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Re: Charlie b's layout - sailormatlac - 06-24-2014

Nice idea Charlie! Looks quite convincing on that truck.

Matt

Re: Charlie b's layout - Charlie B - 06-24-2014

sailormatlac Wrote:Nice idea Charlie! Looks quite convincing on that truck.

Matt
Did I mention "cheap" too. Just try finding wheels and tires for HO vehicles. I hit on this after months of thought from buttons to sequins, though the sequins will make wheel covers some where down the road. I got almost four feet of hose for a buck, but I think normal price is 60 cents a foot.
Charlie

Re: Charlie b's layout - sailormatlac - 06-24-2014

Charlie B Wrote:
sailormatlac Wrote:Nice idea Charlie! Looks quite convincing on that truck.

Matt
Did I mention "cheap" too. Just try finding wheels and tires for HO vehicles. I hit on this after months of thought from buttons to sequins, though the sequins will make wheel covers some where down the road. I got almost four feet of hose for a buck, but I think normal price is 60 cents a foot.
Charlie

Charlie, I recently thought about casting Mini Metal Classic truck wheels in resin, but you can't beat the price of your technic if lots of tires are needed (and less messy, and already the right color). That would be a neat detail to add to any scrap yard.

Matt

Re: Charlie b's layout - Charlie B - 06-24-2014

Matt, it's lots faster than casting them too. It wouldn't be bad if you could cast a hundred at a time, and you might be able to use play dough or clay for a mold for that many, but I can't even think of the work involved making that many latex or silicone molds. With the dowel and hose you can easily make dual wheels too.

I wouldn't mind buying plastic cars and trucks for a couple bucks each, and for modern eras you can go to Dollar stores or Walmart and get bunches of them cheap that work well for background fillers, but the prices the manufacturers are asking are more than a good railcar kit. I have lots of time, not so much money... Icon_lol
Charlie

Re: Charlie b's layout - doctorwayne - 06-24-2014

Great idea, Charlie. Thumbsup Thumbsup I've got some trucks with old-style solid tires that could use modernisation, once I get some free time.

Wayne

Re: Charlie b's layout - iis612 - 08-29-2014

Charlie,

Your layout looks incredible!!

Matt

Re: Charlie b's layout - Charlie B - 08-29-2014

Thanks Matt.
I haven't done much since the first of this year but should be able to get back at it the first of November. Going north next month for a 10 day train watching and fishing trip, then I plan on helping my boy with his house for a week or so after that, then there will be October railfanning. November should be the time to get back at it.
I do go out and run trains at least twice a week.
Charlie

Re: Charlie b's layout - Charlie B - 08-29-2014

Here are a few different views. Tennis anyone?     The local in the hole for the commuters.     Tied up at the crossings     A garage was important for a traveling salesman, cars were not very secure and if garage kept you didn't have to take everything to your room for safe keeping.    

Re: Charlie b's layout - faraway - 08-30-2014

The tennis court looks great.

Re: Charlie b's layout - Ralph - 08-30-2014

Drainage ditches along the road! There's something most of us don't think to add! Nice detail!

Re: Charlie b's layout - Charlie B - 08-30-2014

Ralph Wrote:Drainage ditches along the road! There's something most of us don't think to add! Nice detail!
Well they weren't much, but the township just cleaned them out. Goldth
Actually there is a very sad story about these ditches (The prototype). Our senior class treasurer ran into one in the fog (15 miles an hour) and was killed when the steering column crushed his chest.
Charlie

Re: Charlie b's layout - Tyson Rayles - 08-30-2014

Nice pics, sorry to hear about your classmate.

Re: Charlie b's layout - Charlie B - 08-30-2014

It was a shock to all of us. We had no experience with death and the loss of a classmate was tragic. We lost a few more to accidents and Nam a few years after graduation. I lost 3 close personal friends to auto accidents before I was 25. It makes you think.
Charlie

Re: Charlie b's layout - Twist - 09-20-2014

Hi there,
wow,this is an impressive big railroad empire.And the spped of progress is also fantastic.There are so much nice scenes all around the tracks.Have read the thread from page 15 to the end this night....It´s really amazing. Thumbsup Thumbsup Thumbsup Thumbsup Thumbsup

Your vehicle castings are great and with some paint and details will be very nice looking on your streets...
Some time ago I made some castings from Athearn wheels and tires for some projects...


Keep up the great work.

Cheers,Chris

Re: Charlie b's layout - Charlie B - 09-21-2014

Thanks for the kind words Chris. The layout is in a holding pattern right now because II have just too many other projects that need completed.
Plenty of time for layout work over the winter.
Charlie