7mm Richards P48 US Thread
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Stephen
Western Thunderer
I was at a guitar show many years ago, and had a chap try and sell me a vinyl overlay for my Marshall Amplifier with all dial markers going to 11. I said I wasn't interested, but the conversation played out within him claiming my amp (1987x 50w Super Lead Plexi, for anyone interested), would then be 'one' louder seeing as the volume went to 11....Because their scoring only went up to seven - so I'm told.
Anyway scoring anything for Soo Line would invoke memories of Spinal Tap....
"yeah, but these go to 11"....
He was at it all day, exactly the same rhetoric in homage to Spinal Tap - never saw him make a sale.
Anyway back to railways - @mickoo SP, UP DRG - even in the right order of greatness!
Cheers,
Stephen
mickoo
Western Thunderer
Indeed, you can rest easy now and model with complete abandonNow that IS a relief...!!
richard carr
Western Thunderer
Merry Chirstmas everyone
A bit more modelling has been done
The FMC boxcar now has couplings and a coat of primer, I'm just waiting for some blue paint to arrive. The Golden West Services decals have arrived in Chicago.
The gondola is now finished except for some coupling boxes, I'll need to draw some up and get them printed. Hopefully I'll be painting it later today if I can escape for a few minutes !
Richard
A bit more modelling has been done
The FMC boxcar now has couplings and a coat of primer, I'm just waiting for some blue paint to arrive. The Golden West Services decals have arrived in Chicago.
The gondola is now finished except for some coupling boxes, I'll need to draw some up and get them printed. Hopefully I'll be painting it later today if I can escape for a few minutes !
Richard
richard carr
Western Thunderer
So here's the gondola with a fresh coat of paint.
I just need to get some SOO decals now.
Hopefully some blue paint for the boxcar will arrive today as it got posted out on Monday.
Richard
I just need to get some SOO decals now.
Hopefully some blue paint for the boxcar will arrive today as it got posted out on Monday.
Richard
Jordan
Mid-Western Thunderer
K4 don't have anything suitable.
Best bet might be CMR, possibly adapting one of their HO Scale sheets for the white 'SOO LINE' in particular.
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richard carr
Western Thunderer
Thanks Jordan
I've ordered some boxcar decals with the big SOO LINES in white, they will look ok.
Richard
I've ordered some boxcar decals with the big SOO LINES in white, they will look ok.
Richard
richard carr
Western Thunderer
What is going to be a golden west services boxcar has now been painted
This is Tru Color paint Rock Island Green !
It's pretty similar to the faded real thing.
I just need to get the decals now, but they are in Chicago and I'm not going for over a week !
Richard
This is Tru Color paint Rock Island Green !
It's pretty similar to the faded real thing.
I just need to get the decals now, but they are in Chicago and I'm not going for over a week !
Richard
Jordan
Mid-Western Thunderer
Ooh, nice tip!! I have a GWS hopper that eventually, one day, needs the fading treatment. I'd noticed on videos & photos the original blue does fade very strangely! That colour looks very close indeed.
richard carr
Western Thunderer
Although it has been pretty cold in the shed I have managed to do a bit more.
One of the main sidings has 2 spurs coming off it, these are now in and powered up.
And the second one
I only lasted about an hour in each of the working sessions.
This one is intended to be a freight facility of some kind, whereas the first one above will be for loco storage.
One of the main sidings has 2 spurs coming off it, these are now in and powered up.
And the second one
I only lasted about an hour in each of the working sessions.
This one is intended to be a freight facility of some kind, whereas the first one above will be for loco storage.
Brian McKenzie
Western Thunderer
Hi Richard,
I'm guessing your shed might be lined with metal panels sandwiching foam insulation (as used for coolstores) ?
My own hobbyspace <1000sqm is very heavily insulated with expanded foam plus fibreglass batts - which keeps excessive heat out nicely during hot summers (not that we are getting a decent summer in NZ this year). But come winter, the frosts gradually take the temperature down, and then all that insulation is very effective at keeping the place as cold as a fridge. It takes a lot of heating $$$/£££ to bring the temperature up, so mid winter to early spring, modelling output slackens off a bit. Some localised heating within works reasonably well.
-Brian McK.
richard carr
Western Thunderer
Hi Brian
Yes the shed is made of metal panels sandwiching foam insulation. It's not particulalrly effective at anything, it gets too warm in summer and freezes in winter. So plans are being formulated for a new larger shed complete with massive insulation, air condition and heating.
Richard
Yes the shed is made of metal panels sandwiching foam insulation. It's not particulalrly effective at anything, it gets too warm in summer and freezes in winter. So plans are being formulated for a new larger shed complete with massive insulation, air condition and heating.
Richard
richard carr
Western Thunderer
Hi Stephen
Yes that's an atlas GP60, it's one of their better models and of course the headlights are correct for SP as by the time they bought these the big light packages were in the bin. All their SP GP35s are wrong as they should have the big light packages and Atlas didn't do them. MTH did do them on their models so I'm always on the look out for one of their spare bodies just for the nose.
Richard
Yes that's an atlas GP60, it's one of their better models and of course the headlights are correct for SP as by the time they bought these the big light packages were in the bin. All their SP GP35s are wrong as they should have the big light packages and Atlas didn't do them. MTH did do them on their models so I'm always on the look out for one of their spare bodies just for the nose.
Richard
mickoo
Western Thunderer
If your hobby room is going to form a large part of your life then the large investment up front is worth it in the long run.
Mine is vastly smaller but wood construction and double skinned with insulation; a small 2Kw heater will warm it to comfortable levels in 30 mins or so even with it hovering around 0°c outside; getting up to spraying temperature takes a little longer mind.
The critical part I found was insulating the floor, the big concrete slab is a massive heat soak so I jacked the floor up 150 mm and added insulation underneath; same for the roof space.
paulc
Western Thunderer
You jacked the concrete slab up 150mm ????? Did it sit down flat again on top of the foam ??.
So many questions i have .
mickoo
Western Thunderer
No I jacked the floor up, the slab is not the actual floor it’s the foundation.
The slab is 9” thick with a steel reinforcing mesh and looking at the invoice used just under three tons of concrete so I think it’d flatten most things lol.
The walls are secured to the slab with a waterproof membrane between, then the internal area filled with 150 mm of insulation and then the wooden floor on top.
The floor is not attached to the walls and has a small gap around the edges for breathing.
paulc
Western Thunderer
A 9" thick slab seems a bit excessive for a shed unless you have a traction engine or a steam roller parked in there .
I was pulling your leg about jacking the slab up
richard carr
Western Thunderer
I have been doing a bit more work on the Overland GP60, it's all converted to P48 I just need to wire the decoder in, which is more time consuming than you might imagine.
The plan is to have working headlights for each direction and working front ditch lights. so there is quite a bit of wiring to fit in.
These are the pickups from both trucks.
These are the wires for the ditch light LEDs, these tiny LEDs sit in the light and the wires pass down through the pilot back up under the nose, under the cab to where you see them now.
These are the rear head lights I will use a small JST connector to attach them to the decoder board
The same for the front headlight, the tape is to remind me that is the positive common.
The decoder board in place
This was the original idea for the speaker to sit on top of this, but this doesn't fit so a new one that is thin at each end and can be glued to the cover already in place will be printed in due course.
The plan is to have working headlights for each direction and working front ditch lights. so there is quite a bit of wiring to fit in.
These are the pickups from both trucks.
These are the wires for the ditch light LEDs, these tiny LEDs sit in the light and the wires pass down through the pilot back up under the nose, under the cab to where you see them now.
These are the rear head lights I will use a small JST connector to attach them to the decoder board
The same for the front headlight, the tape is to remind me that is the positive common.
The decoder board in place
This was the original idea for the speaker to sit on top of this, but this doesn't fit so a new one that is thin at each end and can be glued to the cover already in place will be printed in due course.
timbowales
Western Thunderer
What’s that phrase. DCC is just two wires