Some nice stuff Joe! Those ES44's look really nice! Looking forward to seeing the pipe load you are going to add to the bulkhead flat
Thanks Richard. It will probably be a few weeks before I get to it but it’s on my to do list now that I have everything I need. I really like the loads you’ve made and want some for my layout.
I bought the Vallejo Model Air, for my airbrush and really like it. Of course I'm still am a Newbie at airbrushing and kind of suck at it. But better then when I started at least Only used it and airbrush on cheap plastic model aircraft kits to learn. I will say no matter what brand cheap acrylic or Vallejo, Yellow & White do not do well for me. Pretty sure it is me and not the paint?
Yellow and White are the toughest colors in paint. For White, start with a gray primer, for Yellow either white or pink.
Not exactly a purchase but a gift given to me by another modeler. He's a member of a nearby club and has started cleaning out this train stuff so that when he goes (he's not really that old!!!!) he doesn't burden the family to clean out all the stuff he left behind. He said they would probably take a shovel and throw everything out anyway. A morbid thought but probably true for most of us! He knew of my trip to Japan last year and the Shinkansen monster I bring to train shows. This is about Japan's Tokaido line which runs through Tokyo and connects to the big tourist cities like Kyoto, Osaka and Hiroshima amongst many others. The book is over 40(!) years old since publication date shows 1983. Everything is in Japanese so I'll have to use Google Translate over the next few months to read every page. The cover looks a little blurry because the book has a raised ridge thin plastic book cover to protect it. It slips over the book. I don't know if it came like that but it sure looks like a custom fit. Here's the significance of the book. He met an engineer (not train) who worked on the Amtrak Northeast Corridor project. They used the book as a reference when they were developing the NEC! After the project he gave it to my friend as he knew he was a railfan. My friend thought I would enjoy the book. Damn right!
Excellent advice! I wish I'd have learned this long before I did some 30 years ago. It makes all the difference.
Well I finally dropped a few bucks on some plywood, but I asked them to do the ripping. I was told the saw was broken, but I came back with I'll wait for the part. She just giggled as it was obvious the guys did not want to do the work. So two sheets of 13 ply 3/4" birch ripped down to 4" and 2-1/2" strips. She charged me $5 for the extra cuts. Pick up Monday and I can begin painting during the week. I could be well along on the new benchwork over the next weekend.
Alright I used to follow him on YouTube, and found his new site through another YT person I subscribe too. He is mainly a HO person and woodworker, ( also a software development person ), and now has a site where he sells just a FEW laser cut kits I think they are. I was so amazed after watching him explain how to put together one of his HO Warehouse kits, I had to buy I think the ONLY N Scale kit he makes for now, and for $20.00 total including shipping I have to see one in person although it is a small kit. He only does this part time, and when he has time, and why it is called: Late Night Hobbies https://www.latenighthobbies.com His YouTube channel assembling the Large HO Warehouse Kit, which made me buy the N Scale kit. Click link to watch on YouTube IF you want to watch it. Very interesting! Hope I am not breaking any rules about posting his website. I mean it's basically a custom thing, right? Let me know IF I am breaking any rules please!
That is an amazing build of an amazing kit. I learned a lot of good tips. Thanks for posting this, I watched it on YouTube. Ralph
Well, I have mothballed the layout for a couple of months . So my latest purchase was for some wood that I cut slots in that can slide onto the sides of the decking, then some plastic drop cloth that I stretched tight crossed the top and tacked down. We are gearing up for harvest on the farm and then starting a major remodel of about half the house as soon as that's done so I needed to get an early start on moving things and right now my layout room is the "catch all" for what we can squeeze in. I may be down until the end of December. But the good news is IF I can get signal out in the middle of the fields, I can still follow the fourm while waiting for the combine hopper to fill! Ralph
Repeat after me: Harvest, remodel, then trains, oh my! Harvest, remodel, then trains, oh my! ... And my mother's favorite: As soon as the rush is over, I'm going to have a nervous breakdown. I worked for it, I owe it to myself, and nobody is going to deprive me of it. She stuck a copy of that on the refrigerator door.
I had this done once and the home center's ripping jig was out of square. I got home and discovered my pieces were shaped like parallelograms. Thanks dudes.
I have a ~30 yr old Delta Unisaw that more than handles my cutting needs. But nobody to blame 'cept me.
Experienced the same... The last 2 rip jobs at a home center were off. One about a 1/2" over 48" span. Same here. Some home centers limit free cuts, other stores -- depends on the associate doing the cutting and if he or she feels "generous".
Yep. I was given a Rockwell Delta 10 inch Contractors saw by one of my best friends in NJ when he retired and downsized back in 1984. It has to be at least 45 years old! A few add-ons and some cutting jigs, a set of rollers, and a great Craftsman adjustable dado blade, and I am set. It has the solid aluminum extensions instead of the stamped steel...
