Finished up a couple more this weekend. First is that very old 0-6-0T that I had on here in an undecorated state. It has been painted, decaled, window glazing installed and headlight lenses made. It will be going up on Ebay Sunday night, hopefully it will go crazy.
It's kind of like having all the good parts of a model RR club without all of the bulls**t. I love seeing what other modelers are doing. Techniques, materials and just a whole lot of fresh ideas.
Hey Gary, you think you're excited.....
These guys are even more excited. Heck, Percivil even went out and bought himself a new white hat with red polkadots just for the occasion.
Hey, now you're just showing off Ray! Nice stuff. Love the Pennsy K-4 and other steam you built. I need to speak with you about forming metal. I have an Erie berkshire to build in N scale.
Are the flywheels brass? If not, you may want to convert them. They no longer make Pearl Drops Shay. Try silver polish. And Brakie, post your tips anyway, I'm very interested. Even though I'm into N scale, I do occasionally tinker with HO stuff.
I don't want to rain on your parade, but.....
There was a large club near me that had an operating hump yard. They slowed the cars with air that came out of small holes between the tracks. It stunk. The cars had to go so fast in order to make it into the clear that it wasn't funny. The air...
Another head bonking memory.....
I remember in a club I used to belong to, there was a member's kid who used to run around under the layout. His head was just about touching the crossmembers under there. One night he was running around and we suddenly heard a choking sound. The little rug rat...