SP RR

[PRR Modeler]

Looks very interesting.

[ACL1504]

Steve,

Don't know how I missed the last update but WOW. It looks fantastic my friend. The structures are blue ribbon and the placement just seems natural.

Very well done sir.

Tom

[donatode]

Looking GOOD Steve...!!

[sdrees]

Thanks for the nice comments.  This afternoon I spent my time running a train to check out how the train went across the switches and what may cause derailments. So I had to do some tweeking of some of the switches and I have some more to check.   

[tct855]

Steve,
         Man! what an incredible build thread brother.  I'm invested in your pictorial progressing with lots of really cool tricks and techniques here.  Keep building and filming brother.  I'm getting another bowl of popcorn for the next series of posts.  Thanx Thom...

[sdrees]

Thanks Tom for your interest in my thread.  Since I completed the installation of the switches and the electrical, I have been going thru my rolling stock from 50 years ago adding weight to some of the cars, replacing couplers, some of the cars had the old NMRA style couplers, checking trucks, etc and working out the kinks in the layout.  No interesting pictures to show at this time.

[Lynnb]

Just came across your layout Steve, nice job and especially nice work on the SW builds.

[sdrees]

Thanks Lynn, I haven't been actually working on the layout recently, but have been working on a number of small railroad related odds and end projects. 

[Lynnb]

Steve that's typical to be not necessarily be working on one thing, I bounce around quite a bit, right now I'm working through a kit.

[sdrees]

These cars are my latest projects.  They are Ambroid 1 of 5000 kits from the 1960's.  I started them back then, but I could never make the bands on the tanks look right.  Back then they provided wire for the bands and the could never be spaced properly and they also showed the kinks. 

I pulled them out of the stash a couple of weeks ago and I tried using wire again, but I had the same issues. I then went to the fishing tackle store  and bought some trilene fishing line.  So that seemed to work fairly well. 

[engine909]

Steve, Well done my friend.
ed

[Janbouli]

Those look fantastic, great job , love the subtle weathering.

[sdrees]

Thanks Ed and Jan for your compliments.

I am working on building a switch and a crossing with the Fast Track jigs.  It is a requirement for your Civil Engineer certificate part of the NMRA Achievement Program.

[jbvb]

The pickle car came out well. What glue did you use to secure the Trilene?  It seems to be some kind of fluorocarbon plastic, which makes me think of Teflon....

[Zephyrus52246]

Those are two great looking pieces of rolling stock.


Jeff