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railman28
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 Posted - 11/10/2011 : 7:28:30 PM
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yes, the Glass plant. I like your paper mtns. I know they're temporary. I look forward to seeing your continued progress.
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Carrie Creek
Crew Chief
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Posted - 11/19/2011 : 4:32:05 PM
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Thanks, for the encourgement, Bob
This is more of a question post than an update.
This Blair Line kit came with some lettering to use for a billboard and I had this thought to use them this way but it is not working out.
I will be blocking off the 3rd dock door from the left as it can not be used. See pic below. There will not be a dock between the track and building. Still planning on using the canopy/roof though.
So, I have some options here. I can move the windows that are above the door down and make a wall under them and fill in the window or fill in the windows along with the door and not use the windows. I could also just not have the sign. That blank area just calls for a sign.
Suggestions? Thanks for looking.
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Phil
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railman28
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Posted - 11/19/2011 : 4:54:15 PM
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OR you could move the door to the right, make it a bit smaller to open access the new dock.
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Carrie Creek
Crew Chief
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Posted - 11/25/2011 : 5:16:01 PM
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Well, for this update I can report that there are trains moving on the CCLC. With the exception of the EH and TT area all of Swampscott is now powered. The brass track stops and or electrical connections for the lift out are also working as planned.
The micro switches for the frogs have been installed and are working. I started out using CA to mount the switches and after the first 2 decided that I was taking too great of a risk of accidentlly gluing the switch so changed over to the Locktite Powergrab foam adhesive I been using. Just requires a day for it to set so I don't move the micro when pulling on the wires. A couple of pics here showing the micro switch with wires and the mounting hole through the foam followed by an overall pic of the small coffee stirrer straws I used to guide the frog wire back up thru the foam.
I drilled a .020" hole thru the switch knob for the brass throw rod to the PC tie. The throw of the micro switch almost matches the throw of the points so I position the micro so that the pull direction lays the point right along side the stock rail. I then have a slight bend in the brass wire that keeps the point tight when thrown for the other route. Hopefully you can see this in this picture.
I now need to make the "harp" stands that will fit down over the micro switches. (See discussion of these back up in pages 12&13 above) But here is a pic of the latest prototype with a LP standing beside. But, I can now operate while making them.
And finally a pic of the first train coming down the hill into Swampscott with the ever faithful B'man 0-6-0t on the point. She has a TCS decoder in but no sound yet.
and one more:
This is all for this installment, more later, and thanks for looking.
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alpha_1
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Posted - 11/25/2011 : 5:28:09 PM
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Nice work, Phil.....I particularly like the shot of the train comin' round the bend with the intricate trackwork in the foreground. Your turnouts look great.
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Gord Schneider
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Carrie Creek
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Posted - 11/27/2011 : 12:04:10 AM
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Gord, Thanks for the kind words. That did come out to be a nice picture. I have 14 more turnouts to make. 10 for Hiddenbury and 4 for Woodbine Flats.
Would like to have a jig to help make the harp stands. I think that by the time I make one I could have most of them made anyway.
Thanks again.
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Carrie Creek
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Posted - 11/27/2011 : 02:09:17 AM
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Been messing around with the Coates building today. Modified that sheet metal ductwork that was to go from a window and discharge on the roof. I cut it in half and turned it 90 degrees. The instructions have you sliding these square rings down around the duct to represent the sheet metal joints. Blair Lines had to make them oversized so they would fit over and slide which left a big gap on 2 sides, so I cut them apart and trimed to fit tight.
I also needed to cut down the supports for the canopy over the track so that the cars would fit under. I marked the spacing on this scrap piece of wood so I could keep them perpendicular while drying.
While all these things were drying I cut and fitted the new dock using the parts of the orginal dock.
As the ceiling for the 2nd floor in the bumped out section is about 5' higher I decided that that is where the cooking and sealing equipment should go. So, here is where the modified duct and an added metal chimmey/stack will go.
here are a couple of staged pics.
Thinking maybe the stack should be thinner? taller?
Am thinking of painting this building white with blue trim.
Just to keep those who are interested up to date on what I'm doing. Thanks for looking. Any and all comment are welcomed
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Phil
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jbvb
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Posted - 11/27/2011 : 09:25:09 AM
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The size of the stack depends on the size of the boiler and the fuel. That one looks about right for heating the building but a manufacturing process that used steam might require something larger. In your era, they would have burned coal, which was hard on sheet metal stacks but they still got used where first cost was important.
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railman28
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Posted - 11/27/2011 : 09:45:54 AM
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You're making great progress Phil. And it's looking good too!
Keep pressing on, your getting fine results.
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Frederic Testard
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Posted - 11/27/2011 : 6:30:48 PM
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This place is looking nice, Phil. I like the flow of the track, and this building will be something interesting.
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Carrie Creek
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Posted - 11/30/2011 : 2:40:53 PM
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James, Thanks, for the input on the stack. I had not given any thought to the building heating plant but was only thinking of the exhaust from the cooking vats for the jams/preserves and the ovens for the roasted nuts.
As this is all but a building flat, about 1" deep on the main building, I don't have much room on the 3-D roof for details. If I try to paint something to make the building continue on into the backdrop I have the problem of only one viewing angle that would look good. Troels Kirk talked a little about this in his "Coast Line" thread. I am thinking of seeing if I just did the perspective of the roof, showing no walls, if that might work the best. (I don't know if Troels has been reading this thread but some thoughts on this from him or other artists would be great.)
Bob, thanks, for the continuing encourgement.
Frederic, Thanks, as has been stated many times in track planning books and here in the RR-L, "try not to have tracks paralleling the shelf edges". I tried to follow the scenic contours with my track so that when the scenery is done the track flows with it.
There is one other modification to the building that I did not show in the above previous post. I removed the windbreak wall that was to the right of the bumpout section. The red "X" in the red circle is the wall.
Off to bed, and one last night of work this week. Tomorrow I'll slide a piece of paper behind the building and try to figure out where the horizon line should be and pencil in the roof lines and see where that leads me. Probably into the trash can.
Later,
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Carrie Creek
Crew Chief
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Posted - 12/01/2011 : 6:06:14 PM
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As I said yesterday here are a couple of pics of my attempts to draw.
I decided to make a hill to fit in the corner so the black object is the foam board form for this hill. The first pic is the rough drawing and then I got crazy and coloured it in with some crayons.
Fit only for the trash can There is something not right with this and I can not figure it out. So, Comments please.
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Phil
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Bill Uffelman
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Posted - 12/01/2011 : 11:07:41 PM
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Foreground building looks undersized and contrived. The white building is more imposing than the foreground factory.
Bill Uffelman
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Mainframer
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Posted - 12/02/2011 : 1:20:57 PM
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Phil, look at the the thread, Star Corner in the Mike Chamber's craftsman corner at the paint color. Duncan snowcloud grey. You might consider this as it looks like a dirty white and should go with your blue trim. Just a thought.
Tom
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Mainframer
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Posted - 12/02/2011 : 1:27:29 PM
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Your background buildings are not in the same plane as the foreground. They look tilted.
Still playing with crayons I see. Tom
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