Helicopters & Moving the Layout (W&SC Update #11)

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It's been 7 months since I've done one of these update videos, and I've had a few requests for one, so I figured it was time. Consider this my Xmas present to all of you after posting relatively little train content recently.
It's been a hectic holiday season at work, and I've been deep into R/C stuff recently, so I haven't had much time to make train videos. However, I have some cool projects lined up for the new year, so stay tuned!
I spent about an hour re-creating the sound from that Back to the Future scene using public-domain sound effects to avoid a copyright claim (and also to make the music transition seamlessly into the guitar note). Hope it was worth it. The amount of effort I will go to for a brief Back to the Future joke is frankly concerning.
Speaking of music, you may notice some fresh background music in this video that isn't from the RU-vid Audio Library. I'm doing a free trial of Epidemic Sound, a subscription service for high-quality royalty-free music, to see if I like it. So far it's pretty good, but I'm not sure yet whether I'm going to continue with a full subscription.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:33 Rock and roll
00:47 Actual intro
01:23 New room arrangement
01:51 Backdrop plans
02:23 Desk
02:36 Spray booth
03:21 R/C car projects
08:27 Kitbashed 4-4-0
09:34 Passenger cars
10:24 Musical montage
11:58 IHC 2-6-0 project
13:27 Outro

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30 июл 2024

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Комментарии : 47

@BMMEC6000 2 года назад

Back to the future. I like this guy even more

@TheBerkshireMainline 2 года назад

It’s a great movie, and it’s my favorite too!

@chrisscott8934 2 года назад

Am glad you're back hope you had a good New years

@STho205 2 года назад

I bought three IHC Mehanos around 1997. Two moguls and an 4 4 0 with the same frame as the moguls, one driver removed, but covered by the pilot truck. About 40 to 50 dollars new in a shop in Pensacola. They all ran flawlessly and didn't need rework or wiper pickups. They all matched each other in speed. My guess is those resold have been stored badly or abused by trainset users instead of benckwork layout modellers.

@TGM_2018_III 10 месяцев назад

A good video regarding that spray booth would be nice; I just got into spray painting with a air brush and I really joyed your video regarding such.

@michaelramsey81 10 месяцев назад

Thanks! I didn't make a video on the booth because there are already several in-depth reviews of it on RU-vid. Although mine was Paasche branded, it's identical to a commonly available unbranded model, which Barbatos Rex (an excellent channel that primarily covers model painting) did a full review on. In fact, it was that video that led me to buy mine. The video is called "Testing Amazon's Cheapest Spray Booth For Airbrushing".

@SharkStaffel 2 года назад

Nice

@chrisscott8934 2 года назад

Also I really like the passngers cars it looks like one of those woodside passnger cars you see at strasburg railroad

@michaelramsey81 2 года назад

Thanks! They're Roundhouse 50-foot Overland cars. I believe Strasburg uses the exact same ones to represent their real coaches on their HO layout.

@chrisscott8934 2 года назад

@@michaelramsey81 yea I couldn't agree more

@skylershummingbird1667 2 года назад

Mehano produced the steam locomotives for IHC and they are still very much in business. If you need parts, I'd recommend checking with them.

@michaelramsey81 2 года назад

Do they still make parts for the older IHC steamers? I tried to look them up a while back, but their site seems to mostly list European trains now.

@sailormatlac9114 2 года назад

The ones that runs the best are the IHC Premier line in the purple box.

@skylershummingbird1667 2 года назад

The company is based out of Slovenia so the fact that the north smerican stuff is being phased out doesnt surprise me. :/

@michaelramsey81 2 года назад

@@sailormatlac9114 Yep, I've had a couple of those in the past. They seem to be slightly updated versions of the yellow-box ones.

@garyritter9076 2 года назад

Walmart has a nice selection of metalflake acrylic . Apple Barn brand $.50 - $2.00 per 2 Oz.

@michaelramsey81 2 года назад

I've tried similar ones from Michaels. There are some nice colors, but it's really hard to get a good dark metallic red. Most acrylic metallic reds are very light, and adding black to darken them also reduces the color saturation. The only reliable way I've found to get that rich, deep candy red finish is with Tamiya TS lacquer spray cans (either Clear Red or Pure Metallic Red over silver or gunmetal).

@roaenokesyzlak7828 2 года назад

I gotta say, I love the name of the fishin boat, Im heavy onto CB (Citizen Band) radio culture, and my handle is The Big Bad Wolf" Nice to see representation lol

@michaelramsey81 2 года назад

Thanks, lol. I actually meant it as a Doctor Who reference.

@roaenokesyzlak7828 2 года назад

@@michaelramsey81 I do remember you mentioning that in an earlier vid. Either way, your layout has given me ideas for a layout myself. Cheers, and keep up the great modeling.

@williambabcoke248 2 года назад

In the kitbashing section of the Bachmann parts store, they have a full 4-4-0 chassis and tender chassis for sale. I figured you might be interested because you have an extra shell and tender running around now

@michaelramsey81 2 года назад

Definitely tempting! Not sure I need two 4-4-0s though. I have plans to use the spare shell for a 2-8-0 kitbash at some point.

@TheBerkshireMainline 2 года назад

Keep us updated on the IHC!!!

@michaelramsey81 2 года назад

I definitely will! I'm planning to do a dedicated video on the project sometime in early 2022.

@thomaspaine6496 Год назад

I am worried. I just bought an engine Identical to the your Bachmann that died. What motor? Idonno. It ran O.K. at the club. I will be more careful with it now.

@michaelbarron864 2 года назад

Those passenger cars are now really expensive. Don't get rid of them.

@michaelramsey81 2 года назад

Yep, I've noticed. I plan on keeping them forever, or at least as long as I can find parts to keep them running.

@michaelbarron864 2 года назад

@@michaelramsey81 Keep working on the layout, great potential and great stuff so far!!!

@lordvader1672 Год назад

Love your videos man but man do I want to get a bachmann 4-6-0 high boiler after seeing yours

@michaelramsey81 Год назад

They are sweet little engines! Keep an eye on eBay - they turn up there pretty regularly.

@traviswhigham1420 2 года назад

We're those coaches from the red oak railroad? Also one thing I thought that may be neat would be if you made a red oak railroad boxcar and weathered it to look old almost as a memory from a previous railroad that's now gone

@michaelramsey81 2 года назад

Yep, they're the same coaches I ran on the Red Oak. I really like the weathered boxcar idea - I might do that!

@jonathangreenlees4772 2 года назад

I've got a question for you: I am designing a 5'x9' layout comprised of a 4'x8' section, a 1'x8' section, and a 1'x5' section all bolted together (in case you are wondering, the 4'x8' is already pre-built. I got it from a friend). My question is: how would you lay the track (tangent as well curves) and build the scenery (hills, valleys, etc...) so as to make easy to disassemble it, move it up the stairs, and reassemble it at a later date. Is terminating the subroadbed, cork roadbed, and track at two benchwork joints an acceptable solution? All the information that I have seen so far seem to recommend that it is not a wise idea to align track and roadbed joints with benchwork joints, and that it is better to overlap them. How would you do it, especially on grades?

@michaelramsey81 2 года назад

It is usually better to overlap the joints, but it's not strictly necessary, and if the layout has to split into pieces, sometimes that just isn't an option. What I did on the W&SC was cut the rail at the edge of each section, and remove a few ties on both sides so I have room to slide a rail joiner onto the rail before connecting the layout sections. Then, once the sections are together, I can slide the joiner over the rail gap, and it keeps the rails perfectly aligned. Some tracks cross the gaps at angles and even on curves, and it works just fine. You can see it at about 6:49 in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yfOS0kjmjB8.html

@jonathangreenlees4772 2 года назад

@@michaelramsey81 Thanks for the advice! I'll be sure to look at that video sometime in the near future.

@HLTrains5003 2 года назад

I wonder if you could build a 4-4-2 Atlantic. I've always wanted to see one modeled, but no one makes them.

@michaelramsey81 2 года назад

I've always found those interesting, but yes, models are hard to come by. The only one in HO that I know of was made by Mantua in the 1980s. I'd like to find one at some point.

@williambabcoke248 2 года назад

There is a Broadway Limited PRR Atlantic coming. There are also a couple of brass engines that don't go for too much.

@HLTrains5003 2 года назад

@@williambabcoke248 I am going to invest in that as soon as it comes out,

@centralpacificrailroadfan5679 2 года назад

Hey i now that u already have a 4-4-0 bud can u try to make a 1860s like the B&O No.25 or the jupiter??

@michaelramsey81 2 года назад

One of those is definitely on my "eventual projects" list. I have an order in for Bachmann's Virginia & Truckee #12 "Genoa", although who knows when those will actually become available.

@prairierailproductions6737 2 года назад

Are you going to be buying any of the dcc ready Pacific’s from bachmann?

@michaelramsey81 2 года назад

Probably not, only because engines that long don't tend to do too well on 18" radius curves. If they made an Atlantic, I'd definitely consider that, but I doubt they will.

@HO_Scale_Modeler 2 года назад

ive got some spare tenders if you want them, also wondering if you would be interested in taking a look at one of my locos?

@michaelramsey81 2 года назад

Where are you located? I'm on Vancouver Island, and I rarely end up buying stuff from other modelers because shipping is usually more expensive than the item itself.

@HO_Scale_Modeler 2 года назад

@@michaelramsey81 Pennsylvania

@michaelramsey81 2 года назад

@@HO_Scale_Modeler Probably more trouble than it's worth to ship stuff, then. Thanks for the offer though.