A fellow TB member (I'll let them stay anonymous unless they want to be named!) helped me print out a set of new gears. The holes in my printed...
[ATTACH] A little UP action this week.
Yikes, looks like they were squeezed out with a caulk gun by someone who'd had too much coffee and tried to counteract it by drinking an equal...
For once, absolutely bupkis. Not only did I work most of Saturday and Sunday (does earning train money count as a Modeling Accomplishment?), but...
[ATTACH] Now that I have a suitable Metrolink blue (Or is it purple? Periwinkle?) I can start correcting this atrocity. Side note: this newer...
[ATTACH] Finally, I think I have the elusive Metrolink paint mix. The left-most and right-most swatches are both well within the error bars set...
To be fair, once the designers have reached the point of putting a joint in the middle of the boiler there's no choice of theirs I wouldn't...
[ATTACH] Slowly homing in on a custom paint match for Metrolink's old bluish purple. Or at least for Athearn's version of it. Soon I'm gonna need...
Dang man, leave some scratchbuilding skill for the rest of us! Every time I think I can't be more impressed, I am.
Even though there's a big change in hobby spending, I think the rumors of the death of model railroading are greatly exaggerated. The younger...
Took the 70-tonner to work today, so that I could swing by the train club on the way home and test run it. There's still a slight click and...
I'm glad it's not just me who's test track challenged! :ROFLMAO: I'd like to think I have skill in customization, but more often it feels like...
Good to know, thanks! Your Shay thread has been a great inspiration for a rookie HO modeler like me. The NWSL joints' fit is definitely on the...
The NWSL U-joints arrived today and driveline repairs are probably complete (more on that in a minute.) The stock dogbone driveshafts (there's one...
I agree they're a little too big and too rounded to be convincing ballast. But they have that real-rock je ne sais quoi to them, and would be...
And here I'm still riding the high of the time I successfully soldered some brass handrails. Brass is a whole 'nother art, and this is shaping up...
For the body numbers, Microscale's UP/BNSF specific loco decal sets will include an assortment of digits to assemble a custom road number in the...
[ATTACH] I started this SW1200 probably 20 years ago. Details, paint, decals, the works. The original WIP pictures are long gone and I have the...
In no particular order: • Glue the snowplows onto my U30C. • The club's traveling Z scale layout is getting upgraded from the benchwork up, so...
In my experience it's also very easy to partially disassemble the plastic-frame LL locos enough to move the wiper and wire a very safe distance...
