Latest posts tagged with #ModelRailroad on Bluesky
Chitubox screenshot of the coal car frame inverted and at 45% (end to end) with about a million supports beneath.
#hobbyStreak 132. Sent the coal car frame to the printer for a test print. #modelRailway #modelRailroad
Port Arend, 1959 ~
Gill nets drying down in Fish Town and the Hutchinson Bros. smokehouse working on a load of lake trout and chubs. The late freight stopped for some reason, the harbor quiet.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #diorama #SmokedFish #harbor
Closeup of the coal car side showing a plate that spans between the paired posts at the two transverse frame members. A tension bar passes through the plate at an angle to tie the side to the frame.
#hobbyStreak 131. Added tension rods to keep the sides straight and explain those double posts. #modelRailway #modelRailroad
A Southern Pacific cab-forward goes through an industrial area on an N-scale model railroad
HO scale Caswell gondola, inverted, with a layer of mahogany primer.
This gondola is topologically complex with the dump mechanism, brake gear, etc. After one layer of Mr. Mahogany Surfacer 1000, a few spots were missed. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild
Side view, unpainted resin HO scale model of a Caswell gondola.
Angle view, unpainted resin HO scale model of a Caswell gondola.
Assembly complete. The corner steps are etched metal things that require folding and break apart all too easily. But I persevered. Next, bathing and priming. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild
One end of the coal car seen from below so you can see the coupler box (not really draft gear because it's a model item), truck and weight. The weight will form part of the floor of the car.
#hobbyStreak 130. I virtually installed the couplers, weights and trucks on the coal car.
#modelRailway #modelRailroad
Finally got Sparky the steeplecab mounted on a proper 8-wheel chassis, with the help of some Meccano and a very thin sheet of cardstock
Need to make it more rigid and add a massive weight box to the middle, but, it works without making the loco excessively big!
#modelrailroad #modeltrain #hoscale
More grass laid! I've still got alot more to do but it's getting closer to be ready for buildings and roads!
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#modelrailroad #modelrailway #modelrailroadlayout
Over to my brother's layout this evening. It's a bit of a longer run than mine. We mostly ran oo gauge, including my class 90 and West Coast Mk3 stock, but I also managed to set up and run my stack train for the first time. #hoscale #modelrailway #modeltrains #187scale #bsmrguk #modelrailroad
New Models post about a Union Pacific PS-0 box car build from a Funero & Camerlengo kit. models.jcjray.com/2026/03/12/p... #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #ModelRailroading
Onshape rendering of the coal car with a slope sheet filling the end of the car.
Onshape rendering of the hopper with the slope sheet and floor missing so you can see through to the frame.
#hobbyStreak 129. Added a variable so I can keep or exclude the slope sheet. I'm thinking it should go because then the inside height measurement makes sense. #modelRailway #modelRailroad
HO scale Caswell gondola model having seams between parts filled with Tamiya Putty, Basic Type.
B end view of an HO scale Caswell gondola showing the brake detail.
Almost finished on top. Just a few more details and it will be assembled. That brakewheel is a tiny and very thin wafer of resin - it took a lot of time to clean it up. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild
Ariel view of the grassy spot near the switch tower
View looking towards the switch tower from the ground.
More work as began on the layout! Grass has been layed near the switch tower and soon the rest if the layout will have grass added.
Stay tuned for updates! I've got alot more to cover and other projects on the way!
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#modelrailroad #modelrailway #modelrailroadlayout
Three trains out on the layout today
J.G. Brill streetcar
New York Central R3 electric
Nickel Plate Berkshire
I think it's funny that, of the three of them, the single truck Brill car makes the most noise
#modeltrains #modelrailroad #hoscale #trainlayout
After an incredibly stressful few days at work the value of a hobby is immeasurable. So good to just run a few trains and get away from everything (except the return of my stalling point). #hoscale #modelrailway #modeltrains #187scale #bsmrguk #modelrailroad
The ratchets were typically carried on plates that span between the frame and the body. There is a simple dog to hold the doors closed. Maybe there should be a cam as well. I feel there should be a cam...
#hobbyStreak 128. Added the ratchet mechanisms for operating the doors. #modelRailway #modelRailroad
Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola with the brake apparatus installed.
The underside detail is almost complete. Note the 3D-printed T pipejoiner in the trainline, a part from precisionresinworks.com and chain links from ppw-aline.com/products/292.... #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild
It took some time. But now my first #modelrailroad #video is up on my #youtube channel!
youtu.be/C_iWNE7J5XA?...
Onshape rendering that shows the new handbrake connection. It uses a chain going through a simplified pulley at the end of a rocker arm. The other end of the rocker arm pulls on the handbrake rod, which slants down to the end of the cylinder live lever.
#hobbyStreak 127. I think this handbrake connection is believable. It gives the brakeman 4x leverage so his (they were all boys in 1905) 100 lb input becomes 400 lbs, which is enough to stop the car. #modelRailway #modelRailroad
Top-down view of an HO scale Caswell gondola with end sill installed in the right location, bearing corner gussets, and equipped with the couplers.
Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola with trainline and brake detail being installed.
Adding the corner gussets and end sill - this time, in the right place. After that, the trainline and brake gear. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild
HO scale Caswell gondola, inverted, with dump mechanism rod and bearings installed.
HO scale Prototype couplers being installed into graphite-painted resin coupler boxes.
Threading the bearings on both sides finished, I am preparing the coupler pockets with graphite. These are Prototype Couplers, a little more prototypical than Kadee (at the cost of being harder to operate). #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild
Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola next to a rod and several dump mechanism bearings that will be installed.
Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola with the dump mechanism rod threaded through the first two bearings.
Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola, partially threaded with dump mechanism bearings on one side.
The underside of this project will take the most time. Here, we install the dump mechanism very gradually. It requires sanding out 16 ring-shaped bearings per side and threading them through a rod. Tedious but not difficult. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild
Top-down view of an HO scale Caswell gondola with the lip on the B end mostly peeled off, hanging by a thread.
Top-down view of an HO scale Caswell gondola with the B end lip being glued in place with cyanoacrylate (CA, or superglue).
B end-on view of an HO scale Caswell gondola with the lip at the top repaired.
As @jamesdmcdonald.bsky.social suggested, this mistake has proven to be fixable. After gradually reattaching with thin CA, laying it flat upside down on a piece of glass straightened it out. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild
HO scale Caswell gondola with the ledge on the end warped and disconnected from the main casting.
The B end was being difficult, so I ended up dumping a slight excess of Un-Cure. This had the effect of eating away at the casting. Is this model, as the kids say, cooked? #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild
Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola with a bottle of Bob Smith Industries cyanoacrylate remover, Un-Cure.
HO scale Caswell gondola with an erroneously placed end sill removed, showing collateral damage.
Then I realized my mistake. I resorted to Un-Cure (bsi-inc.com/hobby/un_cur...) to remove the end sill. Removal incurred collateral damage I will need to fix... #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild
Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola with underframe installed next to a bottle of CA glue and a spray bottle of Instaset.
Next was to use thin CA with Instaset (bsi-inc.com/hobby/insta_...) to fine-tune the locations of the cross-bearers. Basically, hold the rib in place, drop a tiny bit of CA, make sure the rib is positioned, then spray Instaset. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild
Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola with crossbearers test-fitted.
Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola with crossbearers moved in order off the underframe.
Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola next to the assembled underframe: center sill and cross-bearers.
Inverted HO scale Caswell gondola with underframe fitted into place.
The underframe is complex, with the dumping mechanism visible. It came together mostly smoothly, though some of the individual cross-bearers were not as straight as I wanted. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #ModelRailway #CaswellBuild
