model railroad thread.

[lewdicrous]

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Thanks for sharing that video with us! That guy's attention to detail is remarkable, especially the realistic weathering of everything--rolling stock, trackage, scenery, etc.

 

One thing I noticed was the lack of trash on the ground and gafitti of the cars. I don't know about the right side of the pond but, here on the left side, you would see some trash on the right of way, especially in the area of the yards, and most cars will have quite a bit of graffiti adorning them.

[lewdicrous]

12 minutes ago, Lady Fitzgerald said:

Thanks for sharing that video with us! That guy's attention to detail is remarkable, especially the realistic weathering of everything--rolling stock, trackage, scenery, etc.

You're most welcome, I'll post others if I find them.

12 minutes ago, Lady Fitzgerald said:

One thing I noticed was the lack of trash on the ground and gafitti of the cars. I don't know about the right side of the pond but, here on the left side, you would see some trash on the right of way, especially in the area of the yards, and most cars will have quite a bit of graffiti adorning them.

Can't remember what his intentions were exactly, but from what I remember, the right side of that particular river/stream is meant to be sort of industrial or something like that, while the left side is more residential.

 

Here's the video of him making it if you were interested in his build process, it's almost and hour long, so just keep that in mind lol.

 

Here's a playlist of him building and talking about the new layout that he has in the works. (the parts are a bit out of wack tho)

Spoiler

 

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

He does do good work. However, his concrete sidewalk desperately needed control and expansion joints.

 

Also, why do so many Boobtube videos have such loud music? I got tired of riding the volume control.

[lewdicrous]

14 minutes ago, Lady Fitzgerald said:

He does do good work. However, his concrete sidewalk desperately needed control and expansion joints.

 

Also, why do so many Boobtube videos have such loud music? I got tired of riding the volume control.

He mentioned that this is just a hobby, and some time ago, he stopped posting for a while, so either he doesn't have much time to add a lot of the small details, or he's following a "less is more" approach.

 

As for the volume, I honestly don't know, I usually just reposition my headphones so that the music isn't as loud.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

3 hours ago, lewdicrous said:

He mentioned that this is just a hobby, and some time ago, he stopped posting for a while, so either he doesn't have much time to add a lot of the small details, or he's following a "less is more" approach...

 

It just seemed odd that after all the careful pains he paid to details (he literally poured , screeded, and troweled his sidewalks!), he would neglect to add expansion and control joints.

 

3 hours ago, lewdicrous said:

...As for the volume, I honestly don't know, I usually just reposition my headphones so that the music isn't as loud.

 

That was me just venting. There seems to be an epidemic of Boobtube videos where the music, usually with excessively heavy bass, is much louder than the narrative the past year or two.

[lewdicrous]

1 minute ago, Lady Fitzgerald said:

It just seemed odd that after all the careful pains he paid to details (he literally poured , screeded, and troweled his sidewalks!), he would neglect to add expansion and control joints.

Maybe it's the look he's after; he's going for an 80's look iirc, so maybe that's it, or maybe he just wants to make it simplistic, or lazy heh, but I can't fault him for that.

3 minutes ago, Lady Fitzgerald said:

That was me just venting. There seems to be an epidemic of Boobtube videos where the music, usually with excessively heavy bass, is much louder than the narrative the past year or two.

Ah I see, the loudness equalization on some vids I see is terrible, so maybe I just got used to it at this point lol.

[Lady Fitzgerald]

1 minute ago, lewdicrous said:

Maybe it's the look he's after; he's going for an 80's look iirc, so maybe that's it, or maybe he just wants to make it simplistic, or lazy heh, but I can't fault him for that...

Curious. I've been around since the late '40s and I do not ever recall (not that my memory is all that great) seeing a sidewalk that didn't have expansionb and crack control joints. Without expansion joints, a sidewalk wouldn't last a year without buckling and heaving, even in a hot climate like I live in. Even with expansion joints, concrete will crack like crazy unless a place is provided for the cracks to happen in a planned manner, hence the need for control joints.

 

And yes, I'm being picky. It doesn't diminish the fact the guy does remarkable work!

[lewdicrous]

1 minute ago, Lady Fitzgerald said:

Curious. I've been around since the late '40s and I do not ever recall (not that my memory is all that great) seeing a sidewalk that didn't have expansionb and crack control joints. Without expansion joints, a sidewalk wouldn't last a year without buckling and heaving, even in a hot climate like I live in. Even with expansion joints, concrete will crack like crazy unless a place is provided for the cracks to happen in a planned manner, hence the need for control joints.

 

And yes, I'm being picky. It doesn't diminish the fact the guy does remarkable work!

That I don't know, I haven't followed his build vids in some time, so I don't know if he explained it before or not.

Maybe he'll use stencils or something in the future.

[lewdicrous]

 

[The King of the Undead]

I thought this thread died and I am so happy to be wrong!

[TrainFan475]

Can this thread be for trains in general and not just model railroads?

[Lady Fitzgerald]

30 minutes ago, TrainFan2019 said:

Can this thread be for trains in general and not just model railroads?

I don't see why not. After all, the model railroads are models of the reall one.

[The King of the Undead]

1 hour ago, TrainFan2019 said:

Can this thread be for trains in general and not just model railroads?

yep!

 

[lewdicrous]

[The King of the Undead]

57 minutes ago, lewdicrous said:

 

would be awsome though ngl.

[lewdicrous]

 

[Zusafek]

I will be setting up my Lionel trains here for Christmas. When I do I will try to get some pics. I don't have a layout currently but plan on it sometime in the near future. I also have my old slot cars but no track to run them on. 

[Bombastinator]

Out of the blue question regarding Christmas trains:

ive got an old z scale setup (it’s totally German there aren’t even instructions in English) that was set up every year for Christmas since I was a child.  Little tiny things.  The engine is smaller than my thumb.  It’s quite old but I think still in working order.  Is this something that I should consider a collectors item? And what should I do with it?

[Lady Fitzgerald]

43 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

Out of the blue question regarding Christmas trains:

ive got an old z scale setup (it’s totally German there aren’t even instructions in English) that was set up every year for Christmas since I was a child.  Little tiny things.  The engine is smaller than my thumb.  It’s quite old but I think still in working order.  Is this something that I should consider a collectors item? And what should I do with it?

Come on, we need pics!

[Bombastinator]

18 minutes ago, Lady Fitzgerald said:

Come on, we need pics!

It’s in my basement.  It’s cold down there.  Bah.  I may get to this.

 

so I went to the basement.  Nothing but Christmas ornaments.  Asked my sisters about it.  Apparently my mom bought in Germany in 1977.  Was savaged by a cat at one point.  May no longer exist.

[amdorintel]

On 9/10/2019 at 5:02 PM, will4623 said:

this is the LTT model railroad thread. I am not wordy and this is the best I've got right now.

cool

 

i used to do model railroad way back before most of you were born. it was a lot of fun. i made lots of landscapes using plaster of paris. fun times!

[lewdicrous]

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

That guy's attenton to detail is amazing. I totally cracked up when I saw the name of the insurance company. That's totally what my medical insurance company should be named.

[lewdicrous]