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  1. Bill Nelson

    a new mini HON3 layout started

    Thevplan for how the loop will fit in the bungalows work shop. The track will be close to eye level. So there will be room for a lower deck The bungalow work shop. I have separated the roadbed of theclowest track from the foam. And removed it, to install a trestle. This...
  2. Bill Nelson

    Eastern Tn logging on the DG CC & W RR 1928

    An overall view of my bumpass modules from 1978? This portable was designed to fit in a 72 pinto wagon The two haves fit together, with one upside down so the backdrops Formed a 2x2x3 box A medley of photos. . A plan I'm working on, trying to channel the old portable in a 4x12
  3. Bill Nelson

    On30 Shay

    Those are beautiful, but I'm not spending any more money on Bachman geared steam. I bought two HO Shays, one HO climax. As well as one On30 climax. The HO shays did not pull well or track well. I traded one away it died on it's subsequent owner. My remaining shay's line shaft gears...
  4. Bill Nelson

    Eastern Tn logging on the DG CC & W RR 1928

    Been cleaning out the desk and tool boxes at the. Lake. Here is the view out the garage door. My current plan is to make a 4x12 portable out of four 2x4 sections. Am trying to draw inspiration from a portable I built in the 70's. Am rehabbing old buildings from my old layout...
  5. Bill Nelson

    Model Of The Month: Time to build Union Station!

    Cleaning up, and organizing, I found the chimney to the union station , which I am trying to fit in to plans for a two level 11.5 x 20 space in the garage at the lake. I couldn't find the chiminey when I re painted the station, now I have to finish it and try to match the collors of the...
  6. Bill Nelson

    Model Of The Month: Time to build Union Station!

    I just had the rare thought. The documentation for the newer foam methods is in files too large to post here. When I get back to the lake, I canbring them up on my desk top there, and photograph the screen with the I pad, and post from it.
  7. Bill Nelson

    Eastern Tn logging on the DG CC & W RR 1928

    The pelican was unstable, am working on a different design sailing keel. Will reevaluate, but it may end up as a static model.
  8. Bill Nelson

    Model Of The Month: Time to build Union Station!

    An update. Bouncing round between Tennessee, at the farm and the lake; and a winter home in Houston Texas. Still trying to finalize new layout plans for the lake house, and the Bungalows work shopp. My current layout won't fit in either location. In the meantime, Union station has...
  9. Bill Nelson

    Show us your layout, or anybody you knows layout, or your club layout.

    https://www.zealot.com/threads/eastern-tn-logging-on-the-dg-cc-w-rr-1928.164383/ here is the link
  10. Bill Nelson

    Show us your layout, or anybody you knows layout, or your club layout.

    in the logging mining and industrial section Eastern section Logging in Eastern TN on the DG CC and W RR some 60 pages of documentation. some what stalled retirement has me wirh two locations, each with less than half the soace, have serious planning block...
  11. Bill Nelson

    2OO1 ASO Station V

    very impressive work; up to, and including the disastrous end
  12. Bill Nelson

    The Pelican plank on frame scratch built paddle wheel.

    keep a 17 foot canoe on the dock, will have it unlocked an in the water , with paddles and live vests on board before I float the Pelican. the lower section off the Pelican's hull is full of chunks of styrofoam, , and all but the sail control servo is...
  13. Bill Nelson

    The Pelican plank on frame scratch built paddle wheel.

    Since my last Post ; I have sewn sails out of old cotton bed sheet, made a dock stand that will accommodate the Removable sailing keel, scratch built anchors, and scratch built cannon. It is ready for lake trials when I can get back to the lake. Possibly as soon as next week, as we...
  14. Bill Nelson

    Oldies but Goodies. The Old Stuff.

    how close to fitting does that monster motor come. usually the bigger the motor, the better the slow speed.
  15. Bill Nelson

    Eastern Tn logging on the DG CC & W RR 1928

    Some more detail shots of the Pelican. Ready for lake trials.m
  16. Bill Nelson

    Eastern Tn logging on the DG CC & W RR 1928

    lot of unsettling going around. look forward to some Whiskey River adventures
  17. Bill Nelson

    The Pelican plank on frame scratch built paddle wheel.

    If you look back on the picture of our dock, I keep a 17 ft. Aluminum canoe , and some cheap paddles and life vests on the dock. The canoe's combination lock is ornery, so I will probably unlock the canoe before launching the Pelican. It's radio gear is all installed and working. Not as...
  18. Bill Nelson

    The Pelican plank on frame scratch built paddle wheel.

    Starting the fanciness oun the outside of the starboard wheel.
  19. Bill Nelson

    The Pelican plank on frame scratch built paddle wheel.

    Started this a very long time ago , but my trains are on hold while I establish my retirement residences, One of them is on a bay off of Kentucky Lake, the largest man made lake east of the Mississippi. My most recent work has been scratcbuilding the wheels out of brass and copper, and the...