Shay #9 having just taken the bend, starts a long climb up the 5% grade. http://www.badger-creek.co.uk [ 26 April 2001: Message edited by: Paul Templar ]
Paul, Great work my friend!! Keep up posting the layout pictures the more I see the more I want to do a logging main line in the mountains of my layout!!!!!! No one here I think will test you on stop posting pictures!!! I love e'm man!!! Thats some great modeling work you do...... Keep it up
Paul, I got one good question though. Is that shay a MDC roundhouse kit??? And if so how in this side of mars did you get it to smoke? The MDC kits have solid cast boilers, and a pin to mount your smoke stack to. I'm wondering on that one or if you had used gray hair in the picture to make it look like its smoking????? Very interesting picture you took!!!! But all in all its a great one!!!!!!!!
Thanks Guys, and John, it is an MDC kit, the smoke is due to the kindness of Adobie Photoshop 5.5, or is it real smoke maybe Hmmmmm.
Paul, So in other words you had the picture redone by computer graphics???? If so that made that look so real I mean man thats great work on the modeling and the special effects is a plus to add to what you already did!!!! I love you work. Keep it up. You are making me thing about taking the top part of the mountains on my layout with a logging spur, I have a minning spur already for the Western Maryland #6 shay i'm building. The Western Maryland Railway used Shay's for the minning of coal in the deep mountains of West Virginia. And I love Shay locomotives so.... Interesting!! now to figure out where to put a turnout to begin the logging spur!!
Thanks to one and all again for your comments, John, the only computer graphic added was in fact the smoke. The light on the shay is in fact a grain of wheat bulb I put in when I made up the kit. Drilled a hole through the boiler to accept the wires.
Paul, You just added to my inspiration to light up my MDC shay I am going to use a grain-of-rice bulb which is smaller and will fit right in the head light assembly without problems of fitting and does not get hot enough to melt the plastic head light assembly itself. I thought about drilling the boiler to accept the wires but was sceptical on doing so. I'm known for loving dirrectional lighting. So the tender light will get as well and both will be wired for dirrectional operation. The grain-of-rice bulb will also act as a lens for the bulb will be surrounded by the head light fixture itself. For example: Look at all the Mantua loco's. Thier light bulbs are in the assembly as the lens and the light all in one. Thanks Paul. Happy modeling.... [ 27 April 2001: Message edited by: 7600EM_1 ]
Hi John, Have you got a wiring diagram for directional lighting, that would be a good idea. Now you have set me off again, got about 8 Kit loco's that could do with that done. Paul [ 29 April 2001: Message edited by: Paul Templar ]
Paul, Directional lighting is simple. Get 2 Diodes and on the head end of the loco (where the head lights would be) make sure the diode marking for the cathrode (a silver strip) is facing in the direction the loco will travel forwards. On the rear light make the diode's cathrode face the same direction as the diode in the front is, the silver strip is facing towards the front of the loco just like the diode in the front controling the head light. Alot of guys say to use only one diode for this being its simple wiring but thats a heat danger in some cases. If you reverse the polarity into one diode it causes heating problems and evenually burn the diode out and then maintenence comes in to fix it or you wouldn't have any lights. With 2 diodes in one loco is safer and also is not as harsh on only one diode. So by using 2 diodes you wouldn't have to worry about the diode going bad and needing replaced like you would be if you use only one. All my steam loco's have tender lights and of coarse head lights and work directionally with each other and all my diesels have directional lighting installed in them, if they hadn't already had directional lighting when I bought them. Let me know if you understand the description of mine for directional lighting. [ 30 April 2001: Message edited by: 7600EM_1 ]
