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Johns workbench: Wiring the Hon3 engine terminal

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Thursday, July 10, 2014. Wiring the Hon3 engine terminal. Between working on my bathroom remodeling project and this, I've just about finished wiring this up. I wired this so that if I decide to put blocks in at some later date, it will be real easy to do. I highly recommend using some sort of connectors on the wires, makes it real easy to make changes, plus don't have to worry about a stray wire strand causing a short. Since I'm using DCC, I'm ganging all the wire feeds together. Chris Nevards Model Rai...

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Johns workbench: Hon3 Engine Terminal complete

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Tuesday, December 23, 2014. Hon3 Engine Terminal complete. Finally finished up the engine terminal. Finished building the Campbell sandhouse, I built it with the sandtower on the other end similar to the Chama tower layout. Dragged it outside for a few pictures. Need to tone down the grass a bit I think. I'm going to finish the Westerfield cars I started earlier and then? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Black Log Valley Railroad. Nirvana Valley Model Railroad. Various Old Japanese Trains.

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Johns workbench: Westerfield car builds

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014. While I'm waiting for my sandhouse to arrive, I thought I'd build though some of my stack of Westerfield car kits. I've probably built over a hundred of these over the years. This batch I got on eBay for around $12 a car. I like to build them in batches, as it seems to go faster. I'm building a W1 B&O hopper, 2 PRR H21a hoppers and a PRR GTRA gondola. I work on a glass table which helps to keep everything square. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Black Log Valley Railroad.

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Johns workbench: July 2014

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Thursday, July 10, 2014. Wiring the Hon3 engine terminal. Between working on my bathroom remodeling project and this, I've just about finished wiring this up. I wired this so that if I decide to put blocks in at some later date, it will be real easy to do. I highly recommend using some sort of connectors on the wires, makes it real easy to make changes, plus don't have to worry about a stray wire strand causing a short. Since I'm using DCC, I'm ganging all the wire feeds together. Wiring the Hon3 engine ...

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Johns workbench: October 2010

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Sunday, October 24, 2010. 1/48 scale Tamiya bulldozer. I recently picked up one of the Tamiya 1/48 scale Japanese bulldozer model. I'll be using it on my On30 model of the Chili Line I've been working on. It's a very simple kit, it only took me about an hour to get it ready for paint/weathering. The parts are crisply moulded with no flash, but since it's from Tamiya, what else would you expect! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Black Log Valley Railroad. Nirvana Valley Model Railroad. Port Costa Model Railroad.

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Johns workbench: October 2013

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013. Here is the finished Tamiya bulldozer. I used chalks and oil washes for the weathering. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Welcome, I started this site to show and tell various projects I'm working on. Model building, old cars and wooden boats are some of the topics that will grace these pages. Other topics might show up from time to time, depends on what my mood or interests are at the time. Black Log Valley Railroad. Nirvana Valley Model Railroad. Various Old Japanese Trains.

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Johns workbench: December 2014

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Tuesday, December 23, 2014. Hon3 Engine Terminal complete. Finally finished up the engine terminal. Finished building the Campbell sandhouse, I built it with the sandtower on the other end similar to the Chama tower layout. Dragged it outside for a few pictures. Need to tone down the grass a bit I think. I'm going to finish the Westerfield cars I started earlier and then? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Black Log Valley Railroad. Nirvana Valley Model Railroad. Various Old Japanese Trains.

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Johns workbench: Hon3 engine terminal track

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Hon3 engine terminal track. I've got almost all the track down, the only one left is the elevated track to the coal tower. The turnouts are Shinohara with Peco flex. I used 9 pieces of flex on this. Next up is to wire this and paint the track. I painted the 3 pieces for the roundhouse before gluing them in. I used Walthers Goo to hold the rails in place over the pits. Below you can see the shims to raise the track. 03 shims added to the bottom of the RH floor.

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Johns workbench: November 2013

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Monday, November 11, 2013. I painted all the exterior walls/parts Tuscan red. After this dried for a few days, I dry brushed on some light grey, rust and burnt sienna onto the battens while they are "lose". I then brushed on some Van Dyke Brown ink along the bottom to represent moisture stains. Lastly I brushed on some light grey chalk to help blend it all. Walls will be tomorrows project. I also boxed in the turntable pit/hole. Saturday, November 9, 2013. Wednesday, November 6, 2013. Next, cut a slot fo...