Wow! That bridge is incredible! Someday, I plan to have a nice howe deck truss as the centerpiece of my layout, but I'm sure it will be a long time building! Ha-ha, I just bought the exact same PCC, but I have no extra shells. That looks interesting, but I'm totally lost as to the prototype you're trying to follow. :tb-cute:
What's on my workbench....my laptop. The display blacklighting invertor went out today. A $5 part and only 6 screws to replace it fortunately but it won't be here till Monday. Using the wifes laptop to post for now. I guess I may get some modeling done as I don't have a computer to distract me all weekend.
Basically, that's a simplified version of this: Which is based on this prototype: Dallas, Boston, San Francisco and a few other locations (Pittsburgh even had one) ran these double-ended PCC trolleys so they didn't have to be turned around for return trips. And since I don't have much space on my planned layout, I'll only be installing a single trolley track from the town to the train station. This kitbash will make it prototypical (not that I care, I like the PCC enough to run it backwards anyway!).
Thank you everyone. This bridge, like most things I try to work with, was extremely fun to assemble, and quite simple too! PGE-N°2, I completed the actual assembly in 2 evenings. It's been one of the quicker things I've made. There's really not much to it, just a lot of repetition, cutting multiple parts and gluing them one by one. After the first few, it goes by really fast. UGH! As Murphy would have it. I DROPPED it! :tb-hissyfit: Luckily, the only parts that came unglued were a few cross members from the main cords. Nothing came completely free *whew!*, and everything was able to be re-glued within minutes. I dropped it while trying to drill the tension rods while being lined up vertically. I think I need to find a new method for that.
Please, elaborate - what word(s) did you shout when this happened? :tb-smile: That had to be a heart-stopper...
Yep, they used them too. And I see that particular unit is closer to my half-way kitbash pic. Thankfully, I can do it half-way like that one and have it be prototypical (I'll just say that PW&NJ bought ex-PE units).
Well, I discovered I could alter time! Instead of the split second it normally takes an object to fall 2.5 feet, the falling of the bridge lasted a few minutes. Perhaps if I dropped it from the roof, I could watch the entire movie of Inception before the van, I mean, the bridge, hit the ground.
Working on power for a 1950's Olympian Hiawatha. Fresh out of the paint shop is FM Erie-built 21-A. Still need to add most of the grab irons.
making a ns gevo . I moved the headlight and put the right railings on the front and back. and now i need to move one vent on the long hood
Needed a tight crossing between two turnouts that curved immediately, so it was time to handlay! "Turned out" pretty well. Off to the BlackenIt bath with you!
I've got several projects on my workbench. It's just finding the time and deciding which to do first. I've accumulated a bunch of odds and ends to scratch build a feed mill, oil depot, tank farm, and other stuff. I'll get to it yep tomorrow. See ya Ron
MC is like a Jedi knight when it comes to hand laying track. Absolutely amazing! Reminds me of the work of this guy... Help me Obi-wan-kenobe, you're our only hope! (what's neater is how the locomotive gets over the switch at the bottom!) Alice Cooper, we are not worthy!!!
Godnight! How in the world do you get over bottom switch? Maybe it's a fourth demintion type of thingsmile: See ya ron
Thanks! But that was my first time handlaying a crossing. A lot of it was quick eyeballing, so the next one will come out better PW&NJ: Just because a kid draws eyes & breasts vertical instead of horizontal doesn't make him a Picasso! I've been admiring Tim's Bronx Terminal for a while now: an amazing piece of work! If I was as good as Master Warris, I'd be able to build all these separate fixtures as the one it should be: But each build is an experience to learn from! Handlaying is easier than you think, allows you to design the layout free from commercial turnout limits, and it's very satisfying to see trains roll over your own turnouts (especially knowing they're more than 1/2 price less than the Atlas or Pecos which, to me, have those visually jarring swivels). I encourage everybody to try their hand at handlaying!
