New On30 Loco

Hi Folks:

Its been awhile since my last post, as my modeling sure has slowed down these last couple of months. I am still attending the occasional op sessions on Doug's WRS (see link below) although I did miss the last one. As I said not much to post, but I wanted to make a post just to keep this blog going. On that note, one piece of news is that I recently acquired a new Bachmann 2-6-6-2 loco from another member of our NBR&N modular group. It has the built in Sound Traxx sound system and I must say it is a beautiful loco. The articulated build gives it that little bit extra of visual attraction. It was originally lettered for a Colorado short line and had a coal load. One of the great things about most Bachmann On30 locos is that they give you a bag or two of extra detail parts to customize your loco. I decided to switch out the tender light, changed the coal load for a oil tank, and changed the smoke stack. I did this to attempt to give the loco more of an Eastern flavor to fall in line with our NBR&N theme. Once this was done, our group resident painting expert- Dave M worked his magic on it both decaling it and adding a very nicely done weathering job. This loco has already become one of my favorites and will eventually be used not only on our club modules, but will grace the rails of my home On30 layout someday. Have a look at this posts photo to see what a beauty it is. Till next time....

Hi Folks: As always its been awhile since I have posted, but that not to say I haven't been starting to do a bit of modeling since the late fall /early days of winter are upon us. We had the annual Dartmouth show on the first weekend of Dec and I managed to sell off a significant amount of HO scale stuff and manged to get out of the building with only a few new On30 purchases (couple of freight cars). That being said, I now have some more funds to devote to On30 and will probably use a portion of it purchase another O scale craftsman structure. As usual I was rushing to finish a couple of small builds for the Dartmouth show to add to our modules. I completed a rowboat as well as a outhouse to help detail an area of the modules that Doug and I thought looked kinda bare. Its amazing what a few small structures and detail parts/figures can do to add depth to a scene. Attached is a pic that shows the area that Doug and I have been working on. As well , I built the tie stack out of strip wood. A simple but worthwhile project....till next time.