The Atlantic and Southern Build Thread Continued, Part 2

[tct855]

Blazing Saddles that is! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8cDfnQD0ws 

[ACL1504]

I did manage to get some time in on the layout this afternoon.

I'm working on building an oil facility for the tank cars. I've had the Magnuson Oil Tank kit for the past 20+ years and finally put it together this afternoon.

The tank is 43 HO scale feet across and 46 HO scale feet high.





More in a few.

[ACL1504]

I used the paper template to determine where to drill the holes for the curved ladder.



Of course as my luck would have it, the little tabs on the ladder stairs were broken off. This made gluing the curved stairs a little tricksie to the tank side. But it did get done.

Fast forward and the tank is now complete.

I had the one piece of sprue left and I cut the two ends off and made them into pipes at the bottom of the tank.




More in a few.

[ACL1504]

This is where the tank will be located. Ya'll have seen it here in numerous previous pictures.

[tct855]

T.  could I suggest this paint scheme for your AS...

[PRR Modeler]

Nice job Tom.

[jimmillho]

That will be a great looking Tank as soon as it is painted to look like what Thom suggested.

Jim

[bparrish]

Tom...

What is your plan for enclosing the helix / ovalix

Scenery is great

Thanx
Bob

[ACL1504]

T.  could I suggest this paint scheme for your AS...

KPI,

Let me put it this way, "NOT IN THIS LIFETIME"!

KPII

[ACL1504]

Nice job Tom.

Thank you Curt.

Tom

[ACL1504]

That will be a great looking Tank as soon as it is painted to look like what Thom suggested.

Jim

Jim,

Refer to my response to Thom. Nuff said. Nice try though.

Tom

[tct855]

That will be a great looking Tank as soon as it is painted to look like what Thom suggested.

Jim

Jim,

Refer to my response to Thom. Nuff said. Nice try though.

Tom

I hear my mom callin me.  I think I'll take my throttle and go home...

[ACL1504]

Tom...

What is your plan for enclosing the helix / ovalix

Scenery is great

Thanx
Bob

Bob,

Thank you for the compliment on the scenery, much appreciated.

At the start of this layout, the Judge and I discussed how I wanted to build the Helix. Since a 36" radius Helix would take a minimum 6 foot diameter area,  I made the decision to put it in the little alcove of the layout room.





Once I looked at the area, I decided to expand the Helix and make it an Ovailx, my word for the new Helix.

I stretched the Helix to include a section of 3 feet of straight track on two sides and 8 inches of straight track on the other two sides. This lessened the drag of the trains going up the Ovalix.

This Ovalix is really cool and I enjoy seeing the trains going up and down.

So, no plans are in the near future or future to enclose the Ovalix. One revolution is 26 feet giving me about a 1% incline. Not to bad for a railroad model.

Tom

[ACL1504]

That will be a great looking Tank as soon as it is painted to look like what Thom suggested.

Jim

Jim,

Refer to my response to Thom. Nuff said. Nice try though.

Tom

I hear my mom callin me.  I think I'll take my throttle and go home...

KPI,

I thought I heard Joe calling you.  Joe Momma that is.


KPII

[tct855]

shut up!
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