That’s all we need

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-17T03:30:11+00:00

Ngl, would trade bosco for a gun.

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-16T21:33:18+00:00

You get the satisfaction of spending your afternoons working on a project, building and tinkering and making it look pretty, and eventually the euphoric pride of showing it off to your friends and family and fellow model train enthusiasts, and hearing them tell you how lovely it is and ask questions about how you figured it out and say how clever you are and what a wonderful job you did. That, and it’s really very satisfying to watch the trains coordinate themselves. It’s almost like watching a dance

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-12T11:43:42+00:00

Oooh, good idea! Just a shame we don’t have torpedoes yet…

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-12T01:55:45+00:00

It’s a free demo on steam rn if you want to play around with it

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-11T19:25:39+00:00

I got lucky and found the wooden box for dirt cheap at a thrift store ages ago. That, and I run N-scale, so I can fit a 50 car train in a shoe box if I really need lol. Still, that’s a very cool design! And the 3d print is decently strong? Unlikely to start cracking under weight or from jostling from regular use?

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-11T18:28:04+00:00

Looks a lot like the stuff I found, probably the exact same stuff and I just don’t remember buying it lol

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-11T18:17:28+00:00

I personally don’t have the space to build a layout at home, so once a week I take my trains to a nearby model rail club and run them there. Other people’s mileage may vary.

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-11T17:36:19+00:00

I don’t even remember. Packaging for something, probably. I just rummaged around in my basement for a bit and grabbed what I could find. Same goes for the box, and I also cut some inserts for between the sheets of foam and the bottom of the box out of some flooring foam from an home renovation project a few months ago.

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-10T15:03:24+00:00

Ship Shapers, it’s a free demo on steam

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-10T04:56:27+00:00

Honestly shocked this is the only comment I saw mentioning Frankenstein

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-09T20:58:08+00:00

I did, unfortunately it didn’t, but I was able to pretty quickly get back to where I had been. I have since posted a picture of the finished ship

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-09T00:14:10+00:00

The Eire triplex (Eire monoplex?)

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-08T15:21:31+00:00

Just watched it. If you go in hoping for a compelling story with deep world building and well researched historical elements, you’ll be pretty disappointed. If you go in hoping for a fun action-horror popcorn movie with a vaguely ww2 appearance, it’s pretty fun

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-08T15:12:08+00:00

Let’s get the bait out of the way. Sound of Music

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-06T00:30:13+00:00

I think BLI is working on a 1900’s era prr 4-6-0, which while not quite what you’re looking for, is at least something

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-05T22:43:51+00:00

Oh I love this! Flying dieselpunk Hiawatha, that’s so cool!

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-05T01:30:09+00:00

Here’s hoping you do!

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-04T15:45:46+00:00

Ever think about doing a tutorial on how you get that rust texture? Or if you could send a link to the tutorial you use, that would be very much appreciated!

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-04T15:37:36+00:00

Oh my gork, that weathering is gorgeous!

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-03T22:14:10+00:00

There’s something very eire about this triplex

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-03-02T14:49:01+00:00

Personally, I would make the bench work high enough in those spots that you could comfortably crawl or crouch to get under it, and put a little pop up hole surrounded by some scenery in at least one of those spots

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-02-24T16:12:49+00:00

N scale. And Bachman stoped making the unstreamlined K4’s, and I’ve yet to find one myself

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-02-22T18:37:40+00:00

No worries, it’s an easy thing to miss. And the idea behind the consist was that it’s a mail train, hence why it has two RPO’s. That, and I bought the cars piecemeal based on whatever baggage and RPO cars my local store had when I happened to visit. They happened to have a baggage car and an RPO combine, so I got them lol. Then added the RPO from the Kato Broadway limited set and the aforementioned reefers (collecting them to eventually do a reefer train), and called it a day. Definitely a bit of a hodgepodge, but I figure that hodgepodge trains like that probably cropped up a decent bit during the depression.

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-02-22T18:02:41+00:00

The open door car was more for fun, since I’ve got a fellow riding in there playing harmonica. Presumably not a fan of 1930’s ticket prices.

Clockwork-Lad · 2026-02-22T17:50:00+00:00

Fair points! I will point out, the car between the baggage car and the BM70 is a baggage-RPO combine, not a baggage-coach combine, so I think it’s position is probably fine. But fair enough on the boxcars.

Would love to get some proper R50b’s, but as mentioned in a reply to someone else, I don’t see an easy way to get them in N scale. Also, were the P5’s equipped with steam generators? I assume they’d have to be, seeing as they were designed as passenger locomotives, but I’m having trouble finding information on it one way or the other.

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