Junker restorations/rehabs

[rbturner]

Can you stand one more?

BB repaint

 

[Patrick]

Don't know how I missed this thread last week.

Very nice work.

Gives me hope that maybe someday when I have more "Free" time I can do as good of a job. I still have an AHM unit I have running again and I've updated the couplers on. I just have to get back in the train room to work on it.

 

[rbturner]

Yes, it is easy for me being retired, to get a lot done in the train room. I have no kids or a wife to occupy my time. Plus not having to punch in somewhere gives a guy lots of time to model.

 

[rbturner]

Repaints;

 

[rbturner]

I think this one's a Varney;

 

[rbturner]

Not a real common car;

 

[rbturner]

ER Models, Sharks

 

[rbturner]

Blue-Box repaint;

 

[rbturner]

Bachmann

 

[Hutch]

Here is a Proto that I made footboards for;

What are these things? And why can't we stand on the foot boards?

 

[Jaz avalley]

ER Models, Sharks

I do not know the original I model uk but the colours seem very bright if I was to recommend a weathering this one would top my list perhaps someone can throw up the real thing for comparison althought that might mean I have to eat my words

 

[rbturner]

What are these things? And why can't we stand on the foot boards?
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These are air hoses/control lines. They outlawed foot board use because one dumb cluck fell off.

 

[rbturner]

 

[Jaz avalley]

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Lovely very nice
a quick brass paint on the horn but love her lines she seems small by US standards what’s her era?

 

[Jaz avalley]

Blue-Box repaint;

Is the r for Robert as I see the 808 and it looks like bob as in Robert likely I am way off course but I like the idea of it being called bob lol


ah no your Randy

 

[rbturner]

Factory paint on the left, my paint on the right.

 

[rbturner]

Blue-Box repaint;

 

[Hutch]

It's reassemble day for this Spectrum 2-8-0 Steam. I'm replacing the belt that seemed to be slipping. Hopefully this one will be a little tighter. Maybe I'll find there's a different issue. We'll see. Oh yeah, wish me luck reassembling this thing that I took apart last week.

 

[rbturner]

It's reassemble day for this Spectrum 2-8-0 Steam. I'm replacing the belt that seemed to be slipping. Hopefully this one will be a little tighter. Maybe I'll find there's a different issue. We'll see. Oh yeah, wish me luck reassembling this thing that I took apart last week.
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Those are tricky. Not losing the worm bearings is the priority I think. Make sure the top cog/pulley is not slipping on its shaft. I have used super glue to lock them down.

 

[Hutch]

It's assembled and the drive works now but I think DC control has been disabled or it doesn't work on DC, so I can't get it to move. Hopefully it will work on my DCC layout.