sjgardiner

Well that would be downright ghastly if it happened to one of your stunning bridges. I'm sure you will find an ingenious solution to this "problem"/"obsticle"/"hurdle" and impress all those who follow this build. Stephen

I think the engineering sample looks fantastic. I can definitely see me buying one of these to go with my LT Pannier in my collection as I also don't model LT (though a station diorama to show of the pannier is on the project list!). Stephen

I would agree when dealing with things of the scale and scope of full vehicles as your amazing work is David. I have done numerous small parts in HO (for all intents and purposes the difference in scale to OO is immaterial for the cost issue at present) including replacement window strips for passenger cars to do a kitbash, but a full vehicle in HO remains an unreasonable cost. Detail parts, road vehicles, small structures and the like are totally doable at the moment in OO without being overly expensive. Someone recently told me that some of the patents on 3D printing expire in February 2014, this could result in an influx of new machines and progress as the market opens up if that is correct. Stephen

Looks like a powerhouse for a hydro electric project. Amazing modeling, just happened to buy Model Rail this month with the article on he layout in it, great idea for a layout, and that bridge in progress is stunning! Stephen

The links didn't work for me, but i hit reload and the pages appeared. May be a YouTube issue.

I just read this thread in its entirety, all 68 pages worth in the past couple of days, and wow, what an incrediblie bit of solo modeleing, your work rate is incredible, as is the finished product. I look forward to following this project through to completion! Stephen

Not sure why the original link doesn't work, but when i searched on shapeways the authors model showed up https://www.shapeways.com/model/1234672/met-14ton-ballast-brake-no-handrail.html? -Stephen

Have you considered trying going the old North American Resin kit style of being a flat kit with four walls that you have to assemble to create the body? If the issue is print lines from the 3D printer, re-orienting all four sides as separate pieces to be flat would potentially allow for them to be printed flat on the bed and hide the print lines from each level, it wouldn't help with the lines on the curved roof, but sanding a curved and smooth roof is a lot easier than a coach side with details on them.

Report today that the initial fire on board the locomotive that lead to it being shut down and the brake pressure failing is that there was a broken piston in the locomotive's engine which lead to the fuel fire within the engine. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/broken-piston-blamed-for-fire-that-led-to-lac-megantic-disaster/article14301352/

The Transportation Safety Board is reporting that the crude in the train was mis-classified and should have been considered as Class 2 and not Class 3, a more flammable classification. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/crude-that-exploded-in-lac-megantic-was-mislabelled-regulator-says/article14239877/ Interesting comment in the globe article is that the change would not have changed the handling rules, but would have changed the response to the fire.

Oh absolutely, if i was in their shoes I'd fight any order to pick up the cleanup cost too. My sentiments are more of what a sorry drawn out mess this will all become over money instead of remembering those who lost their lives in the tragedy.

And the CPR is rejecting the Quebec Government's Cleanup order against them: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/08/15/lac_megantic_cp_rail_rejects_demand_to_pay_for_cleanup.html

I like the plan, sadly, i also do a lot more modelling in the summer as setting up the airbrush setup on the apartment balcony between November and March can be decidedly unpleasant on the 12th floor around my neighbourhood (not to mention losing the balcony from August-January for construction in the past year)!! I am constantly impressed/amazed by the number of small layouts some on here seem to be able to turn out, so I'm looking forward to seeing this one progress.

It was in the west end of Montreal after the 1998 ice storm that wiped out power to most of eastern Ontario and western Quebec. The locomotives were intentionally derailed, driven up the streets in two communities, and used as an emergency power supplies. http://cnlines.ca/CNcyclopedia/loco/mlw/img_3502.jpg

From the supportive category, Jason Shron of Rapido Trains here in Canada has built a replica VIA Rail coach segment in his basement, and his wife qualifies as super supportive. Video from CBC's The National with her quotes on the issue just after the 2 minute mark: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/ID/2324301953/ And an article Sidura wrote on her lack of a basement a few years ago: http://kingstonsub.com/coach5647.html There is a thread on this in the USA/Canadian Section to discuss the specific video, but i thought this relevant to this discussion. -Stephen

Funny, when i shared an apartment with two guys before all of us met our respective girlfiend's/wives a few years back, that's how they used to refer to my various railway and modelling magazines when they arrived in our mail. It doesn't take 30 years to forget, I've been dating my girlfriend for three years and i think i might have mentioned i was volunteering at the railway museum when we were setting up our first date, but i couldn't pinpoint exactly when it became abundantly clear that i am an unrepairable railfan. That said, in the three years since we met, she's volunteered at the Toronto Railway Museum with me on several occasions (she's really good with people and kids, something often lacking on busy days), and helped me with the museum's booth at hobby shows. She also tolerated my three days at the SVR Gala in 2011 on our UK vacation as she only spent one day for her first trips behind a steam locomotive and then happily visited the NRM to catch up with their staff who had visited us in Toronto with The Railway Children. I have to say, I'm very lucky as she accepted the use of our 2nd bedroom in our apartment when we moved in together as a combination guest bedroom/workroom for the trains -Stephen

That's ok, i think this is the first Flying Scotsman thread on any forum I've ever seen that didn't devolve into a debate on the livery choice... That said, my real reason for posting is to say it looks fantastic. I'd be thrilled if i could build a locomotive that looked that good!!! Congrats, and good series of posts on the trials of building and lining the kit. -Stephen

The nice thing about the "blank slate" with the limited detail on the Bachmann GP7 is that you can do what i did with my CNR4803 and get really accurate without having to remove a lot of wrong or incorrect details!! I look forward to seeing your detailing efforts on the Pennsy version whenever you get to it. As for the 0-6-0, you know, i don't think i ever even checked the weight on mine, but I'm willing to bet that if i disassemble it and find a way to get some more weight into it that it will make a huge difference. I hadn't even thought about that to be honest, most of the Bachmann's i own are so heavy already that it being underweight never occurred to me (though it probably should have with the short wheelbase).

Good luck with the exhibition, its a fantastic looking layout. Couple of questions, in your pictures, you Pennsy GP and 0-6-0 both look like the relatively recent Bachmann USA DCC on board locos, are you using DCC or no? I have both locomotives, but only have DC setups to test on, and haven't ever had a chance to see how the DCC behaves in either loco. My experience in limited testing is that the GP7 i have is going to be a great runner once it gets some time running under it's belt now that I'm done modifying it, but that the 0-6-0 is very temperamental with the track work on my layout which was laid 8ish years ago and is the first serious attempt at laying track i ever made. I'm curious to hear if my observations of your stock are correct, if you have DCC experience with them and what your sense is of their running characteristics. Keep up the great work on the layout! -Stephen