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#21
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Monday March 8, 2021
March 08, 2021, 06:02:26 AM
Good morning.


Seven degree start to the day.  Brr!  Seems crazy to me as by Thursday we could see sixty degrees. 


Quick trip to Lowe's and then seeing the chiropractor later this morning.  Not sure what I'll be working on this afternoon. 


Everyone have a safe and productive day!
#22
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Tuesday March 2, 2021
March 02, 2021, 07:06:11 AM
Good morning.


Starting the day in single digits with wind chills of up to 20 below zero.  We had blustery winds with gusts over 35MPH last night as well as whiteout snow squalls.  I hunkered down and am here to tell the tale.  Today will be blustery also, so modeling is on the agenda, maybe even an update to my long neglected layout thread.


Everyone stay warm and safe today!
#23
Scratchbuilding / Scratching my itch
September 29, 2019, 02:29:25 PM
Full disclosure.  These structures were all started last winter.  They have been sitting while I have been spending my spring and summer outdoors.  I'll let you know why each sat unfinished when I post the pics of each. 

First up is a lawyer's office.  I started this project after noticing this style of overhanging roof on several buildings.  While I was working on a cardboard mockup and wondering what type of business it would represent I came across a sign on the internet.  The sign not only changed the look of the false front, it inspired me to use a "Victorian" color scheme for this structure.  Finding the wall sign on the internet was a bonus.  I thought because this was a law office it warranted copper roofing.  I downloaded a couple photos from the internet and after repainting it a couple times I think I have it reasonably close.  Side note, this is built of styrene.

I had this done except for the front steps.  I knew I wanted to do brick steps to match the foundation.  It took me a couple false starts and letting it sit until I figured out how to get the steps to come together. 
#24
eBay Crazies / What am I missing?
January 15, 2019, 11:28:59 AM

This locomotive was listed and sold yesterday for $114.99 plus shipping.  It is listed as "parts / junk", and noted that when hooked up the motor started smoking.  After looking it over carefully, I believe this is a Riverossi engine.  It has been repainted, Kadee couplers added, and has what appears to be a brass stack, headlight, and generator.  It also has had one dome replaced, a coal load added to the tender and the cab windows modified.  It appears to have been been re-motored, but most likely that motor is toast and the drive shaft (roughly a $15 part) is missing. 


At least two people had to want it this badly to drive the final price to this point.  Can someone please explain what makes this engine worth what was paid?   


https://www.ebay.com/itm/HO-Scale-Unknown-Soo-Line-4-4-0-Steam-Switcher-Locomotive-22-DAMAGED-JUNK-/333002774599?nordt=true&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l10137
#25
I have started construction of the Delaware & Northern Railroad version 1.0. 

The prototype was originally organized in 1904 as the Delaware & Eastern, and trains were running over the line by 1906.  The tracks connected with the New York, Ontario & Western in East Branch and with the Ulster & Delaware in Arkville, running for 37 miles along the East Branch of the Delaware River near the western edge of the Catskill Mountains.  After an attempt to extend the railroad to Middleburg, NY and a connection with the Schoharie & Middleburg failed miserably leaving the railroad awash in debt, the D&E filed bankruptcy in 1910, and emerged as the Delaware & Northern.  New York City bought the railroad in 1939 to allow them to build a dam at Downsville, NY, creating the Pepacton Reservoir to supply water to the city.  Today over half of the Delaware & Northern roadbed resides at the bottom of the reservoir, along with the villages and farms that once occupied the valley.

I live alone in a large farmhouse.  Despite extensive remodeling including wall and ceiling insulation, replacement windows, and new siding my house is very expensive to heat.  In the winter I close off the entire upstairs, move my dining room furniture to the living room, bring a few comfortable chairs into the dining room, and close off the living room as well.  Because of this, potential bedroom or basement locations for a layout suffer from a lack of heat.  After spending some time thinking about how I might build a layout, I decided the best approach would be to construct something easy to disassemble and move in the future.

In the past couple months I have worked through several failed attempts to design a layout that could be disassembled for moving.  I constructed and then discarded components that were too cumbersome to move easily, others that lacked rigidity, and some that warped after assembly.  In short, I found designing lightweight portable construction to be its own challenge. 

I have settled on a module or domino system for construction using separate tables, each with its own complete set of legs. This was done so that I can assemble or disassemble the layout by myself without worrying about how to support a section that lacks all four legs.  I built it so the table tops detach from the leg assemblies for ease of relocation, thinking that would make it easier to negotiate stairs.  Each table is connected to the adjoining table with carriage bolts.  At this time, the  layout consists of three modules, two that are 30" x 48" and bolt end to end.  A third 24" by 36" table is bolted to the front left side of one of the larger modules, resulting in an L shaped layout with an overall dimension of 66" by 96".  It currently resides in one corner of my dining room, but is sized so that it will fit into a spare bedroom.  It could also become part of a larger basement layout should I decide to go that route.

If you want to come along for the ride, get your ticket, grab a coach seat, and settle in for a slow and somewhat bumpy ride, not unlike passenger service on the real Delaware & Northern. 
#26
When Dan first posted his thread for the Challenge, I signed up, though I mentioned my start would be delayed while I worked to finish up some rolling stock that I was building.  The boxcars are not done, but I decided to set them aside while I make a start on the Challenge. 

Normal start to a build thread, photos of the kit contents.  You can see that Ken encloses some general tips as well as a specific instruction sheet and an additional sheet showing the bracing pattern. 
#27
Most of the vehicles I model date from the first quarter of the 20th Century, though I often get distracted and stray from my chosen modeling era.

First up is a Bates crawler.  This was built from a resin kit by Rusty Rail Rick.

Second is a Jordan Model TT gasoline tank truck.  This was built based on one done by Chester Fesmire, and combines the gasoline tank from a Jordan Model A with the TT truck chassis.
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