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Post by af3020 on Aug 3, 2024 22:59:03 GMT
Healey36 - just a thought with respect to basic storage ( I do this too with things like individual cars). If you can get your hands on the boxes they use to ship computer printer paper you can construct simple divisors similar to the one I have in the picture but with the crosspiece in the middle. Set up this way I can get 8 cars on the bottom half of one of these boxes, insert a "floor" made of a piece of scrapped cardboard box and repeat the process for the second half. It is a lot less work than what it appears you have done with the boxes you built and, since the computer paper boxes are uniform in size, they make for very easy storage and retrieval.
Harborbelt70 - When I was in the Navy it was common to refer to one of your co-draftees as "mate" as in "Hey there mate - lend a hand on these ropes."
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Post by harborbelt70 on Aug 3, 2024 23:34:18 GMT
Harborbelt70 - When I was in the Navy it was common to refer to one of your co-draftees as "mate" as in "Hey there mate - lend a hand on these ropes."
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Post by healey36 on Aug 4, 2024 2:27:36 GMT
While I never got the chance to serve in the Navy ( a long held ambition when I was a kid), a number of my closest friends are ex-USN guys...probably picked it up from them (although they tell me you shouldn’t refer to someone as your “mate” unless you’ve been to sea with them). I also have a fellow model train collector/operator who spent a lot of time in the UK when he was a kid that uses the word often.
Tissue-paper is a good suggestion, so maybe I’ll go with that. They tell me one shouldn’t use newspaper for the acidic nature of newsprint.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Aug 4, 2024 12:25:54 GMT
While I never got the chance to serve in the Navy ( a long held ambition when I was a kid), a number of my closest friends are ex-USN guys...probably picked it up from them (although they tell me you shouldn’t refer to someone as your “mate” unless you’ve been to sea with them). I also have a fellow model train collector/operator who spent a lot of time in the UK when he was a kid that uses the word often. Tissue-paper is a good suggestion, so maybe I’ll go with that. They tell me one shouldn’t use newspaper for the acidic nature of newsprint.
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Post by healey36 on Aug 6, 2024 12:28:53 GMT
Healey36 - just a thought with respect to basic storage ( I do this too with things like individual cars). If you can get your hands on the boxes they use to ship computer printer paper you can construct simple divisors similar to the one I have in the picture but with the crosspiece in the middle. Set up this way I can get 8 cars on the bottom half of one of these boxes, insert a "floor" made of a piece of scrapped cardboard box and repeat the process for the second half. It is a lot less work than what it appears you have done with the boxes you built and, since the computer paper boxes are uniform in size, they make for very easy storage and retrieval. Harborbelt70 - When I was in the Navy it was common to refer to one of your co-draftees as "mate" as in "Hey there mate - lend a hand on these ropes." USPS corrugated is great too, af. I pick up a few of the large-sized boxes when I occasionally go to the P. O. It's very thin, for corrugated, and quite strong. I use it a lot for the underpinnings of paper building projects. It would make outstanding dividers. I used heavy corrugated to construct these as I hope to be able to stack them four or five high without having to worry about collapsing. I have a couple more to make, than we'll see how strong they are.
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Post by atsda on Aug 8, 2024 13:20:49 GMT
For storage, I use banker's and photocopy boxes. In the past, I have used newspaper to wrap rolling stock; although I have gotten away from this practice. The one interesting aspect of using newspaper, you can get both a deographic and chronological lookback about your equipment. I now wrap my rolling stock in white paper that I have collected from packages I have received - it is heavier than conventional tissue paper, and seems to have a waxy / plastic finish on one side. It is commonly used to stuff boxes to keep shipped items from moving around. I take it out. smooth it and roll it for use afterwards. I commonly use carboard / corrigated stock and foam I have collected to configure the interior of storage boxes. oddly, I enjoy the packing / storing aspects of the hobby - keeping the collection in good shape and organized. Alfred
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Post by healey36 on Aug 10, 2024 15:39:32 GMT
A neighbor dropped off a box-load of trains the other day with the dreaded intro, "Hey, I understand you're into toy trains." Mostly old Tyco and Life-Like HO gear, I in-turn dropped it off at my brother's place (he claimed to have interest). There was one nice diecast Mantua 0-4-0 in there that looked recoverable, and this:  A Lionel 1514 from the bowels of the Great Depression...how it ended up in this box, no idea. My first thought was great, there's a couple of door guides I might be able to use, but that quickly changed to wondering how the little bugger can be brought back to respectability. Sigh...  |
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Post by harborbelt70 on Aug 10, 2024 20:41:23 GMT
That’s an historic piece. I wonder how it ended up without the doors?
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Post by healey36 on Aug 10, 2024 21:32:32 GMT
That’s an historic piece. I wonder how it ended up without the doors? I’ve seen this before on other tin boxcars; the door guides are a little loose, but not much. One would have to work at it to get the doors off without pulling the guides loose. the 1514 isn’t too rare, although the ones with a red frame are less common (in my experience). Most of the ones I’ve seen are black.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Aug 11, 2024 6:27:49 GMT
This is a side shot teaser or preview. I am going to comment on it in the dedicated UP2066 thread after I have completed the next phase but for the time being I’ll just say that this thing is GIGANTIC even by 3rail O scale standards:
Not entirely for that reason I am having to grapple with some annoying construction issues and there is still the painting to follow, but I am basically satisfied with the results so far.
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Post by healey36 on Aug 11, 2024 11:09:17 GMT
Looks brilliant to me. It will be a fine addition to the roster.
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Post by heavyduty on Aug 11, 2024 16:45:07 GMT
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Post by harborbelt70 on Aug 11, 2024 17:30:57 GMT
Another 2Rail gem! I'm feeling inspired.
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Post by atsda on Aug 11, 2024 21:24:57 GMT
healey36, harborbelt70, good success with your project. Alfred
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Post by healey36 on Aug 17, 2024 20:04:41 GMT
A recently completed, relatively simple project, a paper version of a Flyer no. 90 tin station as penned by Paul Race and Howard Lamey (with a few minor edits by yours truly):  Materials list includes copier paper, cardstock, matt board, a few basswood strips, and a small piece of 1/4" masonite from the scrap pile. Roof paint is Rustoleum American Accents "gloss colonial red", base paint is Rustoleum American Accents "satin granite", both with an overspray of Rustoleum satin clear enamel. I edited the graphics using MS Paint to get the windows blacked out (but with random shade heights), cut them and the doors out and pasted copies in from inside to get a bit of depth. The edges of the matt board were touched up using some craft paint from Michael's, and the exposed edges at the corners were "papered" with copies of the graphics. The roof is a piece of 4" x 7" matt board, scored down the middle to get the peak/slope. I cemented a couple braces inside to hold the removable roof to its proper shape. I used a piece of 4" x 7" cardstock cut to approximate the original's embossing, then pasted that on as an overlay before painting. The station graphics do not have an overspray of clear enamel. I have found in the past that it doesn't provide much if any "gloss" to the finish, and often leave the graphics a bit clouded. An approximate replication of Flyer's Hyde Park no. 90, this is the station at Lewis Park, as dubbed by Paul and Howard. My thanks to them for the graphics and plans (available for free on the Tribute to Tinplate site). Lewis Park Station |
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