Missabe layout progress - Page 11

**N Gauger** · 03-15-2008, 05:56 PM

nice stuff!!! Coming along really well!!!

Kevinkrey · 03-15-2008, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Buzzee

Great job, it looks great both you and Trucklover have it down. Did I see a service truck at the bridge mishap ? Did you scratch build it or find it some where? I also like your trees Great job I hope to have something to show myself I have only been working on mine for 4 months....You young guys are good. It really looks good!

Yes it is a service truck, I scratch built it, here is a link you can go to, and find it about half way down the page.
How about a scale vehicle thread

Kevinkrey · 04-14-2008, 10:59 PM

One month huh? WHERE THE HELL HAVE I BEEN? Time to get back back into it I guess.

Kevinkrey · 04-19-2008, 02:08 PM

I WON, I WON, I WON, I WON!

Oh, what's that you want to know what huh? A DMIR ore dock rules and operations employee handbook from the after I was born on Ebay!

Russ Bellinis · 04-19-2008, 02:25 PM

Kevin, I just saw your pics of the tree you made. It is similar to a redwood, but I'm not sure it matches anything found in the Minnesota North Woods. A cheap source for pine trees would be "bumpy chenille." I think it is available in a craft store like Micheal's or the craft section of Wal-Mart. It is green fibers on twisted wire in 2 or 3 foot long sections. It can be cut into individual trees. They are not good foreground trees, but would work to fill out a forest behind your good foreground trees. If you have some hardwood forests to model in summer, you might start with your dowels, and drill some small holes to glue in round tooth picks for branches and then glue on the ground foam to your new tree armatures. Since the branches will be dead straight, you would again need to use them behind better looking trees for the fore ground. An even easier way to make a hardwood tree is to get some mechanic's wire (safety wire) from an auto parts store or home improvement store, and cut 6-8 peices of wire about 6 inches long. Twist the wires together for about 1/2 inch or so, then separate a couple of wires and twist them together for the lower branch, separating them to individual branches part way out. As you go up the trunk, repeat the process until you have a nice tree armature. Finally wrap a bit of masking tape around the bottom 1/2 inch of the trunk and paint it a gray color to simulate the trunk. Then dip the armature in your ground foam after putting some sort of fixative (hair spray, spray glue, etc.) on it.

CRed · 05-16-2008, 02:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevinkrey

I WON, I WON, I WON, I WON!

Oh, what's that you want to know what huh? A DMIR ore dock rules and operations employee handbook from the after I was born on Ebay!

Nice!

I've been thinking of starting collecting that kind of DM&IR stuff also.

Chris

Kevinkrey · 05-18-2008, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevinkrey

One month huh? WHERE THE HELL HAVE I BEEN? Time to get back back into it I guess.

Well, looks like its been another month. But I did make one minor purchase

YouTube - Straight piped chevy

Buzzee · 05-18-2008, 10:43 AM

I don't know about there but here it will get you in trouble.

Some people just don't appreciate a good sounding truck.

sgtcarl · 05-19-2008, 01:31 PM

I had a '64 Chev 1/2 tonnner, with a wide rear window, a souped up 327, dual exhaust and Blue Missile mufflers. It was a four speed, and I loved to downshift into third, and let the engine be my brakes, when comming down Oak Creek canyon. Some times I'd grab second gear around the tightest switchbacks, and I really loved the sound of those pipes echoing off the canyon walls!

Kevinkrey · 06-02-2008, 10:48 PM

Sounds like a sweet truck.

Again, absolutely nothing has happened for a few weeks, its as though Ive hit a dead end,

But tonight I began cleaning to make more progress. Wheels are turning, AGAIN.

Kevinkrey · 06-04-2008, 02:29 PM

The brigde crew sufferesd some serious delays, and will now be getting "back on track" and the bridge should soon be up. The supports are the last step of the process. Ill head down and take some pics of the crews progress later on if I get the time.

I picked this guy up at the hobby shop today, I coudnt say no to it beacuse its the DMIR's sister route, and it was only $6.

Buzzee · 06-04-2008, 07:50 PM

Not bad price, good buy steamtrain. Looking forward for the bridge work and pictures

Kevinkrey · 06-04-2008, 10:58 PM

So I made it down to take a peek, A LOT was going on, the final digging was being done for the supports, and I got to see one being placed, I also imagined what the whole bridge would look like when done. When the workers left, I went done to get a closer look, and a welder showed up to some more work. He was cool about it and let me stay.

Kevinkrey · 06-04-2008, 11:01 PM

The rest

TruckLover · 06-04-2008, 11:21 PM

That was too cool Kevin!!!!

AWESOME pics and sweet progress, glad to see the layout making some more prgress

03-15-2008, 05:56 PM	#151 (permalink)
N Gauger 1:20.3 Train Addict The Gauge Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: South Eastern, PA Posts: 9,733	nice stuff!!! Coming along really well!!! __________________ ~~ Mikey (Admin) ~~ NARA Member # 101 ~~ Link To J.G.B.S.M.F. & W. RR Web Site ~~ Link To E-Mag Information ~~ I wonder what that would look like in 1:20.3???

04-14-2008, 10:59 PM	#153 (permalink)
Kevinkrey Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Saint Paul MN. Posts: 759	One month huh? WHERE THE HELL HAVE I BEEN? Time to get back back into it I guess. __________________ Follow progress on My Missabe layout Check out My construction diorama And remember, the light at the end of the tunnel could be an oncomming train.

04-19-2008, 02:08 PM	#154 (permalink)
Kevinkrey Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Saint Paul MN. Posts: 759	I WON, I WON, I WON, I WON! Oh, what's that you want to know what huh? A DMIR ore dock rules and operations employee handbook from the after I was born on Ebay! __________________ Follow progress on My Missabe layout Check out My construction diorama And remember, the light at the end of the tunnel could be an oncomming train.

05-18-2008, 10:43 AM	#158 (permalink)
Buzzee By Grace Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New Hampshire, New England, USA Posts: 18	Sounds good I don't know about there but here it will get you in trouble. Some people just don't appreciate a good sounding truck.

05-19-2008, 01:31 PM	#159 (permalink)
sgtcarl Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: in Appalachian Mtns of S.W. Virginia Posts: 91	I had a '64 Chev 1/2 tonnner, with a wide rear window, a souped up 327, dual exhaust and Blue Missile mufflers. It was a four speed, and I loved to downshift into third, and let the engine be my brakes, when comming down Oak Creek canyon. Some times I'd grab second gear around the tightest switchbacks, and I really loved the sound of those pipes echoing off the canyon walls! __________________ The "other" engineer. USACE

04-19-2008, 02:25 PM	#155 (permalink)
Russ Bellinis Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Lakewood, Ca. Posts: 4,387	Kevin, I just saw your pics of the tree you made. It is similar to a redwood, but I'm not sure it matches anything found in the Minnesota North Woods. A cheap source for pine trees would be "bumpy chenille." I think it is available in a craft store like Micheal's or the craft section of Wal-Mart. It is green fibers on twisted wire in 2 or 3 foot long sections. It can be cut into individual trees. They are not good foreground trees, but would work to fill out a forest behind your good foreground trees. If you have some hardwood forests to model in summer, you might start with your dowels, and drill some small holes to glue in round tooth picks for branches and then glue on the ground foam to your new tree armatures. Since the branches will be dead straight, you would again need to use them behind better looking trees for the fore ground. An even easier way to make a hardwood tree is to get some mechanic's wire (safety wire) from an auto parts store or home improvement store, and cut 6-8 peices of wire about 6 inches long. Twist the wires together for about 1/2 inch or so, then separate a couple of wires and twist them together for the lower branch, separating them to individual branches part way out. As you go up the trunk, repeat the process until you have a nice tree armature. Finally wrap a bit of masking tape around the bottom 1/2 inch of the trunk and paint it a gray color to simulate the trunk. Then dip the armature in your ground foam after putting some sort of fixative (hair spray, spray glue, etc.) on it.

06-02-2008, 10:48 PM	#160 (permalink)
Kevinkrey Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Saint Paul MN. Posts: 759	Sounds like a sweet truck. Again, absolutely nothing has happened for a few weeks, its as though Ive hit a dead end, But tonight I began cleaning to make more progress. Wheels are turning, AGAIN. __________________ Follow progress on My Missabe layout Check out My construction diorama And remember, the light at the end of the tunnel could be an oncomming train.

06-04-2008, 07:50 PM	#162 (permalink)
Buzzee By Grace Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New Hampshire, New England, USA Posts: 18	Good shopping Not bad price, good buy steamtrain. Looking forward for the bridge work and pictures

06-04-2008, 11:21 PM	#165 (permalink)
TruckLover BNSF and UP all the way!! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rancho Santa Margarita, Cali. Posts: 3,543	That was too cool Kevin!!!! AWESOME pics and sweet progress, glad to see the layout making some more prgress __________________ Josh M. Trucklover's Layout Index Thread

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