The sun is rising on a cold crisp morning in the midwest as a new week starts, it's time for Weekend Modeling Accomplishments. My weekend started early Friday Morning as my railfan friend, Brian, picked me up at 6:00 a.m. for a day of railfaning. We railfanned the old Wabash now NS in and around Monticello, Bement and Decatur Illinois. The weather was clear but COLD for this time of year. We got some great shots, will post them later, but no Heritage units. Friday night, fellow Trainboard member, W. Neal came down from Michigan to start work on our Galesburg RR Days project. Saturday and Sunday we worked on what will become a prototype specific set of modules that will depict Galesburg and surrounding areas during the era of the CB&Q. We had a good time and got a lot accomplished. No pictures, but next time around I'll remember to get pictures. So how about you? What did you do this weekend? Let us know, with pictures if you have them. We'll come back on Friday the 1st of November and start down the path of Holiday season. Until then, have a safe week and... High Greens!
I did some more detail work on the inside of the tannery buildings, and started the window glazing job. Canopy Cement sets rather slowly, so I've got the windows on one wall of each building, held on by gravity so they don't slip while the glue is solidifying. Hopefully, I'll get the other walls done during the week. On occasion on these threads, I've suggested using the Micro Mark Truck Tuner, and I usually add a sentence or two about keeping this handy but easily-misplaced tool in a safe place so you can always find it. I keep mine in the plastic small-parts box with my Kadee couplers, springs and draft gear boxes. I'm sure it's there right now. But, where is that box?!?!
Between a couple of Birthday celebrations- I managed to finish assembling my downtown buildings and I got a start on one my gas stations. The weather is starting to cool off- so I can now start planning on some painting projects. Woo Hoo!! Thanks, Wolf
Haven't done anything since friday but I did pick up the wire so I can start wiring. But now that will have to wait until I can get the electronics to divide the layout into subdistricts. Next on the list though, I can install the UP5's on the fascia.
Packed up around 75-80 HO freight cars, 15 locomotives. Still many, many more to go. Listed a few items on ebay, need to get them linked over to Trainstore, too. Investigating possibility of doing a small N scale layout, maybe even considering Z. The Z-scale track plans I've located out on the 'net are very appealing, especially for the small footprint. I've actually narrowed what I might like to do down to two track plans. I think I might buy a Z scale car or two just to hold and work with so see if that is a size I can deal with.
I removed the antique decoder from a Kato SD40 and it works like a charm now on DC. I also changed the road number on a Proto GP7 that I bought at the same time as the SD40. No other modeling activity - I'm getting things ready for winter.
My wife and I decided that we don't have enough room for our "stuff" and we need a walk-in closet for storage. The closets in each bedroom are modest at best. We don't have a huge house, its a 1300 sf 3BR/1BA ranch with no basement so space is at a premium with tiny closets. We're planning on a second child in our home in 1-2 years so the office will have to go somewhere outside of that spare bedroom. Where is the logical place for extra storage? Of course, where the layout is! This hasn't been as painful as I thought it might be, mostly constributed to the fact that the limited nature of space available (4'x10' closet!) and the frustration of lack of accessibility probably doomed the layout from the beginning. So I've been think a LOT about alternative locations to move layout to. I could build a nice 6'x24' addition onto the back of the garage, this would allow for a heck of a switching layout. I could build an 8x10 or 8x12' storage building. However, either option could cost $1000 just to get into the building. I don't have $1000 to throw at a hobby expense, that would just be irresponsible on a one-income budget.
Bummer. I know exactly how that goes. While searching for options, do you have a hobby work bench? A dedicated place where you could sit and build kits, etc?
I think it is a possibility. Weather some cars, assemble some kits. Do some scratchbuilding and display on a bookshelf, etc.
Single income? That is what I am using to build mine on. I jsut spread out the expense over a long period of time. I have been buying switches for over a year now.:teeth: and still not done. A little at a time my friend, a little at a time...
Essentially this is how I got to where I am today. Over forty years in N scale, buying, selling, trading. Dabbling in HOn30 for around twenty years now? And tools, some going back to my childhood.
I'd be careful about that. I have found that the best way to do it is buy stuff as you need it. When I started "picking up stuff" in 2005, I ended up picking up stuff I really didn't need.
I already had a plan and was going off that. I knew what structures I wanted etc... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free
You guys keep pulling me back in! If I sell enough of my collection maybe, just maybe, I can do the 6x24 garage expansion in the spring. I've got to get a 20'+ holly tree cut down this winter first. That'll open up the backyard more and the potential new shed off the back of the garage won't feel like it'll take up so much room.
