Fellows, I've got a question for you BNSF modelers. I just received a new C44-9 in the Heritage II scheme. Being a N&W modeler, I have never seen one of these in my neck of the woods (but I like it anyway). What details should I add to it? Thanks, Greg Davis
Craig, very nice! Your pictures are giving me the incentive to buy any digital camera and get cracking. My current project on the SD-35 is being bogged down due to slow shipping of things I need. Especially from Internettrains.com. The worst part is that this model is supposed to be due at a contest at the end of this month! Also everyone elses stuff I see here looks also really good. gddavis The best advice I can give is too look over prototype photos and decide how much detail you want to add to your model. Then check out Sunrise Enterprises, Detail Associates, and JnJ Trains websites (except for DA) and shop around for what your looking for. If you have any questions on what to do, just post up your questions and we'll be glad to answer on how to do stuff. Mike
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by atirns: Craig, very nice! Your pictures are giving me the incentive to buy any digital camera and get cracking. Mike<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Thanks Mike! Digital cameras are great! And that photo point website has turned out to be great as well!! I was looking at the pictures and the cut lever on the left hand side looks bigger but this is stricktly a picture thing, in actuality it is exactly the same size as the other side. On that model are some Sunrise parts, some custom wire parts, and one BLMA detail part (the light cover). Not sure if you guys noticed but if you look closely, the trip pin on the UP unit is gone!! It was like that when I got it!!!
Hi guys, here is a pic of an SP B30-7 you can compare to mine. There are some differences like the ditch light placement (in the B23-7 pic I had the ditch lights were pilot mounted so I did that, plus this picture is a B30-7 anway, )
Craig, Those models look fantastic, to anyone who doesn't know Craig has not turned 16 yet but he shows up most of us when it comes to detailing skills. Keep up the great work Craig you are an inspiration to us all [ 03 February 2001: Message edited by: Colonel ]
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Colonel: Craig, Those models look fantastic, to anyone who doesn't know Craig has not turned 16 yet but he shows up most of us when it comes to detailing skills. Keep up the great work Craig you are an inspiration to us all![ 03 February 2001: Message edited by: Colonel ]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Thank Paul!! I really apprecaite that!! And Paul is right, I turn 16 in 5 months! Thanks!
Craig, your not even 16 yet??? And you have your own company? I'm only 16 (soon 17) and though I was the only one. Its good to know that there are others like me. I was thinking of starting my own detail company because of the lack of details I need, and your now making me rethink this. We're going to have to chat alot more. Mike
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by atirns: Craig, your not even 16 yet??? And you have your own company? I'm only 16 (soon 17) and though I was the only one. Its good to know that there are others like me. I was thinking of starting my own detail company because of the lack of details I need, and your now making me rethink this. We're going to have to chat alot more. Mike<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I thought I was the only one on this forum who was young(17).
I guess that's one of the funny things about the internet, you don't know really anything about who your talking to (age being my point here).
Yea, I was a little shocked when I found out Craig was only 15, I think he had one of my Loco's at the time LOL . I think it is cool though, I have had people refer to my wife before, funny thing is I just turned 19 and not even closed to married, YUCK ! People can't tell your age from your type so besides Craig I did not think there were to many teenagers on this board and I usally asome most of the people on these train boards are older gentelman. Kevin
Just to add some more spark in this, I'm only 16. Can it be that the N scale industry and modelers are compromised of people who need thier parents permission?? Hehehe Mike Antkowiak
All these puppies! Really, I think it's great to see all the "even younger than me" Model Railroaders (as I've said, I just turned 37). I think it says just how healthy the Hobby, let alone N-Scale, is. I knew a few of you were teenagers here, but I had no idea Craig was! Shines a whole new light on things for me, and probably others here. Keep up the good work guys, I think Model Railroading and N-Scale are going to be around for a long time yet!
All I can say is that with the quality of workmanship these "puppies" are producing theres no danger of this hobby dying out for a long time.And that gets this ol Catt to purring real mellow.
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Catt: All I can say is that with the quality of workmanship these "puppies" are producing theres no danger of this hobby dying out for a long time.And that gets this ol Catt to purring real mellow. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Well some of you have done a great job. Question is....Why? The prototype photos that we see in this thread are seen at a "scale" distance of about 25 feet. Try checking out your N Scale engine at 25 feet. Hurt your eyes? After about 30 years in N Scale I found most viewing is done at about 200 scale feet. Now back off your prototype to around 200 "real" feet and make some notes on what you can see. Details are nice but, Geez!
Well my answer to the above question (WHY?) would be a question: Why do Kato and Atlas make their molds so detailed?. Why do they worry about having the right trucks on the locos?. Why do we worry about Prototypes at all? I don't know about you but I can still see a good deal of detail at 200 scale feet. I can see those roof air conditioners. I can see the warning labels on the side of the locos. I pulled my TRAINS magazines out and looked at long distance photos. Check it out for yourself. Nobody has to add details. Nobody has to settle for the amount of detail that the manufacturer has put on the loco. For that matter nobody has to settle for only the locos that have been commercially produced. Check out the projects page of Gats on page one of this Topic. Cut and chop and take locos of 2 different shells to make the model wanted. Like I said in the original question: this is my favorite part of the hobby. Some run trains around. Some run operationally. Some spend all their time on building layouts. My buddy Ed builds small layouts to sell to others. If he keeps a layout too long, he gets bored. I guess we all have to just do the things about this hobby that we like most. Thanks for listening to my rambling. [ 05 February 2001: Message edited by: Drew Aldridge ]
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Dave Winter: Well some of you have done a great job. Question is....Why? The prototype photos that we see in this thread are seen at a "scale" distance of about 25 feet. Try checking out your N Scale engine at 25 feet. Hurt your eyes? After about 30 years in N Scale I found most viewing is done at about 200 scale feet. Now back off your prototype to around 200 "real" feet and make some notes on what you can see. Details are nice but, Geez!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Your eyes are 1-to-1 scale they can see alot more detail at 25 real feet than 200 real feet, regardless the size of the item they are looking at. If I put an N-Scale Loco 200 ft. away from me, I won't see the speed recorder. Bring it 25 feet from me, I probably will. If I look at a real locomotive at 200 ft. away, I'd bet I'd see that speed recorder on it! At 25 feet, I'd see the builders plate and be able to see the Builders logo, but not the model number and build date. My eyes aren't THAT good!
