Condolences to you and your family! Enjoy everyday you got as they are cannot be taken for granted. -Tiest
Sorry to hear that, Rob. We lost my brother suddenly like that (massive stroke) a few years ago. Adjusting afterwards was/is difficult. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk
Sorry to hear about your nephew Rob. Wow - 38 is just too young. Lost a sister-in-law many years ago to the same and she was only 26. Share my condolences with your family. Lance
I got some Shapeways details in, as well as Walt's Fuel Oil Columns. The package came yesterday, but it was my Nephew's funeral, so I didn't see the package someone brought in until cleaning up today. So I superglued a 5mm x 2mm supermagnet on the water column base, and primed some 30's style cars and trucks with Tamiya Light Gray: And today I opened the package with Walt's Brass Fuel Oil columns, and I got a few more things I found. One neat thing is the 5 "Mad About Cars" on the right have removable bodies, so you can not only paint the interior but ad a driver and passengers if you torso them, making for a nice foreground car for photo fun!
Today I am working on an all wheel electrical pickup for one of Walt's doghouse tenders to go with his brass Mikado shell. I am using Shorty trucks because they come with wheel wipers that are perfect for these types of projects. This is an updated Marklin Mikado with Walt's shell. Much nicer than the Marklin Mikado/Pacific shell!
Yes the perfect pickup system. Why marklin made thier locomotives without tender pickup is beyond me. Will pickups be soldered to wires that connect to frame then?
I have not decided. I might go to the DCC decoder, but they will be soldered to the wipers. Here's where I am, ready to decide, but done for the day:
Oh heck that’s right you got decider that makes sense. On my mikado I did frame but the mogul I connected wires to brushes cause they are quite long but I taped it thin and tight so when I replace brushes I can just retape to new ones.
Working on the Western Pacific Keddie Yardmaster/Depot for my future modules. I drew up the drawings in Coral Draw and Robert Ray cleaned up the drawings so that it would cut nicely on his laser cutter. The roof is one piece plastic from Shapeways. I placed cut singles and roof details on the roof. The building when placed on the module will be on a side of a hill, where the backside will be all exposed. Still need to work on the telephone poles, lighting, decking and stairs and assorted details! Thanks to Robert for helping make this structure happen!
You are correct Scott about a steep drop. Trying to model what the prototype had to work around! Once this gets installed, it will look really great with the scenery!
