Modeling topic

Cardigan Jct-New Brighton Soo Line FreemoN,, continuation???

Fri, 2019-04-12 07:26 — gmburzynski

Howdy to all.

It has been awhile for any work on the layout,, I have been dabbling with ESU lok sound and my Proto Throttle,, which is too cool!! But I digress.

I am wanting to add more switching to my layout,, put stay prototypical at the same time. The industries would be prototypical for the late 70's thru early 80's. I am wanting to have a continuous running also. At home the layout would not be put together in a prototype fashion,, but at shows prototype fidelity would be a priority.

Two model ship suitable for N scale but also in HO

Thu, 2019-04-11 23:41 — Marc

Fri, 2019-04-12 00:38 — Marc

These two ship models are excellent start to be kitbashed.

The Meng model is a magnificient kit at a scale of 1/150 suitable for HO and course better to N scale.

The cargo is the old "Shell Welder" of FROG; find on eBay and reoffer by a russian plastic model firm.

The Meng model is offer in a beautiful box and the instruction are offered in a real small book.

Tear down of layout and reboot

Thu, 2019-04-11 21:21 — hobbes1310

Layout design

Going to be tearing down my layout.I have touched it for the last five months. i still have a passion for model railroading but just not with this layout. Thinking of a few ideas for the new layout.

3D Printed Truck Bodies. Video

Thu, 2019-04-11 16:03 — JohnF281

Prototype information

Here are a couple vehicle projects I have been working on. Both truck bodies I actually designed for and were in a computer game. The crazy thing about 3D printing is all I needed to do was resize the models to HO scale and adjust the underside to fit a frame. The fuel service truck will make an appearance on the layout occasionally to fuel up my industry RSSX Railserve GP7 and SW1200. The Hauler was built only because I designed the bed for this model truck in Farming Simulator and the cab was so cheap. Maybe it will find a place on a farm scene on my future layout.

Started a new channel for modeling project.

Thu, 2019-04-11 13:50 — xboblove

Scenery - Structures

Starting very simple....

Modern distribution of car types

Thu, 2019-04-11 08:35 — dave1905

There are often discussions about how many system cars or private cars or foreign cars one should have on the layout, what's a "proper" mix.

I got access to some data from one day in the summer of 2008 on a generally east-west class one railroad in the upper Midwest. I did some analysis to see how the cars broke out by system, private or foreign. I was also able to figure out general car type. There were about 141 trains in the measurement, with about 14,600 cars over a 24 hour period. Here is the breakdown of trains:

Wilmington Yard Office

Wed, 2019-04-10 19:38 — dave1905

I recently decided to upgrade the scenery are the north end of Wilmington Yard. A friend made a comment about the "great white whale", the GW Bush & Sons coal dealership, so I was shamed into finishing it and giving it a first coat of paint.

Benchwork cleared away. (New layout design)

Wed, 2019-04-10 15:21 — RCarignan

Layout design

I spent a little time every day this past week cleaning off my layout. To my surprise the motive power still ran pretty smooth. Everything needs a good cleaning, though.

I whipped up a basic plan of my layout. It's 11x4. I still have lots to figure out.

Assembly of Cache Creek Scale Models Freight Trucks

Wed, 2019-04-10 12:47 — Jackh

This is an On30 car. It has freight trucks with separate side frames and center piece, (bolster?), and wheels. Directions are 2 photos and one line of directions about inserting bearing into side frame. That's it there is nothing else!!!