A little boredom side project.... 

Micro Engineering N scale Gas Station. This is the complete kit. I've had it for awhile, figured I'd build it for the fun of it. 

 

Been a while..

 Well, I've been a little busy, so here goes.... 

3D printing has turned out to be fun and some work. Learning how to do Cad again has been a challenge. Shown above is a flatcar and gondola I'm working on for resale. Expect to see them at some point. 

Also the obligatory messy bench photo. I've got about 12 things going there.. 

Whole new world!

 Amazing what you get yourself for a birthday/Christmas present... 

Probably the newest scratchbuilders dream, I got a 3D printer system. This is a 28 foot HOn30 gondola. Just test prints at this point, but they are getting there. I'm still tweaking the drawing. I like the lower look of the kitbashed one, so I'm playing with that. I'l also adding details to the model that will be printed on. The cost of materials is great, just getting everything working is the fun! 

More to come... 

More details.

 Added more details. 

It's about ready for paint. 

Coming together...

 Got it assembled and with a roof. More modern parts added, like a fan from an SD70 (CMO shops around for parts.). 

Still need to add details (handrails, grabs, NBW castings, etc) then it'll be ready for paint. 

I plan to start on its partner shortly. They will be drawbarred together so I can power both with 1 decoder. 

That thing needs more power!

 I'm off the modules for a few days. Last couple of weekends have been busy so no time. When I pulled everything out of my boxes, I realized I had zip for HOn30 power. So, time to rectify that oversite. 

Building out a pair of boxcab locos on Bachmann MDT chassis. I have a few of these chassis layout around, so I'll probably do a few other locos. Since I don't have a need for bigger power yet, I figured I'd get the yard oxen built first. (Oxen are always pair together. These guys are Frick and Frack.) 

Stryene is a main material. The grey parts are Cannon & Co details. I need some more of them for other parts of the build. The units will be drawbared and electrically tied together with DCC and lights. I don't think I'll do sound. That's still up in the air. 

More to come! 

Last one! For now...

 One more wye and I should be done for now. 

Next up is getting roadbed down, holes cut for Blu-Points and I should then be able to start laying track. 

I've found the process of making the turnouts much more relaxing than I thought. Rolling a truck thru the trackwork and not hopping is a great feeling. Of course, making the turnout for stupid cheap in this day and age is great as well. 

I also realized I didn't post up the link for the video I made making the modules.. 

Enjoy and I'll post more this week!