The Model Railroading thread

August · 09-29-12, 02:15 AM

I've been getting back into model railroading in the past few months and i'm finding it very relaxing after a hard days work. It started with a 20 buck box of ho scale engines and freight cars and has grown into the makings of a fairly decent layout. I still have lots of work to do on it, the most important right now to get it insulated and finished before it gets too cold and drives me back to the warmth of a painting and detailing bench set up near the basement wood stove like last year.

The time period is the 1970's and the Railroad is Maine Central in their heyday.

Betonov · 09-29-12, 02:20 AM

Ha, a grown man playing with toy trains. I mean, how low can, it's so...

I'm so jealous

magic452 · 09-29-12, 02:29 AM

Looks like a nice layout

I just posted in another thread about mine.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...postcount=1487

You got more length than I do and I'm just getting too old to duck under track so mine is more a U shaped layout.

Are you going DCC and is that all on one level?

Magic

August · 09-29-12, 02:38 AM

Yeah I went DCC. It's so much better than block wiring and all the other old hassles involved with DC operation. It's one level so far but I figure to add some peninsula shaped extensions into the middle which may have some height variations.

Here are some more pics:

Jimbuna · 09-29-12, 02:43 AM

I'm se envious August...I'd love to givr the hobby a go but my loft is used as a storage area.

Looking forward to seeing your hobby progress

soopaman2 · 09-29-12, 02:44 AM

I'm with Betonov.

I'm jealous, my basement floods when one of my animals pees in the yard!

Great pics. Thank you for sharing.

Though you know we will want more now, after all you cracked the cork, now we want it all!

Kidding, keep us updated when you add new pieces.

magic452 · 09-29-12, 02:56 AM

Lots of work isn't it? The open studs makes for easier bench work.
I had to candle leaver off drywall. Used pink foam insulation over mine and than used N gauge foam roadbed instead of HO, like the looks better.
got some pics someplace, I'll dig them up and post tomorrow.

Like your town set up there. Going to look nice when done.

Magic

August · 09-29-12, 02:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbuna

I'm se envious August...I'd love to givr the hobby a go but my loft is used as a storage area.

Looking forward to seeing your hobby progress

So is mine. I guess I just have little enough to be able to hide it all under the eaves.

I'll post more pictures as I get further along but this is a long term project. I understand the best layouts are never done.

Jimbuna · 09-29-12, 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by August

So is mine. I guess I just have little enough to be able to hide it all under the eaves.

I'll post more pictures as I get further along but this is a long term project. I understand the best layouts are never done.

Rgr that mate but your start sure looks good/promising.

u crank · 09-29-12, 06:10 AM

You trying to make me crazy, August?

I used to love this stuff, but have gotten away from it. No time or space. My brother has an extensive N gauge layout and you're right it's never finished. I love your time period as well. Love those '70s era diesels.

Enjoy. It's time well wasted.

Oberon · 09-29-12, 06:10 AM

That is fantastic!

Love the weathering on that, is it a GP38? With the silver bogies? Just next to what I think is a GP40? My knowledge on US diesels is a bit spotty, so I might just be grasping at wikipedia straws here.

Am I right in thinking that's a Berkshire on the turntable though?

Gerald · 09-29-12, 06:51 AM

August,

AVGWarhawk · 09-29-12, 06:57 AM

August, you are doing what I have wanted to do since I was a wee lad. My train world existed on a 8x4 piece of plywood. Worked great but I always wanted the entire room. You are off to a great start. I look forward to seeing new construction in the thriving metropolis in your attic!

Oberon · 09-29-12, 06:57 AM

I have a couple of locos, but as of yet no layout to run them on, however one day...

An old Triang Princess Royal class

Fictional 'Holden' design LSWR ex-GWR tank locomotive

EWS Class 56 diesel locomotive

And my personal favourite, the LBSCR A1X 'Terrier' tank locomotive.

All of these are Birthday and Christmas presents from the wife, except the Holden tank which was brought on our honeymoon at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

Sailor Steve · 09-29-12, 09:42 AM

Excellent!

Quote:

Originally Posted by August

I understand the best layouts are never done.

Back in the late '70s I worked for a couple of years for a hobby distributor, and heard that said more than once. Another great saying concerning the work involved in any model-building endeavor: If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over.

09-29-12, 02:15 AM	#1
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,936 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The Model Railroading thread I've been getting back into model railroading in the past few months and i'm finding it very relaxing after a hard days work. It started with a 20 buck box of ho scale engines and freight cars and has grown into the makings of a fairly decent layout. I still have lots of work to do on it, the most important right now to get it insulated and finished before it gets too cold and drives me back to the warmth of a painting and detailing bench set up near the basement wood stove like last year. The time period is the 1970's and the Railroad is Maine Central in their heyday. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see. Last edited by August; 09-29-12 at 03:03 AM.

09-29-12, 02:29 AM	#3
magic452 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Reno Nevada USA Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Looks like a nice layout I just posted in another thread about mine. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...postcount=1487 You got more length than I do and I'm just getting too old to duck under track so mine is more a U shaped layout. Are you going DCC and is that all on one level? Magic __________________ Reported lost 11 Feb. 1942 Signature by depthtok33l

09-29-12, 02:38 AM	#4
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,936 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeah I went DCC. It's so much better than block wiring and all the other old hassles involved with DC operation. It's one level so far but I figure to add some peninsula shaped extensions into the middle which may have some height variations. Here are some more pics: __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

09-29-12, 02:43 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 185,080 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I'm se envious August...I'd love to givr the hobby a go but my loft is used as a storage area. Looking forward to seeing your hobby progress __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

09-29-12, 02:44 AM	#6
soopaman2 Der Alte Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 3,316 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	I'm with Betonov. I'm jealous, my basement floods when one of my animals pees in the yard! Great pics. Thank you for sharing. Though you know we will want more now, after all you cracked the cork, now we want it all! Kidding, keep us updated when you add new pieces. __________________ If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. -Winston Churchill- The most fascinating man in the world.

09-29-12, 02:20 AM	#2
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Ha, a grown man playing with toy trains. I mean, how low can, it's so... I'm so jealous

09-29-12, 02:56 AM	#7
magic452 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Reno Nevada USA Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Lots of work isn't it? The open studs makes for easier bench work. I had to candle leaver off drywall. Used pink foam insulation over mine and than used N gauge foam roadbed instead of HO, like the looks better. got some pics someplace, I'll dig them up and post tomorrow. Like your town set up there. Going to look nice when done. Magic __________________ Reported lost 11 Feb. 1942 Signature by depthtok33l

09-29-12, 06:10 AM	#10
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,612 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	You trying to make me crazy, August? I used to love this stuff, but have gotten away from it. No time or space. My brother has an extensive N gauge layout and you're right it's never finished. I love your time period as well. Love those '70s era diesels. Enjoy. It's time well wasted. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

09-29-12, 06:10 AM	#11
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	That is fantastic! Love the weathering on that, is it a GP38? With the silver bogies? Just next to what I think is a GP40? My knowledge on US diesels is a bit spotty, so I might just be grasping at wikipedia straws here. Am I right in thinking that's a Berkshire on the turntable though?

09-29-12, 06:51 AM	#12
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,239 Downloads: 548 Uploads: 0	August, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

09-29-12, 06:57 AM	#13
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,900 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	August, you are doing what I have wanted to do since I was a wee lad. My train world existed on a 8x4 piece of plywood. Worked great but I always wanted the entire room. You are off to a great start. I look forward to seeing new construction in the thriving metropolis in your attic! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road