Eddie- Great work!!! How about doing an article on building the signals for Uncle Kirk..... I will be needing color position light signals for my railroad in the not too distant future (too difficult to decipher LED colors on searchlight signals and semaphores are too many problems). Charlie G&S Rwy Co
Charlie, Thanks, and I'm glad to hear someone else is into making signals. I'm learning more of what to do and what not to do with each signal I make. I may document and photo the large 4 track signal bridge construction. For sure, solder is better than any glue....tried glue first (bad idea). Parts are brass so lots of solder flux needed to get nice clean flow. Package directions very general and don't explain each signal head's position and use. Here is a Web site that explains the PRR signals. PRR Signals The electric control circuit for lighting sounds do-able but I don't have any ideas figured out yet, nor the parts needed. The mini-leds have a nipple that fits perfect through the light target holes. I did install fixed lights into one of the signals and it looks pretty good. I will need a zillion of them! ....Eddie
The signals look great! How do you plan to control the signals once you get them all installed? Signals are great and usually lacking on n scale layouts. They ad tremendously to operational fun. Good luck. Daryl
The signals are nice, but oh, that steamer!!!!! I never knew there was a brass (?) Pennsy Turbine steamer made, unless that is a kitbashed work of art. Where did you get it or how did you make it???
Got so carried away looking at the photo, that I forgot to post my intended reply. I always have about 10 things going on, and when I finish a couple, I start up a couple. A friend gave me a shorty brass handmade tender shell, with rivets, but without a steamer. I also found a compatible steamer shell and stripped it of paint. Now I need to make a frame for the tender, powerize it on all four corners and locate a steam mechanism. This probably won't be finished for a while, but judging from how much it raises my blood pressure now, it will really raise it when done, and I run that little dude on the layout.
Ken, That Pennsy Turbine is a remodel of a Bachmann 4-8-4 Northern(plastic). The original engine didn't run so well so there was no problem with hacking away at it. When I found the 3 axle trucks on a tender that were perfect I got the urge to make the 6-8-6. The project has been going on for months now. Took me a month to just get the pilot and trailing trucks installed and tracking correctly (tension,side motion,clearance). Many test runs to all wheels and drivers running even on the tracks. Still have more to do before I'll be happy with it. Need 4 axle tender trucks, a little more body and paint work, improve drive rods(roller bearing look). Did get the smoke deflectors installed. Runs pretty good now, even with the swishing noise the proto made. Got lucky there? Looks good with my PRR heavyweight passenger cars also. Another view of S2: PRR S2 project ..Eddie
I ran the first train around the rebuilt main line this evening Now some sidings to extend, and new ones to lay, to new industries. but at least the reconstruction is underway Should soon be in a sort of photographable state
Oh come on, that is a real picture with the models super-imposed, right? Seriously, those hills look just like the Tehachapis to me. Excellent rendition of nature!
G&S Rwy Co Progress Report Got the balance of the wood caps installed on the shelf brackets. Ripped 2x3 lumber for framing layout sections. Made cardboard template for the east bank of the East Dubuque swing bridge approach. Charlie
