tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54776138107457880592024-03-14T01:53:43.258-07:00Small RailsGeneral Nuisancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605487841858103739noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477613810745788059.post-21512734769078481862020-05-19T07:34:00.000-07:002020-05-19T07:34:04.632-07:00Layout pictures 2020<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Some random pictures of the layout as it now stands.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cleveland Yard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chicago Yard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KC Yard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stock pens and silo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chicago Tool and American Appliance (Delta Foods in white)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scrap Yard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Champion Meats</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Midland Valve (right), Champion Livestock (left and foreground) and Andrews Manufacturing (center background)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Midland Valve</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fluid Dynamics (left), Dixie-Max Bottling (center) and Caitlin Chemical (right)</td></tr>
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General Nuisancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605487841858103739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477613810745788059.post-63432761741396097702018-12-29T08:23:00.001-08:002018-12-29T08:23:45.972-08:00HO scale power plant progress<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I've been working on the configuration of my HO scale power plant to see what best fits the space. While I originally intended to have a coal pile, there just isn't enough room for it and the conveyors from the coal dump by the tracks. </div>
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Here's my mock-up using a spare box. I wanted a larger conveyor tower that would at least make it plausible for the coal to move from the tracks up to the boiler house. Having worked in a coal-burning plant, I can tell you it is not uncommon to have underground conveyors and access tunnels.</div>
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Here's my foamcore box with the conveyors inserted. This will be a concrete tower. I made a small shed over the other conveyor. This is probably a crusher building (hey, it's not a working plant, so it just needs to look "industrial" and doesn't have to be a science fair project explaining every step of coal-generated kilowatts.) Pretty much every power plant is unique, so there are differing layouts for each plant anyway. I had to move the plant further to the left to make room for the conveyors -- which were a must-have, but that eliminated the room for the coal pile.<br />
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General Nuisancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605487841858103739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477613810745788059.post-2759131853118493442017-12-11T19:57:00.000-08:002017-12-11T19:57:55.159-08:00HO scale city sidewalks installed<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Just updating some progress on the layout. Been installing sidewalks to make my city look more like a city and less like a storage area for large buildings. Vehicles have been moved here and there to make room for working, so they are not in their final spots.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The back of a row of stores to the right. The giant hotel to the left. Glue is still wet in places. Once I get some people and details on the sidewalks, they will look a little better. Also need to fill in that black area on the one building at the end of the sidewalk. Originally, that was going to be hidden, but I repositioned the building. </td></tr>
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I have about 10 streetlights (LEDs) to install plus details like fire hydrants, mailboxes and phone booths (remember those?) to add, too. Plus people of course.</div>
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Here's what I got at the Berea train show this weekend.<br />
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A couple of signals that I've already installed. They are simulated signals, meaning that when a train passes, the signal goes from green to red, then after an 8 second delay, goes to yellow, then after another delay, goes back to green. A neat little feature for the layout and they were super easy to install.</div>
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Four more vehicles for the layout...<br />
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Four little signs to hang on the wall with the rest of my rail and game stuff.<br />
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And then several new pieces of rolling stock, almost all of which already had metal wheels and knuckle couplers, and none were more than $10. A pretty good deal (and most were $8).<br />
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I'm making a couple of swamp terrain pieces for my wargaming, so cattails and lily pads were in order.<br />
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I also picked up some brier patch...<br />
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Some flowers...<br />
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And some leaf and flock.<br />
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And finally, for $1, a bag of giant gears, which will be weathered and put in the scrap yard (some of them) while others may end up as a flat car load or something.<br />
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Overall, a good show with some good buys.</div>
General Nuisancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605487841858103739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477613810745788059.post-34903067324279692972017-01-08T19:26:00.000-08:002017-01-08T19:26:37.636-08:00HO scale Cleveland yard - new and improved<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After reconfiguring my track work and replacing all my junk turnouts with Pecos, I now have a much better functioning track layout. The only thing I had left to do was ballast, paint the rails and add some other details.<br />
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Here are some shots of the newly renovated yard.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A shot from the end of the yard. The X to the right was one of the track additions that now allows direct access to the moved fueling/sanding area and better connections to the turntable. It also provides another access point to the tightly packed Flats industries behind the roundhouse, which also allows me to deliver longer cars to a few industries. (The one curve is extremely tight and before the change, only 40' cars could navigate it.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I kept the yard mostly gray ballast with the fueling/maintenance areas on much cheaper cinders. I added some scenery between tracks and also added some weeds here and there.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fueling/sanding area. The bottom track is the permanent home of those two units -- forget what they are, GP30s maybe. They handle coal service from Cleveland to Chicago and pull a 15-car train up my 4% grade with ease (the normal max on my layout is 10 cars per train.) Still plenty of room for more details, and I also need to pain my wire connections black so they don't stand out.<br />Engines cut off their trains come to the fuel/sand rack to get ready for the next trip. When this area fills up, I shuttle them all into the roundhouse and start over again.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here you can see the caboose track and my utility switcher. All three tracks above go to the turntable, the upper two are from the fueling area. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A look down toward the fueling area from the turntable. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another shot that shows the cinder/ballast usage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The yard's true workhorse, my PRR VO-1000. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tufts I made myself</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The yardmaster shack. Decided to leave some of the old ballast from the original layout as a hint that something was there before</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not new, but that guy has been standing in the doorway for like 10 years now. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An overview.</td></tr>
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General Nuisancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605487841858103739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477613810745788059.post-67796888767782715992016-01-17T18:44:00.002-08:002016-01-17T18:44:23.236-08:00Installing a decoder in a Proto 1000 F3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here's a quick summary of how to install a decoder in a Proto 1000 F3. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures, but it's pretty easy to follow.<br />
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First, remove the front coupler box so you can remove the shell by prying the sides out slightly. It should lift right off.<br />
You'll see a circuit board in the middle of the chassis. There are a row of diodes and a big fat resistor in the middle of the board. Take snips and cut all of those off the board.<br />
Next, take a sharp xacto knife and cut the three spots marked with an X on the board. Make sure you cut deep -- you are cutting off the flow of current to those spots.<br />
You'll notice several spots on the board marked with designations like P4. That's our map to what color wire goes where.<br />
I used TCS T1 decoders with a harness, but any decoder with a wire harness will work. I replaced the factory bulb with a 12v Miniatronics one.<br />
Here's the soldering guide:<br />
The gray wire is soldered to P5.<br />
The blue wire gets soldered to one lead to the bulb.<br />
The red wire is soldered to P8.<br />
The orange wire is soldered to P1<br />
The green wire is not used and can be cut.<br />
The white and yellow wire get soldered together AND to the other lead to the bulb.<br />
The purple wire is not used and can be cut.<br />
The black wire is soldered to P4.<br />
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There's plenty of room above the back truck to simply tape the decoder, though the wiring harness mostly holds it in place above it. I put a piece of electrical tape across the top to help hold it in place and tape down all the wires so they don't get tangled up when the shell goes back on.<br />
That's all there is to it! Now you are ready to program the address and starting running trains.<br />
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Soldering tips: I tin all the wire ends -- put a little flux on the wire, touch your iron to the solder to get a little on the end, then touch the wire. This puts a coating of solder on the wire. I do the same thing for all the pads (P4, P2 etc.) -- put a little flux on them, then touch the iron to them after touching the solder. This will leave a little blob of solder on the pad.<br />
Put the tinned wire on the appropriate pad and touch the iron to it briefly -- the solder on both item will melt and then quickly cool to form the connection.</div>
General Nuisancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605487841858103739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477613810745788059.post-66255887789650110752016-01-17T18:33:00.000-08:002016-01-17T18:33:24.764-08:00Weathering a Proto 1000 F3 for the CBQ<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I decided my Proto 1000 CBQ F3s were too clean looking and I was in the mood for some weathering, so here's what I did.<br />
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First, I looked up a few pictures online to see how the real thing weathered, which is always helpful. I used three Pan Pastel colors -- a dark brown, light brown and a rust color. I applied the dark brown (I would have used black if I had it) to the grill areas on the side and the fans on top to give it depth. I used the lighter brown as a dust color on the front and along the sides, per the prototype, including rubbing some extra on the molded on grabs to give them a little more depth. The rust color went on the trucks. I spent probably 15-20 minutes on this. The finished product is below, with an unweathered shell for comparison -- so #116 looked like #120 to start.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finished product below. Looks like it's actually be out earning revenue now.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The top -- probably could have used a black wash to get more depth on those fans rather than relying on the chalk, but it worked out OK.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the rails back at the shop next to its cleaner sisters, which was short-lived. I liked the way this looked so well that I immediately weathered the A-A lashup of #120. I went a little lighter, but used the same basic patterns.</td></tr>
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I have six P1K engines on my layout, all with DCC added. They run very well. The shells may not be as detailed, but I like them a lot.</div>
General Nuisancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605487841858103739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477613810745788059.post-62584395653718137142016-01-10T19:31:00.002-08:002016-01-10T19:31:24.065-08:00Detailing an HO downtown scene<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My large downtown area has had buildings for years, but no sidewalks, vehicles, people or anything else that would indicate someone might actually live and work there. It was time to change that! I started by focusing on one of my Walthers merchant row sections and got to work detailing signs, interiors and adding people. I didn't take any work-in-progress shots, so here are some final shots with some notes about what I did.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view down the street toward the buildings. The sidewalks aren't finished and I have too many sports cars, but it's a start. The building on the left also needs to be detailed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For the corner, I made it an IGA. I looked up grocery ads from the 1960s and made my own promotional posters using prices from my research. I added some Funaro/Carmalengo (or whatever) trash cans near the back. I have a man carrying some sacks of something from the side door toward the front. A woman has exited her fancy little car to pick up some groceries before heading home.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view, this time you can see more of the front. There's nothing upstairs other than a view block I covered in brick paper, which turned out to be unnecessary because it's too dark to see anything.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I used a WS farm market set to complete the scene in the front. The workers are still bringing out items as a woman inquires about apples.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The other two stores I made into a men's clothing shop and a TV/electronics store. I covered the windows of both using vintage ads. An older couple comes out of the men's shop, having failed to find a new sweater that fits him right. I used a similar method for the TV Land store. These give a period feel and hide a cavernous interior that is not in a good position for detailing (no good viewing angle.) I added window shades using a manila folder cut and taped to the interior windows.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An example of one of the ads I used.</td></tr>
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Now, I have one small section of my large city detailed and every time I look at it, I'm inspired to do more...if I just had the time.</div>
General Nuisancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605487841858103739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477613810745788059.post-73905078202996710142016-01-10T19:20:00.003-08:002016-01-10T19:20:50.920-08:00How I built my HO scale roundhouse roof<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've had a scratchbuilt roundhouse for my PRR operations for many years now, but it's always had a perfectly flat roof. Originally, I built it with a sloped roof, but it never looked right, so I went back to a flat roof many eons ago. I always wanted to do something to jazz up the overall profile, but wasn't sure what to do until now.<br />
After studying some roundhouse pictures, I saw it was pretty common to half a "half roof" of windows that arced around the entire building. I decided that was something I could do for mine to make it look a lot nicer.<br />
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Here's how I built my roundhouse roof.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using the existing roof as a template, I then marked off a new "arc" that was half as deep on 1-inch thick insulation foam. Here, you can see the original roof, the template (left) for the new addition and the arc traced onto the foam, ready for cutting. The new arc is black foam core and will serve as the top layer of my roof.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Test fitting to make sure I have all the measurements right and that it will look good.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gluing the foamcore to the insulation foam after painting the foam a color close to the original roundhouse color.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I stole windows from two Walthers Champion Meat Packing kits because they were the perfect size for this project. I also installed many small vents for some visual interest. (The clamps are back on because that particular corner pulled up a bit and I had to reglue.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just glued the windows directly to the surface of the foam. Close up, it looks so-so, but in place, you don't notice the windows are jutting out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The completed roof in place. Much better! The old roof was just the lower layer. And yes, it's still removable. The upper portion is glued to the lower, so it lifts off in one large section and is very light.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another angle. This photo gives the building a bit of bulge that isn't there. I added DPM supports to match the lower level to make it blend in. You'll notice the colors is a bit off as I wasn't able to match it perfectly. I've since made some further refinements to the color and added more weathering to blend it all in.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view from above. Overall, a simple project that really added to the look of the roundhouse.</td></tr>
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General Nuisancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605487841858103739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477613810745788059.post-88989876202977493312016-01-10T19:10:00.004-08:002016-01-10T19:10:46.340-08:00Creating a concrete floor and pad for my HO scale car shop<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
One of the new parts of the upgraded yard will be the slightly relocated car shop that is now also serving as the caboose servicing area. I wanted a large concrete area between tracks where you could have lots of little detail bits and repair work going on. When choosing a material, I've been using a lot of insulation foam as of late, and I found it worked well. This particular piece was a thin section of one of the "fan fold" types that I often use for walls and detail bits.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's the test fitting of the foam piece. The caboose track is the angled track closest and the car repair (RIP) track is along the back wall. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another angle.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here you can see the little triangular piece I cut so the pad would stretch to the end of the caboose track.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So here's the starting point, a plain piece of foam.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I painted it a concrete color and added lines using a fine point art marker. Note that there is a bit of an optical illusion going on here -- the lines are straight, not converging. Cover the non-foam part of the photo with your hand if you don't believe me.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Added in some cracks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Went over everything with primarily some white chalk with some browns and black here and there to tone all the lines down.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The foam glued in place.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And with the building back on and a few cars.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another angle. There are more detail bits now, but these photos are from almost a month ago at this point.</td></tr>
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General Nuisancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605487841858103739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477613810745788059.post-85586572912520433902015-12-06T18:04:00.004-08:002015-12-06T18:04:58.047-08:00HO scale yard remodel Part 3 plus scenery work<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Cleveland yard on my HO scale layout is now complete, at least as far as the trackwork goes. I've put all the rolling stock back on and have been running operations to make sure everything works OK. So far, no issues.<br />
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Here are a few photos of the final result.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking toward the roundhouse, you can see the diamond that now accessed the fueling/sanding area. On the right are the caboose track and the car shop. The track now connects to what was a dead end track for the shortline to serve several of the industries in the flats. The concrete portion to the right is for the port, including the coal loading crane.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A blurry photo of the refueling area. The SD9 on the far track has just returned from exchanging freight with the CB&Q. The switcher in the foreground is currently sorting the new arrivals.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />The new maintenance track near the roundhouse. Now I have someplace to put my crane. There are a flat and gondola, too, but I have them at the end of one of the yard tracks as all four of them made this track look too crowded.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The area in question is along the fence to the right. It stretches from the middle of the layout to almost the near corner and helps create a "layer" between the layout and the buildings to make the view appear more realistic. I need weeds and grass in front of the fence, but have to keep things low to make sure I don't snag grab irons and other details protruding from freight </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">cars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I used a grass mat cut into thin strips and glued to the layout with tacky craft glue. I filled in any gaps using pieces of ground foam clumps that I cut into thin strips to sit next to the grass or hide gaps under the fence.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />Same area, now with grass strips.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The before picture. More of the fence, looking the other way.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now we have some grass along the fence and a few more scrubby trees in the corner.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A close shot of what the grass looks like. It turned out really well. I also used some scenic material to add to the top of the wall and then did the same thing to the much bigger wall along the Chicago section (not pictured) to blend it into the scenery better.</td></tr>
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General Nuisancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605487841858103739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477613810745788059.post-76862884690294365162015-11-13T12:49:00.000-08:002015-11-13T12:49:21.107-08:00HO scale yard remodel -- part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here's an update on the remodel of the Cleveland HO scale yard. I now have all the track installed and nailed down. I had to do a little bit of adjustment to the track positions to get everything to fit, but I think my clearances are all good. I've drilled the holes at the locations where I want feeder wires and have dropped the feeder wires through, so the next step is the soldering.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking toward the roundhouse. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Closer view of the diamond area. I'm probably replacing the shop along the backdrop with something scratchbuilt, but haven't decided yet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of the diamond area. Yellow tabs marked where I wanted feeder wire. The colored tabs on the cars will help me resort them once the yard reopens for business. They essentially keep all the strings of cars marked so I don't end up with a giant mess. There are a few in the yard for testing clearances and such.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alien octopus attacks!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roundhouse area. The tank is just sitting on top to get it out of the way - it's not part of the model.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And a view looking from the roundhouse toward the end of all the tracks.<br /></td></tr>
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Once I solder the feeder wires to the track, I'll connect them to the bus wire under the layout with the suitcase connectors. Next I'll test all the lines and make sure I don't have any deadspots or areas where engines stall. I may need to solder some rail joints together, depending on performance. You can't always rely on joiners to conduct electricity well.<br />
After that, I can re-ballast the whole thing and add the other scenery in. I'm very excited to be rid of the old junky turnouts (replaced with Peco ones, which I use throughout the layout) and the sections of always-dirty brass track that made up part of the old layout.</div>
General Nuisancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605487841858103739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477613810745788059.post-2338839336270533052015-10-21T18:11:00.002-07:002015-10-21T18:11:23.773-07:00Rebuilding the Cleveland yard - HO scale remodel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The Cleveland yard on my layout was a hodge podge of cheap turnouts and mixed track, both brass and nickel silver. The design was ok, but after building two other yards and getting a better understanding for operations and switching running my layout for years, I knew eventually I wanted to upgrade it.<br />
The yard was the first thing I built on my layout and it showed. There were two runarounds practically next to each other (the first design had none, so I over compensated and put in two!) and the service tracks didn't function well. There was also an auto loading platform at the end of two track that ate valuable space for an auto operation I had long since abandoned as impractical.<br />
The one thing that couldn't move was my roundhouse, because it's pretty much permanently attached to the base, so that had to stay put. I also did not want to lose the two tracks that serviced the port, because that was a major part of my operations and because of the size, generated a lot of traffic both coming and going.<br />
So with the roundhouse and port anchoring both ends, I started fiddling around with various layouts using a combination of turnouts printed on paper (see the Peco site for these if you use Peco turnouts) and actual turnouts I had on hand. This told me how many more turnouts I needed and allowed me to try various configurations.<br />
Once I settled on a design, the hard part began -- tearing up completed layout real estate. Let me tell you, pulling up that first section of track was difficult. This was the oldest part of the layout and it had sentimental value -- but the more I thought about how it would be even better when done, the easier it became.<br />
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Here's documentation of my progress thus far:<br />
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I wanted to save as many of the stub end tracks as possible because they weren't moving, were already wired and obviously already ballasted. So most of the work is on the throat and the upper (to the right on this picture) part of the yard. Here, demo work has begun, and you'll notice track and turnouts in various places -- this is my design and I keep it in place until ready to do demo work, otherwise I would completely forget what design I was going for!<br />
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Here's a better view of the throat. The repair shop is in a new location with the fuel rack broken into two short sections instead of one long one. Not sure if I'll be able to fit the overhead crane in or not. May have to cut it down. The throat was a bit challenging because not everything went together exactly as I wanted originally, so I had to make some adjustments on the fly.<br />
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And the new diamond that allows access from the yard to the shop area and on to the turntable and roundhouse. I use the hoppers to hold nails and other larger debris that I pull up.<br />
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Tools of the trade -- a couple of box cars to check clearances. The wood chisel works really well for scraping up old ballast. I remove the temporary track, scrape up the old ballast, then lay the new track. I don't nail anything down until everything is in place. I want to be able to fine tune each track once I see what the final layout will look like. I also started working from top to bottom (left to right in this photo) because I have more flexibility (space) at the top to adjust. The mainline on the far left wasn't moving, so if something was off coming the other way, it would be impossible to fix. So if you are tearing up existing trackwork, keep things like that in mind when deciding where to start.<br />
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A little HO scale dynamite took care of the plaster transition from the port to the yard.<br />
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Some of the track is now in, but not nailed down.<br />
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More progress on the main stub tracks as we work our way toward the backdrop.<br />
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And now the tricky diamond is done. There were four tracks coming off it and I didn't have much flexibility between the port (which wasn't changing) and the top stub track, so I took plenty of time making sure everything was lined up.<br />
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A lood down the stubs. There are a few stray pieces of track, but otherwise, all the stub tracks are now in. I'll adjust the straightness and even everything out once I'm sure everything else fits.<br />
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Probably adding a longer service track where the old double-ended caboose track used to be (the deadend track closest to the shop off the roundhouse). I'm hoping my cabooses can go elsewhere (have a couple of tracks that might work near the port) and can store my worktrain on this track, which is currently in a drawer due to lack of space. I can't run the worktrain, because the crane doesn't fit under my rolling lift bridge.<br />
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A view of the shop with more of the track down. There will be two tracks that run through the shop to the turntable and one track on the outside that serves as a RIP track (which may get moved near the cabooses) and for deliveries to the shop of fuel and parts. That diagonal track near the fence will connect to what used to be a deadend for the shortline that serves the flats, eliminating a delivery issue over there. It's now a lot easier to get things to the warehouse in the flats.<br />
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The pile of junk turnouts I removed. They were the old electric switches that I have operated manually for years. Some were brass and some were NS. I also had sections of brass track that were impossible to keep clean. Gone, gone, gone!<br />
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Work has ceased for now because I ran out of track and rail joiners, but I have more on order. The track has gone down much quicker than anticipated, but I will need to do soldering of joints and add some more wiring connections to keep everything running smoothly. </div>
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You might recognize the Walthers New River Mine kit on top. I essentially assembled it pretty much to spec, minus the loading bins, choosing instead to build a structure under it. The bottom "box" is black foamcore cut to match the dimensions of the mining kit above it. There is also a smaller box that sits under the one section of the mining kit. The entire thing is encased in brick plastic card (bought off ebay for cheap from some Chinese manufacturer). </div>
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I cut window holes on two of the sides, found an "industrial window" image on a google search I liked and printed it out. I put clear plastic over the windows to give them a bit of shine, then glued the brick card over the edges. The smokestacks are from two Walthers meat packing plants (the rest of the plants will be made to make a long background building that will be an auto plant.)</div>
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The walkways are Tichy (and are very nicely detailed) and the railings around the main concrete decks are all Central Valley. The whole thing is weathered with chalks. </div>
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This is the front of the building. It still needs a main entrance, but I haven't decided if the office (to be built) will butt up against it or stand separately, so currently there is no way for the workers to get in the building (but if you can get up on the deck somehow, you are well protected from zombie hordes.)<br />
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Here's a closeup of the front deck. The little piping details are from a sci-fi kit from Hirst Arts. They are meant to be corridor sections for sci-fi games, but make great sections of machinery.<br />
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I guess this shows some of the weathering on the roof...<br />
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Here's the back deck with some dead parts from inside moved out here to rust until the night shift gets bored and throws them over the railing to see how big of a crater they leave. Hey, how did those two guys get in a building with no entrance? Guess they are pulling a loooooonnnnnngggggg shift.<br />
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The "back" of the building is to the right. I've built an unloading shed out of pink foam. There are four track that will be behind it -- two for coal cars and two mainline tracks leading into the KC yard. The unloading building will only cover the first coal track, while the other will be for storage. You can also see the two holes I still need to cover up.<br />
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And finally, here is the other side. The doors are images from the Internet, printed on cardstock and glued to the wall. I love my mixed media. I would like to add some light fixtures above the doors and other areas along the walkways for safety.<br />
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I have the loading facility to finish, plus make an office, which may come from the Magic Pan Bakery kit (why? Because I have it leftover from years ago. I long since stole the silos out of it as part of my brewery facility.) There will also be a coal pile and a short conveyor that leads underground.<br />
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I got quite a bit of work done over the holiday break, essentially finishing a big chunk of real estate on the final leg of the layout. The entire layout is now ballasted, with the exception of KC Yard.<br />
Originally, the section that now contains a forest was going to be on the lower level, but I ultimately decided that it would work better on the upper level. The forest was very labor intensive and took far longer than anticipated but I am very happy with the results. I also finished the livestock loading area and the land around the grain silos.<br />
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First up are the construction shots of the livestock loading facility. It's a combination of the Tyco livestock loader hooked up with a concrete extension made from modular loading dock pieces and Central Valley fencing. I decided not to use the handrails along the railside, so even though you see them in these shots, you won't see them on the installed facility.<br />
I dirtied it up quite a bit, because livestock is messy. I'm going to make HO scale haybales by finely chopping some straw colored grass and then gluing it to appropriately sized wood blocks. We'll see how it comes out. If they work, I'll stack quite a few of them in the open area between the loading gates and around the storage building.<br />
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While this tree shot doesn't look like much, it's the starting point of my forest. I had some trees from Woodland Scenics already built. I wanted to make the forest look a little deeper than it really is and came up with an idea: Cluster the trees, take a photo of it, clone it, then use it as the backdrop behind the forest. It worked really well. The only issue I had was the trees ended up being too bright, so I applied a grayscale over them to darken them and make them look further away. </div>
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Here's a shot of the completed livestock facility installed with the holding areas. You can see the weathering effects used. I still need to paint the wheelbarrow and shovel. I'm really happy with the feedlot look of churned up earth. It's seed starter soil sifted through a screen to remove the large pieces, then applied over a mud color paint with some yellow and brown ground foam applied for additional texture. Now, I just need more cows.</div>
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The office/storage building is pilfered from another ancient factory kit. I think it was originally a brewery, but the little building with a slight modification of adding a door worked out nicely from a size perspective.<br />
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This is the area where the hay bales will go, when complete.<br />
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Here's the first shot of the mostly finished (and newly "raised" area). It's a grassy field leading into the forest. I wanted something of interest in the field and thought "how about a dirt track through it where a service vehicle or something might cut through to inspect the turnout." I painted the area a light dirt color then used chart tape to mark the wheel lanes, painted over it, then applied the static grass. When I was done, I pulled up the tape -- it worked great.<br />
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I cast something like 14 new wall sections using my Bragdon Enterprises mold that's more then paid for itself. They were a bit short, so I used some foam cut to side to serve as a concrete base. I'll use some more foliage and scenicking to hide it a bit because it's far from perfect (but what concrete wall is). I'm not quite sure what I want to do with the area in front of the curving tracks yet, so that's why there's nothing there right now.<br />
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A better shot of the dirt track.<br />
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Here's the forest: You can see the printed trees in the background. Overall, the printed trees add a little depth to the overall scene. The trees are primarily Woodland Scenics. There are some fine foliage trees in the foreground. I carefully placed each tree in the front to hide gaps and the so-so trunks of the WS trees.<br />
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Here's a view over the front set and onto the back. They are on a 1/2 inch piece of foam to give them a little more height. The weedy mess along the tracks is my custom mix of cut-up dried moss and lichen combined with some random Woodland Scenics turf and then sprinkled with yellow and green turf when applying glue to give them more texture. It ends up looking like a wild and weedy mess -- perfect! I used this mix to hide as much of the forest floor as possible.<br />
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Here's the edge of the forest and the transition to the flat farmland. I found an image of a distant farmhouse on the Internet that I used for the initial transition, then tied it into another image of a distant farm with cornfields in front. All along the backdrop is the same image -- repeated five times. But it doesn't look the same! I used mirror image to flip where the buildings were in the scene and because they were almost on the horizon, selectively cut some of them out each time. In one scene, you see all the buildings. In the next, you might only see the barn or the silo and in one image, I cut all the buildings out. I did the same thing with some of the tree clumps -- in on scene all the tree clumps are there, in others, I cut some of them out or changed their shapes. I used chopped-up lichen to line the front of it to serve as a visual barrier between the layout and backdrop.<br />
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Here you can see more of farm backdrop, the parking lot for the grain silo and the scenicked area around the livestock facility.<br />
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The rest of the farm background and the grain silo. I still need to make signage for the grain silo. I didn't like the giant decals that came with it -- the grain silos I'm familiar with never had the big signs on the side -- they were always blank with a sign for trucks on the street level, so that's what I'm doing with mine. It's not that the big painted signs don't exist, it's just I want it to look "right" to me.<br />
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The end of the farm backdrop, plus a view of the rest of the cast walls and the overpass supporting the mainline. Another ancient building sits to the left -- it will either be a small factory or a small warehouse/team track. You can also see the pink foam in the "cut" just beyond the overpass. That will be the location of a powerplant. Originally, it was going to be on the lower level, but decided it would look cool elevated, giving the mainline and the two coal unloading tracks a neat appearance as they cut through the "canyon" created by the walls on either side.<br />
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A closer view of the overpass and the cut.<br />
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Here's a look down into the cut. Obviously the walls haven't been installed here yet!<br />
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The area of blue foam on the upper level will be all trees with a treebackdrop, so the farm area will be bracketed on either end by forest to give a little more sense of distance.<br />
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An overall look from the far loop looking back toward the forest and the transition into the city.<br />
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Other than figuring out what to do with the area on the far side of the livestock facility and deciding what I want the ground around the small warehouse to look like, this area is mostly done.<br />
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Next up: Installing the walls in the cut, finishing the bits of ground that still need finishing and determining what I want the power plant to look like. The power plant is the last major structure on the layout.</div>
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Here's a quick video that illustrates how far I've come on Chicago's west side. Not all the details and signage is in yet, but it gives you a good idea of how things are shaping up.<br />
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Here's an update on some recent building progress. First up is West Side Scrap. This goes across the street from Sam & Ella Cafe and will have a fairly large fenced area with a rail spur, plus some sort of crane for loading/unloading. </div>
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It's a DPM Cuttings Scissor kit with some (mostly) Walthers items on the roof.</div>
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My printing plan occasionally gets a tank-car load of chemicals and I wanted to install some sort of little platform that illustrated that such a thing would be possible. I cobbled this together out of leftover parts. I think the platform is from Champion Packing, the piping is from a Walthers oil platform kit and the steps/rail is Central Valley. The little control panel is a plaster piece from the Castle Molds site (I buy the sci-fi pack and use the bits for interior machinery and controls -- in this case, I added a wheel from the Walthers piping set.)<br />
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Here it is painted. I neglected to take shots of it in place next to the tall vertical tank, but it looks really nice.<br />
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Here's the last major build on Chicago's West Side. It's Chicago Tool. The kit was too long to fit the space, so I didn't add the tower section on the back side, which necessitated cutting the roof down and then creating a fake part along the back. I used the part of the roof I cut off to create the wall.<br />
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I've since added a bunch of roof details, but forgot to take pictures. Here's how I got the look: I spray painted the whole thing Testor's Desert Tan. I used a Prismacolor design marker (Terra Cotta was the color) and colored in the brick areas. I then highlighted some random bricks black using another Prismacolor marker, then I coated the whole thing in black tempera paint. Once dry, I wiped off most of it with a damp paper towel. This black coat tones down the desert tan into something that looks like aged concrete and gives the bricks a much heavier weathered look.</div>
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The building backs up to the backdrop (almost, there are two tracks the run behind it) so I'll use the back sections as a flat somewhere else. Never use pieces that no one will see! Save them for use elsewhere!</div>
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Here's the latest layout update. I was primarily focusing on getting the Sam & Ella Cafe placed on the layout and the scenery done around it. A friend of mine gave me the building some time ago, but I just now found a permanent home for it. I had a spot between two industries that I wasn't sure what to put there -- so decided this would be the perfect place for a little greasy spoon restaurant. The house has been overtaken by the industry around it and was converted to commercial use.</div>
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The building was on a base, so I had to blend it into the scenery. I basically just glued it down, then used my normal scenery methods to landscape around it and up onto the base to blend it in. I put down a coat of acrylic paint, then start sprinkling various layers of ground foam onto it, followed by a diluted white glue mix to hold it in place.</div>
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For the back of the building, I added some random junk to blend it in better with the gritty urban area nearby.</div>
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It features a good-sized gravel lot. I'll add in some cars and maybe a delivery van or truck later.<br />
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I also added a bunch of scraggily trees and weeds around the building. The area behind it ended up becoming a vacant lot, so the weeds are on the march.<br />
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Here's an aerial view before I completed the back lot.<br />
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Mmm, mmm. Another satisfied customer leaves the building only to find his car stolen. Such is life in the big city.<br />
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Here's the back lot area. I used my homemade static grass applicator with layers of ground foam sprinkled in, then added more scraggily trees. The stream is still wet, which is why it looks white. It should dry clear (it's gloss modge podge). Parts of the scenery look a little white too because the diluted glue wasn't dry yet when I took the photos.<br />
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A streetside-view.<br />
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Note the long fence along the industry on the left? That's the one from the earlier fence blog post.<br />
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Because a lot of my layout is industrial, I use a lot of fencing, mostly the Central Valley brand. Here are a couple of tips for assembling long sections of it for your layout.</div>
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I had a long section that was approximately four complete pieces of the CV fencing. To give it some stability, I wanted to reinforce it a bit. The other thing I sometimes do is install it upside down, with the legs pointing up in the air. Why? Because it gives the impression there may be barb wire (or have been at some point) strung over the fence. As a result, I need another way to attach the fence to the landscaping.</div>
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After putting a bead of glue along the edge of each fence section, I butted them together on the workbench, then added a barrel to give a little more stability and create a way to hold the fence up on the landscape.</div>
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I put one barrel between each section. The fences are painted with a light coat of Delta Ceramcoat Quaker Gray. I don't even try to get even coverage, because it gives a nice weathered look.<br />
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There are three barrels one one side, and I stuck one in a random location on the other side to help keep it from tipping over. The inside faces a large truck parking lot, so the barrels could be trash cans or just random junk that accumulates in those industrial back lots.</div>
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Here's an easy way to make HO scale junk piles, though the method would work with any scale. First, gather up all the stray bits of plastic, wood, metal, paper, foamcore or anything else you have lying around on your workbench. This is also a great way to get some mileage out of those old sprues you saved for some reason. Chop them up into little pieces and add them to the pile.<br />
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Here's my pile ready to be transformed:<br />
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You'll need brown tempera paint and orange tempera paint. Put all your "junk" in a plastic bowl. Pour the brown paint over all the junk and stir until everything is completely coated. Drizzle some orange paint over the pile and stir some more, but you don't want it completely mixed in. Once everything is dry, you may need to drizzle a little more orange over it and stir again, depending on the look you want. Here's the same pile of junk after it's been given the tempera paint treatment:<br />
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You'll never throw anything away again. Just start tossing all your bits of garbage into an empty box and save up until you have enough to do another pile.</div>
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They just lift out of the truck assembly. You may have to wiggle them a bit to get them free of the other gears, but they should come right out.<br />
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Look at the second one from the top. See the split? That's not supposed to be there. It allows the gear to flex and play too much, creating all kinds of issues.<br />
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You can buy the expensive Walthers P2K replacement parts, or you can use the Athearn SD40 gears -- they are a drop in match and are more affordable. When you buy these, just assume all your P2K four-axle engines will need replacement axles. It will save you the trouble of ordering more later.<br />
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Remove the old gears by pulling each wheel off. You may need to use a pair of pliers or grips of some sort, but if the split is big enough, it will easily slide right off.<br />
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The hardest part of this operation is getting the new gear back on. I had the best luck putting a drop of Labell oil into each end of the new gear. The first wheel can then be twisted on -- but leave it just short of where you want it. Why? Because when you go to put the other side on, it will most likely slide on even further. If you leave it short, you should end up pretty close to where you need to be. Leave the gear a bit short of the wheel itself and approximately centered.<br />
In many cases, I had to use a set of grips that had teeth in them to grasp the gear (the teeth of the grips basically fit into the teeth of the gear) and then another pair of grips to twist the wheel assembly on. Be careful you don't damage the gear. If you mar it, be sure to file off any rough spots.<br />
Once you have the wheels on and the axle gear centered, drop it back into place. You will need to get the square nuts on either end of the wheel lined up with each other, otherwise it won't drop down into the truck assembly correctly. This can take some practice, because when you go to put the axle back in, the little nuts will want to spin out of place.<br />
Once it's in, take a look at how it lines up with the other gears. Sometimes flipping it over gives a slightly better match. When you have it lined up, put a drop of plastic gear lubricant on it. When all the axles are in, replace the long plastic piece by snapping it back into place.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The split axle problem is apparently limited to the four-axle diesels (which I hope is true, because the six-axles are harder to get apart from what I could tell). I bought most of my diesels at the same time, and they all started going bad about the same time too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Signs of a potential split axle may be:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Erratic operation, such as lurching.</li>
<li>Strange noises, like whining or grinding coming from the engine as it moves</li>
<li>Bumping -- meaning it acts like it's running over something every inch or so.</li>
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</div>General Nuisancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605487841858103739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477613810745788059.post-4298185425089999582011-11-27T17:13:00.000-08:002011-11-27T17:13:08.044-08:00How to scratch build an HO scale building<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As part of my west side of Chicago, I needed a building for the Windy City Biscuit Co. Originally, I was going to use some leftover City Classics structures by modifying the street level "retail" space to be loading docks, but in the end, it just wasn't going to look right. The other factor was, the space was an odd shape between two existing buildings. This called for scratch building. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I turned to my favorite scratch building material, black foamcore, for the walls. My original intent was to cover it either in styrene and make it concrete or print out some brick textures on the computer and glue it to the walls. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">First, I cut the basic wall shapes and tested them out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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I use straight pins run through the foam to hold the walls together. Later, I cut triangular support pieces (gussets) and install them inside, but I leave the pins in place for added support. Just be careful not to run your finger through when you are inserting them.<br />
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Here, I've got the roofs in place and am testing a water tower placement. I was running out of foamcore and didn't have enough to do the roof in one big piece, so I glued the smaller square in the back corner to create a little raised area. It will add some visual interest and keep the project moving.<br />
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The front of this side are the backs of the other side of the peninsula, so here's a shot from the opposite side to make sure it works OK. I did end up using a city classics piece to fill in that front corner because it fit so nicely.<br />
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I carved out some of the foamcore to install a couple of windows and cut styrene to serve as the concrete front. (I ended up gluing the windows to the surface because it was going to be too hard to cut through the brick sheet with the building already together. Originally, I was going to use brick paper and add some 3D trim work, but I found Rusty Stumps brick sheets online and switched to that. The bricks have great texture and the color was perfect for that old yellow brick look that was popular around the turn of the century. With nothing else that color nearby, it was perfect.)<br />
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Here, I've cut the brick sheets, which come with adhesive backing. The loading dock is one of the modular ones from Pikestuff. I used styrene angles to trim the corners with and styrene strips elsewhere. All the styrene is painted Testors Camouflage Gray.<br />
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Now, I've added windows and loading doors. The windows are from a Walther's Modular kit that were leftover; the loading docks are slightly modified windows from the waterfront warehouse kit with some v-groove styrene inserted to be the doors.<br />
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I used a microfine marker to draw in the cracks on the dock.<br />
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I used styrene strips to cap the roof. The sign is printed out on the computer, sanded down to thin it out and then glued on with white glue. The roof details are from Hirst Arts' sci-fi kit. I buy them from a guy who sells them pre-cast. They make great roof details and interior machinery.<br />
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The weathering isn't quite as harsh as it looks. It's more subtle than the camera lets on.<br />
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Let's get this bad boy in place on the layout and see how it looks...<br />
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Lots of stuff on the roof. I figured a company making various food stuffs would have all kinds of pumps, vents and other equipment.<br />
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How does it look from the other side? Perfect!<br />
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I'm not sure how many total hours I had in this, but it was my main project in the four days I had off during Thanksgiving. The black foamcore is a great material to work with, even with odd shapes. It would have been a bit easier had I stuck with my paper brick texture, but the Rusty Stumps bricks look great. I highly recommend them.</div>General Nuisancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605487841858103739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477613810745788059.post-20570817318650353032011-11-19T18:36:00.000-08:002011-11-19T18:36:15.541-08:00HO scale roads<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With Chicago yard mostly done, I've moved on to work on the layout's West side of Chicago. I decided I would map out where the roads go and get those down, because most of the buildings are already in place (the buildings are like a divider down the peninsula with one business on one side and a different business on the other). I'm using Kancali Brick sheets, which though pricey, are very nice when done. I also needed to install six Blair Line grade crossings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the first shot, you can see the grade crossings laid out in place, but not glued down. You can also see where the road has been mapped out on the foam.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Here's a closeup of three of them. The only problem is, with my Atlas Code 100 track, the thinner strips that go next to the rails stick up too high on the oversized plastic "spikes" that hold the rail in place. I didn't want to cut the spikes off, because I was afraid it would allow the track to go out of gauge.<br />
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The solution was to sand them down using 150-grit sandpaper. The wood is either bass or balsa, and the heavy sandpaper made short work of them. Here you can see the original thickness on the top piece and the new thinner thickness below it.<br />
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In case you didn't know what sandpaper looks like...<br />
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Here they are in place. I gave them a quick coat of Delta Ceramcoat Quaker Gray. The tie details bleed through, so you just slop on the paint. I superglued them to the tracks. I forgot to mention that the center pieces did NOT require any sanding. They set low enough between the rails that they were fine as-is.<br />
I also gave all the boards a basic black chalk scrub using a paint brush.<br />
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This one was a little tricky because of the way they come together, but it came out pretty good.<br />
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An overview of the street before the brick sheets are cut.<br />
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Here's the street with the brick sheets down. I'll paint them once they are in place. It's easier than painting them on the bench because you can use the paint to hide any gaps between sheets.<br />
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I also decided on some street trackage on this side of town. The Kancali sheets have a little stone-lined section that works well for that. The bricks go in the middle, with the heavier blocks along the rails. I had just enough to finish the trackage. It will be really close to see if I have enough brick sheet left to finish the street. If not, I'll just "pave" parts of it, just like the real thing.<br />
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Here are some shots of the testing of the street trackage. If you see some "ramps," it's just the brick sheets resting on the T-pin head I use to hold the track in place.<br />
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The dotted line gives you a rough idea of where the street will be (it will actually be narrower than drawn). I also will be adding something to hide the big gap between Delta Foods and the back of Fluid Dynamics (the brick building to the right).<br />
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A look down the street...<br />
Where the traveling crane is resting is the future home of Chicago Tool. The crane will actually sit at the end of the tracks with one wheel in between the two spurs and the other on the far side of the dock you can barely make out. There's just enough room for a truck to get between it and the dock. Perfect!<br />
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</div>General Nuisancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605487841858103739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477613810745788059.post-75694725035968800132011-11-14T19:22:00.000-08:002011-11-14T19:22:32.696-08:00How to detail an engine house<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I recently completed adding most of the details around the Chicago Yard engine house. It includes adding a paved area and a sanding facility. Eventually, I may add a basic fueling column. I will also be adding more figures and fine details on the paved area.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The pavement is styrene sprayed light gray. The expansion joints are done with a fine art pen, as are the cracks. I then weathered it with a basic black chalk scrub. The sand tower is from a Walthers kit - it includes the tower (it also comes with a single column tower as well), the drying house and the large storage bin. I'm not sure I like the doors on the engine house. I may change them to a roll up style, but that can come later. This scene is basically 80 percent complete, so I'm moving on.</div><br />
</div>General Nuisancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605487841858103739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477613810745788059.post-89258966296378176382011-10-26T17:13:00.000-07:002011-10-26T17:13:06.781-07:00How to make a blackbird caboose for the CB&Q<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Train season is officially started and I'm glad to be back.<br />
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I had a shortage of CB&Q cabooses for my layout and didn't really like any of the options on the market. They were either completely wrong or way too much money. When I was digging through my supplies, I found an undecorated Bowser caboose. I decided to make my own fictional caboose based on the very cool blackbird scheme. To my knowledge, the CB&Q never had a caboose in this scheme, so everything was conjecture on my part.<br />
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I started by painting the undecorated caboose flat black.<br />
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Then I started playing around with how I wanted the decals placed.<br />
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I wanted to spray the gray stripe, but I didn't have any spray paint, so I just brush painted it.<br />
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Let's test those decals again...OK, looking good.<br />
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Final product.<br />
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Looks pretty cool with a CB&Q blackbird engine, eh?<br />
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