We're back! It's finally February, a rodent in Pennsylvania supposedly said that we are in for an early spring and The Superbowl is over with the Kansas City Chief's as the winner! I'm not sure about you, but for me, January is the longest month of the year and with it finally being over, we are one step closer to better weather. Saturday: Was the busiest I have ever seen the dealership. I sold my first Subaru, and everyone else, save one rep, sold a Mustang, Ranger and Explorer. We didn't leave until an hour and a half after closing, then a co-worker and I celebrated with Angela at the local Mexican Restaurant for dinner. No modeling done on this busy day! Sunday: I finally got to start working on the B&M CTC panel. Like the previous City Job, I'm using the Tam Valley Servo turnout kits, so I started by measuring and drawing the lines that represented the track layout of this module on a piece of paper. I cut out five templates that Tam Valley provides on their website and taped them down to the paper template I had made. When finished, I taped the paper template to a piece of 1/8-inch hardboard cut to size and carefully drilled holes for the controllers. I then sanded the face of the panel and sprayed on a few light coats of primer. It was then that I realized, I had no white paint for the next step. Oh well, maybe next weekend. So how about you? What did you get done this weekend? Let us know. We'll assemble again on Friday the 7th to start the process all over again. Until then, have a great week, stay safe and as always... High Greens!
Well, -- it was an absolutely beautiful weekend. Saturday: - Started painting my friends E8's -- grills painted silver. It was way to warm to go up in the train room - so, those plans where a bust. So, I continued rebuilding my JMRI roster. - Then I worked on the lighting effects in my SD9 fleet. That went well. Sunday: Painted the bodies of my friends E8's -- DL&W gray. Continued to work on my SD"and" GP9 fleet. The SD9's went so well, I started in on the GP's Hope Y'all had a great weekend, Wolf
I got the plywood top onto my frames for the first two parts of the new layout benchowork: Wiring up the bus wires comes next, followed by 1 inch foam on the top. Then hang on the walls and install track.
Did a little more work on my n scale Metroliner. This time I threw a slap-dash paint job on it to get a sense of how it's turning out. Still diggin the results - here she is currently far left, Bachmann in the middle and obviously prototype that I'm trying to capture the look of... Going to be working on finer details this week hopefully - pantographs, window gaskets, end detail. The model is only about 4 inches long at the moment while I'm playing around with ideas... Mike
I ended up catching a nasty cold And did t get as much done as I wanted to this weekend. Thursday I built some trees Saturday I started building laser kits. Got a bunch painted up using hunter line weathering products then started building. I was able to start and almost finish one model today. Sunday I finished the model I started Saturday. It’s amazing this one tiny model that fits in the palm of my hand has 83 different parts in it. Would have been more had I not modified it a bit. I worked on two more models today as well. A livery stable and a church. Both are complete except the shingles and then they will be done. While I waited for glue to dry I finished the mountain I started Wednesday by adding some rocks and covering the plaster cloth with joint compound. Now it’s ready for paint.
Congratulations Jim on the sale! Good stuff indeed. Let's see. This weekend I did wind up working on wiring the hidden siding I put in 2 weeks ago plus the hidden track that leads up to the coal branch. They are both on the opposite side of the room (30' away) and will be the 4th and last Power District on my layout. Given that, I pulled about 40' (up, down, below, and hidden) of new #12AWG feeder over to that area and set it up for feeder taps. I also got the dual detector unit (Team Digital unit) put in. Notice in the picture only the red wire. My layout rail has a red/green wire convention. For the amperage detectors, I have isolated all red conductors once they pass through the current transformers. I also got all the gaps cut in the rails and filled w/ Evergreen plastic strips and filed down to match the rail cross section. Now I only need to drop/solder the feeders. But all the big work got done this weekend. Here's a shot of the detector under the layout.
wow! Ground Hog day dinner Sunday with trip to local park and the G H Day movie. "Zoned out" Sun. P.M. Today...had to do house cleaning. I hate it when that happens, even though I live alone. Later, I began to plan. I realized I needed a BOM. Previously, I had laminated the platform. The part count here is headed skyward.
Not a lot of progress this week but did get a little work done. Cleaned up around some previous scenery work and started on a construction site.
The rodent is wrong, we are supposed to have our second freezing night of the year, followed by two in the 20's. A fiend of mine named Art gave me all of the line pole kits and the poles that are already made. Those were built by the late Bruce Smith of Western Railcraft fame….they may not look like much, but they are a step un me becoming a better traction modeler. I also need a new soldering tip…
Nice looking poles. Going to be interesting to see them installed. BTW, the rodents have arrived at an international consensus. Phil's Canadian counterpart, Oil Springs Ollie, has also predicted an early end to winter.
