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Registration is FREE!  Posting Form Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Callouts: Message Icon:                             Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by andykins[/i] [br]little update, as i said else where our club hired the hall we meet in for the whole sat, prime time for me to get the backboard up, with the layout on some legs (from another layout) and with plenty of extra hands to help. anyway i got there at about half 9 (after forgetting... yes thats right the backboards.) and set about unpacking and getting the legs out of our damp shed (we are hoping we get one of the nice brick sheds, since a group that has one is leaving, so unless the hall finds another 5 day a week all day booker we might get it) and set up and started work. our club chairman nick gave me a hand and we soon had them up after a little fiddleing about getting them lined up. keep in mind the blue paint is just to seal the MDF. [IMG]http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x171/andydunn_photo/DSC02130.jpg[/IMG] i also fidded little blocks made up of the same 2"x1" and mdf as on the backboard, this not only brings the front of the layput upto leval when being packed, but also protects the front. and when boxed up its a neat tidy strong safe "coffin" (as some people call them) to ferry the layout around and store it in. [IMG]http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x171/andydunn_photo/DSC02131.jpg[/IMG] today i started fixing things down, im not 100% sure if i am doing it right, but i thought it would be easier to lay some tile grout before the buildings, ive fitted the farm suppler and the garage and it seams to have worked well so far, i think a bit easier then trying to lay grout around an already fixed building. i also glued in the the rusty rails castings in the garage yard. and started to fill the joints, however while they where nice and flat when the grout was dry, since wetting and glueing its droped. so i'll have to go over it again when dry. ive also "dry run" stuff like larger details and fences so it made a mark so i know where to fix them later. any advice would be helpful. i think ive got things the right away around. cheers [/quote]    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON    Insert a File     Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.      T O P I C    R E V I E W andykins Posted - 01/26/2011 : 04:29:16 AM this thread will follow the build of my new and 1st on30 layout. 15   L A T E S T    R E P L I E S    (Newest First) andykins Posted - 05/17/2013 : 06:40:13 AM Im really offened that you think the tank car smells bad :P (but im sure nick and I could produce the smells for this weekends show..) thanks for the laugh though guys :) (and dont worry, i wasnt really offened :P) BigLars Posted - 05/17/2013 : 12:44:33 AM Dallas, Young Andy is sleeping right now so the door is open for you to stealth grab the thread. Andy, If you do get blown to this side of the pond my offer from last year stands. Plus my Daughter moved out so we have an extra room and being a dad I feel even better bout you staying at my place. dallas_m Posted - 05/17/2013 : 12:06:58 AM I've heard that every time someone taps the tank, they lose a few more floor boards! (Oh farts, I think I've become one of those thread hi-jackers now.) BigLars Posted - 05/16/2013 : 11:55:32 PM Andy, Words of wisdom. Be careful removing deck boards from under the tank of a Frijolene car. It is a known explosive and any wheel spark could send you and your whole RR to this side of the pond. PS I do like it. Non PC it does smell really bad. dallas_m Posted - 05/16/2013 : 11:22:49 PM quote: Originally posted by elwoodblues Andy, While I have never seen an open deck flatcar with a tank on it, and I'm not saying they never existed, I really like the look of the open frame under the tank. Andy -- That's a neat-looking conversion! Ron -- This isn't quite the same, but the Diamond & Caldor tank cars shown on pp 50-51 of the Spring 2010 "Logging, Mining & Industrial Annual" have a very similar look! Here's a web shot ... looks like mostly open framework under the tank with a few deck boards underneath: http://www.trainweb.org/foothill/images/dctank2.jpg Not quite the same as Andy's, but similar ... and with a load of FRIJOLENE ... Andy's car is gonna need all the ventilation it can get! andykins Posted - 05/16/2013 : 12:59:49 PM Thanks ron, if you get a copy of iowa last narrow gauge railroad (rail images book, i only paid about £8 so i would guess its also cheap in the states) in a few photos the pair of tank cars the line had "look" as if they had an open deck, i cant be 100% sure as the photos are dark and grainy, but it was guessing, or paying $100plus for a version of a book that is more or less like the railimages book, but with drawings :) im sure we all know im not one for copying anything real. but im glad someone else likes the look of it too :D Just put some matt varish on the tank car, found a box and packed the GE locomotive. put in a few screws in some coupler boxes i had forgotten when i built the cars. and I think i am all ready for the show. also got a very exciting email. more on that on sunday. elwoodblues Posted - 05/16/2013 : 09:32:45 AM Andy, While I have never seen an open deck flatcar with a tank on it, and I'm not saying they never existed, I really like the look of the open frame under the tank. andykins Posted - 05/16/2013 : 09:12:12 AM Thank you Bryan :) brownbr Posted - 05/16/2013 : 06:09:04 AM Nice little loco. I like it better with the cab back andykins Posted - 05/16/2013 : 04:20:30 AM Thank you bill. Thanks dallas, another most interesting build by junior :) dallas_m Posted - 05/15/2013 : 12:36:06 PM quote: Originally posted by andykins Junior, thats a wonderful little engine. did you make a thread for its build? I really enjoy your work Not sure if he posted it here, but there is a thread on Free Rails forum showing more: http://www.freerails.com/view_topic.php?id=4404&forum_id=17 Geezer Posted - 05/15/2013 : 11:51:15 AM Good to see you back at it Andy...and if I missed it - "Congrats on the magazine article"..... I like the single drive porter too..... Hiya Junior!!!! Long time no see! andykins Posted - 05/15/2013 : 11:45:04 AM Since the bachmann 18foot boxcars have been a noshow (with hattons, basicly lieing to me saying they have not yet been released yet...) wanted to have something extra besides the new flatcar, so pulled this shelf queen of a tank car down, put it back together from its sub assembly sections and started to add a little rust. if you guys recall when i started this, roughly based on two tank cars that ran on the bellevue and cascade railroad, a much cut down bachmann car frame, clad in wood, with the tank left as is, with verne's decals on one side, and a plain leased tank car company on the other. just needs a break wheel and some more weathering. andykins Posted - 05/14/2013 : 11:43:47 AM Quite agree dallas, lack of steam for my layout, and so far all porters, and lost steam (no pun) with my plantation porter. Junior, thats a wonderful little engine. did you make a thread for its build? I really enjoy your work Junior Yamachi Posted - 05/14/2013 : 11:37:14 AM Goooood job! Viva single driver!! Junior Railroad Line Forums © 2000-13 Railroad Line Co.
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