WHats on the workbench...
kep
Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
To start:
On mine is a 7.5 foot long Grain Elevator for a scenic divider.
Frank Martin
On Wed, 11 Jun 1997 01:15:44 -0500, kep <kep...@airmail.net> wrote:
>Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
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>Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
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>On mine is a 7.5 foot long Grain Elevator for a scenic divider.
Two RPP B23-7 shells that will be made into b30-7's in the near
future.
Frank
Patrick LaTorres
kep <kep...@airmail.net> wrote:
>Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
>Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
Ok, I'll bite. The two "headliners" are:
A P2K Mather Stock Car (GN), a truly wonderful inexpensive kit.
A Grandt Line 25 Ton GE diesel locomotive.
Both in HO scale, Std. gauge.
Enjoy,
Pat LaTorres
>To start:
Joe Tonkin
Are you sure you want me to answer this. I'm not sure there's enough
room.
Here goes:
Smokey Valley GP15 being turned into a Chessie GP15T
BL20-2 from the MR article a few months back
Grandt Line 25-tonner cow and calf set. (HOn3)
Truck Trailer
Small Station
Awaitng Athearns GP40-2's in Chessie colors- 3 on order
All this and the omnipresent, never finished, undead Steel mill project
for the hobby shop.
--
Later
Joe Tonkin
sh...@starfleet.umd.edu
Space Systems Lab, University of Maryland
"Designing the Technology of Tomorrow, Sometime Late Tonight"
Phil Hartung
> kep <kep...@airmail.net> wrote:
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killed to all but the active route).
Several Structures (some started in 1987)
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Phil Hartung prha...@ouray.cudenver.edu
Westminster, Colorado, USA Electrical Engineer
Model Railroading is Fun!!!!! Submarine Veteran
Tobias Giles
0-6-2 HOn30 Forney from a Bachmann engine and a Brick Price etched brass cab,
MDC 3 truck HOn3 shay upgrading to a 2 truck Sn3 shay, and
Roundhouse N scale Overton cars being narrowed to Nn3.
Regards,
Tobias Giles
Mtn. View, CA
Charles F Seyferlich
kep wrote:
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> Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
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> Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
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> On mine is a 7.5 foot long Grain Elevator for a scenic divider.
1st up -- set up a Sherline mill I just bought.
Then turn 3 MDC 2-6-0's + 3 Cary boiler's into 4-4-0's.
After that a bunch of detailing/painting: C&NW Bachmann -8's, Athearn
-9's, build some GP-15's (C&NW natch) and a couple of RS-1325's (combine
P2K GP18 + SW shells).
If I ever get thru the above? Who knows (I do have a Russian 2-10-0 kit
on order from Locomotive Workshop).
stev knowles
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>Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
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>Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
1 conrail U36C, 3 NS C30-7's awaiting the DCC decoders i recieved in the mail
this week.
1 U33C, sans shell, and a RPP C32-8 shell, need to grind down the weights in
the frame a bit, and detail the shell and replace the cab.
a bag of new decoders and wiring harnesses.
dont ask what is in the book cases facing the bench:)
--
stev knowles
st...@Precision.Guesswork.Com
http://www.guesswork.com
Precision Guesswork, Inc.
William Freeth
> Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
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> Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
Blast furnace and Coke ovens for my Steel mill. (Rolling Mill and
Electric furnace already done) Then try to squeese all of this into a
5'X 8' space.
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I.D'no
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I am bashing a KCS SD40 unit to make it look like the long nosed radio
control units. Lots of sawing and puttying here! <g>
--
(My standard answer to all questions:)
I.D'no
Daniel A. Mickey
Barstow "Harvey House" and passenger station (ca 1950s).
Dan Mickey
George Willard
A Mantua 0-8-0 switcher and a SoundTraxx DSD-050 1/2 amp decoder.
I wonder if I should hook up the smoke unit to F1 or just hook it up to
the track?? GW.
Lyle Dowell
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>Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
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painted for CB&Q, GN, and BN (install lights and they're done), and the
DPM Brewery structure.
Lyle Dowell
wo...@pop.erols.com
I've got an N Atlas tank car I'm converting into a diesel fuel storage
tank. Modeling from pictures of the prototype in the Buffalo &
Pittsburgh's yard in Butler PA.
This thread reminds me of the old HeeHaw "What's cookin" sketch where
Grandpa recited a menu of exotic deep south dishes. Wasn't funny, just
made you feel good to see the obvious joy the old guy had. Doesn't
really matter what's on the bench, we're having a helluva time!
Jon
FINAL DETAILS
Bring your Railroad to Life!
James D Thompson
> kep <kep...@airmail.net> wrote:
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> >Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
> >Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
what's on (or near) it, I've got a pile of Cannon parts waiting for
an Athearn GP40 shell to make into an original Norfolk Southern GP38
and a RPP SD40 shell waiting for the Cannon parts to make a late C&O
SD40.
David Thompson
Randy Treadway
All HO scale....
New, needing to be assembled (and install Kadees):
1 Details West Tropicana reefer
2 Eel River Tropicana reefer kits
5 Athearn ATSF streamlined passenger cars
2 Athearn UP 40' flat cars (with 1 AMB laser-cut flat car planking,
need to get another)
1 Athearn ATSF F7A
1 Athearn ATSF F7B
Needing repairs:
1 Athearn Gunderson container car (handrail broken)
1 Walthers MIJACK container loader (major crane damage
and handrail damage from environmental
impact- also known as wife putting it
in a grocery sack to show it to friends
at work, then forgetting and putting
real groceries on top of it)
2 Athearn UP GP38-2s need snowplows installed (have finished
painting plows), along
with MU cables
3 Roundhouse UP 34' Overton passenger cars (broken brake wheels
and bent handrails from
vicious cat attack)
1 Roundhouse ATSF stock car- door frame needs gluing, and
sliding door needs work to stay in frame
(I over-filed the bottom when I first
got it- wups!)
1 Athearn UP 40' flat car- reinstall Kadee coupler that fell off
2 Athearn Tropicana reefers- need Kadees reinstalled that fell off
1 Atlas turntable- need to replace broken gear components with
gears from second turntable that I bought for parts)
1 Bachmann ATSF F9 - needs Kadee boxes re-mounted
1 Life-Like New Jersey box car- needs Kadee trucks checked for wheel alignment-
(more derailments than expected)
You wonder why I have all those Tropicana cars with other equipment
mostly UP and ATSF? Easy- it's a Fantasy Island RR layout- anything goes.
Randy Treadway
ko...@earthlink.net
Dorian Davis
In article <8FDBA678563C8DE0.5E421C4F657C7C83.901CE8CEA2ACFE kep...@airmail.net writes:
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>Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
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>Tell the group what is on your workbench
Scale plans for an NZR 20'x30' 'thru Goods Shed, 24 lever Signal Box,
and the damned cat!!!
>and what it is for...
Good question :)
Regards,
Dorian
To keep silent and act wise/ Still not as good
as drinking sake/ Getting drunk and weeping.
Otomo no Tabito (665 - 731)
Ernie Rottinger
The bench has a few sketches of future projects on it. But I did just
complete a scratch built N-scale fire tower. Next up: A storage shed
for the saw mill, a kiln, and ...Oh yes! Trees!
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Marcus Freeman
Two A-B-A sets of NovaTech's Erie-built shells. (sand & fill ... sand &
fill ... sand & fill ... it's becoming my new mantra ;-)
To be fair, they were freebies, seconds with lots of blemishes to fix...
They _are_ milled out for the Athearn PA chassis, so that's a plus.
I'll let you know how they turn out.
Cheers,
Marc
Brad Libby
kep wrote:
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> Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
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> To start:
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> On mine is a 7.5 foot long Grain Elevator for a scenic divider.
Its been so long since I have seen the top of the workbench, I can't
remember what color it is !
Brad
David Ryujiro Olsen
Boy, this is going to be ugly. I'm really bad about starting
projects and immediately finding another that I just have to get
started on too. Here's some of them (all HO):
MARC GP40WH-2 kitbashed from 2 SD45s, GP40-2, F45, and SD40T-2.
Shells are cut but unassembled and undetailed. Still have to tackle
those damn louvered radiator doors.....
CSX SD40-2 - fans, grabs all replaced, Cannon cab/nose/sub-base under
construction. Undec.
CSX GP38-2 - kitbashing Seaboard-style dynamic brake section, still
have to replace cab/nose/sub-base. Undec.
CSX MOW GP40 - Con-cor shell on Athearn chassis. Cab/nose/sub-base
replaced, fans replaced, still need to kitbash the dynamic brake fan
(it's got this wierd bulge in the middle). Will be painted Pumpkin.
CSX GP30 Road Slug - Bachmann shell on Athearn chassis. Hood doors,
fans removed and filled in, chassis modified, will need paint and a
GP40-2 mother unit (a whole nother project).
NS C30-7 - factory painted, thankfully. Applying details.
If I ever finish all of these, you all will be the first to know.
Dave Olsen
______________________________________________________________________________
The Unofficial MARC Railfan and Modeler's Page:
http://www.duke.edu/~dro1/marc.html
______________________________________________________________________________
Chris Zygmunt
What's on my workbench? Hmm.
I have an almost completed SD-39 which I started
from scratch. Lots of Canon parts, scratchbuilt
frame from brass I-beam, fuel tank supported by
actual fuel tank brackets, and loaded with detail.
I plan to do some SD-45's in this manor.
I'm also making patterns for some of the early
45' PFE mechanical reefers. Those reefers will
be run with my ice reefers.
I have a lot of other projects going too but this
is my priority right now.
Chris
Matthew J. Frahm
kep <kep...@airmail.net> writes:
>Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
>Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
I'm trying to get the Ernst gearing for my Athearn Hustler (detailed, of
course!) to run well. ;)
--
Matthew J. Frahm____________________________mailto:mfr...@visi.com
Stillwater, Minnesota / Winona, Minnesota http://www.visi.com/~mfrahm/
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad editor, CTC Board Magazine
Frederick W. Hyde
Matthew J. Frahm wrote:
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> kep <kep...@airmail.net> writes:
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> >Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
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> >Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
Way too much for the available time!
1) Massive painting project for a customer (15 GN locomotives in N).
2) Kato C44-9 coupler installations.
3) Addition of numbers to numberboards of all my N scale power that
doesn't have it yet.
4) Ballast track. Do scenery on railroad.
5) Paint kids' HO power (at their request) in WC.
6) build a bunch of N scale industries for the railroad.
7) Add sidings and spurs to the railroad.
8) Redesign the industrial park on the RR.
9) Start installation of the trackage for the garden railway.
Argh.
Fred
CClark1130
Kit bashed 1880 era Mogul. It's been there a while!
Church
C.L.Zeni
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> Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
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Which workbench - the one upstairs next to the computer or the one in
the basement?
OK - Pair of Tyco shark shells painted and light detailing for a
friend's private road.
Making a MDC RS-3 shell fit an Atlas RS-3 drive.
Custom painting a P2K E7B in a private road.
An ABBA set of Stewart FTs to paint in Seaboard Air Line.
Various and assorted project shrapnel that really does need to be
thinned out....
What's it for? Beats the heck out of me....
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Jonathan White
kep wrote:
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> Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
> Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
- A computer (workbench doubles as home office desk in my apartment).
- "Kan Klipper" clock made of aluminum Coke cans cut and shaped like a
clipper ship.
- Exactly 1,977 35mm slides in archival binders - I'm cataloging my
collection into the above computer.
- My pride and joy kitbashed and painted Maine Central U18B, "in the
shop" for conversion from Athearn to NWSL wheelsets.
- Athearn CN Dash 9-44CW with newly installed Cannon Canadian Safety
Cab, being re-decaled as #2509 (the body shell is still Athearn factory
paint)
- Miscellaneous boxes of parts, shells, forgotten projects, and
unfinished dreams.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ Jonathan N. White +
+ jwhi...@sprynet.com +
+ +
+ Why is there Braille on the keypads of drive-up ATM machines? +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
John Thorpe
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>Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
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>Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
Unfortunately, things are being packed to be moved, but what
I was working on were:
Bachmann G-scale wood caboose to be decorated for Southern Ry
Just add the decals
Old HO Mantua light Pacific that will become a Southern Ry Ps-4
Enough brass detail parts to give the flavor rather
than go for a completely prototypical look
6 HO Athearn bay-window cabooses to be modified to look
more like Southern Ry. cabeese. E.g. Water and
battery boxes are to go, replace end hand rails,
new porthole windows on ends and reconfiguration
of windows.
N scale 0-4-0 w/slope back tender to become either a C&O
or a Southern switcher--paint and decals, with
modifications to some minor details.
N scale Atlas light Pacific to be painted in Southern livery.
No need to modify--I'll go with the 1928 "as delivered"
look.
N scale Lima bay window caboose being slightly modifed and
repainted for Southern.
HO Magnuson Merchant's Row #2. In process of being painted.
Does anyone else detect a recurring theme??? 8^)
The G Scale caboose and the N scale caboose are currently
still out to be worked on while everything else is packed.
- JT
Mike Tennent
>> kep <kep...@airmail.net> wrote:
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>> >Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
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>> >Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
>>
Which workbench?
On workbench #1 I have at least 3 40' boxcars (SOU) awaiting assembly
and weathering, plus a couple of tank cars I bought last January; one
electronics project that I've forgotten what it was going to do; a box
of Prieser people needing painting; and a partridge in a.........
On workbench #2, I have two walls of a scratchbuilt model of our local
City Hall which I'm doing for a friend, (along with 10-15 other
buildings). Yes, he's paying me. Handsomely. WB #2 is only used for
his projects.
Workbench #3 - actually the layout - has a kitbashed mill awaiting
final placement which is being held up until the highway bridge can be
put in place, which is held up until I finish the river, which is held
up until I finish the millrace, which is held up until I finish the
City Hall building on WB#2. <sigh>
Mike "TriBop" Tennent
WebRunner Running Page
http://www.webrunner.com/webrun/running/running.html
My Model Railroad Page
http://www.webrunner.com/webrun/srr/
Cyril Collins
On Wed, 11 Jun 1997, kep wrote:
> Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
>
> Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
On my bench is a compensated fully detailed NS OO gauge 4-6-0.
The chassis, (mech), with its outside Walschaerts, is running up and down
my 12' test track. I am working on the smokebox/boiler/firebox unit and
the model is expected to be completed by the end of '98.
Cyril.
James D Thompson
Cyril Collins wrote:
> On my bench is a compensated fully detailed NS OO gauge 4-6-0.
NS as in Norfolk Southern?
David Thompson
Howard R. Garner
CClark1130 wrote:
>
> Kit bashed 1880 era Mogul. It's been there a while!
>
> Church
4 Union Tank Line (NOT UTLX) frameless tank cars, 50% done with custom
decals on order.
1 Westerfield Hinez reefer, 80% and working.
Several kit bash/scratch buildings.
One (more) Grain elevator.
Next up, an even dozen reefers with centered ice hatches and custom
decals.
All for my 1905 Cascade Western Rail Road.
Peter Berghs
In the active pile:
1 Alloy Forms Mack truck
1 Sheepscot Coaling tower
In the "get back to it someday" pile
2 tichy tank cars to paint and decal
3 truck trailers to decal
2 Westerfield coal cars to add loads to
New brushes for the Dremel
P. Berghs
Weasel Creek & Western RR
Cyril Collins
On Thu, 12 Jun 1997, James D Thompson wrote:
> NS as in Norfolk Southern?
Sorry James, it's a British ex-LMS "Jubilee". The NS was meant to denote
nickel silver.
Regards, Cyril.
Visit the miniature model MAKERS site at:-
http://www.fan.nb.ca/hobby/oo-ho_scratch_steam/
and click on:- faq.html
Peter King
Two Bachmann sanding towers to build for the club layout.
A Bachmann Doodlebug that needs repair.
Two undecorated FA-2s to be lettered for Penn Central. (Yes, some of us
do model PC.)
An undec BL-2 to receive the same treatment. (I know, I know. But I can't
resist.)
Assorted hopper cars that need to be built, mostly Bowser.
A Bowser PC caboose that needs lighting and Run 8 Productions windows.
Peter King in NY
Tim Warris
A partially completed 180' scratchbuilt Bascule lift bridge.
And some spilled paint.
Tim
Port Kelsey Ry.
kcr...@juno.com
>Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
>Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
>To start:
N Scale general store, mostly finished, scratchbuilt.
Several MDC N 57' PFE's waiting a day in the weathering shop.
Brass California Zephyr obs. shell, needs underframe, windows, new finish.
Lots of cool stuff warming up in the bullpen......
Kel
Redneck Library: a Bible and the Farmers' Almanac.
Net-Tamer V 1.07 - Test Drive
wo...@pop.erols.com
Randy Treadway wrote:
1 Walthers MIJACK container loader (major crane damage
and putting real groceries on top of it)
wheels and bent handrails from vicious cat attack)
The suspense is killing me! What the sentence for murdering
your wife and cat? Or, was it justifiable homicide?
Maarten S.Vis
A few boxes of Concor trucks in the process of being modified. A Concor F7
that has been waiting for paint for 3 years. A box of softmetal parts for the new
DPM Gold kits. Molds of some parts I want to multiply. A box of styrene scrap
ready for use at any moment, at least 10 pots of Tamiya paint, a tankcar that
may become an oil depot, etc etc etc.
My workbench is 3 by 6, so holds the world and then some, including a
pot of candies.
Maarten S. Vis
ms...@noord.bart.nl
*****************OS/2 fixes broken windows*****************
Brad Libby
>
> The suspense is killing me! What the sentence for murdering
> your wife and cat? Or, was it justifiable homicide?
>
> Jon
> FINAL DETAILS
> Bring your Railroad to Life!
Don't know about Wife, Stick kat in Microwave on high for 90 seconds.
Works for me! (average wife will not fit in microwave)
Signed:
Demented, in the Boonies
Lou (Soo) Papineau
->Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
->
->Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
N-Scale: Contemplating begining the MOW craftsman kit I got at
the swap meet for $3. Now I know why it was $3.
HO-Scale: Two older Walthers Heavyweight passenger cars. One is
a combine, one is a standard passenger. Burro crane partially
completed: (Christmas gift for friend). Ye Old Huff and Puff
Transfer caboose in late stages.
O-Scale: 40 foot PS-1 nearing ready for paint. (Soo boxcar red)
Looking for: RS-1 in HO. Perfer plastic.
Lou (Soo) Papineau
New Haven Society of Model Engineers
Celebrating 65 Years of Model Railroading
bu...@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
In general, you name it, and it is there or within a few feet. My work bench is
about 12" long and I am fairly messy.
In the center of the main workshop area, you will find a Key UP 4-8-4 FEF3
Greyhound that is about to receive a PBL sound module. Next to it is a
Centerline track cleaner that is having KDs installed. Around the edges are
the remains of a farm house and barns that were the last project.
There also are two empty cans of Pepsi and a couple of photos of grain
elevators in western Kansas.
Jim Budde
C.L.Zeni
No no no, you got it backwards. Keep the cat, nuke the spouse. I mean,
cats are more predictable, respond better when you call them and are
easier and cheaper to feed.
No, my wife does not have newsgroup access! :-)
gossamer
My workbench is a 8x10x4 wooden wine box(Hey it's portable)
Project 1 is an end cupola CP steel caboose (N).
Project 2 is a DPM freight house in HO awaiting (a long wait) shingles.
Upcoming projects are repowering an RSD-17 with a Trix chassis(N), Budd RDC's
in CP paint (N)
Eric from Barrie, Ont.
RCheeks666
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>Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
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>Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
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An ABBA set of FT's to be painted SF warbonnet for #7 the Fast Mail
Express.
Also a large pile of Red Caboose and Intermountain box cars to give the
other
three sets a reason for being. I do *love* the Stewarts even though I have
a problem.
Has anyone worked out a coupler mount with prototypical spacing without
destroing the rear truck and removing the gears to the rear axle?
Bob Cheeks
Andy Harman
On Wed, 11 Jun 1997 01:15:44 -0500, kep <kep...@airmail.net> wrote:
>Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
1) Athearn CN Dash 9 awaiting correct Canadian cab.
2) Erie Lackawanna SDP45 project (see my web page)
3) Mather stock car half built
4) 4 Walthers NS autoracks, one almost done and weathered
5) Atlas propane car awaiting 5 spare minutes to install Kadees
6) Hoyo de Monterrey Double Corona (lit)
7) 13" TV VCR combo
8) Extremely ineffective antenna for above, in ineffective contorted
position
9) Too many tools to list
10) Too many bottles of paint to list
11) A whole bunch of leftover Cannon parts
12) A whole bunch of leftover stuff from Kadee packets
13) Erie Lackawanna book (Larry DeYoung)
14) Detail Associates ATSF hilevel coach kit I'm contemplating
15) ABBA set of NYC Stewart FT's still in the box
16) American Ltd. diaphrams for above
17) Frazzle Kitty
18) (2) brand new undecorated Kato SD40's
19) A GP30 shell heavily stripped to be turned into an N&W phase I
hi-nose unit.
20) An untold quantity of Bilger treadplate.
There's really a lot more stuff than that, but that represents "high
visibility" top layer stuff.
Andy
DougTblood
what I can think of....
1) P2K GP19>GP9 Penn Central
2)RPP SD40 Penn Central
3) Convert Athearn ATSF caboose into PC N5K kitbash; body done needs
paint shop.
4)Concor gondolas into various PR/PC/CR G31 gons.
5)MDC P-S boxcar into Southern Kaolin LC ( Boxcar w/ roof hatches),
needs decals.
6)Eastern Car 65' AAR 70 ton gon for Southern; kit done, needs paint.
7)CB&T 40' boxcars into various Southern cars ( one stretch to 50', two
as 40' centered double door cars, one plug, other slider). Got to stop
buying those Morning Sun books :^).
8)back date Athearn SD40-2 for GATX blue gator scheme.
9) Athearn GP40-2 as Conrail #3352; nose job, grilles etc. needs
plow and lift bars and couplers mounted to complete.
10) Walther's 4427 covered hoppers; one B&M, the other CR. Time
to do the decals.
And many others that I've forgotten.....
DougT
what's a matter Colonel Sanders, chicken?
C.L.Zeni
RCheeks666 wrote:
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> In article
> <8FDBA678563C8DE0.5E421C4F...@library-proxy.airnews.
> net>, kep <kep...@airmail.net> writes:
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> >Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
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> Express.
> Also a large pile of Red Caboose and Intermountain box cars to give the
> other
> three sets a reason for being. I do *love* the Stewarts even though I have
> a problem.
> Has anyone worked out a coupler mount with prototypical spacing without
> destroing the rear truck and removing the gears to the rear axle?
>
> Bob Cheeks
There is reportedly a recommendation on the Kadee web site but I doubt
it would maintain the tight spacing that makes FTs look so neat. I'm
fortunate in that the Seaboard Air Line did not break up their AB sets,
so my only trick with them is trying to power the B units. No, I'm not
going to buy the Stewart chassis to do this, either. Well, maybe not.
But I have scrounged some power bits from a friend that is de-powering
some F3s and they fit almost perfectly. Shoot, even the Kato gears fit
into the FT gearcases, though all I've been doing is swapping the
sideframes and the phospor bronze wipers. I learned the wipers must be
changed or all four wheels won't touch the rail properly.
JimVice
In article
<8FDBA678563C8DE0.5E421C4F...@library-proxy.airnews.
net>, kep <kep...@airmail.net> writes:
>Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
>
>Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
>
>
(Hee, hee, hee, I love it)
Well let's see....
8" of HO/HOn3 test track.
A 1' x 3' board with road bed on which I'm building a hand laid dual
gauge double cross over.
A 6" x 10" box with sundry hinges, bolts, 3/8 steel rods and other
general household stuff.
A ceramic garden squirrel getting it's tail glued back on.
Two boxes of new batteries.
4 Jorgensen woodworking clamps.
A 16 oz. bottle of Speed Set Wood Glue.
Seven, 30 tray, parts cabinets with sundry model railroad parts and stuff.
One HOn3, 0-4-2T being re-detailed and painted. (for my freelance,
HOn3, subsidiary, The Calpine Western)
6 sprinkler head for the yard.
One Joe Works HOn3 rotary snow plow I'm trying to figure out how
to fit trucks under. (I think the box was miss labeled as the whole
model seems to be a bit smaller than HOn3. The supplied trucks
were "N" gauge).
A PFM Sumter Valley Mallet (HOn3 2-6-6-2) I have to strip and
repaint due to that dreaded "rotten foam".
A West Side Models 20 ton (2 cylinder) HOn3 Shay I'm tinkering
with and getting ready to paint.
A West Side Models SP #9 HOn3 4-6-0- that needs painting.
Two PFM Frisco Russian Decapods (HO 2-10-0) I'm weighting
down and getting ready to repaint for my HO scale, Standard gauge,
parent road (The Sierra Valley & Northwestern)
Two SP Cab-forward (4-8-8-2) I'm reworking and getting ready to
paint. (My freelance standard gauge bridges between SP (at
Truckee/Bolca) and WP (at Portola/Kedee).
A A-B-B-A F7 lash-up in WP silver and orange having couplers
and diaphragms installed.
A A-B-B FP7 lash-up in WP silver and orange for the CZ having
couplers and diaphragms installed.
A A-B-B-A F7 lash-up in SP Black Widow for couplers and diaphragms.
A A-B-A Krauss Moffei in S V & N W being reworked for passenger
service (The Calpine Limited)
Three 12 packs of Diet Mt. Dew. (geeez I like that junk)
Two decorative wood corner braces I'm building for the wife.
Sundry HO/HOn3 rolling stock in various stages of building.
One plastic bag of plastic pipe fittings for the yard.
A box of latex gloves
A hot plate and a small pan with Cero-Safe.
TWO fire extinguishers!
A cordless soldering iron.
My newest toy, a powered needle filer and sander. (not a
woodworker's detail sander. Much smaller.).
My Hobby Paint Shaker.
A PBL Resistance soldering tool.
Many assorted and sundry model railroad tools.
And finally, 4 large boxes of all kinds of kits to build. (Why do we do
that?)
Well, I know that is a very odd assortment of stuff, but that is
what is on my work bench down in the garage. Like most, it
sometimes is a catch all for whatever you happen to be working
on at the moment and then forget and leave.
:-)
Cheers....
Good Old Jim
The scenery only changes for the lead dog!
Glen Smith
kcr...@juno.com wrote:
> >Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
> >Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
> >To start:
Well,
For friends:
Spectrum GP-30 being repainted to Nickle Plate Road
Athearn caboose to NKP
2 Athearn boxcars to CN
A Single ended snow plow in Lionel patterned after the CN short model.
(Found it very hard to work with Lionel after being so used to scale
models)
For the S&L Museum project:
Dominion #20 Colliery
Sand tower and house.
Three span swing bridge
Numerous others (all sratchbuilt)
For me:
S&L #8 tank locomotive
Foundry (5 years)
Double track trestle (4 years)
O scale rail transporter
Southern SD45
Several other Scratch built buildings
Numerous DPM buildings that I just had to modify
All HO unless stated.
Glen Smith
Port Morien, NS
Canada
Matthew J. Frahm
jim...@aol.com (JimVice) writes:
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>One Joe Works HOn3 rotary snow plow I'm trying to figure out how
>to fit trucks under. (I think the box was miss labeled as the whole
>model seems to be a bit smaller than HOn3. The supplied trucks
>were "N" gauge).
It could be HOn2 1/2.
--
Matthew J. Frahm____________________________mailto:mfr...@visi.com
Stillwater, Minnesota / Winona, Minnesota http://www.visi.com/~mfrahm/
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad editor, CTC Board Magazine
John De Camp
peter rhodes <ca...@ihug.co.nz> wrote in article
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> In article
>
<8FDBA678563C8DE0.5E421C4F...@library-proxy.airnews.ne
> t>, kep...@airmail.net wrote:
>
> > Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
> >
> > Tell the group what is on your workbench
>
A Burlingon Northern SD45B #7501 from an Athearn SD45 per Paul Jenson's
article in the Model Railroader (2-96).
While glue dries on the 45B, I'm putting together a SD90 from Rail Power
Products. Built one of their CF7's a year ago and was impressed with their
shells.
Its good to see people actually doing more than putting together kits.
This thread was a great idea.
John De Camp
John De Camp
John De Camp <joh...@spiritone.com> wrote in article
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>
>
> > >
> > > Tell the group what is on your workbench
> >
> A Burlingon Northern SD45B #7501 from an Athearn SD45 per Paul Jenson's
> article in the Model Railroader (2-96).
I should never write anything early in the morning. That's an SD40-2B! I
have an SD45 with an annoying dead spot in the com I havn't been able to
fix and I guess that's what's floating around in my befuddled brain.
Doesn't seem to be a broken wire so maybe it's a sticky brush. Hell with
it, I think I'll buy a new motor.
All this is in HO by the way.
John De Camp
C.L.Zeni
Matthew J. Frahm wrote:
>
> jim...@aol.com (JimVice) writes:
>
> snip
> >One Joe Works HOn3 rotary snow plow I'm trying to figure out how
> >to fit trucks under. (I think the box was miss labeled as the whole
> >model seems to be a bit smaller than HOn3. The supplied trucks
> >were "N" gauge).
>
> It could be HOn2 1/2.
>
> --
Bingo. The one I have doesn't say "HO 9", which I interpret to be 9 mm,
the gauge of "N guage" track. I took three of the Joe Works "Miniland"
tank cars and spread the gauge to 10.5 mm for HOn3 - they make tinky
little cars but are quite heavy as the tanks are a solid metal turning.
Had to do some serious fiddling to get the coupler to the right
height...
Howard J. Mann
My son and I have an elevated city on the drawing boards. I need to
design a large city railroad station with platforms on a lower level.
Magnuson used to have a building that could be the start of a large rr
station.
We also have a Walthers cement covered hopper on the bench (actually a
desk).
Maarten S.Vis
In <19970614205...@ladder02.news.aol.com>, jim...@aol.com (JimVice) writes:
>In article
><8FDBA678563C8DE0.5E421C4F...@library-proxy.airnews.
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>>
>
>
>Well let's see....
>
>8" of HO/HOn3 test track.
>
>A 1' x 3' board with road bed on which I'm building a hand laid dual
>gauge double cross over.
>
>A 6" x 10" box with sundry hinges, bolts, 3/8 steel rods and other
>general household stuff.
>
>A ceramic garden squirrel getting it's tail glued back on.
>
>Two boxes of new batteries.
>
>4 Jorgensen woodworking clamps.
>
>A 16 oz. bottle of Speed Set Wood Glue.
>
>Seven, 30 tray, parts cabinets with sundry model railroad parts and stuff.
>
>One HOn3, 0-4-2T being re-detailed and painted. (for my freelance,
>HOn3, subsidiary, The Calpine Western)
>
>6 sprinkler head for the yard.
>
>to fit trucks under. (I think the box was miss labeled as the whole
>model seems to be a bit smaller than HOn3. The supplied trucks
>were "N" gauge).
>
Your workbench must be GINORMOUS!
cjw...@wavegate.com
In article
<8FDBA678563C8DE0.5E421C4F...@library-proxy.airnews.net>,
kep...@airmail.net wrote:
>
> Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
>
> Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
When this thread was first started, I was a little dubious about the
response that it would get. Actually the thread has turned out to be
quite interesting and has attracted a large number of contributors.
Anyhow, here is what is on my workbench - masters being developed for a
cast resin kit (HO scale) of a Southern Railway 61' heavyweight baggage
car. I hope this will be the first of many kits for heavyweight
passenger cars.
Everything else on the workbench has been relegated to the basement
collection as in the recent thread on that topic covering packrat
behavior. For those that want to clear their workbenches of multiple
projects, I recommend trying to make a business of the hobby.
Jack
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John De Camp wrote:
>
> John De Camp <joh...@spiritone.com> wrote in article
> <01bc799f$9e3d26e0$206d...@johnde.spiritone.com>...
> >
> >
> > > >
> > >
> > article in the Model Railroader (2-96).
>
> I should never write anything early in the morning. That's an SD40-2B! I
> have an SD45 with an annoying dead spot in the com I havn't been able to
> fix and I guess that's what's floating around in my befuddled brain.
> Doesn't seem to be a broken wire so maybe it's a sticky brush. Hell with
> it, I think I'll buy a new motor.
>
> All this is in HO by the way.
>
> John De Camp
On my HO workbench, I have (2) Customers Atlas RS-3s in which I'm doing
DCC installations.
(http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/olympustech1997)
AND I'm finally finishing my first FSM Kit (#285, Jeffries Point Stave &
Heading Co.)
What a satisfying job that turned out to be.
John
DIGITech
Glenn Butcher
Here's mine:
1. Southern Digital GP7/9 and SD7/9 Digiframes, three of Digitrax's new
DN140 decoders, and the associated N scale locomotives for DCC fitting.
If anyone has experience with wiring them up for SP-style Mars lights,
I'd appreciate hearing about it.
2. A 486/66 PC with the Linux operating system installed, for
experimentation with grade and tonnage simulation through DCC (I'm
waiting to purchase the first Digitrax Chief delivered to my local hobby
shop)
3. A 386/16 PC with MS-DOS installed, waiting for a sound card w/
joystick port to experiment with building a locomotive control stand
facsimile, again to interface through DCC. Anyone remember the article
by Dennis Blunt and Linn Wescott in a 1968 edition of Model Railroader
about building a 1/2 scale KH-6 brakestand? I'm going to build one like
it, and connect the pots to the game port, along with a throttle stand
with as many switches and gauges as I can simulate. Goal is to get all
the above to work together to simulate the actual experience of moving
tonnage over a grade, helpers, dynamic braking, etc.
4. Exams and projects from the courses I teach (the workbench is my home
desk - a truly dangerous combination...)
One cool thread...
Glenn Butcher
Allan Munsie
Two workbenches for this guy.....
WB #1 - the vanity in our bedroom that I took over since she wasn't using
it. Nice hard marble top and great lighting. The things on there are:
New Kato covered hoppers
P2K drop end gon in Pere Marquette
P2K SW9/1200 in Chessie waiting for DCC decoder
many other misc rolling stock
several structure kits
many globs of CA....
WB #2 - the basement layout.
Benchwork needing to be finished
Several built structures looking for a home after the benchwork is completed
Several boxes of rolling stock looking for a place to run after the
benchwork is completed.....
And it's gardening season.
--
Allan Munsie
Telecom - it's all smoke and mirrors....
Relax, have a homebrew while I play with my trains.
Stephen Hatch
On my work bench.
1. Computer
2. Various tools (about 84)
3. Two mold blanks for the injection machine
4. The cut molds for the Hon3 combination carter box car.
5. About 30 Hon3 carter car box sides, ends, and doors.
6. Three unfinished PBL 3000 box cars D&RGW Sn3
7. Half empty bag of Nacho chips.
8. Four turnout frog jigs (#6 code 55)
9. Kato switcher with shell off for sound unit. HO
10. 14 half finished trestle bents Sn3.
11. lots and lots of junk. (about 120 bad plastic shots with sprues)
12. Full set of plans from Boone Morrison on carter flat car
-Stephen HAtch
Railway Engineering
http://www.zapcom.net/~computech/railway
peter rhodes
In article
<8FDBA678563C8DE0.5E421C4F...@library-proxy.airnews.ne
t>, kep...@airmail.net wrote:
> Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
>
> Tell the group what is on your workbench
Actually nothing at the moment except for the computer and a stack of bills
to pay. However my girlfriend and I have just bought a house (seeing as we
are having our first child in 1.5 months time) and all those packed away
projects will be coming out, especially as I now cannot afford to go out
any more !!
1st up, an athearn SD9 detailing, regearing and repaint project
next an LMS jinty scope of work similar
then a athearn RDC and by then I will have planned enough to start building
the layout.
>and what it is for...
I would go nuts otherwise
Te Baurua : canoe dreaming
Christopher Zurek
More stuff than I can deal with...
Several locos in the process of having decoders and lights installed
SP U33C, SP SD40T-2, L&N C30-7, ATSF SD45-2, two ATSF CF7's
My daughters CSX SD40-2 waiting for handrails
An IC boxcar from Intermountain
Several locos in the process of being built...
SP SD45's, SD40T-2, GP40-2's
ATSF SD45-2, two CF7's, FP45
A couple of SD40-2's that I haven't decided what to do with
A few other things that are buried that I should probably uncover
Some of my son's N scale cars waiting for MT couplers
Assorted tools like knives, screwdrivers, a couple of soldering irons
ACC, plastic cement, paint
A couple of empty beer bottles and an empty Coke can
Now please don't ask what's UNDER the workbench! ;)
Chris
kep
When I started this thread, I did not expect the response that turned
up.
THe one thing I have determined is that most of you guys are working on
Rollingstock and Engines. Not as many structures as I expected.
Interesting. You can build structures without a place to put it in mind.
Happy Modeling
Kirby
MR J GERBER
kep...@airmail.net wrote:
> Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
>
> Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
A small pile of flat plastic sheet that I've cut and am now trying to coax
into looking like a 1908 Great Weastern Railway Bulldog class in 101.6 to 1
scale. Little 5'8" drivered 4-4-0 with inside cylinders and outside frames.
Boiler taper isn't conical, its something else entirely, and its giving me a
headache.
Jacques
Visit the 3 Millimetre Society Homepage
http://www.rucus.ru.ac.za/~jacques/3mm_SOC.htm
MR J GERBER
kep...@airmail.net wrote:
> Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
>
> Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
A small pile of flat plastic sheet that I've cut and am now trying to coax
into looking like a 1908 Great Weastern Railway Bulldog class in 101.6 to 1
scale. Little 5'8" drivered 4-4-0 with inside cylinders and outside frames.
Boiler taper isn't conical, its something else entirely, and its giving me a
headache.
As for the rest of the stuff.....assorted tools, a mono monitor waiting for
a computer (coming this week!), my old wargaming army, Some cycad weevils (
very dead...) I used for some research last year, and about 20% of an
Auracaria cone that almost killed me a few months back when it landed right
in front of me.
Oh yes: 1/2 bottle Humbrol solvent to glue bits of plastic together, some CA
and baking powder to do the rivets, some assorted brass bits... ie its a mess
wo...@pop.erols.com
What surprised me about this thread was the ratio of locomotives to
cars. If modellers ran the railroad, there'd be 15-20 engines to each
car!
' Course, they won't be pulling nothing till they get off the workbench
and onto the layout.
BearO1
I've enjoyed the responses from this odd question, so I thought
I should add my workbench clutter story as well. Aside from a few
proto2000 kits that still need their grob irons attached, my workbench has
only one major project struggle. I have a small fleet of proto2000 GP-18s
that are being turned into Nickel Plate Road ph3 GP9s assembly line style.
2 out of 6 are ready for the airbrush, someday the others will follow. Now
of course when ever I start on any kitbash or converion project, someone
has to come out and produce that excact model (Proto2000 GP-9 ph3). Oh
well it figures..........
C.L.Zeni
Proving once again the validity of Dabney's Corollary:
"In order to induce model manufacturers to produce a given item, buy it
in brass or embark on kitbashing prject of that item. The production
model will follow shortly thereafter."
Proofs of this corollary are far too numerous to give here...
Janos ERO
In article
<8FDBA678563C8DE0.5E421C4F...@library-proxy.airnews.net>,
kep...@airmail.net wrote:
> >
> > Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
> >
> > Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
I have a brass scratch built outside frame 0-6-0. Actually I make the parts for
two of them, but only solder together one in order to avoid big mistakes for
the second one.
There is also a Mantua Camelback Pacific kit. Before building I try to find out
how to add the visible parts of the Stephenson valve gear. The original kit has
nothing there.
Janos Ero
CClark1130
Funny - I can't build structures without a place to put them in mind! BUT
- I build lots more locos than I can possibly use.
Church
Robert T. White
MR J GERBER wrote:
>
> kep...@airmail.net wrote:
>
> > Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
> >
> > Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
>
fleet of SD40-2s (re-geared Athearn and brass). Digitrax programming
track and a laptop computer.
DPM, ME and Pikestuff kits that I planning to kitbash into superlarge
engine house facility and a couple of large industries.
Robert
wo...@pop.erols.com
C.L.Zeni wrote:
>
> Proving once again the validity of Dabney's Corollary:
>
> "In order to induce model manufacturers to produce a given item, buy it
> in brass or embark on kitbashing prject of that item. The production
> model will follow shortly thereafter."
I couldn't agree more. I'm personally responsible for Stewart's H39
Hopper. Bought up all the Lifelike's I could find, stripped them,
shaved rivets, removed ladders, well..you know the drill.
Jon
Craig! Hess man is back. Sic em.
Joel Stensberg
Janos ERO wrote:
>
> In article
> <8FDBA678563C8DE0.5E421C4F...@library-proxy.airnews.net>,
> kep...@airmail.net wrote:
> > >
> > > Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
> > >
> > > Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
Geez, which workbench?
About 50 assorted GN FAs, F-Units, GP7/9 and SD7/9 for a friend, about
1/2 have the orange
About 45 misc. shells for my side-business see
http://netnet.net/~jincwa/
Two MDC Atlantics for my WN&P, about 3/4 assembled
One C&NW coach kitbash with Brass Car Sides overlays on a Riv. body -
needs green paint and final details
Two Ath. GP9s loosing their dynamics
One Milw. Pass. GP9. w/ torpedo tanks and UP paint
Two late-F3 kitbashes with Model Power shells and various detail parts
Misc. Athearn frames from when I traded for some dummy units
about 100 bottles of paint
tools, aribrush etc.
A Milw and CStPM&O brass cabooses in need of final color and reassembly
About 30 second generation engine shells for my Wisconsin North and
Pacific, including an SD50 kitbash (pre railpower) before I decided to
go late-steam/early desiel.
Gawd! I don't have time to be doing this!!! :-0
Joel
Matthew J. Frahm
Christopher Zurek <zur...@mirage.skypoint.com> writes:
>More stuff than I can deal with...
>Several locos in the process of having decoders and lights installed
>SP U33C, SP SD40T-2, L&N C30-7, ATSF SD45-2, two ATSF CF7's
>My daughters CSX SD40-2 waiting for handrails
Looks neat with the flashing ditch lights...
>An IC boxcar from Intermountain
>Several locos in the process of being built...
>SP SD45's, SD40T-2, GP40-2's
>ATSF SD45-2, two CF7's, FP45
>A couple of SD40-2's that I haven't decided what to do with
Get that SD45T-2 going! :)
And what about that cowl-carbody A-B-B-A set of hustlers we discussed?
>A few other things that are buried that I should probably uncover
>Some of my son's N scale cars waiting for MT couplers
>Assorted tools like knives, screwdrivers, a couple of soldering irons
>ACC, plastic cement, paint
>A couple of empty beer bottles and an empty Coke can
What kinda beer?
>Now please don't ask what's UNDER the workbench! ;)
One of your kids?
Matthew J. Frahm
bea...@aol.com (BearO1) writes:
> I've enjoyed the responses from this odd question, so I thought
>I should add my workbench clutter story as well. Aside from a few
>proto2000 kits that still need their grob irons attached, my workbench has
>only one major project struggle. I have a small fleet of proto2000 GP-18s
>that are being turned into Nickel Plate Road ph3 GP9s assembly line style.
Need shots of any of them in their DM&E incarnations? :) I'm going to
wait and see the E&C (if it materializes) and P2K units before I buy the 4
I'll need.
>2 out of 6 are ready for the airbrush, someday the others will follow. Now
>of course when ever I start on any kitbash or converion project, someone
>has to come out and produce that excact model (Proto2000 GP-9 ph3). Oh
>well it figures..........
--
Gus Altobello, Jr.
I have a "virtual" workbench... and a big expandable tackle box to
keep the tools in!
On the N-scale v-bench:
A pile of switches, lamps, and two different-sized project boxes
(neither of which likely to be used) for a replacement for the layout
control panel. Think I'll just do it on Masonite and get the angle I
want. The little box was ok for A/B controllers, but going to remote
turnouts requires more room for switches and indicators.
Three Tortoise switch machines. One with "thicker" wire, two with
"even thicker" wire, all bent to be mounted horizontally. One harness
with switch and 9V battery connector for mounting tests. Several thin
and mis-bent wires, from earlier tries.
A pile of Rapido trucks/couplers, which I still convice myself will
find a useful home someday.
About 20 cheapie vehicles, obtained at 40% off 15-year-old prices when
the local hobby store shrunk. Nice for the price, but need painting
(badly!). Four of the 1:144 racing cars from the toy store -- a bit
large but SOOO nicely done, and at $1.25 each.... <sigh>
Two 1x2 foamcore boards with ballasted flextrack. Ok, now I know I
can ballast. The kids will build mountains and scenic these the next
few rainy days we have. The layout itself has landscaping that
resembles mange, and hopefully these will help us for "the next try".
One DPM structure kit, walls assembled, roof painted.
Two assembled structures, a general store and a DPM building, waiting
for details. A film can of resin detail parts, many of which have
bubbles. A tube of Squadron Green putty, which will hopefully be more
useful on the bubbles than the Testor's grey junk.
Several "test trees" made from Woodland Scenics foam on yarrow found
in the park last fall. One fewer than last week, as my daughter
claimed one for a school project (grits teeth and says "Of course,
sweetie, help yourself!"). (And baking-soda-and-CA works good to make
a tree stand up straight on cardboard! Thanks to all who suggested
this trick!) Also some Woodland Scenics scrub pines, which seem
phoney until one actually goes outside and looks around. Gee, some
evergreens DO look like green-scouring-pads-on-a-stick!!!
A big bag of unassembled scrub pines, and a big pile of dead yarrow.
Several rectangular bicolor LEDs which, when ground slightly, fit
nicely between the ties for non-prototypical and really-easy-to-see
turnout direction indicators.
One failed attempt at cobbling together some diodes to make
directional lamps for a LifeLike GP18. It worked, but didn't quite
fit. One pile of diodes and bulbs for a second try. Two tubes of
epoxy to pot/insulate the whole thing when I get it built small
enough. Small hammer to help in the fitting.
A pile of painted Atlas snap track, which on my not-perfectly-smooth
grade transitions peaked at the joints. Some scraps from Atlas
flextrack which replaced it and fixed THAT problem. Roof Brown and
white Pollyscale paints, to mix to the Rail Brown color that's only
available in Floquil. A can of denatured alcohol, for washing the
track next time in the hopes the Pollyscale can be made to stick as
well as the Floquil.
Two sets of replacement drawbars and pilots for a Kato Mikado. One
Kato Mikado with replaced drawbar and pilot. One small pile of track
nails, used to lock closed turnouts leading to new-and-yet-unbumpered
track where my 4yo son gave the Mikado it's first flight test (with
horror in his eyes, poor kid!).
And a box of structure kits yet to be started, including the DPM
"Olsen's" kit with all those nifty details, and a wood kit for a
station (my first non-styrene kit! eek!).
Whew, no wonder I've not finished the layout yet!
-gus
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Mike Dodd
Here's my contribution:
1. Two Intermountain VGN boxcars (one renumbered with decals), awaiting
final assembly.
2. Micro Engineering steel trestle towers under construction (I need eight
of 'em <G>).
3. Three scratchbuilt (styrene) concrete bridge piers. These plus the
eight M.E. trestle towers will support an 11' bridge.
3. Scratchbuilt (styrene) VGN coal loader under construction.
4. Six MDC cabooses being prepared for the layout.
5. Laser-cut wood interlocking tower under construction.
6. Various electronic projects.
Surrounding the workbench is the layout, which is also under construction.
Lots to do!
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C.L.Zeni
I did not find that ratio too surprising, then again I am one of the
"guilty" parties. In standard gauge I've got a mess of motive power and
squat for freight cars. As my narrow gauge stuff is operated more
often, though, the ratio is better but still loco-heavy.
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BearO1
I can't agree more! Every @$#% time I do a new engine someone comes
out with a model of it.Other than those NKP geeps, another time I did a NS
SD-50 or 60 (I forget) according to plans in an old MR. Soon thereafter
Railpower comes out with their shell.
Perhaps we should start a "I started/finished kitbashing ------- then
some stupid manufacturer came out with it" type poll.
RAILDATA
Scratch building an O scale milk car....anybody got any olf Champ or
walthers milk car decals out there??
twill
wo...@pop.erols.com wrote:
>
> What surprised me about this thread was the ratio of locomotives to
> cars. If modellers ran the railroad, there'd be 15-20 engines to each
> car!
> ' Course, they won't be pulling nothing till they get off the workbench
> and onto the layout.
>
> Jon
> FINAL DETAILS
> Bring your Railroad to Life!
I'll help the ratio a bit. I have a Central Valley boxcar kit on my
workbench. For those of you familiar with them, yes it is an old kit.
I stocked up on them many years ago and am only recently getting back
into the hobby. They are great kits - too bad they are no longer
available.
BTW, I also like stucture building, but just happen to be working on
the boxcar at the moment. Twill
C.L.Zeni
What the heck - here goes:
An EMD E7B bashed from a pair of Model Power E7As, whereupon P2K
followed 18 months later with their E unit. NEXT....
John Elliott
Projects actualy started:
1. IHC mogul being rebuilt into Boston and Maine class B15c
2. Bachman 2-8-0 being rebuilt into B&M class k8
3. Con-Cor Yard Master's office kit being rebuilt into B&M three window
wooden caboose with addition of MDC caboose frame and express reefer
trucks.
4. Wooden Bangor and Aroostook potatoe car of undetermined make being
restored for operation.
Projects on bench but not yet started:
1. IHC 4-4-0 to be rebuilt into B&M class a40c
2. IHC 2-8-0 to be rebuilt into B&M class k7
3. Walthers Russel snow plow to be repainted in B&M colors (couldn't get
one factory painted)
4. Con-Cor Yard Master Office to be rebuilt into B&M two window caboose
5. Two MDC 3 window wood cabooses to be rebuilt into one B&M long caboose
6. Bowser n-5 type B&M caboose kit to have paint job corrected and be
assembled
7. Three Bowser undecorated n-5 caboose kits to be painted and assembled
8. C&BT Shops BAR boxcar kit to be assembled
9. Academy Minicraft 1:72 scale P51d Mustang kit
Aside from the above I have numerous plastic sheets and parts to support
these and six more projected locomotive conversions which are still in the
planning stages.
Well, I didn't realise quite how much stuff I had on my plate until I
wrote it all down. I'm origanaly from Massachusetts and model the Boston
and Maine Railroad in the 'transition' period. I would be interested in
hearing from anyone engaged in the same thing.
John
RPearce900
In article
<8FDBA678563C8DE0.5E421C4F...@library-proxy.airnews.
net>, kep <kep...@airmail.net> writes:
>Here is a new thread just out of curiosity.
>
>Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
>
>
Ok, start with "work-bench" #1, the tidy one. On this are :
The PC keyboard, mouse and monitor
Boxes and piles of floppy disks and CD-ROMs
A large pile of circuit designs, data sheets, electronics catalogues
A dead hard drive, some data cables and a clock module for an Atari
ST
A walkman
An intermittent windscreen wiper module I built for one of my cars
Or then there's "work-bench" #2 in the same room :
Boxes of electronic components
Electronic tools (2 PCB drills, pliers, clippers, screwdriver,
solder..)
Another data lead and some mains leads
Part of a Lima 'Deltic' with a prototype command control decoder
module
Some 'evostik'
On the windowsill in that room :
The soldering iron
A Hornby 'dock authority' shunter
More data cables
Some spare caster rollers for my MIG welder
A clutch slave cylinder
A broken part of an oil pump from an overdrive unit
The other "work-bench" is going to be the model railway baseboard, so it's
got lots of assorted railway stuff :
A Hornby "Hall" class 4-6-0 (needs repairs to "derailment" damage)
A box of various wagons to be tidied up and weathered
The track and trackbed material waiting to be laid
As you can tell, I'm a bit disorganised. One day it'll all get to the
point where the list of stuff being worked on exceeds the list of stuff
I'm using to work on it with.
Rob
Frank Brehm
And my contribution;
2 Western Pacific SD-90Mac's
1 Fuel tender
1 California Zephyr train
1 WP FP-7
2 WP F-3b's
1 Steam Generator car
1 WP SW-1
1 WP NW-2
1 WP S-2
1 WP S-4
along with misc. freight cars, electronic projects and some plastic models.
Frank
Fritz Milhaupt
wo...@pop.erols.com wrote:
>
> What surprised me about this thread was the ratio of locomotives to
> cars. If modellers ran the railroad, there'd be 15-20 engines to each
> car!
> ' Course, they won't be pulling nothing till they get off the workbench
> and onto the layout.
I think I can help balance the score a little:
2 Red Caboose flatcars detailed for the Pere Marquette, awaiting
painting - Note that RC just announced these cars in PM paint (refer
to Dabney's Corollary for why).
1 Intermountain Milwaukee Road Steel Reefer (completed).
1 Lambert C&O steel caboose, painted PM, being repaired after the
display case it was in fell off the wall last January.
1 Athearn baggage car, shortened, with doors replaced, awaiting the
transplant of an arch roof from an Athearn coach to make a PM
baggage-express car.
9 sets of NKP Car Co. PM coach sides, awaiting basic body kits.
4 sets of NKP Car Co. PM diner sides, awaiting time to assemble them.
3 plastic Ann Arbor-painted covered hoppers of various manufacture,
awaiting repair after the same disaster that damaged the caboose
listed above.
1 homebuilt resistance soldering unit (from Mainline Modeler article)
1 0.5" aluminum plate, used as a surface plate, supporting an English's
foam cradle and a homemade rolling stock obstacle course.
Assorted pin vises, NMRA gauges, drill bits, Xacto knives, razorblades,
brass wire scraps and detail parts.
1 P2K NKP gondola, assembled, with installation of girder load begun.
2 recently-stripped E&B Valley covered hoppers in different stages
of assembly.
3 Kato NW2 shells, painted blue, awaiting next custom run of PM switcher
decals.
-fm
Keeper of the Pere Marquette Historical Society Web site at:
http://www.rust.net/~milhaupt/pmhs/
To reply via e-mail, remove "lma." from the return address shown above.
David Ryujiro Olsen
On Mon, 16 Jun 1997 wo...@pop.erols.com wrote:
> What surprised me about this thread was the ratio of locomotives to
> cars. If modellers ran the railroad, there'd be 15-20 engines to each
> car!
> ' Course, they won't be pulling nothing till they get off the workbench
> and onto the layout.
I guess it because for most of us locomotives still require a lot
more detail than rolling stock. I know I've cranked out dozens of freight
cars (they never really sit for more than a day), but I've had about 8
diesels in various stages of completion sitting on the table for over a
year. It's kind of interesting - I think I've been moving towards starting
with undecorated freight cars and factory-painted diesels. Manufacturers
seem to be more and more willing to make accurate diesels with good paint
jobs (Life Like and new Athearn) but freight and cars still need a lot
of work and it's easier to start with undec cars.
Dave Olsen
Rick Vera-Burgos
BearO1 wrote:
>
> I can't agree more! Every @$#% time I do a new engine someone comes
> out with a model of it.
See, you guys obviously haven't learned the trick - become a *master*
procrastinator. Anybody want to buy a couple Cary E-7 shells...?
--
Rick Vera-Burgos (work:Ric...@e-mail.com, home:Ric...@msn.com)
Div. Supt. B&O Cumberland Division East End (under construction)
Novi, Michigan
Mike Tennent
"C.L.Zeni" <cornedbe...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>wo...@pop.erols.com wrote:
>>
>> What surprised me about this thread was the ratio of locomotives to
>> cars. If modellers ran the railroad, there'd be 15-20 engines to each
>> car!
>> ' Course, they won't be pulling nothing till they get off the workbench
>> and onto the layout.
>>
>> Jon
>I did not find that ratio too surprising, then again I am one of the
>"guilty" parties. In standard gauge I've got a mess of motive power and
>squat for freight cars. As my narrow gauge stuff is operated more
>often, though, the ratio is better but still loco-heavy.
>
>-C. L. Zeni
I must confess that I'm the exact opposite. I have two, count 'em TWO
- road engines and a switcher. Period. On a room size layout.
But about 40 -50 freight cars.
What do you guys do with all those engines? :-)
(Tongue in cheek - no flames necessary.)
I do plan to add a C&O engine (the Southern & the C&O shared trackage
where I'm modeling) and a representation of the Southern Crescent, but
that's about it.
BTW, anyone have any suggestions for a C&O freight engine circa 1959 -
Washington D.C / Charlottesville, VA area?
Mike "TriBop" Tennent
WebRunner Running Page
http://www.webrunner.com/webrun/running/running.html
My Model Railroad Page
http://www.webrunner.com/webrun/srr/
Wil
> On Wed, 11 Jun 1997 01:15:44 -0500, kep <kep...@airmail.net> wrote:
>
> >Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
>
1. 2 Kato GP35's undec in MRL Blue awaiting masking and black paint.
2. 2 P2k SD7's undec in MRL Blue awaiting masking and black paint.
3. 1 Concor C&O SD35 in MRL Blue awaiting masking and black paint.
4. 1 P2k SW9 undec in MRL Blue awaiting masking and black paint.
5. 4 Kato C44-9W's undec awaiting MRL Blue etc. etc. (freelancing).
6. 4 standard N scale passenger cars to be B&M for client.
7. 1 LL N E7 to be MEC for client.
8. 2 LL N SD7's to freelance to CP for another client.
9. 3 Microtrains 20000-series undec to be B&M for clients.
10. RPP SD60M partly detailed with Overland drive to be Conrail.
11. 1 RI P2k SW9 and B&O SW9, both dead, for overhaul and MRL lettering.
12. 3 Atlas B&M Hopper cars I sold to a friend a month ago.
13. Bachmann Plus SD45 Santa Fe b/y to be lettered MRL.
14. Bachmann Plus SD45 w/Cannon high hood to be Guilford colors, MRL lettering.
15. A shitload of paint.
16. A lot of tools.
17. Five empty bottles of Sam Adams.
18. A bunch of little packets of detail parts.
19. A few business cards.
20. Phone numbers of prospective clients.
21. 5 Athearn GP38's that someday I'll paint as B&M to sell at a show.
22. A P2k NYC E8 that needs more parts that it would be cheaper to replace it.
UPS drove their fleet over this one, but despite its looks, still runs
GREAT!!! REALLY!!! I'll probably pull out the drive and use it elsewhere.
23. February 97 Model Railroader, open to the article on the Eldora and Lost Lake,
as this is almost a perfect fit in the space I've got available to use
for my "Montana and Western" HO layout, featuring, you guessed it, MRL
and BN power.
and 24. The telephone I never answer. (It's buried under items 1-23!!)
-- wil.
Homegrown Paintjobs.
Wil
kep wrote:
>
> When I started this thread, I did not expect the response that turned
> up.
>
> THe one thing I have determined is that most of you guys are working on
> Rollingstock and Engines. Not as many structures as I expected.
>
> Interesting. You can build structures without a place to put it in mind.
Structures? Structures??
Those are in my bedroom on three TV-trays. There's the Western Ave Fire Station that's
competed two years ago, but due to the increased traffic on my layout, is having an
additional four stalls added on to it, by way of DPM modular kits.
Then there's a new Central Valley 150' truss bridge in its box I bought at the
Springfield Big-E show in February.
Four Kibri Brewery kits to combine with DPM's Whitewater Brewing to become the massive
Lonesome Pine Brewery complex on my Montana and Western Lines.
I can't figure out what else is there because I don't dare move anything as it's all
balanced on top of each other.
-- wil
Homegrown Paintjobs.
Remember: the light at the end of the tunnel might be another train.
john a dalton
Wil wrote:
> Four Kibri Brewery kits to combine with DPM's Whitewater Brewing to become the massive
> Lonesome Pine Brewery complex on my Montana and Western Lines.
...i'm new to all this, but THAT i've got to see...sounds like something
i'd do...LONESOME PINE BREWERY...name just "rolls off the tongue"!!!...
...big sucker...maybe venting something aromatic out of the top...
"EVERYTHING'S FINE...HAVE A LONESOME PINE"...
...right on...john...
C.L.Zeni
Mike Tennent wrote:
>
> "C.L.Zeni" <cornedbe...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >wo...@pop.erols.com wrote:
> >>
> >> What surprised me about this thread was the ratio of locomotives to
> >> cars. If modellers ran the railroad, there'd be 15-20 engines to each
> >> car!
> >> ' Course, they won't be pulling nothing till they get off the workbench
> >> and onto the layout.
> >>
> >> Jon
>
> >I did not find that ratio too surprising, then again I am one of the
> >"guilty" parties. In standard gauge I've got a mess of motive power and
> >squat for freight cars. As my narrow gauge stuff is operated more
> >often, though, the ratio is better but still loco-heavy.
> >
> >-C. L. Zeni
>
> I must confess that I'm the exact opposite. I have two, count 'em TWO
> - road engines and a switcher. Period. On a room size layout.
>
> But about 40 -50 freight cars.
>
> What do you guys do with all those engines? :-)
> (Tongue in cheek - no flames necessary.)
planted on the floor...
Alex Schneider
In article <33A6DB...@earthlink.net>,
"C.L.Zeni" <cornedbe...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>BearO1 wrote:
>>
>> I can't agree more! Every @$#% time I do a new engine someone comes
>> Perhaps we should start a "I started/finished kitbashing ------- then
>> some stupid manufacturer came out with it" type poll.
>
>What the heck - here goes:
>
>An EMD E7B bashed from a pair of Model Power E7As, whereupon P2K
>followed 18 months later with their E unit. NEXT....
>
an AHM FT shell and a Cary B unit. Putting a cast metal Cary shell on a heavy
Stewart frame resulted in the heaviest HO diesel I ever saw, but the result
ran well.
Of course, the new Stewart FT's are considereably better detailed...
Alex Schneider
al...@interaccess.com
Andy Harman
>An EMD E7B bashed from a pair of Model Power E7As, whereupon P2K
>followed 18 months later with their E unit. NEXT....
I have a start on a U25B I attempted 22 years ago from an Athearn
U28B. It never got too far, but was 15-odd years ahead of the Stewart
unit. I started modeling when the only raw material was Athearn
GP35's and SD45's, so I've got quite a few, particularly my GP38AC
(N&W) made from Athearn GP35's (photo on my web page :).
Perhaps the wildest was Jim Slaughter's SD9 made from much slicing and
dicing and scratchbuilding on Athearn GP9 shells... body was pretty
much completed when Athearn announced their SD9. Of course it was a
widebody but so was Jim's kitbash and most everything else at the
time! He still shows it occasionally at the NMRA show, gave it a shot
of C&O blue but never finished the whole thing. Jim did many
kitbashes for his L&N fleet I later did or attempted - including a
U25B from a U25C, GP38 from a *Bachmann* GP40, GP30 by combining
Athearn GP30 and GP35 parts, SD35 from GP35 parts, and that old SD40
conversion from Athearn's SDP40 (one of the biggest "huh?" models
since the "DD40").
Andy
Fritz Milhaupt
BearO1 sed:
[snip]
> Perhaps we should start a "I started/finished kitbashing ------- then
> some stupid manufacturer came out with it" type poll.
Aside from the aforementioned AHM C&O BL2 rework (new fans, windshields,
mechanism [cut down from an Athearn GP35], pilots, headlights,
handrails/grabs, paint, lettering) which caused Life-Like to immediately
release their P2K BL2, I like to think that my kitbash of an Athearn
U28B into a C&O U25B is the reason Stewart released their U25B two
months later.
And then there's the week of evenings I spent rearranging the windows on
an Eastern Car Works streamlined coach and adding styrene fluting to
make a Pere Marquette coach, only to have NKP Car Company announce their
brass car sides for the entire train (which I've been gobbling up as
they're released-- Thanks, Bill!).
I finished a couple of single-door 60' auto parts boxcar kitbashes _the
day before_ Con-Cor announced production of the single-door version I'd
just kitbashed.
Luckilly, PSC announced their PM Berkshires before I got more than
half-way into my total rebuild of a couple of AHM Berks. This leaves me
a couple of extra tenders to use in work train service and to put behind
my Mikados until I can come up with a suitable way of building the
appropriate tenders for them.
Maarten S.Vis
In <Pine.SOL.3.91.970618...@godzilla4.acpub.duke.edu>, David Ryujiro Olsen <dr...@acpub.duke.edu> writes:
>On Mon, 16 Jun 1997 wo...@pop.erols.com wrote:
>
>> What surprised me about this thread was the ratio of locomotives to
>> cars. If modellers ran the railroad, there'd be 15-20 engines to each
>> car!
>> ' Course, they won't be pulling nothing till they get off the workbench
>> and onto the layout.
>
>more detail than rolling stock. I know I've cranked out dozens of freight
>cars (they never really sit for more than a day), but I've had about 8
>diesels in various stages of completion sitting on the table for over a
>year. It's kind of interesting - I think I've been moving towards starting
>with undecorated freight cars and factory-painted diesels. Manufacturers
>seem to be more and more willing to make accurate diesels with good paint
>jobs (Life Like and new Athearn) but freight and cars still need a lot
>of work and it's easier to start with undec cars.
>
> Dave Olsen
I think it is just the other way around. MicroTrains cars don't need much work
if any at all, but the engines need to be painted. I try to get them in WCRR
livery, but the Atlas GP40's came undec, more or less as a kit (no discount for
that), and a lot of fun to paint and detail.
Then there are all the half finished structures too.
Maarten S. Vis
ms...@noord.bart.nl
*****************OS/2 fixes broken windows*****************
stev knowles
In article <33A9CE...@gis.net>, wber...@gis.net says...
>
>> On Wed, 11 Jun 1997 01:15:44 -0500, kep <kep...@airmail.net> wrote:
>>
>> >Tell the group what is on your workbench and what it is for...
>>
>
>1. 2 Kato GP35's undec in MRL Blue awaiting masking and black paint.
>2. 2 P2k SD7's undec in MRL Blue awaiting masking and black paint.
>3. 1 Concor C&O SD35 in MRL Blue awaiting masking and black paint.
>4. 1 P2k SW9 undec in MRL Blue awaiting masking and black paint.
>5. 4 Kato C44-9W's undec awaiting MRL Blue etc. etc. (freelancing).
>11. 1 RI P2k SW9 and B&O SW9, both dead, for overhaul and MRL lettering.
>13. Bachmann Plus SD45 Santa Fe b/y to be lettered MRL.
>14. Bachmann Plus SD45 w/Cannon high hood to be Guilford colors, MRL
lettering.
>-- wil.
> Homegrown Paintjobs.
maybe it is just me, but i sense a trend here . . . . .
--
stev knowles
st...@Precision.Guesswork.Com
http://www.guesswork.com
Precision Guesswork, Inc.
stev knowles
In article <33A9CA...@earthlink.net>, clzeni...@earthlink.net says...
>
>> What do you guys do with all those engines? :-)
>> (Tongue in cheek - no flames necessary.)
>
>In my house they do a fine job of keeping those shelf units firmly
>planted on the floor...
i am building an 8'X8' engine terminal . . . .