RMweb Premium Keith Addenbrooke Posted November 9, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 9, 2023 Very nice. A blacksmith’s is a building that invites interior detailing. Can I ask how wide the planks are on the kit - it looks like the sort of thing that could be copied using coffee stirrers (and time)? Just wondered, Keith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted November 9, 2023 Author Share Posted November 9, 2023 The kit comes with laser-cut framing, then individual planks added. So I don't see why not use coffee stirrers. I see a lot of places now have thinner stirrers more suited to this kind of thing. Or you could bulk buy from eBay or Amazon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Keith Addenbrooke Posted November 9, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 9, 2023 19 minutes ago, JZ said: The kit comes with laser-cut framing, then individual planks added. So I don't see why not use coffee stirrers. I see a lot of places now have thinner stirrers more suited to this kind of thing. Or you could bulk buy from eBay or Amazon. Thanks - the bulk buy ones I have are 5mm wide, which is quite wide in HO (about 17”), especially when horizontal - but when vertical I think I can get away with them that wide more easily (I have started a structure where I split them but it is a rather thankless task). Keith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted November 9, 2023 Author Share Posted November 9, 2023 I normally use 3mm x 0.5mm walnut or lime strip, which I buy in packs of ten 1m lengths from Antics at £4.50. Works out at roughly 10" x 2". The lime is pretty uniform in colour, whereas the walnut has some variation that makes it ideal for decking. Maybe a shop near you may stock it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted November 9, 2023 Author Share Posted November 9, 2023 Using bits from the Wills Blacksmith set, I have cluttered up the interior. 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted November 9, 2023 Author Share Posted November 9, 2023 Another picture of the train from a few posts back. This shows the idler flatcar a little better. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted November 11, 2023 Author Share Posted November 11, 2023 To go with the blacksmith shop, I have scratch built this former stable, now auto repair shop. Using board and batten sheet from Northeastern Scale Lumber, they are in Canada, so postage way cheaper than from the US. Windows are Tichy Trains, Various cans are painted cocktail sticks cur to length on my NWSL Chopper. Boxes are wood offcuts. Waiting on some 1mm ply to arrive for floor and roof, decals from Daves Decals for some girly posters (what garage of this period is complete without them) and auto signs. A workbench has been made up. Various items of garage clutter ready to add once the floor is in. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted November 11, 2023 Author Share Posted November 11, 2023 Tomorrow is the Slim Gauge Circle meet in Rugby. Cash at the ready to see what I can pick up. My parcel from Togbutikken in now back in Tønsberg and should be posted to me on Monday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 Same train again at La Jara. The standard gauge reefers were detached here, other standard gauge cars added for the continuation to Antonito. The depot building still stands and now serves as La Jara Town Hall. https://maps.app.goo.gl/FqohjEeTXCReYwQZ8 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 The above picture show just how big these engines are. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 (edited) 33 minutes ago, JZ said: The above picture show just how big these engines are. The K-37s (#491 is one) have a tractive effort greater than an LMS 8F, approaching that of a BR 9F, so they are definitely not small. Edited November 12, 2023 by pH Think a bit more before typing! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 3 minutes ago, pH said: The K-37s (491 is one) have a tractive effort greater than an LMS 8F, approaching that of a BR 9F, so they are definitely not small. If you go back a few pages, I did a comparative of the K-36 or K-37 against an 8F. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
didcot Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Weren't the K-37's converted from standard gauge? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 Nice day out at the Slim Gauge meet. Bought loads of stuff I didn't need😅. Anyway, I came away with a Depot building from Detail Associates. Not a company I knew of. A sand house from Campbell. Five laser cut 24' boxcars from Master Creations, at £1 each. These will be grounded bod or stores. An unmarked Micro-Trains reefer for my fruit traffic. Yet another caboose and a C&S reefer from Grandt Line. BUT, I also managed to procure two pairs of Blackstone passenger car trucks. Feel like I've won the lottery. Well I did that too, but it was only a fiver. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, didcot said: Weren't the K-37's converted from standard gauge? They were. The D&RGW management thought it would be cheaper than ordering more K-36s from Baldwin. Turned out it was more expensive. They do look very similar, the most noticeable difference is the tender. Edited November 12, 2023 by JZ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, JZ said: They were. The D&RGW management thought it would be cheaper than ordering more K-36s from Baldwin. Turned out it was more expensive. On a tour of the Durango roundhouse, we were told that the Durango and Silverton crews much prefer the K-36s to the K-37s. Edited November 12, 2023 by pH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted November 13, 2023 Author Share Posted November 13, 2023 As the train continues to get closer to Antonito the elevation continues to rise. What had been rain at 7,500 foot elevation in Alamosa is turning into snow as the train gets closer to the 7900 foot elevation at Antonito. The 491, now minus it's reefers but still with a dual gauge consist, puts on a pretty good show as it hustles its train toward Antonito. October 17, 1960. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted November 15, 2023 Author Share Posted November 15, 2023 Scattered patches of snow are everywhere as No. 491 rolls past the water tank in Antonito with a brakeman riding the pilot beam of the locomotive. Note, however, that the narrow gauge portion of this train has been uncoupled and sits in the background while No. 491 prepares to do some extensive switching of standard gauge cars here. October 17, 1960. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted November 15, 2023 Author Share Posted November 15, 2023 I would say that this is the same location. The white house on the right, now the buff coloured house. https://maps.app.goo.gl/d5McGccC8VuXmkX1A Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted November 16, 2023 Author Share Posted November 16, 2023 Campbell Scale Models Durango sandhouse. Built in reverse and reduced in width by 20mm to fit it's location. I have used shingles on the roof, Banta, not the Campbell ones. The actual one at Durango appears to have plain stell sheeting on it's roof. The bin needs painting and the chute added, then the sand bin needs building. More heavily weathered on the track side, as per the real thing. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JZ Posted November 17, 2023 Author Share Posted November 17, 2023 C-21 361 in the rather cramped servicing facility at Lucyville Depot. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Keith Addenbrooke Posted November 17, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 17, 2023 If you're into Photoshop, then add some sky above the backscene to that final photo and you'll have a wow of a picture I'd suggest. Nice start to the weekend! Keith. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted November 17, 2023 Author Share Posted November 17, 2023 40 minutes ago, Keith Addenbrooke said: If you're into Photoshop, then add some sky above the backscene to that final photo and you'll have a wow of a picture I'd suggest. Nice start to the weekend! Keith. I'm afraid Photoshop is not my forte. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Keith Addenbrooke Posted November 17, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 17, 2023 52 minutes ago, JZ said: I'm afraid Photoshop is not my forte. Me neither, Keith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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