Selasa, 20 Julai 2010
July 20 Painting Trick
I have attempted to paint the walkway edging on my Rivarossi Cab Forwards several times and give up because my hands are not steady enough to to do that type of detail painting.
Before
What I needed was a miniature paint roller. I searched the Internet without any luck looking for one. Then I had an idea, the 1/2" diameter Dremel cotton buffer/polisher wheels. I slipped the 1/8" Dremel shaft in a 1/8" ID brass tube and I had a miniature paint roller.
Magnified view of my paint roller, the steel shaft is 1/8" in diameter. You can see how the 1/2" polishing wheel looks like a paint roller. I did 14 locomotives with the roller.
The only thing I had to be careful with was keeping the 1/8" Dremel shaft in the brass tubing when I rolled on the paint.
After
I had to do a bit of touch-up afterwords but very little. I did 11 Cab Forwards and 3 AC-9s in less than 45 minutes.
Read More..
Before
What I needed was a miniature paint roller. I searched the Internet without any luck looking for one. Then I had an idea, the 1/2" diameter Dremel cotton buffer/polisher wheels. I slipped the 1/8" Dremel shaft in a 1/8" ID brass tube and I had a miniature paint roller.
The only thing I had to be careful with was keeping the 1/8" Dremel shaft in the brass tubing when I rolled on the paint.
After
I had to do a bit of touch-up afterwords but very little. I did 11 Cab Forwards and 3 AC-9s in less than 45 minutes.
Sabtu, 17 Julai 2010
July 17 My Drovers Caboose
Ever since I got my Drovers Caboose I wanted to illuminate the dummy Marker lamp on the roof of the cupola, I did it today.
It wasn't as hard to do as I first thought. I used .092" brass tubing, the inside diameter is .062" or 1/16". I cut and soldered the brass tubing to form a "T" the same size as the original Marker Light. A 1.5 volt micro bulb just fits inside the tubing.
I removed the lenses from the original light and glued them on the tubing with LOCTITE Super Glue. I will also add a 1.5 volt interior light and a few loggers guys sitting and a caboose guy standing on the rear platform.
I wired it using my standard 1.5 volt regulator circuit powered from the rails to charge a NMH 400 mah 'N' cell battery in the freight/baggage end of the car. I used the caboose heater stack attached to a brass rod to operate a micro switch to turn the power off to the lights by rotating it 90 degrees. The battery maintains a constant voltage to the lights for a more realistic look.
Read More..
It wasn't as hard to do as I first thought. I used .092" brass tubing, the inside diameter is .062" or 1/16". I cut and soldered the brass tubing to form a "T" the same size as the original Marker Light. A 1.5 volt micro bulb just fits inside the tubing.
I removed the lenses from the original light and glued them on the tubing with LOCTITE Super Glue. I will also add a 1.5 volt interior light and a few loggers guys sitting and a caboose guy standing on the rear platform.
Rabu, 14 Julai 2010
July 14 More Decals
My friend and fellow Model Railroader Dan has an Alps printer that makes superior decals. I ask him to make me some custom decals and I got them today. I put the first set on my Drovers Caboose below.
I was raised in El Paso and when I married and went out on my own I ended up in Alamogordo New Mexico. The New Mexico Mountains are full of railroad history as well as Billy the Kid and the Hole in the Wall Gang history.
I'm particularly interested in the Southern Pacific's Logging Operation from the 20s, 30s and 40s era. The SP had a logging operation based out of Alamogordo running up into the Sacramento Mountains to Cloudcroft at 9,500 feet. When the SP shut down their logging operation in 1940 the road name was changed to Alamogordo & Sacramento Mountain Railroad, it was purchased by Vanderbilt and the logging operation operated under the name of the Alamogordo Lumber Company. The mountain railroad was shut down for good in 1947, passenger service had ended in 1938.
The logging company operation was reopened by M.R. Prestridge using trucks on the newly constructed paved road to Cloudcroft that was finished in late 1947. The Alamogordo Lumber Company (Prestridge Lumber) was sold to three local men in 1968 and the name was changed to La Luz Lumber. La Luz Lumber closed down their lumber mill operation in 1971 under bankruptcy. White Sands Forest Products reopened the mill and operated it until 2000 when the Tree Huggers closed it permanently.
In the logging era prime the railroad had 100 logging railroad cars, 5 Shays, 2 Heisler and 2 mallet locomotives.
I have a 2-6-6-2 logger mallet, 5 Three Truck Shays, 6 old time coaches and 24 log cars with a four wheel logging caboose and the Drovers Caboose above.
Dan sent me 52 decals for the Alamogordo & Sacramento Mountain Railroad and the Cloudcroft Lumber Company. I will now have that entire fleet running under those road names.
Two of the Shays were operated under the road name of Cloudcroft Lumber Company. The mallets kept the SP road name and were used to move the finished lumber from the Lumber Mill in Alamogordo to El Paso, they were maintained by the El Paso SP facility. The Shays and heislers were maintained by the Alamogordo Lumber Company in the Alamogordo Yards.
How's that for balance?
Read More..
I'm particularly interested in the Southern Pacific's Logging Operation from the 20s, 30s and 40s era. The SP had a logging operation based out of Alamogordo running up into the Sacramento Mountains to Cloudcroft at 9,500 feet. When the SP shut down their logging operation in 1940 the road name was changed to Alamogordo & Sacramento Mountain Railroad, it was purchased by Vanderbilt and the logging operation operated under the name of the Alamogordo Lumber Company. The mountain railroad was shut down for good in 1947, passenger service had ended in 1938.
The logging company operation was reopened by M.R. Prestridge using trucks on the newly constructed paved road to Cloudcroft that was finished in late 1947. The Alamogordo Lumber Company (Prestridge Lumber) was sold to three local men in 1968 and the name was changed to La Luz Lumber. La Luz Lumber closed down their lumber mill operation in 1971 under bankruptcy. White Sands Forest Products reopened the mill and operated it until 2000 when the Tree Huggers closed it permanently.
In the logging era prime the railroad had 100 logging railroad cars, 5 Shays, 2 Heisler and 2 mallet locomotives.
I have a 2-6-6-2 logger mallet, 5 Three Truck Shays, 6 old time coaches and 24 log cars with a four wheel logging caboose and the Drovers Caboose above.
Dan sent me 52 decals for the Alamogordo & Sacramento Mountain Railroad and the Cloudcroft Lumber Company. I will now have that entire fleet running under those road names.
Two of the Shays were operated under the road name of Cloudcroft Lumber Company. The mallets kept the SP road name and were used to move the finished lumber from the Lumber Mill in Alamogordo to El Paso, they were maintained by the El Paso SP facility. The Shays and heislers were maintained by the Alamogordo Lumber Company in the Alamogordo Yards.
How's that for balance?
Langgan:
Ulasan (Atom)