http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?u=3903 TrainBoard.com: Discussion forums and message boards for everything railroading. Featuring forums for specific railroads, all scales of model railroading, and anything related to trains and railroads. en Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:09:26 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?u=3903 http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1626 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:25:40 GMT Well, Diamond Valley has got a loading ramp, Bagel Bakery (http://www.westportterminal.de/H0-USA/structure_e4.html) , Oil dealer... Well, Diamond Valley has got a loading ramp, Bagel Bakery , Oil dealer .
Now basic scenery is finished, only the scrap yard needs some basic.
I've added the scrap yard fence.

Now I'm busy with the scrap yard. First structure was bundler building, now the place itself. I found a decades old Revell kit for a crane. A scrap yard needs a crane!



I've changed the kit a little bit. More suggestions?

Wolfgang ]]> Wolfgang Dudler http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1626 http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1442 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:40:31 GMT New is not correct, this is a used engine, I've weathered it a little bit.
Well, this was an undec Atlas / Kato engine. Now it got a temporary decoder. I'm waiting for a sound decoder. Therefore this engine has no light.


Here comes the engine just out off the shop.





]]> Wolfgang Dudler http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1442 http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1425 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:52:31 GMT Westport Terminal RR will get another engine, an Alco RS-11.
Now, I'm busy with decals:



Next step will be a working beacon light, LEDs for rear and front light and a new decoder.

Wolfgang ]]> Wolfgang Dudler http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1425 http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1306 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:11:39 GMT And now I've made the scenery around the station. There was the place of my loading ramp, at the end of the team track.

]]> Wolfgang Dudler http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1306 http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1274 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:46:13 GMT

It's a good idea to let the turnbuckles really do their job. You have to rework the Brackets and turnbuckles with a drill and reamer.



At last I had to paint the brass parts a rusty color.




Wolfgang ]]> Wolfgang Dudler http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1274 http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1273 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:43:50 GMT At the top timbers I countersunk the nut-bolt-washers. That means I drilled the usual small hole and then a wider hole for the NBW. I don't count them.






Next step were the three spreader timbers, 1.9 cm long. ( 1.9cm x 87 = 165cm = 5' 5''). The angle plates are from brass sheet stripes. For the tie rods I used turnbuckles from CUSTOM FINISHES; T165 for 0.015 DIA and Coupler Lift Bar Brackets 229-102213 from Detail Associates.



]]> Wolfgang Dudler http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1273 http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1272 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:40:07 GMT Diamond Valley (http://www.westportterminal.de/H0-USA/diamond_valley_e.html) has a team track. They needed a loading ramp too. Sometimes arrives... Diamond Valley has a team track. They needed a loading ramp too. Sometimes arrives farmery equipement on flat cars which has to be unloaded.
Instead of building a new ramp they bought an old used heavy-equipment loading ramp.
Such a ramp described Harry W. Brunk in Model Railroader January 1990, p 122. This project is just suitable for scratch building.

first I calculated the data like 24' length x 30.48 will be 732 centimeters, divided by 87 I get 8.4 cm. This way I got the main data and looked / sawed suitable wood which I stained at first.The first picture shows the main pieces.
Then I made the vertical short support timbers. This required a bit sanding.





Next part was fun, drilling holes and inserting the nut-bolt-washers and drift bolts.



]]> Wolfgang Dudler http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1272 http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1234 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:22:07 GMT Westport Terminal RR has got a new car, the CMX Cleaning Car. But it got a new paint scheme: Image:... Westport Terminal RR has got a new car, the CMX Cleaning Car.
But it got a new paint scheme:



Now it can go into service! ]]> Wolfgang Dudler http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1234 http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1226 Mon, 05 May 2008 18:14:07 GMT Two more test pictures. You see in spite of the black color the LED light is visible. Image:... Two more test pictures. You see in spite of the black color the LED light is visible.





Now I've shortened the wires. Ready to close the engine.



And here's the finished engine, with light and sound. You can hear it at YouTube .



Wolfgang ]]> Wolfgang Dudler http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1226 http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1225 Mon, 05 May 2008 18:08:52 GMT At first was testing the working beacon light. I powered the LED with resistor from the track. Image:... At first was testing the working beacon light. I powered the LED with resistor from the track.



The next two pictures show the two end of the hood. At first the short hood. You see the LED with resistor for the light, 680 Ohm.
You see also the wires from the beacon light LED and resistor. I've drilled a hole in the middle of the shell. I've painted the LEDs black.





The next picture shows another test. I've made a very small connection. For one side I used the plug from the ESU Loksound micro.

]]> Wolfgang Dudler http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1225 http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1222 Sun, 04 May 2008 20:43:03 GMT Test: Image: http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1180/08-05-04_IMG_3901_beaconlight.jpg Testing the socket: Image:... Test:



Testing the socket:





Then you can unsolder the resistor, put the wires though the hole in the roof, and again solder the resistor. Again testing. Everything works? Then you can glue the beacon light to the roof.



Next work is inside the shell when the glue is dry. ]]> Wolfgang Dudler http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1222 http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1221 Sun, 04 May 2008 20:38:49 GMT My new Alco RSD-5 should get an beacon light, and sound. Westport Terminal RR engines get the Flasher Beacon (Details West RB-106). To install a... My new Alco RSD-5 should get an beacon light, and sound.

Westport Terminal RR engines get the Flasher Beacon (Details West RB-106).
To install a yellow LED these LED has to sanded. And the body of the beacon light must get a wider hole.



It will take some time.

The other step, sanding the LED. The round top has to be flattened and the torus must go!





Take your time and test occasionally the LED. Don't forget the resistance, about 700 Ohm. When the LED suits into the beacon socket you can cut the legs. At first one leg. This gets the wire with resistor soldered.

]]> Wolfgang Dudler http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1221 http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1218 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:09:18 GMT I've got an second hand Atlas/Kato RS 3. Not DCC ready but undec!
This engine should become a new engine for my Westport Terminal RR. And I got trucks for RSD 4, too.

I painted the shell in WT colors. I removed the plastic board with wire connections.
A ESU Loksound micro was in my box. So I testet the engine with DC. When I stalled the engine current was about 500 mA. This would work for the decoder.
For light I installed two LEDs. This saved space.



This picture shows the decoder just top of the motor. For the speaker I found space above one truck.
Here're the first two tests.





This engine got the name after Albert Abraham Michelson, the first American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in sciences

Friday it will get a more suitable sound. And there're some railings missing, some dirt, .... ]]> Wolfgang Dudler http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1218 http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1068 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:23:15 GMT Now I'm working "subterranean". With segments, this is easy and taking care of the back.
With my Diamond Valley I've changed my method again a little bit. The way before I've described at my Westport sites.
Here's the segment for easy working, already with the first turnout actuation.



All materials I need:

spring steel / piano wire 0,8mm / 0.03''
brass rod 2,5mm / 0.1''
brass tube 4mm / 0.156'' and 1,5mm / 0.06''
eyelet 3mm / 0.1
insulating screw joint
switch SPDT
brass angle
wooden knobs
washers

For the throw bar actuation I put the piano wire into the small brass tube and make a bend. This fasten the wire, too.



The push-pull-rod is fastened with eyelets.



The throw bar wire is connected to the push-pull-rod with terminal strips.





For frog polarity and to give a spring for the points I use a SPDT switch, also DPDT switches. Then you can get the LEDs lightened at your panel.
For the switch I soldered a washer to a piece of rod, also connected with terminal strips.





This way you can adjust everything. ]]> Wolfgang Dudler http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1068 http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1062 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:51:04 GMT Now nearly all track is glued down. I've finished the last segments.



This will be the attached part of the scrap yard. But for transport the attachement will be the fifth part in a box.



This was an idea from my son Benjamin. :angel:
Now I can start with the turnout devices and with wiring. ]]> Wolfgang Dudler http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?b=1062