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traingeekboy

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  1. Still limited to working on the loco, but I took a day off work and played with the model. It's really coming along. I am interested in earlier trains when it comes to American Narrow Gauge. My ideal loco would be a DSP&P 4-4-0. There are only a few existing photos, but the old 1880's steam really does it for me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver,_South_Park_and_Pacific_Railroad I am also fascinated by the 2 foot gauge Gilpin Tram. Using HO track this comes out to 35mm scale, like the military models, so there are figures one can modify. zoom and scroll around this image: http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll22/id/39631/rec/4 But my modeling skills are limited, so I have a little gas motor.
  2. Just to show what my little project looks like. It's just a little gas powered loco. I don't have pans to build a layout to go with it. Maybe do a couple cars for a small train. Really it's an ideal scale because it can run on the same track as my HO scale garden railway. I think work has kept me away from trains so long that I needed to remind myself I am actually a model railroader. Another unexpected duty happened not long ago with being adopted by a baby squirrel. I spent most of today building an outdoor cage for her as she is now a teenager and eager to jump around more. I should take a picture of my hands. Squirrels have claws like razors, but I am dad/mom to her so she loves to climb on me. I look like a cutter with all the scratches I have right now.
  3. Having done some things with wood and really liked the raw wood look, I can say that it will yellow. SO a varnish or some such, like clear varnish, would keep it nice and pale. The room looks great BTW. My shed is a disaster zone.
  4. It looks very cozy already. And having a nice warm place for your trains will make you want to be out there more. Nice job.
  5. There is a guy who is posting about using HO scale to model narrow gauge in larger scales. There is the On30 trend, but it is not the proper gauge. This small group of modelers do 30" narrow gauge or 20" narrow gauge using HO scale mechs. So when I saw your 4-4-0 Loco it immediately made me think of this group. http://www.55n3.info/ I have since been dabbling at modifying an old Atlas shunter by modifying the cab to turn it into a 55n3 loco.
  6. Well, I am back and reading everyone else's activity. Still into the Narrow Gauge project. It;s sort of a one shot deal that has given me some modeling time, so yes I can say I am still a model railroader. Rossi, I like the intercity popping onto the layout shot. Very nice. Mick, I am still doing things and the Narrow Gauge concept runs on HO scale track. WI ill be making a layout I can also run my HO/oo stock on, so it's actually going to be quite fun.
  7. ha ha If I had a penny for every time a cat has used my railway planks as a walkway, or place to sit... Nice looking beast you have there. Is that part maine coon ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_Coon My dad had a male that wieghed in at 20 pounds. Since then all cats seem tiny to me.
  8. no idea what I am doing train wise. I bought the shed, but it really just became a repository for all of my dad's junk. It's a real mess in the shed. And I had all these plans for an interior layout with lots of trains! Of course work got busy again. Just so much to do on the project. PM me if you want info on the project, but I like to keep my real life and work separate from my real life, which is model trains. Sad to see so many people come and go on here over the years. Lost a lot of good forum members who just drifted off. Anyway, now I am on a tear with something just off the wall. I spent a fortune collecting vintage toy trains for the dream layout and now I am ignoring that because I rediscovered Colorado Narrow Gauge trains. It all began with Sara picking up a book in a free bin called Cinders & Smoke https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8099462-cinders-smoke And also, looking at digital images of the Gilpin tramway at the local public library which is amazing: http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/search/searchterm/gilpin tramway/order/nosort Click a thumbnail, and then use the +/- Zoom function. You can literally zoom in on people's faces in these photos. This leads me to force Sara to go on a road trip to visit old Mine towns that were served by railways about 4 hours south of where we live... (photos and maybe a video later) So there I am reading about the Denver and Rio Grande... Next, I'm online and poking around in various forums... Then a guy posts about a new scale people are using for 3 foot Narrow Gauge.... http://www.55n3.info/.. I get to thinking... And I've got an old Crappy GI Joe playset loco, which I promptly begin to cut up into a gas loco for 55n3 scale... So I begin a discussion on making free lance 3 foot narrow gauge locos.... http://freerails.com/view_topic.php?id=8199&forum_id=17&page=1 ... And now I am still playing around with that. Yet, it's all Still garden railway run-able... so once this model is ready, I will need a layout... Anyway, that's what is going on. Still a garden railway, just a different scale and part of the world.
  9. That looks quite nice. Your older comments about not being happy with your weathering on a loco sort of amused me. I saw the loco and though, Gee, that's nice.
  10. Way to go! That is the one thing about the On30, you can use all kinds of nearly scale models from houses like you've got to metal cars. I like the panels you've made. It all seems very portable.
  11. Yeah, the old Atlas hard plastic turnout motors do not fare wall outdoors. Those were the dummy ones that come non powered. I used them as a test bed to see how the plastic would hold up. My main goal is to run things so I may not even use points on the repair. Spent a bunch of time cutting back small trees that had grown up around the layout. Need to get back out there and tear out more layout boards.
  12. you pegged it Tony. It will likely be a rebuild and simplification. Back to my roots s it were.
  13. We've had some rain so zero progress... But the sun is out and we expect days of warm weather!
  14. Just to show how long that track was out there, here is my first track laying post: 10/05/2011
  15. It's fairly motivated right now. Mostly me just sitting here kicking myself because I have all these new trains and nowhere to run them. Life's too short to not have a place to run trains! I just pulled up most of my track. While I was working a man walked buy and ask if I was building the track and he explained that he had spotted it a while ago. He recounted another Large scale garden railway he had seen. I think my interpretation of criticism is often unfounded. Most people like the railway. Some of my track is really beat up, but I think I can salvage about 85% or so. As I look closer it's clear I am doing nearly and entire rebuild of the layout. I had forgotten how much I enjoy the building part. Some random shots show the wear and tear the layout has withstood.
  16. It actually began yesterday when I stepped out of the house and pulled a weed. The next thing I knew I had cleared two beds of their weeds. Long patch in front of the fence. Little inner area where I planted some flower seeds today. Ignore the old stump in the fence, I do. So I also removed many screws in order to get this section off the layout. It's a section that has always sort of bothered me. At first I just wanted to get running. Yet over time it has crept int my soul due to a lack of being level side to side. I used these metal brackets and they just would not stay straight. So yes, It has begun.
  17. Did some gardening today and whilst pulling weeds I kept glancing at what remains of the original Garden Railway. I even looked at some of my old videos and recalled how fun it was. The dream shed has become the overloaded inherited junk shed. It's not even a decent work shed right now as it's just full of boxes and crap. Being some what pragmatic I am beginning to eye the old layout to see what can be done to bring it back to operating condition. Of course, this would require some serious alley and side street exploration for lumber to be used in repairs. I suppose part of my interest in a rebuild is that I have had several people walk by and comment positively on the layout. I suppose in this age of cell phones that are basically tethers to the internet and other time sucking gadgets, people are intrigued by actual real objects that require time and take up space. More to come.
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