At the last meeting of the Midland Belt Freemo group, I brought along a newly acquired little cheap micro DV camera. I had no idea if it would work, but we blutacked it onto one of Dan's flat cars and pushed it around the layout.. and waddyaknow ?!?
Showing posts with label Midland Belt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Midland Belt. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
January 2016 Freemo meet
On Sunday we had the first Freemo meet of the year at Armitage. 'We' being the fairly new Midland Belt Freemo group.
When I look back at our first meeting in March last year, it's quite something to see how far we've come. We ran around 120 feet of 'mainline' with trains operating in at least four directions, along with passenger runs and specials.
Operation was all organised by Chris Gilbert, using the Mac 'switchlist' program I use for Brett, as an alternative to JMRI. Chris also provided much of his Florida fleet, supplemented by a couple of Midland Belt RR locos.
The layout was something like this..
Also, Dan has posted a video of his own here..
When I look back at our first meeting in March last year, it's quite something to see how far we've come. We ran around 120 feet of 'mainline' with trains operating in at least four directions, along with passenger runs and specials.
Operation was all organised by Chris Gilbert, using the Mac 'switchlist' program I use for Brett, as an alternative to JMRI. Chris also provided much of his Florida fleet, supplemented by a couple of Midland Belt RR locos.
The layout was something like this..
I put together a video of the pictures and short videos I managed to take on the day..
Also, Dan has posted a video of his own here..
Friday, December 18, 2015
900 switching, sounding off..
I'll hopefully post an update on progress on the Baldwin AS16 soon. In the meantime, spent some time tweaking the Cvs on the Tsunami chip I installed into the Atlas RS36 and I'm enjoying how it sounds.. I took it for the latest train on Brett and posted a video here..
Sunday, November 29, 2015
testing the 'look'
I've been trying to decide what to do with the various locos of my small fleet.. Originally my plan was to re-patch everything for the Yellow Pine, but the advent of the Midland Belt RR, and fear of cocking up, have delayed me.
So - I have decals for another Midland Belt loco and was trying to decide which one to pick for the new livery. (900 being almost ready).
My instinct was the recently purchased Bowser AS16 just wouldn't look right with the very modern style of the MBRR logo, and started to think about perhaps either applying something more vintage in style.. or stick to Yellow Pine.. but last night I thought it might be worth printing off some mocked up stripes to mimic the decals and see how they actually look.
As far as an exercise goes, it has been really useful.. I was surprised how actually the AS16 might look quite well.. it also confirmed for me that my little Baldwin switcher (which I love, especially with the Loksound noises) is probably not a contender..likewise the Bachmann S4. (Which does need a repaint but I think will stay Yellow Pine)
I am undecided about the SF C30-7. It would really need taking apart, stripping and repainting, and I'm not sure that I'm keen enough on the loco to do all that really.
So - I have decals for another Midland Belt loco and was trying to decide which one to pick for the new livery. (900 being almost ready).
My instinct was the recently purchased Bowser AS16 just wouldn't look right with the very modern style of the MBRR logo, and started to think about perhaps either applying something more vintage in style.. or stick to Yellow Pine.. but last night I thought it might be worth printing off some mocked up stripes to mimic the decals and see how they actually look.
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| The B&O AS-16 with mock up decal and stripes |
As far as an exercise goes, it has been really useful.. I was surprised how actually the AS16 might look quite well.. it also confirmed for me that my little Baldwin switcher (which I love, especially with the Loksound noises) is probably not a contender..likewise the Bachmann S4. (Which does need a repaint but I think will stay Yellow Pine)
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| Nope... |
I am undecided about the SF C30-7. It would really need taking apart, stripping and repainting, and I'm not sure that I'm keen enough on the loco to do all that really.
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Midland Belt Railroad first loco
Well, the big Freemo event has been and gone. And it lived up the anticipation.. absolutely brilliant weekend.. I'm aware that I haven't posted here but I don't think that there actually that many people who read my blog anyway, and lately I've been using Youtube a little more.. I posted a slideshow here..
Our 'local' Midland based Freemo group has taken on the name of the Midland Belt Freemo group. We've decided to run our own shortline too - the Midland Belt Railroad.
Although we haven't really fleshed out the detail, Chris Gilbert has sorted out some decals in a similar style to his Florida Central locos, so we hope to get a few locos re-painted and patched for the joint RR, that way there is a sense of consistency when we run our trains at our Freemo get-togethers.
Although we are probably going to 'allow' some other plain colours - the consensus is that the ideal livery will be black with the yellow branding and striping of the MBRR.
I recently picked up an Atlas HO "Trainman' RS36 from eBay and this week managed to get the loco fitted wth a Soundtraxx chip as well as getting the decal job started.. as the loco was already black with a red band, I decided to paint out the 'Iowa Central' and replace with the Midland logo. I also added the yellow line to the footplate.
Looking at it now, I think that I may replace the numbers too, I may stick with 900 but use the decals for a more consistent look.
Hopefully once it's done, a light weathering will help to tie it all in together.
A short video showing how I bodged the speaker here..
Our 'local' Midland based Freemo group has taken on the name of the Midland Belt Freemo group. We've decided to run our own shortline too - the Midland Belt Railroad.
Although we haven't really fleshed out the detail, Chris Gilbert has sorted out some decals in a similar style to his Florida Central locos, so we hope to get a few locos re-painted and patched for the joint RR, that way there is a sense of consistency when we run our trains at our Freemo get-togethers.
Although we are probably going to 'allow' some other plain colours - the consensus is that the ideal livery will be black with the yellow branding and striping of the MBRR.
I recently picked up an Atlas HO "Trainman' RS36 from eBay and this week managed to get the loco fitted wth a Soundtraxx chip as well as getting the decal job started.. as the loco was already black with a red band, I decided to paint out the 'Iowa Central' and replace with the Midland logo. I also added the yellow line to the footplate.
Looking at it now, I think that I may replace the numbers too, I may stick with 900 but use the decals for a more consistent look.
Hopefully once it's done, a light weathering will help to tie it all in together.
A short video showing how I bodged the speaker here..
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