DanielB Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 Hi Andrew, The white cobbles are individual self adhesive squares from a company called "The Craft Place". I simply peeled them up from their backing and stuck them down, one at a time. The black cobbles are 5mm foam core board with one side of the backing paper removed and the cobbles carved with a sculpting tool. It's mind numbing, but it does make for great results. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMO Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Brilliant Daniel! The result will be realistic. A french friend of mine has made him self his cobblestones to make a paved road. It was a boring work. You way is very good! And match the modern stones! Great! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 Bingham show is now over, and it was a truly great little exhibition. Definitely worth the visit for the public, I think. Piedmont Blues did us proud. With only small issues of dirty track and an overexited servo powering one of the turnouts, plus rusty wheels on the RS3 and GP35 needing a good clean, the show went really well. All the minor issues were fixed respectively with a thorough cleaning with a block of wood and some isoproyl alcohol, disconnecting the servo and operating the turnout by hand for 20 minutes to allow it to cool down, and then running the layout using the Plymouth switcher for a while whilst the two 4 axle locos had their wheels serviced. Not many changes were made to the layout whilst we were at the show - with the exception of a couple of crossed ties at the end of the Georgia Hardware spur to stop cars running off the end of the layout. Instead, we were focused on taking turns running trains, and whilst one of us was doing that, Ford would work on lighting the buildings, and I was working on freight car projects. Speaking of: With the exception of adding the running numbers to the car ends, this one is now ready for weathering. Hopefully I'll have that done, and a full loose load of woodchips done by Seaboard Southern in September. The car was set up on the end of our layout tables as a display piece for the public. We're planning to have a full information display ready for September as well, showing prototype photographs of the area we are modelling. On the subject of photographs, here are a bunch I took showing the layout set up in it's (current) entirity... Lots to do between now and September, but before anything can happen with the layout, I need to finalise purchase of my new house and get moved in, as I'll have the space to have the layout set up permanently so I can work on it. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Great stuff, Dan - nice to see the whole set-up. Will you be doing backscenes eventually? I don't quite know why, but some of these photos remind me of a sticker I saw on the back of a Pick-up Truck in Orlando... "Speed up! I hear Banjo Music!!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 Honestly, no backscenes for shows - we simply don't have the room in the car to fit them. Once in the new house, I absolutely intend to add backscenes to the layout. Plus a lighting rig, and several extensions. I've been looking at photographs of Georgia, and speaking to several modellers from the state, and they seem to think we've managed to capture the look of the state. That's high praise indeed, in my book! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 ...speaking to several modellers from the state, and they seem to think we've managed to capture the look of the state. That's high praise indeed, in my book! It certainly is!! Well done! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Those cobbles in particular look excellent. And the planked grade crossing stands out for me, too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 Cheers chaps! Look what turned up in the mail from Mr. Dickie! Which immediately went into the paint shop, and now looks like this: Interestingly, #100 was the first RS3 built for the L&N by Alco, way back in... November 1951. No idea what became of her in the end, but on Piedmont Blues she still lives! Or she will do, when I've finished weathering her up. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted April 27, 2018 Author Share Posted April 27, 2018 Here she is after further application of Pan Pastels. Almost unrecognisable from her B&M origins. More work coming as and when I get the chance. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted April 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2018 Here she is after further application of Pan Pastels. Almost unrecognisable from her B&M origins. Which I was going to lament, until I looked at the superb job you have made of it. Also, the shed-on-stilts over rail-in-cobbles shot a day or two back immediately put me in mind of photos of Savannah! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted April 27, 2018 Author Share Posted April 27, 2018 Thanks Simon. The Southern RS3 I have is going to be similarly - though nowhere near as heavily - weathered. The GP35 will be getting a very, VERY light weathering job to show a month or two of service. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 What are you doing about the handrails for the Weaver RS3, Dan? The plastic ones as supplied aren't too robust - at least the ones I had with my Weaver Geeps weren't, but the stanchions are correct for the RS3, whereas I've just accepted that on my Atlas RS3, they're horribly inaccurate; one of the 3-rail legacy compromises on an otherwise nice model. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 I've got them all in the box, but left them off to paint the loco. The plastic ones on my Southern model aren't too bad, so I'm hoping the L&N ones will be the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasond Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 In many cases the plastic ones will do .... P&D do nice brass ones! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 Not much of an update this week, as I've been relaxing and playing xbox, as well as hitting the gym to try and get in better shape for a Tough Mudder event at the end of July. I've done a little more work on L&N #100, trying to get the model to look more like the prototype photographs I'm working from. Still a loooooong way to go, so be kind! Please ignore the blu-tac covering the headlamps, I'm trying to keep paint/powders off them. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 Only a quick update for today. I had an hour this afternoon and managed to fit - and do the initial testing of - an ESU Loksound L V4 in my GP35. I need to build a speaker baffle to better fit the speaker into the fuel tank on the bottom of the loco, which will be a project for another day. The decoder fitting was surprisingly simple. I do still need to wire in the headlights for the loco though, but again - project for another day! I'm happy - it works. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Boucher Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Whilst bored at work, I've let my mind wander, and taken the rough shape of the "layout room" in the house I've just put an offer in on - 19'9" x 8'9" - and had a bit of a play in SCARM. A "what might be" flight of fancy, if you will. Now I've been forced to use the templates for the O scale track already in SCARM, so the dimensions are going to be off, but with handbuilt track I should be able to get it all in a bit better, give or take. So here's the daydream imagining of what PB could look like in that space. Whether that happens or not (spoiler alert - probably NOT!), it was a fun little exercise that killed a boring lunch break for me. Streetrunning. Streetrunning everywhere! Hi there, Just discovering this thread, and I like what I see. But, I have one comment about this track plan. The section around 2-5 seems "forced" to have interesting trackwork. The diamond formed by the 3 switches and the crossing just looks weird to me. (although I'm sure you can find several prototypes for it) I think what I would do is remove one of the tracks to the staging yard, the one on "the top". That would climinate one switch, and the track from 5 could still cross the track to 3. Something like this... Maybe play with the angle of #5 so its not as curved... Thoughts? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 If I'm honest, Mike, it was put in there to create a run around for switching the spurs there. But after your post, you've convinced me that it's not needed. It'd make switching more interesting too - as I'd have to switch facing points on the way back. Thanks Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 Inspired by Mike's suggestions, I've had a go at a second draft of the proposed track plan. Much more interesting, I think. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP9u Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Only a quick update for today. I had an hour this afternoon and managed to fit - and do the initial testing of - an ESU Loksound L V4 in my GP35. I need to build a speaker baffle to better fit the speaker into the fuel tank on the bottom of the loco, which will be a project for another day. The decoder fitting was surprisingly simple. I do still need to wire in the headlights for the loco though, but again - project for another day! I'm happy - it works. Very nice job! Rather than spend time on making your speaker enclosure, could I be so bold as to recommend these: https://www.parts-express.com/tang-band-t1-1925s-speaker-module-2-1-2-x-1-1-8--264-944 I promise you will be gobsmacked at the sound quality, especially the almost extra octave of bass. They also offer one smaller unit and several larger ones depending on what you can fit in. All seem to work very well with Loksound decoders. I'm in Canada these days so Parts Express works as a souce. Hopefully there's a way to get them in the UK. Cheers, Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted May 8, 2018 Author Share Posted May 8, 2018 Hi Pete, I've had plenty of folk recommend those Tang Band speakers to me now, but as I've already purchased a couple of speakers from another source, those will have to be an upgrade for a future time. Thanks for the recommendation, though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted May 12, 2018 Author Share Posted May 12, 2018 L&N RS3 #100 is into the final stretch now. Once the weathering is finished I'll be adding the number boards to the hood ends, I also need to create a horn bracket to match the prototype photographs I've been working from, which are here: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2333560 http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/ln/ln0100jpa.jpg I've fitted the railings but still need to weather them. With some rare sunny weather yesterday, I took her outside to get some daylight photographs: Overall I'm really happy with how this is turning out. Next to be detailed and weathered once this one is finished will be my Atlas GP35. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y_Rail Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Late at the party... but better late than never. Great layout and impressive weathering. I really like the whole atmosphere that it has! Will be following with interest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted May 17, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 17, 2018 I've fitted the railings but still need to weather them. A suggestion. Only weather the handrail posts, the actual railings will be kept relatively clean by the action of the crews' hands. Also you might want to consider a clean, shiny band on the long hood where shoulders.arms would wipe along it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 A suggestion. Only weather the handrail posts, the actual railings will be kept relatively clean by the action of the crews' hands. Also you might want to consider a clean, shiny band on the long hood where shoulders.arms would wipe along it. I've seen that recommended before, too. Those handrails do look very good and straight, Dan, especially for plastic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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