N scale "What's on your workbench?"

Can't Truss it (with apologies to Public Enemy)

Scratch building a Howe truss span out of basswood, pcboard and Elmer's woodglue.



After I sandwich the sides together (section on left not glued yet), I'll start stringing the piano wire. Span is 7 1/2" and will be 2 1/2" wide (two tracks). Probably not the most engineerically accurate, but fits my "close enough"

 

Very nice bridge. :thumbs_up: It's going to have nice detail.

 

This new wood laser kit is from Paw of a Bear. I found it to be a nice kit to build; the materials were nice and thick and the instructions were good as well.
Ranch House No. 1

 

do you know how work with kato template for scale plans thanks

 

The first project for me during this past week was to install final details on my ALCO C-420 632. Previous work included installation of NWSL low profile wheels, M-T couplers, additional front lights on the nose, TCS AMD-4 decoder, and lighting.

After testing of the decoder and lights, this week's work included removal of molded MU hoses and trainline air hoses from the pilots, driling of location holes on the pilots for Sunrise MU hoses and BLMA trainline hoses, addition of Eric fuel fillers at the rear of the fuel tank, installation of BLMA cab wind deflectors, wipers and cab sunshades, and Eric five chime horn mounted on a modified Scale Replicas bracket. The last step prior to paint touch-ups and weathering was the addition of Sunrise high mount MU hoses on the end handrails, and all handrails were then re-installed. The lower MU hoses and trainline air hoses will be installed after the pilots are repainted.






The second project for me this week was to equip some recently acquired ready-to-run cars with body mount couplers, new trucks and wheels. The Intermountain boxcars received M-T #1027 couplers, #1004 trucks and Fox Valley #3301 wheels. The True-Line Trains newsprint cars received M-T #1023 couplers and BLMA 70-Ton trucks and wheels.




I also attempted to repair a kitbashed Con-Cor flatcar which had fallen to the floor and broken in half some time ago.


Next up - final assembly and photography of some finished models, and detail work on C-630M 701.


Tim

 

You can use the template directly on the wood platform that your going to use with a pencil.

 

That's one nice house you've built there.
Nice to see houses being built because I think this is one type of structure that is quite overlooked in our hobby. We often build many Industries, commercial properties but not as many houses.

 

Tim, that's a good looking Alco you've got going there, your details made a big difference!

 

as much as i love trains i dont think i would want to live near them

Nice house by the way Thieu!!:thumbs_up::thumbs_up:

 

I couldn't find what I wanted in an engine service building so I scratch built one myself last week. Gotta love those for sale signs!! Cheap styrene rocks.





Still needs a shot or 2 of dull coat to hide my crumby gluing abilitys and some detail work up on the roofs. I've got the perfect place on the layout if I'd just get buisy and lay some more track.

Brian

 

On my bench is a naked GG-1 for Marty (Kmcsjr). It went through the stripper today. Kato paint takes forever to get off...

 

AMB laser kit and some Micro Trains kits also





almost finished these two

 

PA's

My good friend Rick send me this nice old LL ABA set of PA's :tb-biggrin:

As you can see in the second pic...the pilot is attached to the truck and turns with it !!! W T H ?!@! ...:tb-confused::tb-wacky:

In the third pic you can see I have reworked the front end. I cut the pilot off the truck and attached it to the bottom of the shell. I had to cut...file...cut...file..until I got the truck to turn free enough to negotiate my 13.25 radius curves.

I am currently working on the second A unit. I will have to touch up the paint on the pilots. But all in all...I'm a heck of a lot happier witth them now:tb-cool:

 

Some nice looking additions here fellas. Nice work :thumbs_up::thumbs_up:

 

With the tenders done just waiting for paint and decals now working on some steam.



Your basic Bmann northern shell being carved on. Modifying sand dome and cab roof. Will get new steam dome and Belpaire firebox, Set of airpumps on smokebox and some other details. Hopefully the end product will be a reasonable approximation of a GN S-1. Little guy in front has had the cab extended to hide that danggone Bmann motor that hangs out on the 6 drivered units. A few more details and either a 2-6-0 or a 2-6-2 will appear with a small MP Vandy tender hooked up to it.

 

Here's a caboose I'm repainting in my freelance company colors... some touchup to do on the paint, and then lettering, replacing the roof details, body-mount couplers, new trucks and maybe some weathering...

First ever custom paint job with masking the stripes and airbrushing and all that...

 

Some really impressive work here, guys. I really like the scratch built engine house. It looks very plausible and should fit into any scene nicely. And the freelance caboose colors are very creative... incorporates a sense of motion right into the paint on the caboose.

If the pilot is attached to the truck, then they are not Life-Like... that is a hallmark of the Con-Cor Alco PA-1, which had that feature even up to the most recent release circa 2003. Despite that, they are still known as good runners, and the original versions were some of the earliest prototypically accurate locomotives available in N-scale. I guess the iconic face of the PA really did leave an indelible mark in the collective imaginations of railroaders of all eras and scales.
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Thank you!! That's precisely what I was going for... that, and "simple" ...

 

I meant Con-Cor and typed LL.

See what sniffing CA when modeling in a closed room can do to you kids...lol:tb-wacky::tb-biggrin:

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