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[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]//-->Display until February 28thUS $5.95• Can $7.95Celebratingthe art of1:48 modelingIssue #18Jan/Feb 2005Vol. 4, No. 1PublisherJoe Giannovariojag@oscalemag.comArt DirectorJaini Giannovariojaini@oscalemag.comEditorBrian Scacebrian@oscalemag.comAdvertising ManagerJeb Kriigeljeb@oscalemag.comContributorsTed ByrneGene DeimlingBobber GibbsCarey HinchHobo D. HirailerJace KahnNeville RossiterSubscription Rates: 6 issuesUS - Standard Mail DeliveryUS$30US - First Class Delivery (1 year only) US$40Canada/MexicoUS$50OverseasUS$75Visa, MC, AMEX & Discover acceptedCall 610-363-7117 duringEastern time business hoursDealers write for terms.Advertisers write for informationor visit our website.O Scale Trains ISSN 1536-9528www.oscalemag.comPublished bimonthly (6 times a year) byO Scale Trains MagazinePO Box 238, Lionville PA 19353-0238© 2005 OST All Rights ReservedPrinted in the U.S.A.Contributors:O Scale Trainswelcomes yourfeature articles, photos, and drawings. Such materialshould be sent to the above address for possible publi-cation. If we accept, you will be notified immediately.For more information concerning article preparationguidelines, please send an SASE to the above addressand request our “Guide For Authors” or visit our web-site at: www.oscalemag.com.Cover:A Milwaukee Road Hiawatha rolls througha pass on the O Scale layout of the East Bay ModelEngineers.Centerspread:A standard gauge freight rolls by atground level while a narrow gauge freight traverses agrand trestle on the East Bay Model Engineers’ layout.Both cover photo and centerspread courtesy of the EastBay Model Engineers.Features41419222435East Bay Model Engineers Celebrate Golden SpikeBuilding Plastic KitsO Scale modelers put the finishing touches on over 3000 feet of main-line track. Jeff Heller tells the storyTools and tips for building plastic kits from William KendallDo what the real railroads did. Rebuild that tender. Sam Shumakergives you the dope on how he did his.Not all influences have passed from this veil. John Humphreys is raisingthe bar down-under at age 35. Neville Rossiter gives us the scoop.A seven-part series on building a small O Scale layout to fit an apart-ment. Watch as Mike Culham rebuilds his Great Central Railway.He’s at it again! Roland Marx turns brass into gold.Modernize a USRA TenderO Scale InfluencesBuilding a Small O Scale Layout – Part 1Brass Bashing a KTM SD40M-2Departments101220293038404246545658596062Easements for the Learning Curve – Brian ScaceThe Modern Image - Carey HinchModeler’s Shelf, more on pp 52 & 53Narrow Minded – Bobber GibbsThe Workshop – Neville RossiterPowering Up – Ted ByrneReader Feedback – Letters to the EditorFine Scale Modeling – Gene DeimlingProduct News & ReviewsThe Good Old Days - Jace KahnConfessions of a HiRailer – Hobo D. HirailerBuy-Sell-Trade AdsAdvertiser IndexEvents ListingObservations – Joe GiannovarioJan/Feb ’05 - O Scale Trains •OST is a proud Member of theModel Railroad Industry AssociationOn November 1st, 2003, the final spike was driven on thelast stretch of mainline on the O Scale layout at the Golden StateModel Railroad Museum, home of the East Bay Model EngineersSociety. This marked the completion of the Third Division of oneof the largest O Scale layouts in the U.S. The layout measures175 feet long by an average of 30 feet wide with the three divi-sions extending from 36” to over 9 feet above the floor. Morethan 3000 feet of handlaid mainline provides a pretty respect-able run allowing even the biggest of the Big Boys and Allegh-enies a chance to stretch their legs.HistoryThe East Bay Model Engineers Society was founded in 1933and is one of the oldest model railroad clubs in the nation. Theclub started its first layout, in O Scale, in 1934 in the basementof Hardy’s bookstore in Oakland. EBMES expanded in 1936 andmoved to the baggage room of the Western Pacific depot. After abrief move in 1939 to the Key System offices, the club moved inApril, 1940, to what would become its longtime home, a SantaFe warehouse at 4075 Halleck Street in Oakland. For the next 40years the club built layouts in O, HO, and N Scales.The O Scale layout was roughly 63x100 feet and consistedof several separate divisions. The Santa Fe Western was the stan-dard gauge railroad, the Oakland, Antioch and Eastern ran trac-tion equipment, and there were two narrow gauge railroads, theOn3 Denver and South Park and the On30 Poterville Western.In 1985 we relocated to our current building, located inMiller/Knox Regional Shoreline in Point Richmond, California.The building was very large, but needed substantial renova-• O Scale Trains - Jan/Feb ’05tions. We needed to cleanand renovate the interior aswell as put on a new roof.Construction of the layoutsyou see today began in 1989.We opened our doors to thepublic in 1991.O Scale TodayToday the O Scale lay-out is about 70% complete.The completion of the ThirdDivision marks the lastof the major track-layingphase, although some sidingand industrial tracks awaitcompletion. The track planis basically a point-to-pointschematic, with return loopsat each end. A train coversmore than 27 scale miles ofrailroad running from oneend to the other. In typi-cal operating sessions, withnormal time “waiting in thehole” for oncoming trains,it will take a train two hours or more to go from the Depar-ture Yard through all three divisions and back to the ArrivalYard, without ever going over the same piece of track. That’s arespectable size layout, particularly in O Scale! Yard tracks andsidings are about 55 feet long, allowing us to run some prettyimpressive trains.In addition to the standard gauge railroad, we also have alarge area devoted to narrow gauge (On3). Currently about 25%complete, the narrow gauge will eventually have about 250feet of mainline. Naturally, mining and logging operations willpredominate. This area features a large mine structure salvagedfrom the home layout of Charlie Trombly, a former member ofthe club, as well as a hydraulic gold mine, something not oftenmodeled.Construction is also progressing on an extensive traction layout.Roadbed and most of the track is down. Temporary wiring allowslimited operation at this time. Eventually the entire traction layoutwill be wired for both two-rail and overhead operation.ConstructionThe benchwork is built in the traditional open grid style. Thetrack is built over1⁄4” x 1” spline sub-roadbed, nine laminationswide, with Homasote roadbed. Virtually all trackage is hand-laid on ties we cut ourselves. Rail is about 35% steel and 65%nickel silver, code 148. Standard radius is ten feet, minimumradius in a few areas is about eight feet. Yards are on a plywoodbase with Homasote sheet. Turnouts are a combination of OldPullman kits and scratchbuilt. Some flextrack was used in thepassenger terminal. Apparently, no one had a great desire tohandlay track while lying prone on their stomach. Switchmas-ter switch machines are used to throw all turnouts.SceneryMountain scenery dominates most of the layout. Some ofthe tallest peaks will tower 16 feet above the floor. Traditionalhardshell built over a cardboard lattice forms the foundation. Tothis, we add hundreds of rock castings made from commercialrubber molds. Some are pre-cast and affixed with a “batter” ofHydrocal, many others are cast in place. You quickly discoverthat you don’t want to get an itch while holding rock molds inplace waiting for the plaster to set!Jan/Feb ’05 - O Scale Trains • 5 [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]