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Answering Your Model Railroad Questions
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- Опубликовано: 15 авг 2024
- I’ve been at this a little while now, and one of the things I’ve really enjoyed about having this channel is the comments that come along with each video. I do read all the comments you write, even if I don’t get to respond to them all. I do try to make it a point to answer questions that come my way.
But I realized that when I’m looking at videos for other channels, I’m not likely to read more than a few comments, even if I do leave one. So if you guys are like me you’re probably not seeing a lot of the answers I give to questions. So this video take care of that.
Let's answer some questions!
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:10 - Where did you get that Chessie Auto Rack?
03:18 - Do you have any specific resources for modeling the Auto Plant?
04:44 - Did You Use Insulfrog Turnouts?
05:39 - Did you forget to cut a slot under the turnouts?
06:56 - Maybe you should move the diner?
07:53 - What type of adhesive would you use on the Gatorfoam?
08:51 - Where can I get a T-shirt like yours?
09:34 - Short hood forward or long hood forward?
11:31 - Can suitcase connectors be disconnected and reconnected?
12:27 - What size wheels are on the new and old auto racks?
13:24 - Weren’t center door 86 foot boxcars dedicated to Ford plants?
14:39 - Any thoughts about minimum radius for these 86' cars?
16:06 - Why are you not using any type of roadbed?
16:45 - Have you ever had a problem with the alcohol removing paint?
17:49 - How long do you generally let the Dullcote dry?
18:25 - Are you going to use car cards on The Grunge?
18:58 - Where are you from?
19:29 - Any problems with the Future "glue" lasting?
20:49 - Did the spray paint react with the foam?
21:21 - What are you using for your sidewalks?
21:43 - Why would you make your stop lines closer one from the other?
22:55 - Where did you pick up those “L” shaped steel blocks?
23:27 - Was the Team Track loading dock scratchbuilt?
23:44 - Do you like the Pan Pastels?
24:24 - Will you address how to print signs?
24:55 - Would you be able to post an overview of your track plan?
25:55 - Wrap Up
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Videos Referenced:
March 2019 MCTD Update: • MCTD March 2019 Layout...
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Laying Track for The Grunge: • Small HO Scale Layout ...
Grunge Backdrop Update: • Small HO Scale Layout ...
Structures for The Grunge: • Don't Mess Up! Tips fo...
Unboxing an Athearn GP7: • Athearn Genesis GP7 - ...
Wiring the Grunge: • Wiring a Small Layout ...
Unboxing Walthers Autoracks: • UNBOXING! What's wrong...
Unboxing Tangent 86' Boxcars: • New Tangent Boxcars - ...
Cambridge Iron & Metal Build Pt. 1: • Scratch Build HO Scale...
Cambridge Iron & Metal Build Pt. 2: • Completing a Scratch B...
Painting Track for The Grunge: • Small HO Scale Layout ...
MCTD Op Session: • Small HO Scale Layout ...
Weathering a GP15-1: • Shelf Layout Operating...
Too Many Projects!: • Kits and Car Cards and...
Craft Store Craftiness 1: • Unlock Craft Store Mod...
Craft Store Craftiness 2: • Amazing DIY Modeling H...
Building a Tenement: • Building a Kit for a S...
Scenery for The Grunge Pt. 1: • Creating Scenery for a...
Scenery for The Grunge Pt. 2: • More Scenery for a Sma...
Making Better Signs Pt. 2: • INSIST on using MS Wor...
Track Plan for The Grunge: • Grunge Track Plan: Don...
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I have Electrofrog Peco turnouts and they are capped from the factory. The older Electrofrogs were not gapped. I chose not to use the Peco insulfrog because they can short out just past the plastic frog if the metal wheel tread is wide enough. I'm using Tam Valley Frog juicers to energize the frog. I too have an odd shaped basement but I managed to do 32" minimum radius curve. I am running the Ford FAST which have the 2 doors per side but D&RGW did have a few 8 door that ran in trains too.
I just found you about a week ago and really like what I have seen. Keep up the good work
Thanks! Let me know if there’s something you’d like to see.
On the frame,near the steps, is a small letter "F".That is an FRA regulation to designate the front of the loco,based on the orientation of the control stand.
Correct. But many people aren’t aware of that and the letter can be tough to see on a model.
Yes please! about making a video regarding the TrailerTrain modifications.
I'll add it to the list!
Excellent information. As a B&O modeler with a layout set in mid-1978, I appreciated your accurate comments about the Chessie System. To go a bit further, the companies were kept separate due to extensive tax advantages B&O enjoyed in the State of Maryland. B&O officially merged into C&O April 30, 1986 (a date which will live in infamy) as a steppingstone to full merger into CSX Transportation later that summer. Although not B&O, I have a lot of Pennsy / Penn Central / NYC stock that I have re-stenciled the reporting marks to "CR" to reflect my timeframe. I don't get hung up on super detailing freight cars, but I make sure they are correctly labeled - and now I know to double check the Trailer Train logos on my autoracks.
There was just so much variety in the 1970s and early 1980s I am surprised more modelers don't choose that era.
Sounds like we have similar outlooks about accurate equipment. Although I have been known to leave some of my NYC and PC equipment in their original numbers instead of re-lettering for CR.
Personally, I plan to model the years 1946 to 1979.
I believe another (and maybe even more important) reason why the C&O opted for financial control vs. a full merger at the start was due to B&O's precarious financial condition. By maintaining it as a separate entity, the C&O would be able to protect its bond rating on the event that the B&O were to default on its obligations.
Liked this very much. Wouldn't it have been great to have had the funds to buy 3 to 5 car kits a week in the late 70's?? It is just like buying a car a month and an engine every 6 months back in the 50's when my Dad started me out with my first Lionel train. Like your GM plant. I work with a 4-H club and I recommend that the slots be cut under each turnout even though you might never use them for switch machines. Better to cut them as you lay the track than have to go back and try to cut them and not hurt the track. But most of the 4-H people do not build portable layouts. On my road I used 1/4 inch sub floor under 1 inch foam. "If it's cheep, I buy it". I like that...
Thank you so much..love following you...great inspiration..
Thanks Lee! I appreciate the kind words and glad I can help inspire you.
Great episode. Definitely need a third video for the signs.
Agreed. Please do a 3rd.
Really great episode! It's questions/answers like these that help out the community hugely. And the real genius clip was awesome!😃
One of my all-time favorite movies!
Great video.
Thanks for watching!
Great video Joe. Thanks for all the answers
Keep those questions coming!
I really enjoy 😊 ALL OF YOUR VIDEOS!!! I like 👍 how you explain things and any history that goes with your subject matter !!! Thank you Joe
Thanks, Kraig! I find it helpful for myself when I know the history of something, so I want to share it with others, too.
Great question and answer video! Lots of very useful info.
Excellent Q & A video. Very informative (and funny). Thanks Joe.
Thanks for watching!
I would be very interested in a 3rd sign video as I'm totally lost on the subject. My computer skills are less than poor so most articles, etc. go way over my head.
If I can ever finish my video on backdrop photos, I’ll try and give it a shot!
There's interest in another signs video! Great suggestions and information in this video. (Congratulations on pronouncing Liddiard correctly!)
Really enjoyed this. Looking forward to more Grunge and main layout videos.
Keep up the great work!
Glad I got it right. I wasn’t sure!
@@ThePixelDepotLLC I really enjoyed the history note, that the Chessie Kitten was painted on only the front end of the locomotive.
@@paulliddiard141 Thanks! I've been interested in Chessie for so long it seems obvious to me, but most people don't know. Or at least didn't before this video!
Very nice video. I'd like to see others do videos like this. Yes do a video about the main layout referring to what you were speaking of in this video. Stay well. -Wil 👍
Thanks, Wil! I'll have to get on that MCTD video.
Hello Joe
I really like your channel, thanks for the great work.
I would like it very much if you did a video about printing signs.
At this time, I make my signs with paint then print them on paper and glue to styrene.
I would like to get an idea about how to start printing decal.
Thanks
I often use a similar method to what you do, although I typically go with adhesive sheet instead of worrying about glue, but either way works just fine. I've done my own decals, as well. So I'll be sure to include that if (when) I do a printing video. 🙂
@@ThePixelDepotLLC Thanks
I just noticed that you pronounce Peco like Piko. In German we do it different (Peco approximately like Payco) to avoid confusion. Then again ... Piko might not even be widely distributed over there. (Very shortly put it was the most important manufacturer of east Germany which was successfully restructured after reunification by an investor and later opened a big factory in China.)
Although I'm aware of Piko, I don't feel like it's very common here. And we've pronounced Peco the way I did in the video (at least among my group) forever. I have heard some others pronounce it as you mentioned, but in smaller numbers.
@@ThePixelDepotLLC Allright. Just keeping it in mind if I hear somebody say it because ... both are producing tracks.
Great video. I would love to see your main layout. Forgive me for not knowing, but do you have a channel for it?
I cover the MCTD here as well as The Grunge. Here’s the playlist for the op sessions and updates: ruclips.net/p/PL8YcgWrDuU76eKZGmFhwZg4hjTu6SeUvs
My question. Are you going to Strasburg Pennsylvania, May 20-22 for the you tube meet and greet for model railroaders?
I will be in PA that weekend but unfortunately don’t think I’ll be able to get to Strasberg. I have a memorial service that weekend. But let me check the schedule.
@@ThePixelDepotLLC Friday is a ok day, but I think Saturday most people will be there .
How long have you been doing model railroading I’m just getting back into it after 45years being away I’m now 58
I got my first set when I was 9, but didn’t get serious until my late 20s. So roughly 25 years.
@@ThePixelDepotLLC watched a video that reminded me of a layout that was in my basement unfortunately my parents got divorced and layout was given away didn’t realize how important the railroad is to getting our products across country