Apologies, it is not my intention to take over your forum with my 'junk'...I just wish to introduce myself with what I have recently done so you may get an idea of who I am and what makes me tick!
I have two railroads on my mythical pike, the L&I named after my kids (Leah and Ian) and the Central Virginia named after my wife. The two roads merged to form the L&I Central though a mix of various paint schemes can still be found on the line. Here is my latest scratch...A NG caboose for the Central Virginia...Just finished a few weeks ago.
Again I started with a Bachmann flat but this one required major modification to the wheel base and car ends...The arrow points to the original position, the one to the left is the new...
I had to remove these beams as they interfered with the rotation of the bogies...
You can see the difference here along with the cut-out for the steps...
Basic build of the "box"...
I have two railroads on my mythical pike, the L&I named after my kids (Leah and Ian) and the Central Virginia named after my wife. The two roads merged to form the L&I Central though a mix of various paint schemes can still be found on the line. Here is my latest scratch...A NG caboose for the Central Virginia...Just finished a few weeks ago.
Again I started with a Bachmann flat but this one required major modification to the wheel base and car ends...The arrow points to the original position, the one to the left is the new...
I had to remove these beams as they interfered with the rotation of the bogies...
You can see the difference here along with the cut-out for the steps...
Basic build of the "box"...
