Piedmont Blues - US O Scale (2 rail) switching layout

L&N RS3 #100 is into the final stretch now. Once the weathering is finished I'll be adding the number boards to the hood ends, I also need to create a horn bracket to match the prototype photographs I've been working from, which are here:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2333560

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/ln/ln0100jpa.jpg

I've fitted the railings but still need to weather them.

With some rare sunny weather yesterday, I took her outside to get some daylight photographs:





Overall I'm really happy with how this is turning out. Next to be detailed and weathered once this one is finished will be my Atlas GP35.

 

Still a ways to go, but it's already less of a stark contrast as it was before. I noticed when assembling it that one of the handrails is broken, so I'm going to scratchbuild a replacement post and use wire to fashion the replacement handrail. Shouldn't take too much work.

 

For now, L&N #100 is complete. I'm just in the process of ordering some glazing sets from Jason Dickie, and then I'll need to save up for a new loksound decoder to go into it.



As such, I've started on the appearance of the GP35. I'll get photos as soon as I can. In the mean time...

 

Thanks, Gary

 

Thanks Toto!

 

With the RS3 pretty much complete, I've made a start on GP35 #2709 - it just HAD to be a S&A unit.

So far, I've added decals and then given it a light dusting of a light brown (almost green) Pan Pastel to tone down the black.

Got to build this up in layers, as the matt varnish sealer takes a lot of the pastel effect away. Still, it's a start.

I'm planning on taking photos after each stage of the weathering job so people can see how I do it.

When the Southern RS3 gets it's turn, I plan on doing a video of the whole process too.

 

Greetings everyone!

It's been a while, but I am officially moved into my new home, and I've settled into my new layout room with gusto!

I now have the space to have Piedmont Blues set up permanently, with space to expand it around walls. I'm over the moon.



Taking advantage of this, I used the new space to work on the layout a lot more to get it ready for the Seaboard Southern Exhibition that took place last Saturday.

I took a few photos from the day. Enjoy!

 

Last night didn't see much progress on the layout, though I did finally manage to get round to replacing a broken truck-mounting pin on a Norfolk and Western bay window caboose, so that's another one to weather up and add to the fleet.



I also removed the cast on handrails and grab irons from a Williams centre cupola caboose kit and base painted it red. I also fitted some Intermountain (?) trucks. This will be getting some SOUTHERN decals to represent an ex-Savannah & Atlanta cab.

 

I'm everywhere, Bob!

 

Thanks Ian.

Fingers crossed I can get some more progress photos up this weekend, but I've got to clean out our old rented place so the keys can be handed back tomorrow afternoon, so it might be late in the weekend rather than sooner.

 

Not a lot to add for now, I've been busy with other things. Ford has taken the centre module away to work on the wiring for the Arduino, and is planning to mount a dedicated power supply under the board to handle the next stage of the lighting, sound and animation for the layout.



I do have some photographs of some of my purchases from Seaboard Southern though. First, three TTX 86' flat cars from Jason Dickie:











These will eventually become tri-deck open sided autoracks. Nothing like making life easy, eh?



Finally, a Lionel(?) truss bridge I got for £10 from one of the other traders at the show:







I'm going to have some fun with this one when the next stage of the layout comes along.



More updates when I'm able.

 

Well... haven't I been a proper slacker? No updates in over a year!! Shame on me! As an apology, get ready for a progress dump.

So, my layout room has recently been tidied up and organised to allow for work to progress on both this layout and a new HO scale layout. In the photos, the HO layout benchwork is set up and is currently being used as a bit of a dumping ground whilst I work on PB.






Eagle eye folk might have spotted that PB now also has partially sprouted a backdrop! There are 5 total backdrop boards required, with 2 finished so far and attached to the layout. As such, I've been working on backdrop buildings, one of which is the Central Camera biulding. This is likely to have the sign covered over with a new one as I'm thinking of making this a vending machine factory.