Locos - Rolling stock (general)
Combat Trains
The Smithsonian channel is running a series on combat trains. It looks like these are hour long shows in the series.More information here. http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/combat-trains/1004512
It looks as thought there will be much detail. They have some very excellent productions.
There are some on Monday evening 7/31 and also next Sunday 8/6 Check your local listings.
August 24 is the NAZI railway
Wood Reefer Kit
I have just purchased three wooden rolling stock kits at a local train swap meet (pictured is a Streamline Swift Reefer) and have a LOT of questions. I have searched the internet and MRH on how to make a wood kit, with limited success. Most are a step by step of the assembly, with little of the technical aspects. In the past, I have used whatever I had on hand, and it shows. I have grouped my questions into three parts.
PREPARING
How do trains stay on the rails in a curved section of track?
I found this in a Popular Mechanics article that I happened upon on the Internet.
If you search YouTube for stable rollers you can get to the video directly again.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a25581/science-behind-train-trac...
I found it very interesting indeed. For me, "Goes to show that you don't know what you don't know!"
Nick
Home brew photo etch?
Has anyone on this forum had any success,or failure doing their own photo etching? I'm thinking about experimenting with this process as my wife just bought a UV light for her nail polish...
I'm thinking about an easy project like making my own roof walks and end platforms in 1/29 scale.
This video is what got me thinking about it.
https://youtu.be/NntLi4KcLlI
Craig
Road trip
I'm on a work related trip that has taken me to eastern Quebec, almost as far as you can travel by road on the north side of the St. Lawrence River. This trip I have brought some model railway kits and my portable workbench - a small two sided plastic box that I have supplies in for trips like this. I'll have to see how I manage with the Tichy kits I brought along.
Something to keep busy with in the evenings
Funaro resin car build of Illinois Traction Hopper
In this blog I hope to document the building of an HO scale Illinois Traction System hopper from a resin Great Northern kit made by Funaro. The following is a builders photo from the collection of M. D. Fortney.
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