May the buyers of this have their entire 40+ year collection sold by their clueless grandchildren to some autistic trans catgirl for a single Pokémon booster box. #modeltrains
I have never felt more seen by a YouTube video in my life. youtu.be/UeNj1qtkXO0?...
What If Trains Were Brought Back to the Bay Bridge | Building a Modern Day Key System
YouTube video by Transit Oriented Frogs
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And now some garden #modelrailroad news. I have taken over as designer of my local garden #trains club newsletter. I am going to start writing up a monthly column that tracks new #3dprint releases and further tips for 3D printing garden-scale trains. You can find more info of our org here bagrs.org
It's been a while since I've posted #modeltrain stuff so here's some beautiful weathering by Stinger Arthaus. I love this level of weather precisely because it's so painfully easy to overdo it and thus requires such tremendous skill to balance a "realistic" application instead of just too much.
Fine #train foamers, you win. I don't even MODEL transition era, but this GP9 #3dprint model is trivial to convert to a GP7 and I am obsessed with how ugly the green/orange colors of the WP are for Sacramento Northern. So you win, diesel #modelrailroad nerds. My 1941 layout is cooked,chat.
Using some of my failed #3Dprint build to test vinyl lettering that I drew and cut using a Siser Juliet. It's a little rough to apply it but that's why I'm practicing on my junk projects. #modeltrains
I don't like how My 9 Games clearly reveals my age:
Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 5mo agoThese 9 games impacted the way I play games the most:
It looks real but it's "only" a #modelrailroad! Once again the Bishoptown Subdivision garden railroad shows that outdoor 1:29 scale #trains look stellar in natural sunlight. Expert weathering and attention to details go far for realism.
Best part of 3D printing trains? You sometimes get updates to the models! #modelrailroad modeler Simon Wright updated his truck design for his recent D&RGW combine, while Chris Murray is working on a 6-wheel Buckeye that he'll be releasing soon on Thingiverse! These are both fantastic models!
Seeing a completed SP SD9 #3dprint made by our garden railroad club president is so encouraging. There aren't many 1:29 scale releases these days + with a #modeltrain market that focuses on the most expensive models, printing becomes a necessity for budget builds. www.thingiverse.com/thing:7287868
Everytime this dude posts I learn like 40 new techniques. Absolutely mind blowing work, with paint and finishing tips that can make any #modeltrain layout prosper. I can't stress enough how important YouTube is to making hobbies more accessible. Long gone are the days of grainy b&w photos.
The Hardest MINIATURE I've Ever Built - Golden Arch McDonald's Diorama (WORKING LIGHTS)
YouTube video by Smol World Workshop
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I love when I see examples of 3D printed #modelrailroad structures especially when they were originally at a different scale. This locomotive shed started as an HO scale model, and comfortably scaled up to 1:29 G scale!
The end of the Key system and the Sacramento Northern's passenger service is my villain arc. It is exactly why I have a garden railroad. I am building #modeltrains 100% out of spite.
Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 6mo agoCalifornia deserves an interurban electric that connects downtown Sacramento with downtown Oakland or SF transbay terminal via the (now) much larger towns of the East Bay... Oh wait we ripped it up like morons in 1955.
The past ten years of consumer level 3D printing have been astonishing. It's why I'm so excited for G scale modeling despite it's niche position in #modelrailroad culture.
Interurban Models@volkmarmeier.bsky.social · 6mo agoN-scale color printing is primarily a matter of high dimensional precision. Things have to fit together. Did you guess the prototype? The model is exact, but the paint scheme is not, that is just a test bed to train my color printing skills
While Bachmann released a new catalog today, you wouldn't notice much "Large scale #trains" other than $230 hoppers. Meanwhile in a year you'd see a dozen or so high quality models from just 2 makers, 512 Designs and RandyMower. #3DPrinting makes obscure #modeltrains scales thrive.
Fan of old timey western #trains ? Well modeler "swright3" has uploaded a gorgeous 1:20.3 Fn3 Combine that would look great next to your LGB D&RGW wood coaches. Yet another lovely example of #3Dprinting making #modeltrains more accessible. cults3d.com/en/3d-model/...
The newest #modeltrains releases in G Scale aren't from major manufacturers, but 3D printed designs. Not 1 but 2 different SD9 models have been released online for free, by 512 Designs and BAGRS president Roger Nicholson. Further proof that 3D printing is the future of garden #trains scales.
It's Friday. That means you can start thinking about running #trains tonight. Just think about a weekend where you just watch this #modeltrain roll back and forth across a tiny garden bridge.
New #modeltrain day. As my usual M.O. I got a worn out #train and need to print new siderods, new trailing truck, new trailing wheels and redo the entire main shell to look like the Southern Pacific A6 Atlantics.
Gotta love some convincing ground cover for your garden railway. The combo of low growing plants and consistent trackside elements like service line poles goes a long way. #modeltrains
My toxic #modeltrain trait is finding 3D printed #trains and pairing them with a Southern Pacific equivalent that still operated in 1941. Printable Railroads released a 1:22.5 scale 4-4-0 Jupiter that would require only *some* mods to become a Class E-23 of which only 3 remained on the roster.
The best part of #trains and #modeltrains is when the real trains look like models and the models look like real trains.
Hey O Scale folks out there, is there a common piece of rolling stock, locomotive or other aspect of your scale that is historically expensive and not budget friendly as new? Seems like this Atlas offering is a rare win for rolling stock compared to Lionel #modeltrains #trains #modelrailroading
When garden railroads go for realism, they go hardddd. Chehalis Western Garden Railroad dropped this construction site image and I'm still enamored with all the weathering and detail. #modeltrains #trains #modelrailroading
Me and 3 rail don't get along since I keep getting humbled by this 1990 K-line. New transformer arrived, but even with new track it just kept sputtering. Guess it's time to take apart I think...just as I hear a pop and the magic smoke come out. And...then it starts running? wtf #modeltrains
I don't think you're a human with a heart that pulses if you don't get teary-eyed by the end of this essay. If you are of the persuasion of "didn't cry while watching Titanic" I present to you the video series that will be your Titanic. And not just because of a ship, you'll cry over a single cable.
Slapstick and terror on the high seas | Fool Time, Part 3 of 4
YouTube video by Secret Base
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If you ever wanted to know the state of G scale "popularity" in the #modeltrains world, consider that I've now seen this barely-half-second shot of a modded Piko locomotive in an Ulta ad about a dozen times on various groups/forums. #modelrailroading
If you ever need to know what I'm like, just imagine the Wolverine-in-bed-looking-at-photo meme but it's just me looking at the Iowa Traction Baldwin Westinghouse steeple cab out there still doing its thing. #trains
Hey #modeltrain nerds. I'm being dumb. I'm failing at running this early 1990's K-line because I am using the wrong transformer. I don't run O-scale so I don't understand, do DC motors run off inverted AC power? Do I need a $250 Lionel AC transformer to make this work without it running sketch?
