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Aristo-Craft Switch Tower: Building an Inside
I also promised to finish the interior of the tower based upon a picture I had found in one of my reference books, New York Central Facilities in Color, by Geoffrey H. Doughty. Come see how it turned out.
Dec 22, 2010 - 9:00:00 AM
A 1/29 NYC Roundhouse - Part III
Part III - Some of the final steps need to complete the Roundhouse -- Exterior Shed
Dec 8, 2010 - 9:00:00 AM
A 1/29 NYC Roundhouse - Part II
Part II - Interior Detail and the Back Walls for the Roundhouse. Adding Lights, Doors and putting on the roof. The walls were up and the lights were on, it was time to cover the place to keep the rain off of the engines and workmen.
Dec 1, 2010 - 9:00:00 AM
A 1/29 NYC Roundhouse - Part I
After finishing the turntable for my G-gauge New York Central Big Four railroad, I now needed a place for my steam engines to be readied for their next run.
Nov 24, 2010 - 9:00:00 AM
Metal Bending For Rib Roofs Made Easy Part 2
Last week we I explained how I made my rail Bender for Rib roofing. I had a few request to follow up on some specific details on how I bent and installed the rib roof.
Nov 17, 2010 - 10:00:00 AM
Metal Bending For Rib Roofs Made Easy
Metal bending for rib roofs can be challenging because each piece should be the same size. Trying to create this by hand can be all put impossible. I figured what I needed was to come up with a jig that would bend the edges of the rib as close as possible.
Nov 10, 2010 - 10:00:26 AM
Build a Diesel Engine House Kit
Last year I built a powerhouse and a yard office from one of the Colorado Model Structures building kits and found that the materials were nicely done and easy to work with. The power plant was one of the showpieces on the railroad so I decided that it would be fun to build a diesel engine house.
Jul 7, 2010 - 10:00:04 AM
Sand Tower: From "Oh" to "Gee" in only two years
Have you ever had a project that you wanted to start, but you just never seem to get around to it? And once you start, you never seem to finish it? For me, one of those projects was building a diesel servicing facility for my New York Central indoor railroad. I had long ago, built most of the steam servicing facilities and after I finally completed the ash pit, I realized that it was time to turn my attention to my diesel fleet's needs.
Apr 28, 2010 - 10:00:00 AM
Building the ACME Manufacturing Company
After adding a spur for a new industry, I had to create the industry structure. I decided a non-descript manufacturing company could support a wide variety of cars being dropped off and picked up. I decided a simple box-style building would be suitable and that I would use scrap acrylic to build it.
Apr 14, 2010 - 10:00:00 AM
How to Build Windows for Your Buildings
As a builder I have a need for windows for my buildings. Now I could buy commercially made windows from various suppliers to use in my buildings, but there are 2 problems with that. One, after looking at several suppliers I still can't come up with the sizes I want and two, they cost money not only for the windows but for the shipping to get them to my workshop.
Sep 23, 2009 - 10:04:00 AM
Build an Oil Platform for your Railroad
I sprayed the two large and two small cans with white paint and added Texaco signs and some piping and ladders to make them look more authentic. The fence clearly added to the authenticity of the tank farm, but something still was needed. I realized there needed to be a way to load or unload the tank cars at the tank farm.
Mar 25, 2009 - 10:00:00 AM
Making a Coaling Stations for a Steam-Operated Railroad.
Once a common sight on almost any steam-operated railroad, coaling stations or coaling docks were a necessary part of locomotive servicing. The basic idea is that the coal is delivered directly to the underside of the dock, most commonly by a track on the side where a hopper would dump the load of coal.
Feb 18, 2009 - 9:00:00 AM
Kitbash a Piko Building
A few years ago Piko introduced a series of small houses called their "Gingerbread" series. These small inexpensive house kits easily lend themselves to kit bashing.
Jan 7, 2009 - 9:00:00 AM
Simple Ways to Making Buildings "Real"
Have you ever had a building that you purchased for your railroad and once placing it on the railroad deciding it didn't really look right?
Dec 31, 2008 - 10:00:00 AM
Learn How to Build Noel's Garage
We all decided that I needed a garage in the town of Anderson. Mike and Leon gave me that as a homework assignment to be finished before they returned for the second session of working on my railroad. So I began to look for pictures of a garage in the timeframe of 1954 to use as a model for my garage.
Nov 19, 2008 - 10:00:00 PM
Wagon Wheel (Axle) Lighthouse
In this "How to" I am going to use an unusual part that you will more than likely not have in your parts drawer, as the large scale structure that we will assemble will be made from .....an early 20th century wagon axle.
Oct 29, 2008 - 9:00:00 AM
Precision Board in the Garden Railroad
Come read about how an obsession with starting a Garden Railroad became a discovery of a unique building product, that grew to a exciting business for the Garden Railroad industry. Ross and Sue have been members of LSOL.com since 2003. Come and read about the products they offer and how it just might change how you build your Garden Railroad.
Sep 3, 2008 - 10:00:00 AM
Building a 30" Turntable
I wanted a turntable at the North end of my Mystic Mountain railroad to turn trains for point-to-point running and for visual interest. After measuring all my engines I decided I needed a 30" turntable.
Aug 16, 2006 - 5:16:00 AM
Do the Bird Feeder Bash
Jo Anne DeKeles' LSOL article of February 8, 2006 brought to light a group of inexpensive bird feeders that may add additional variety to a layout's buildings.
Apr 19, 2006 - 9:18:00 AM
Building a Ice Platform for your Reefers
Having so many reefers on my railroad, I needed to think about using them realistically and operating them prototypically. Therefore, I would need an icing platform for loading the ice into the cars.
Mar 29, 2006 - 9:17:00 AM
They are Bird Feeders, not Bird Houses
These are cool buildings that can be made to work on your railroad. Not bird houses, they are bird feeders.
Feb 8, 2006 - 4:24:00 AM
Modifying the Aristo-Craft Switch Tower
The Aristo-Craft new switch tower is nice. But I wanted the tower to look more like a standard gauge tower found on a major railroad in the 50's to be completely happy with it.
Jun 16, 2004 - 8:15:00 AM
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