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Registration is FREE!  Posting Form Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Callouts: Message Icon:                             Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Piotr Bein[/i] [br][quote][i]Originally posted by sgtbob[/i] [br]Fantastic modeling and use of "found" objects. They look great but are they kid-proof? I'm following along with great interest. Bob [/quote] I agree: ingenious use of everyday objects, junk and RRR stuff. Option: use imagination instead of a prototype. I do similarly, but for models in 1:24 scale, mostly buildings, although I've made 2 mine locos and several cars from junk like fish cans, metal hair rollers and discarded G undies. Sometimes, a piece of junk inspires not one but a group of projects. The second I saw an ugly plastic stool, I knew it would be a harbour management centre... An almost finished inter-modal (truck/train) bulk cargo facility (PC and printer, kitchen stuff, plastic conduit...) went to reconstruction: adding a rotating pedestal (monitor stand) to attach two little lamps with flexible trunks (pneumatic unloading of grain etc..) that reach into the holds of a freighter or barge. Luckily, I did not cut off excess of the 2X8, the rotating stand is now on it, I'm working on the pneumatic unloading system ;) My first ship (wooden nut bowl, styrofoam, rope, plastic cacao box, sealed lid off a PVC outside electrical box...) and a lake with harbour followed. Then upper lake and connecting river -- the whole thing a hydro-engineering project (I am a civil engineer by profession :)) with high dam, lower dam and pumped storage hydroelectric plant. I want to have fun, and for it, I have by permission of my wife :) the perimeter of 1 acre lot. Over couple of years I subdued :) 1/3 of it to my empire (several hundred feet of track for the entire length, railroadbed on sheet metal or brick underlay against weed growth and soil pushing by mole, shrew). of which about half is developed on a microscale (all 3 tunnels, umpteen briodges, two to come, filling towns, buildings, streets incomplete... not counting natural areas like "forests" and "praire farms" on lawns that require "low density" models (I have completed several farms of a few types, from second job-in-town, to large horse farm and a dairy farm under construction, herd purchase pending :)) - blending the mainline and side sections into the terrain and its vegetation, going around bigger trees, bypassing geographical obstacles, climbing (elevation diff front to back is about 2.5 m (8 feet), most of track up to 3% slope. - planning and laying out industrial sites, agricultural areas, towns and villages, - models from scratch: buildings and structures, - opportunistic model bashing - mini-construction on the plan with shovel: tunnels, harbour, open-pit and underground mines, - setting models on the plan in the garden, - dreaming of additions like a waterlock system, - watching the kids play... Then repair damage after memorable visits -- read "child-proofing tests" :) Shows without "Don't touch!" signs are a way for proofing, as I found recently at a modellers' fair in BC :)) Today was the second day of repairs, a few more to go... I divide kids into two groups: those disciplined/shy touch carefully, the others (as cute!) go for it, breaking off anything they can, even if their parent constantly watches and reminds them. The advice to build Bill's project child-proof is right on... which means welding, ABS :))) or no appendages etc. [/quote]    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON    Insert a File     Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.      T O P I C    R E V I E W Mudhenbill Posted - 10/01/2016 : 11:55:30 PM I realize that this is probably not the place to post this however, it is a model train build just not your typical large scale build. I haven't posted in a while due to the fact that I now have three grand daughters all born in the past year. The oldest now 1 loves to ride the Thomas the tank engine ride on train. If any of you are not familiar with this it is all plastic and runs around a circle of track powered by a motor the size of one in some of my F scale engines. Anyway I was working in my office when I looked over at the shelf and saw my Disney model of the Natures Wonderland engine display. Then it hit me, I could make that, it's a very simple design and I could build it like the original that was powered by the tender. My son has a huge and I mean HUGE back yard so he and his brothers and I decided we would build a ride on train for the kids. Something a little more realistic. Not being able to build a live steam (as of yet)this will be made with odds and ends readily available. Might need a little machining but very little. Will need to be fairly light unlike a real one to be able to be pushed and pull one car. Most construction will be of wood, cardboard tubes misc things that I can find to give the impression of a real little engine. I started searching the internet and found a guy that had built something similar but kind of stopped when he got to the wheels. He had some great ideas so I will probably use some in the building of mine. Here is a picture of the loco I am going to build. This will take awhile but I promise I'll post as fast as I come up with parts and pieces as I go. 15   L A T E S T    R E P L I E S    (Newest First) MarkF Posted - 01/06/2018 : 12:34:25 PM Much better! It shows off all of your hard work much better. Nice sounds too! Brunton Posted - 01/06/2018 : 09:37:58 AM Awww. You're going to have to make another run for that third time video, aren't you? What a hardship! That water barrel platform on the front yard trestle is a nice touch! Frank Palmer Posted - 01/06/2018 : 09:08:43 AM Thanks Bill, that was much better I was able to keep my breakfast down and I got to enjoy the puffing little loco. The bridge timbers look great, lots better than Home Depot PT lumber. robchant Posted - 01/06/2018 : 07:30:13 AM Hi Bill, Thanks for the video. The work your family have put into this little railway is outstanding. Take care, Rob. Mudhenbill Posted - 01/05/2018 : 7:33:53 PM Ok guys try this. And yes, he should have turned the phone sideways. Three is a charm? https://youtu.be/dDIWiT3KSd8 Mudhenbill Posted - 01/05/2018 : 3:52:20 PM LOL, ya it was a little fast huh. I think my son took another also. Ill get that one LOL Pennman Posted - 01/05/2018 : 12:51:54 PM quote: Originally posted by Frank Palmer What a guy, Bill you're the best. Whoa! I just took that 7 second ride and I got sick. I want my money back. Tickets, what a great idea. Make sure they sign on the dotted line. Or there could be dollar signs in your future. Frank, Me too! I hate carnival rides!! Rich sgtbob Posted - 01/05/2018 : 12:32:29 PM I second that normal speed video. That would be great. Bob MarkF Posted - 01/05/2018 : 12:21:13 PM Congratulations! A video at normal speed would be nice too. Your trackwork looks really nice. Frank Palmer Posted - 01/05/2018 : 12:02:47 PM What a guy, Bill you're the best. Whoa! I just took that 7 second ride and I got sick. I want my money back. Tickets, what a great idea. Make sure they sign on the dotted line. Or there could be dollar signs in your future. Brunton Posted - 01/05/2018 : 08:45:38 AM Pretty cool! What do your neighbors have to say about it? Mudhenbill Posted - 01/05/2018 : 12:37:14 AM THe loop is DONE!!! still need to fine tune the removable bridge. Here is a video of the trip around the house. speed ed up https://ink361.com/app/users/ig-5871043685/iwan_locomotive_works/photos/1684345325199718408_5871043685 MarkF Posted - 12/30/2017 : 5:32:10 PM A great update. I had been wondering if there was any progress, and boy, there sure is! Amazing. scott robertson Posted - 12/30/2017 : 12:48:22 PM Bill, I passed this thread on to the group. I think we will take you up on the invite. Perhaps in March. I will contact you about the best time for you and your family. This is at your Son's house right? Mudhenbill Posted - 12/30/2017 : 12:27:35 PM Hi Scott, thanks and yes. we are planing on several neighborhood things. If you want to hold a meeting over here your more than welcome. And Frank, no home owner association here and all the neighbor are loving it, they all have young kids just waiting for a ride.before we go that route we will make tickets that no one reads that protects us from liability. No ticket no ride! The front yard will get allot more plants that will hide the bridge. really the only thing that gives it away are tracks under the gate. Its just yard art! Railroad Line Forums © 2000-17 Railroad Line Co.
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