I found the milk truck on ebay. Had no wheels and missing a door. I got it for $25, so will fix it up. I ordered the milkman also. Thanks for the info!
Thanks Ron, but I did use a USA dome car part that I cut down, so nothing like your excellent work! My first dome car was a flat front one that I did make from scratch.
Looks good. I used to use the bubble packing that came over something you bought at the store. Many had a flat bottom. I'd glue the part to that, then pour the mold mix in. Once done, just pull out the mold and the part usually came off the bottom okay. I didn't make as big a parts as your though!
Rough winter here, I guess . Lost about 5 Alberta Blue Spruces, one was 20 years old. So waiting for stores to get them in. I did pick up a juniper I trimmed to look like a tree. Also a neat Arbovitiae type that has fine needles and turns red in the fall, had some orange tips on it still. Will have to prune it, but looks neat and different.
I rum my MTH trains on SVRR code 250 track and have no problems at all. My switches are also SVRR and no problems with the sliders on them. Their ground throws are great also, I always broke the othery type.
I like my MTH passenger cars. Interiors were the same color as the outside, so I did re-paints on those. Outside has good detail and the trucks are great.
Regular bellows paper is available here, 10" squares. Probably what my diaphrams are made from.
Fargo Enterprises ( 800 359 2878) and they have the above mentioned material. He says it is light proof. Normally sold in 10" squares, it's called shutter material cloth
I made this from one of the 25 'kits' that Rob Fern did in the UK. Kits were $500. Good detailed casting with etched metal grills. Uses like new Aristo FA trucks. Mars light was made by David Bodnar. Stan Cedarleaf did most of the decals. I scratched an interior for it. It is set up for track power. No sound card. $1000 firm. I also have some solid wood passenger cars that I use with it. They were made as decorations in a cafe that closed. Cars are 1/32nd scale and 30" long. Had wood wheels/trucks. I replaced them with Great Trains 1/32nd trucks, with Gary Raymond ball bearing pickups, so electrical pickup is spread over the length of the train, runs smooth! KADEE couplers. Has a Drumhead and flashing red light on the observation car. I made the D&H decals/#'s. Yellow is a vinyl stripe. Cars are $300, will be sold only if the Shark sells. Plus shipping on both items.
My Pioneer Zephyer has some folded bellows. Material seems to be like camera bellows material. Fabric base with some shiny rubberized coating on the outside. Some thin plastic ends are glued on, part of the bellows folds over the top edge. The edges fit into small channels on the ends of the cars. I have 20' curves and sometimes they still pop out. I don't bother with them very much.
Looks like they expect to have the BB 4014 in Cheyenne in time for Depot Days May 17 & 18. GUess it will be the only time you can see it.
The excitement is building at the Cheyenne Depot Museum. Within weeks Union Pacific’s “Big Boy†No. 4014 will arrive. Far and away the most interesting locomotive type ever built, these million+ pound steam engines contributed significantly to the strengthening of our Nation’s economy and victory in two wars before their retirement in the early 1960’s. While the locomotive will only be on public display for a short time—and annually during Depot Days during reconstruction—it’s very presence at the Union Pacific shops brings back memories of steam’s apogee, here in Cheyenne.
I put mine in the shed now, when not using it Joe. My garage is about 75' from my layout and I was not getting a good signal all the time. When I'm using it, it sits on the layout to get the power from the track, and I guess put the signal through the track. When done, I just unhook it and put it in the shed near my layout until the next time I need it, then I'll take it over to the layout and plug it in.
I was having signal problems with the TIU being in the garage with the transformer. Following Ray's suggestion I moved it outside to sit on a building in the layout. Wires connected to the track are hooked to it using banna plugs. I do have plugs in the end of the wire(plastic covered spade lugs) that have a fuse in them, just in case. I just unplug the unit where the spade lugs are, tuck the ends into the building and put the TIU in the storage shed with the engines. I got good signal coverage and was able to use all functions easily. Transformer is still in the garage, I use the remote switch unit that Ray describes on his web page to turn the transformer off/on. Works great from 65' away.
Yeah, those cars are a tough pull, with those power pickups rubbing against the wheels. Not sure the Hudson would pull them all or not. What do you think?
After two days of track work my body did not care for, I had a good run with the Challenger and it's train. Note the new Challenger boxcar, they ran it with the trains hauling express freight. I'm sure that was pricey! I did like Ray advised and moved my TIU out to the track. Hooke it to the track power(fused line) and got good signals all over the layout. After the run, I unplugged the TIU and put it in the storage shed with the trains. Easy fix!
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Kevin,
I found the milk truck on ebay. Had no wheels and missing a door. I got it for $25, so will fix it up. I ordered the milkman also. Thanks for the info!
jerry