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AVGWarhawk · 02-05-13, 08:42 PM

Looks great August. Makes me want to start my own. There is not enough time in the day.

August · 02-05-13, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Looks great August. Makes me want to start my own. There is not enough time in the day.

I do just a little bit at a time and it's very relaxing.

Oberon · 02-05-13, 09:15 PM

Five bucks for a GG1, very nice indeed! Powerful beasts the GG1s, but with an odd sort of beauty to them. I presume she'll be being dragged by a diesel perhaps off to a maintenance shop somewhere? Don't recall seeing any overhead cables in the other shots.
Love the caboose too, fantastic bit of weathering there, LED lights are an excellent addition to any stock, and indeed to buildings too, can be very atmosphere to turn the lights off and watch the railroad run in the night.
Have you thought of replacing the plastic coal in the coal hopper with a layer of crushed real coal?
Something a bit like this (although this is a tender, not a hopper):

Also, I remember one...magazine I think it was, showing a way that if you get an empty hopper or wagon, measure it up and create a load that slots into the wagon but is easily removed, then you can simulate empty and full loads on the layout.

Some links that might be of interest, UK based but I'm sure that they will still be relevant to a US layout:
http://georgedentmodelmaker.blogspot...ill-em-up.html

https://www.model-railways-live.co.u..._Tips_number_3

August · 02-05-13, 09:27 PM

That's a good idea Ob. I still have to do the landscaping around the coaling tower and when I do i'll change out the cap for some scale coal. It'll look a lot better than the plastic load.

Sailor Steve · 02-05-13, 09:29 PM

Lookin' better all the time.

Jimbuna · 02-06-13, 08:33 AM

Looking really awesome August

02-05-13, 08:42 PM	#1
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Looks great August. Makes me want to start my own. There is not enough time in the day. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-05-13, 09:27 PM	#4
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,690 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That's a good idea Ob. I still have to do the landscaping around the coaling tower and when I do i'll change out the cap for some scale coal. It'll look a lot better than the plastic load. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

02-05-13, 09:29 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Lookin' better all the time. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-06-13, 08:33 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Looking really awesome August __________________ 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)

02-05-13, 09:15 PM	#3
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Five bucks for a GG1, very nice indeed! Powerful beasts the GG1s, but with an odd sort of beauty to them. I presume she'll be being dragged by a diesel perhaps off to a maintenance shop somewhere? Don't recall seeing any overhead cables in the other shots. Love the caboose too, fantastic bit of weathering there, LED lights are an excellent addition to any stock, and indeed to buildings too, can be very atmosphere to turn the lights off and watch the railroad run in the night. Have you thought of replacing the plastic coal in the coal hopper with a layer of crushed real coal? Something a bit like this (although this is a tender, not a hopper): Also, I remember one...magazine I think it was, showing a way that if you get an empty hopper or wagon, measure it up and create a load that slots into the wagon but is easily removed, then you can simulate empty and full loads on the layout. Some links that might be of interest, UK based but I'm sure that they will still be relevant to a US layout: http://georgedentmodelmaker.blogspot...ill-em-up.html https://www.model-railways-live.co.u..._Tips_number_3