The Atlantic and Southern Build Thread Continued, Part 3

[NKP768]

Nice job Tom -looks good.

Doug

[ACL1504]

Another innovative fix Tom.

Curt,

Thank you, innovation by way of necessity.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Looks great Tom.....

Greg,

Thank you, appreciate you looking in.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Looks great Tom.....

Will they hold up to warp speed?

Chip,

Great question, yes, they will and even at "Greg Speed".

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom,


Setting up a quickie fixture at the workbench rather than building it in place on the layout is yet another great idea I'll have to borrow.  Once again, innovative and wonderful modeling!

Jerry,

Thank you. As I mentioned to Curt, it was done out of necessity. I placed it on the work bench as I wanted to get the measurements and soldering done correctly the first time. The bench seemed like the place to do it.

I appreciate the comments.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Nice job Tom -looks good.

Doug

Doug,

Thanks for the positive comment, much appreciate you following along on the thread.

Tom

[ACL1504]

I had one other sub assembly to kit bash for the sanding tower and supporting structures.

I needed a way for the sand to get from the sand pit and into the sand bin. I used another sand tower from another kit and added a few extra pieces to it to get what I wanted.

Below is a photo of a small Walthers sand tower. I left off all the piping for this one to kit bash it.



I used a short piece of spare brass rod and a sanding spout from an old FSM Coaling Tower kit.



More in a few.

[ACL1504]

I drilled a hole in the bottom back side of the sand tower and cut the brass rod to fit as shown below.



I then cut a short piece of the brass rod to be glued to the back of the sand spout. It was bent to fit the angle for the pipe to be aligned over the sand bin.



More in a few.

[ACL1504]

I also drilled a hole in the front bottom of the sand tower. This hole was drilled opposite of the one in the rear.

The brass rod with the extended spout was then glued into the front hole.



By doing this, the tower became top heavy and wouldn't stay upright. More on this in the next few photos.

In the mean time, I added a small eyelet from another kit. I drilled a hole in the top front and glued this in place. You can see this piece in the above photo.

I then added some HO scale chain to the pipe as seen below.




I also removed the rear brass rod and added a longer one as also seen in the photo above.

More in a few.

[ACL1504]

I drilled a hole in the layout plywood and used this hole to insert the extension of the newly installed brass rod. This holds the sand tower upright and in place.



I then resprayed the structure with Floquil Weathered Black.



I'll possibility have more to update tomorrow. I appreciate all following along.

[Janbouli]

The whole scene is coming together beautifully Tom , love the sandbox, and it reminds me that I have to make those rods over the top on mine.

[GPdemayo]

Looks great Tom.....

Will they hold up to warp speed?

You bet.....It's built to withstand the worst. 

[GPdemayo]

By the way Tom.....I like the way you used the underground feeder pipes to cut down on clutter in the scene. 

[PRR Modeler]

Looks great Tom.

[Judge]

Saturday Report:
The Superintendent noted last week that a number of the A&S passenger trains lacked revenue paying passengers.  This was not surprising considering the cars had no lights, heat, or air conditioning.  Five of these cars were sent to the Sanford Car Shops for upgrading and they were returned on time and under budget this morning.  Will Fixer, who is the head of maintenance at A&S, connected the lights in the cars and passengers began loading almost immediately.  The Southland (L&N) and the City of Miami (IC) are the focus of the current upgrading.  Others will follow.

Activity on the A&S was limited to some extent today, but not because of the balmy, clear day here in Orlando.  Current temp is 80 degrees.

An SAL GP7 shifted around the yard in Tahope and managed to shuffle an 11 car local freight together.  It was powered by an SAL Q3 Milke that has been recently refurbished with a new WOW decoder.  A power change was indicted in route so an out-of-time-frame black ACL E Unit with an out-of-time-frame orange ACL caboose took over the chores briefly.  Trouble developed negotiating turn-outs and  the E Unit was sidelined until the difficulty can be diagnosed and repaired.  Fortunately, a brace of NC&StL F Units were fueling in the lubratorium and they brought the freight into the yard at Sanlando in short order.  The NC&StL diesels are "on loan" to the A&S due to heavy winter citrus traffic.  Old Man Perkins has been busy harvesting oranges from his extensive grove in anticipation of a cold snap that usually comes in January.

This ticket agent is taking a Saturday off next week.  Will return the week following.

The Judge