A video on the LNER J50. I had some minor niggling issues when it arrived, but I think I'm getting on top of them and it looks like being a nice addition to my railway.
#modelrail #modelrailway #modelrailroad #hornby #TT:120 #LNER #J50 #steamtrain
youtu.be/3W8UNEfs4OQ
Closeup of the throwbar area, illustrating the notched head timber.
#hobbyStreak 148. Soldered those throwbars in place. There is a notch in the first head timber to engage with a spring on the throwbar to hold the points one way or the other. #modelRailway #modelRailroad
After a bit of a break and an amazing Fremo meeting, I finally started my first steam engine kit.
#modelrailroad #scale187h0 #modelleisenbahn
It’s alive! Need to make the tender prettier, but it’s working! Battery powered and Bluetooth controlled! #gardenrailroad #ggauge #modelrailroad #modeltrain
Better late than never! Just about two years ago I ordered this!
#modelrail #modelrailway #modelrailroad #hornby #TT120 #J50 #scalemodel #steamtrain
The switch at one end of the track with a piece of pc board on top of the rails and another beneath the ends of the points. These will hold the points together so they move as a unit.
#hobbyStreak 147. Formed a couple of “throw bars” for the gauntlet switches of the scale track. #modelRailway #modelRailroad.
Took some time to fix up the paint on this locomotive. Gave her some new decals too and added my own special touches. Really happy with how she’s looking now, she will look great running down the line!
#modelrailroad
What railways around my home town looked like when I was young, and what Hornby announced for TT:120 today. Well. This set is a must have then.
#modelrail #modelrailway #modelrailroad #hornby #Class37
#modelrailway #modelrailways #OOscale #modeltrains #modelrailroad #TTTE
Every year, on my birthday...
(I don't have a rocket coach, so I gave Edward a pullman train.)
Self-Portrait as Automobile ~
When you ask how I am in the morning, and I say "fine", this is what I mean.
#cars #photography #Oscale #aging #miniature #ModelRailroad
"Wait, if this is Switch Y1, and that's switch Y2 up yonder, what's that one back behind us?"
"That's Y0."
"Hey, what now?"
"It's the wave of the future... numbering things starting with zero."
"Why?"
"Well, Y0 is Yard 0."
"And?"
"It's zero yards from the middle of the yard?"
#modelRailroad #fiction
A gauntlet switch with rails in place, but no switch rods yet, and one head block missing because it needs to be notched for the switch throw.
#hobbyStreak 146. Soldered the gauntlet switches for the scale track. #modelRailway #modelRailroad.
sponges lie on a piece of purble hardboard. The sponges are used to dab two different shades of purple to create a blended transition between the lighter and darker shades
Trying to do a nighttime sky on the backdrop for my #modelrailroad layout. Hopefully I'll be running #modeltrains in the #zombieapocalypse soon!
An E shaped benchwork covered in green foamboard for my model railroad stands in my basement.
The new single level #modelrailroad layout. I'll be running #modeltrains (I hope) by the end of summer
Four rails cross the end of the scales and onto the ties beyond.
#hobbyStreak 145. Glued down the bulk of the gauntlet track for the scales. #modelRailway #modelRailroad
HO scale narrow gauge tank car disassembled into flatcar and tank parts, next to the decal set and a bottle of Microscale Liquid Decal Film.
HO scale Zerolene tank car with decals applied to the flatcar portion reading N.C.O. A9.
The moment of truth is the decals. Now that the flat car is ready, it's time to find out. First, a layer of Microscale Liquid Decal Film (www.microscale.com/Merchant2/me...) because I wager they would crack from age. It worked: we have lettering. #ZeroleneBuild #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway
Piece of cardboard with four pieces of rail, their ends masked and painted brown.
#hobbyStreak 144. Formed and painted the rails for the scale track. #modelRailway #modelRailroad
A look around the amazing @modelrailscotland.bsky.social 60th Anniversary show in Glasgow this weekend
#modelrailscotland #modelrailway #modelrail #modelrailroad #scotland #glasgow #scalemodel #scalemodelling
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqP2...
3 locomotives pull Herbie and the Nautilus through some orange groves on an N-scale model railroad
With the lights working I turned my attention to the consist - thank you to @tachyoneddy.bsky.social for pointing me in the right direction. With CVs 21 and 22 set correctly its now working as it should. #hoscale #modelrailway #modeltrains #187scale #bsmrguk #modelrailroad #railwaymodelling
After last night's frustration with the SD40-2 consist I sat down today and took my time. The issue with the lights on 8256 was easy - it had bulbs despite being DCC ready. LEDs swapped from the RI donor loco. #hoscale #modelrailway #modeltrains #187scale #bsmrguk #modelrailroad #railwaymodelling
New way for track one to the left. Also the liftout section has started. Soon i can connect the other side of the last section to the main. #modelrailroad #h0scale
Inverted HOn3 flat car being airbrushed with Tru-Color CNJ 1940s-50s freight car red with leveling thinner. The leveling part of leveling thinner is a drying retarder that improves paint distribution on plastic and resin parts. It doesn't have much effect on the wooden parts.
Test tracking of the HOn3 Zerolene tank car before it is complete, next to finished standard gauge equipment on dual-gauge track. This shows the small size of narrow gauge equipment.
Broken HOn3 arch bar truck with two segments missing. Next to it is Evergreen strip styrene of dimensions .010 x .040" (0.25 x 1.0 mm).
Repaired, but as-yet not repainted, HOn3 arch bar truck.
Progress on the flat car portion while waiting for delivery of aftermarket tank rail stanchions. Underside painted. One of the arch bar trucks did what they do and broke, but I am able to patch it with some appropriately-sized styrene. #ZeroleneBuild #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway
The ties and some fine sandy ballast for the scale track.
#hobbyStreak 143. Three some sand on the scale track for ballast. It’s a bit lighter than I think we need, but a lot easier to do now than after the rails are on. #modelRailway #modelRailroad
A rainbow Amtrak locomotive rounds the bend, carrying a couple Surfliner cars on an NTRAK layout
The pair run well together, but there are no lights or horn. 8909's lights work fine out of consist, but nothing when consisted. Part of the issue is that I have no idea what I'm doing. Control is a Gaugemaster Prodigy Express. #hoscale #modelrailway #modeltrains #187scale #bsmrguk #modelrailroad
After congratulating myself on the SD40-2 decoder fit, I discovered tonight that it has no lights, and damaged it trying to fix it. The speed matching is good with 8909, bur there are issues. #hoscale #modelrailway #modeltrains #187scale #bsmrguk #modelrailroad #railwaymodelling
closeup of model railroad track in Z scale (tiny) with fake dire around it. The track is somewhat clean then almost burnt looking in a few spots, where two partially shown curves are joined to a half-shown switch. you can see how cleaning the track shows areas that need attention, like places where you used allegedly conductive paint-goop
closer up of previous showing one railjoint that would be hard to spot as a rail joint except for a very slight gap and one of the 4 track ends meeting is slightly flared or wider (solder that's been filed?)
Whoever suggested odorless mineral spirits for track cleaning, thanks.
Another cleaning tool you need in N or Z is a 🔍 or 🔎👓🔍magnigoogles, although in a pinch a phone with a decent camera + light. Get up close and personal w/ your track (after the mineral spirits dry!) #ModelRailroad #Advice
Closeup of the scale track’s switch Timbers, with glue evident beneath. Most of the ties are PC board, with an insulating gap sanded into their middle.
#hobbyStreak 142. Glued down the ties I prepared yesterday. #modelRailway #modelRailroad
