Oh, now you did it Ken!!!!! Deano, the service yard in Tomah was small will only take up about 6 or 7 feet. but you are getting ahead of me!
Oops? I'm heading for the basement. Will hide there. Until I know all is clear to come out again. Boxcab E50
(wakes up from behind the monitor)...HOLD IT! HOLD IT!...STOP THE TRAIN!...HEY!,....did i just hear BoxcabE50 say,....FM!!!? [ January 31, 2006, 12:21 AM: Message edited by: UP Deano ]
....well,....i know i will NEVER hear the end of this...but dog gone it, I'm going to do it. of the 15 FM's i have in my collection, this one IS, Andy's MOST FAVORITE one of them ALL!! the Milwaukee Road TRAINMASTER!!(ROFL!) (hides behind the 19' monitor in hopes it will block objects Andy is throwing toward me ) BoxcabE50, dont get in the line of fire! LOL! [ January 30, 2006, 11:56 PM: Message edited by: UP Deano ]
You can come out now Ken, check out these pics, told you they were nice! Deano, Again, great job! Oh ya, back to my stuff! I just sanded some drywall tonite, I know Ken you want to see pic's of it, but I think I will wait. Also started the wiring
Boxcab E50, yea, its safe to come out. thought Andy was going to give me heck, as he pointed out to me that MILW,never had a trainmaster! i checked my FM records and he was right! although MILW had TONS of FM engines, none were trainmasters.(darn those people at athearn! lol!) Andy, glad to hear you've sanded the drywall and started wiring, thats GREAT!! can we expect pics this weekend? enquirering minds want to know. thanks, -Deano
From what I understand, the H24-66 Demos did test on the Milw. But the largest version they ended up buying, was the H16-66. Boxcab E50
sorry SDP45, this is my best friends thread, Andy is a real stand-up guy, and I'm not going to high jack it from him. the ONLY reason i posted ANY of my FM's on this thread was because Andy "egged" me on in fun, sorry. -Boxcab E50, you are 100% correct! the largest FM Milw ever bought was the H16-66, only six of them. -NOW,..thanks for the interest guys, but enough of me on here. between tonight and Sunday i am going to start a thread in the HO forum, I would be more then happy to converse with you all on my work or FM's over there. thank you, -Deano (sorry Andy) AND NOW, BACK TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAM.......
well guy's, I have the wiring done except the drops and the drywall is primed and painted sky blue. I should get the clouds painted on Sat. and hopefully get the base foamboard in. I will be posting pic's Sat. or Sun. Right now the camera has dissappeared? Should be back by this weekend!
Mystery solved!!! Seems like the camera went to a sleep over with my youngest daughter. OPP'S, she forgot to ask! Hmmmmm!! Oh well, clouds painted and foamboard glued in. layout track and roadbed next, pic's Sunday. (i hope)
ALRIGHT Andy! clouds are finished, foam board in, you are really coming along! cant wait to see pics! -Deano
The camera is in the building!! OK, Here's what I got, here is an overhead shot,put in mock up portals, more to come as I progress!
Andy!!, those clouds look just slap AWESOME!!!! great job!!! cant wait for your next progress post! -Deano
Hey Guy's, Thanks, The clouds are stencils I made out of a cereal box and a can of flat white spray paint. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. I got lucky this time. I know there is not a lot of track action going on here but I can only put in whats there!!! I might have a small stumbling block though, Walthers is out of the double track concrete tunnel portal i need for the C&NW line so I have to go searching. Also a bit of trivia,The Milw.Road ran a double track main into Tunnel City and dropped down to one going through the tunnel. The C&NW ran a single line into TC but cut a double track tunnel, and it's still the only double track tunnel in Wisconsin,even if it dosn't go through the mountain any more!! Anyway, next it's laying roadbed, painting the ground, gluing the track down and puting in two drops for power.
