think a bit outside the box and get thoughts from everyone on a different option.
ATSF Bakersfield Ice Deck Progress
The North deck is nearing completion finally. I needed to "imagineer" the ice block conveyor system on the east end of the deck as I have virtually no information on how the prototype was configured. If anyone has documentation on this and is willing to share, I'd really appreciate it. The deck is made in 4 sections that dovetail together so it can be easily installed and removed if needed. Our dog food cans came in handy as weights to hold down the decks onto birch baseboards while the epoxy setup.
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