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MinerFortyNiner
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USA
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 Posted - 07/19/2012 : 8:13:45 PM
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Les, I guess it would be blue and white, and the jumper enabled the headlight.
Mark, good thing I wasn't drinking a beverage when I read your post and saw the great graphic! Viva la Roadrunner!
Guys, all of your points are well made...it is clear that I will need a whole mangerie of critters...there is room in my tiny On30 universe for a Jumping Jackalope, a Rattler, and yes, even a Rambling Roadrunner! I think this silver railbus will get the 'Jackalope' nod, and future plans will include the next two. I expect to build at least two more versions of a railbus, and the Roadrunner could also make a nice name for a shortline passenger train. |
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BigLars
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 07/19/2012 : 8:14:42 PM
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Geezer
My son Gomez Adams speaks Spanish if you ever need him, he agreed no word for bus there is a word for truck which they use for bus sometimes! Don't ask me how that happened his mom and I can not order a taco...
Mark that is a great RR picture! |
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MinerFortyNiner
Fireman
USA
1994 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2012 : 01:26:24 AM
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I finalized the lettering plan for the 'Jumping Jackalope':
...to be joined by the 'Rattler' (M2, a Bachmann railtruck with custom carbody to run on the E&SG) and the 'Roadrunner' (M3, an older style, more traditional conveyance to carry passengers and mail).
Once I finish laying out the custom decals, I can get back to finishing the carbodies...parts are on the way from Coronado Scale Models to finish things off. Given the Jumping Jackalope is used to carry bullion and the payroll, there might be a need for some slight modifications to the freight box. I was also considering the possibility of using it as a pay car when the miners are paid every Friday.
The nice folks along my railroad aren't any problem, but the roving banditos, thugs, pugs, dimwits, halfwits - you get the idea - might want a taste of the cash box, if you know what I mean.
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Edited by - MinerFortyNiner on 07/20/2012 02:23:12 AM |
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MinerFortyNiner
Fireman
USA
1994 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2012 : 2:16:38 PM
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Well, never say 'final'...I decided a small change was in order, given the freight box will be carrying bullion and perhaps the payroll from time to time. That requires a courier/guard, and that means a door and some ventilation from a few windows:
The doors and windows are from Grandt Line, the parts I hinted at that were coming from Coronado Scale Models. Here they are inserted temporarily for the photo, they will be painted light gray.
The windows were easy to insert, as the mount from the front and the sash conceals the mounting hole. The doors were a bit of a challenge, as they mount from the back and the walls of the freight box are rather thick. I took my time and spent a couple of hours of cutting and filing, and have everything in its place with a nice press-fit. The holes are for handrails, I will add NBWs on each end of the handrails and kickplates below each door.
Next came the reinforcing wood stringers that help hold the roof on...I am not sure their name. I used Grandt NBWs with square washers. Haven't decided whether to paint these gray or weather them as natural wood with rusty NBWs. If you look closely at the stringer on the workbench, you can see three of the NBWs have their sprue extending below the stringer, these will fit into holes I have drilled into the roof to help hold the stringers on in place.
Next task, the new backup light. The headlight is an extra from Bachmann. I left the last corrugated metal panel loose to let me fiddle with the light mount, it is temporarily held in place with a couple of straight pins inserted in the mounting holes for the stringers. I made a styrene platform for the light, drilled it out, and will paint it black to match the light. Note the corrugated panel is drilled for the LED leads; I will enlarge these holes and line them with shrink tubing to prevent a short where the LED leads pass through the aluminum.
Here is the backup light assembly temporarily test fit on the roof. The pins holding everything in place look like antennas (I am thinking 'Sputnik' here...). I will paint the base black, glue the panel to the roof, glue the base to the backup light, and then glue the backup light assembly to the shell. Whew.
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Edited by - MinerFortyNiner on 07/21/2012 2:26:36 PM |
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MinerFortyNiner
Fireman
USA
1994 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2012 : 01:29:15 AM
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More progress today:
Here is the Jumping Jackalope, temporarily together for a progress photo. The front headlight is mounted on the railbus, which now has a respectable group of passengers seated inside.
This profile shot shows how close the height of the railbus and the freight box are. The taped wires are awaiting final connections once the modeling work is completed.
The backup light and markers are mounted, and I painted the doors, windows and grab irons on the freight box. It is nearing completion.
More to come!
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Edited by - MinerFortyNiner on 07/22/2012 01:30:19 AM |
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Ray Dunakin
Crew Chief
USA
827 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2012 : 01:36:29 AM
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Looking good! But I'm wondering if perhaps some bars on the windows might be in order, considering the valuable cargo?
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Visit www.raydunakin.com to see pics of the rugged and rocky In-ko-pah Railroad! |
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MinerFortyNiner
Fireman
USA
1994 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2012 : 01:52:09 AM
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| Absolutely! Trying to decide if they should be on the outside (probably) or visible on the inside. Like I said, the nice folks along the line aren't the problem, it's the roaming bandits that make things a bit risky. |
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CCT70
New Hire
USA
37 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2012 : 01:57:45 AM
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| I'd put the bars on the inside. Otherwise, theoretically a detemined thief could get it in their pea brain to try to remove them when the car is parked overnight or left unattended, regardless of the fact it'd probably be empty. |
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andykins
Fireman
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/22/2012 : 04:05:30 AM
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with british (the only prototypes i cant be 100% sure on) any vans carrying stuff like mail/money etc had bars on the inside painted the same colour as the outside, so id say silver bars on the inside would show nicely :)
and great progress verne :) |
"Is it really "rivet counting" if it's regarding NBW castings?"
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Rick
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 07/22/2012 : 08:41:43 AM
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| Nice work Verne. |
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
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BigLars
Fireman
USA
7362 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2012 : 10:36:23 AM
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Verne,
The box on the back is looking better every day. I also agree bars on the inside or built right into the door itself.
Sill looking to see Jackalope antlers on the front. |
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Geezer
Fireman
USA
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MinerFortyNiner
Fireman
USA
1994 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2012 : 2:45:13 PM
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Inside bars are drying, I made inside frames for the windows out of square styrene with vertical bars spaced every 3". They, along with some horizontal bars across the door window, make it pretty clear that visitors aren't welcome!
Larry, next I made some antlers! 
They are two pieces of bent copper wire soldered together, with ends tapered.
I also changed out the front headlight...for some reason the type I installed earlier just didn't look right.
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dallas_m
Fireman
USA
3002 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2012 : 2:46:18 PM
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| Neato keen! Dig the modifications to the freight box ... |
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