NEW GWRGR

Hi Everyone, Having finally started laying down the new track lines on the GWRGR.

I thought I would share a few photos of the " passing test ". Now to start leveling & ballasting.

I will try and keep you posted. Mike

new loco on the W&Q

I bought Ben a new Loco for his birthday---

It is a Bachmann Davenport diesel. cute as a barrel of puppies. Now to battery power it

I cut the brown and black wires and inserted a double pole-double throw switch so I could switch between track and battery power. I ran two wires down though the speaker grill and under the engine to the rear buffer wher I will install a connector

Windmill Train

This is a follow up to Ray's post the other day. Tiny Lee sent me the link. It is interesting to me how they can transport such a long piece of material. This picture shows a different angle and is pretty amazing.

I am also impressed with Ray and Denneth. It you look at the date of the picture it is 5/23/2009. Ray and 'Tiny' both posted on the very next day. How you guys find new information so quickly and track down things is also pretty amazing!
Link to more information - click here.

Happy Memorial Day

Image of U.S. Army Illinois Engineers, Company A, waving their caps and hanging out the windows of a Chicago Milwaukee Railroad train. This picture is of our troops from WWI.

For some recent clips of todays Memorial Day activities in Falmouth, Me. Please see below:

Interested in 7/8 scale

Here is a note from 'Tiny' Lee. If you are interested in 7/8 scale then you might want to contact John Foley who sound like he is headed toward the 2011 Narrow Guage Convention. see below:

hi john don't know if anybody in the maine grs has 7/8th scale trains or modulars at home that would be interested in adding to john foley's layout. maybe even making up a modular to add to john's layout for the 2011 narrow gauge convention in north carolina and a vacation to that part of the country. the narrow gauge convention was in portland in 2007.

tiny

More Good Deeds

Just a quick note of appreciation to Carl Churchill, Paul Corbett and Mac McLaughlin who made the effort yesterday to travel to the home of MGRS member Betty Reilly and her husband of New Harbor Me. Betty is a kind, sweet and enthusiastic member who appreciated the help to get her layout up and running. The guys did all the maintenance and track work including replacing 4 foot diameter curves with wider diameter. Thanks to all that volunteered and helped out. No photos but lots of smiles!

SCGRR's New Barn Raised and other new buildings, etc.

Here' a picture of the new barn's resting place. Just in time for "Milking Time".


The new Water tower! Oh, there's a new coal bunker also! And the increasingly popular Solar lights, in rustic Brown.


Here's "Herb's Garage". He's just getting started so he hasn't been able to afford a Sign yet or gas pumps! The pumps are on order. OOOOPS! I just realized he needs to do something about support for those steps to the front door. Sometimes details get lost when you try to get a new business up and running.

Brrrrrr!

Saturday was warm and sunny when I put the goldfish outside under their new rock house in the water garden. I ran the Trolley for it's first run and all was good. But, that was yesterday. Today it's simply, Brrrrr!

Go Figure

I came across a very well- written series of articles by Chris Walas on sculpting figures at mylargescale.com. If you'd like to try making your own inexpensive figures, the series is well worth a look. The old gentleman in the picture is modeled in 1:20.3 scale (next to a smaller 1:22 scale Preiser figure). Chris' technique involves making an armature out of aluminum foil, then building the model with successive layers of Premo modeling clay (available for $3.00 at A.C. Moore). The layers are baked for a few minutes at 275 degrees. He recommends acrylic paints for the final figure, including washes of burnt or raw umber. The only tool you need is a toothpick. Unless you're trying for super detailing (I wasn't), you can make a figure easily in one evening. You can find the articles by going to http://archive.mylargescale.com/articles/articles.

I believe Eric Schade is also coming out with an article on making figures in an upcoming issue of Garden Railways Magazine. Given Eric's considerable skills, it should be worth watching for.

The Shepherd gets a new delivery!

SCGRR has some action going on at their newest editions above the original layout.

Looks like some new toys for the local Shepherd!

The first video is the train crossing the Blueberry Bridge headed for the loading dock with the goodies.



The next video is the train pulling into the loading dock near the farmers ranch! (Looks like a Rookie Engineer, by the way he bumped the bumper!)

Thanks Eric!

Thanks Eric for the great 'Open House' ! It was a lot of fun and I am sure everyone had a very good time. I did not take enough picture to show off your layout, but I got a couple of quick videos of your live steam engine and your very talented friends. Thanks again you were a great host!

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