Well... The time has come yet again for the Amherst Railway Society's Hobby Railroad Show!!!
January 28-29 2017
I'll be there as part of Northeast N-NTRAK / T-TRAK Winterfest.
This is always a good time for us n-scalers.
If you're there, stop by and say hello!
T-TRAK in the Young Building
Main N-TRAK in the Better Living Center (BLC)
Secondary N-TRAK in the Mallory Complex.
I'll be around all three layouts.
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Update - May 2016
DAY-YUM!!
It sure has been a long time since I posted anything...
I've been working on some train-related items. Mainly T-TRAK and fitting decoders into engines. Also been trying to speed match most of them to a common standard.
My standards are a top speed of 50 mph at throttle position 99 (Digitrax). 25 mph at setting 50, etc.
Also trying to outfit a toolbox as a "powerbox" for both T-TRAK and my (somewhat nonexistent) railroad. More on that at a later time!
My latest T-TRAK modules, in the planning stage, are 2 (or more) triple-wide with a grade going down off the RED /. FRONT track.
Later!
It sure has been a long time since I posted anything...
I've been working on some train-related items. Mainly T-TRAK and fitting decoders into engines. Also been trying to speed match most of them to a common standard.
My standards are a top speed of 50 mph at throttle position 99 (Digitrax). 25 mph at setting 50, etc.
Also trying to outfit a toolbox as a "powerbox" for both T-TRAK and my (somewhat nonexistent) railroad. More on that at a later time!
My latest T-TRAK modules, in the planning stage, are 2 (or more) triple-wide with a grade going down off the RED /. FRONT track.
Later!
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Repainted - weathered C&D (Trash) cars - Part 2
Some progress on my C&D cars....
After priming them (I didn't bother to strip them), I left 3 in the primer grey, and 2 in rattle-can sky blue. One sky blue car will become GBRX 934873, an ex-GN woodchip hopper. Goal is to also model the tarps.
It's coming along... slowly!
The other cars currently look like this:
I will letter them for my private leasing company.
So, why have these been taking so long? I really don't know, but I've been on a weathering tear lately.
Here's some examples (cars are from both Intermountain and Atlas Trainman):
For comparison, here's a new box from Intermountain.
After priming them (I didn't bother to strip them), I left 3 in the primer grey, and 2 in rattle-can sky blue. One sky blue car will become GBRX 934873, an ex-GN woodchip hopper. Goal is to also model the tarps.
It's coming along... slowly!
The other cars currently look like this:
So, why have these been taking so long? I really don't know, but I've been on a weathering tear lately.
Here's some examples (cars are from both Intermountain and Atlas Trainman):
For comparison, here's a new box from Intermountain.
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Repainted - weathered C&D (Trash) cars - Part 1
Working on a new project - between lawn mowing, landscaping, and work on the house!
These are Deluxe Innovations Woodchip cars I'm re-purposing for C&D cars.
I'm not even bothering to strip these. The trucks will be removed, and the bodies will get a shot of gray primer to start.
I hope to have one painted like this one (image courtesy of "notllr")
These are Deluxe Innovations Woodchip cars I'm re-purposing for C&D cars.
I'm not even bothering to strip these. The trucks will be removed, and the bodies will get a shot of gray primer to start.
I hope to have one painted like this one (image courtesy of "notllr")
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Winterfest 2015
Another year has passed, and the long snowy weekend of January 23-25 I participated in Northeast N-TRAK's Winterfest program. I've been heading up to West Springfield, MA for this evemt the last 5 or 6 years. I look forward to it every year! Seeing old friends, and meeting new ones.
This year, I didn't run anything on the big N-TRAK layouts. Instead, I was involved with the very first T-TRAK display at the show, and spent most of my time there. This year, we grew to have layouts (two N-TRAK and one T-TRAK) in three separate buildings. Unreal!!
Many thanks to Fay Chin of Northeast NTRAK and Dave Ferrari of NNJ-NTRAK (my home club) for getting together and making it happen.
Layout Photos
Full View the full 2015-Northeast Region T-TRAK gallery HERE
This year, I didn't run anything on the big N-TRAK layouts. Instead, I was involved with the very first T-TRAK display at the show, and spent most of my time there. This year, we grew to have layouts (two N-TRAK and one T-TRAK) in three separate buildings. Unreal!!
Many thanks to Fay Chin of Northeast NTRAK and Dave Ferrari of NNJ-NTRAK (my home club) for getting together and making it happen.
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| Front: Fay Chin, ME!, Ken Harstine Back: George Michaels, Dave Ferrari, Dirk Nieuwdorp, Phil Brown Not present: Warren S, Geoff Dunne |
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Layout Photos
Full View the full 2015-Northeast Region T-TRAK gallery HERE
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