The sticky up bits are pieces of plasticard superglued in between the rails instead of insulating joiners Poliss ...... they just need trimming less obtrusive than the joiners once done. _________________
Many thanks the camera work could be better as the pics were taken with my desk lamp on the bench when i get some good sunlight on the layout i i'll do some more pics.
Reminds me i need to get some good lighting over the layout than rely on the lamp and room light which is poor. _________________
Hi All,
With working and a few other bits not got a lot done on the layout but here are a few pics of some stock including a hopper i started adding Grafitti to.
Other side
This Atlas pulpwood flat car i couldnt resist on ebay for less than the price of the car ($9.27) all weathered up ....... just needs the grab irons in the box adding and blending it to match alnog with the new Kadees fitted.
Next week i'm off on hols from work so hoping to get the backboards sorted and make a start on planning some scenery alo the weathering powders from Bragdon came so some experimentig with them _________________
Some good looking rust on that flatcar Nick. I'll send Cally Duquesne over to find out who's been graffiti'ing your hoppers. I'll have to brief her first though. _________________ Get off the line Bobby!
http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t184/Poliss_album/
Dunno about it being the wrong era Tom. Found this on wikipedia. "Graffiti has long appeared on railroad boxcars. The one with the longest history, dating back to the 1920s and continuing into the present day, is Bozo Texino."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti _________________ Get off the line Bobby!
http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t184/Poliss_album/
At portland bill in Devon somewhere there is a name in one of the rocks on the floor from the 1800's... been three times and still cant remeber hius name, george I think? _________________ Please visit
www.freewebs.com/stockdaleonsea
Updated Regularly so Please keep checking.
Thanks
Looking more like a busy railyard now ... the gondolas making up a nice length train for the scrapyard at the other end of the layout.
SW9 sat awaiting work alongside the carshop ......... when the new handrails arrive they will look better
Latest loco Proto 2000 SD50 with white metal front plow fitted and first coat off Harbour grey paint on, some scratchbuilt sunshades andit's all ready for weathering.
No progress on the layout this weekend to busy sorting couplers and other jobs on the locos. _________________
Ummm, Nick, is that a kink in the foreground track? Looks a bit like a roller-coaster...
I know.... I'm nagging
The engines look fine, though.
Erhard
Your nagging Erhard
Seriously though its where the track is sitting up on the board join edge on top of the trackbed and needs levelling out before final ballasting.
Thanks for the comment on the engines.
Hows your module coming on anyhow ? _________________
Only very little progress so far since I'm busy preparing my photo-tours to a couple of US-shortlines. I'm setting up a new business, offering these tours to only small groups of max. 5 members per tour and that requires *some* conversation with the railways regarding permits, safety issues, and so on. Keeps me busy.... _________________ Modular Railroading in N-scale
All looking very good, where do you purchase the plasticard buildings? and are they purley American? llike the comment about the cats with no hair. _________________ mine is a pint of J Smiths Smooth please
All the buildings on the layout all but one are from Walthers background kits and American though they could be easily used on a British layout bearing in mind U.S. HO is 1/87 scale as opposed to 1/76.
I used several DPM kits to make up another building i havnt pictured yet.
The plasticard was used to create floors and extension pieces for Centennial mills .. Centennial millsis good value as Walthers include an extra wall length not shown in the instructions i added in to double its length.
Not the cheapest building kits out there but well made solid construction and very accurate mouldings.
If you wish to know more about them just shout. _________________
All the buildings on the layout all but one are from Walthers background kits and American though they could be easily used on a British layout bearing in mind U.S. HO is 1/87 scale as opposed to 1/76.
I used several DPM kits to make up another building i havnt pictured yet.
The plasticard was used to create floors and extension pieces for Centennial mills .. Centennial millsis good value as Walthers include an extra wall length not shown in the instructions i added in to double its length.
Not the cheapest building kits out there but well made solid construction and very accurate mouldings.
If you wish to know more about them just shout.
Thanks , yes what I want to know now is where can you purchase these kits, as of course not to be found in my local shop _________________ mine is a pint of J Smiths Smooth please
Hi Dave,
You can order directly from Walthers and collect your items from a hobby shop in the UK (or have it sent to your adress). Follow this link to see where in the UK Walthers is represented :
Walthers Hobby shops in the UK
Hi Dave,
You can order directly from Walthers and collect your items from a hobby shop in the UK (or have it sent to your adress). Follow this link to see where in the UK Walthers is represented :
Walthers Hobby shops in the UK
Erhard
Thanks for that info Erhard thats an interesting shop in there _________________ mine is a pint of J Smiths Smooth please
I use Model Junction to buy my American stuff. The owner is very nice and replies to my emails the same day. I like his voucher scheme too. Bought my lubricants using them.
http://www.modeljunction.info/estore/
That also is an interesting shop...H O is just slightley smaller than oo is it? _________________ mine is a pint of J Smiths Smooth please
Could well use these shops in the future some interesting vehicles and buildings, even if it has the word JUNCTION in the name. But the rolling stock would be no good for my 00 gauge railway. _________________ mine is a pint of J Smiths Smooth please
Erhard and Poliss have given you two great links for the buildings bought mine from a local guy here who does them.
You could try here as well a mate of mine in the states who has set up his own shop http://www.maderstrains.com/index.php?route=common/home he is an official Walthers retailer and can get anything you want ....... got 2 buildings on the way from him for Novahill http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3192 one built and the other kit form to create a warehouse loading dock scene. _________________
Erhard and Poliss have given you two great links for the buildings bought mine from a local guy here who does them.
You could try here as well a mate of mine in the states who has set up his own shop http://www.maderstrains.com/index.php?route=common/home he is an official Walthers retailer and can get anything you want ....... got 2 buildings on the way from him for Novahill http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3192 one built and the other kit form to create a warehouse loading dock scene.
Thanks Nick very usefull I shall use these sites in the future, thats the same web as what Erhard gave me so must be good supplier. _________________ mine is a pint of J Smiths Smooth please
The link is the main Walthers site page, i could be going to my modelshop next weekend for more track/couplers and can tell you if he has any buildings you may be interested in
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all weathered up ....... just needs the grab irons in the box adding and blending it to match alnog with the new Kadees fitted.
