Yes, Bill. I'm painfully aware that there is a typo in my site's URL. And, I do know how to spell Elmira:) The day that I created the blog I was sitting in the First Class car on Amtrak's Acela and on my second glass of wine. The lesson learned is not to drink and write blogs.
Despite that, anyone searching for it can Google my PRR Elmira Branch Blog and get there. Once there just save it to your' favorites'. I don't update it often because the train room finishing project has taken on a life of its own, but every now and then I'll post some of my modeling adventures. Those that know me will know that I am the king of unfinished projects, so everything is done is starts and fits. But, eventually things do get done. To answer your question, i don't know what I'm going to do about the coal chutes. The HO guys have it good because Tichy makes them and all the related pulleys available as separate parts. I noticed that Lehigh Valley models offers them with their coaling tower kits, but I can't tell if they're available separately. Anyone know? Otherwise, I'll have to scratch build them. I need four, which isn't too bad. Or, I could try making a master and casting them. Maybe others may be interested as well. As for the truss bridge project, I recently discovered that Plastruct makes prefabricated truss beams that scale out to be 4'- 0" deep. These are perfect for the top diagonal braces and will save a great deal of scratch building. I also found the right size shapes for the floor beams, so back to that project again soon. Thanks for all the positive comments. I hope to have the coaling tower painted soon. Hopefully it will look like concrete. Bob Frascella Wenham, MA On Aug 29, 2013, at 8:41 PM, scale S only wrote: > > Hi Bob -- > > It took me a bit to figure out how to get to your blog, as I had to type it > in. Having gone to school in Ithaca, I knew how to spell Elmira (I also > have the book on the Elmira branch), so of course I spelled out the blog as > Elmira. WRONG! It is Elimra on the blog, so for the rest of you who think > they know what they are doing, as I did, this will help. Bob did spell it > correctly in the address – I just read it as I thought it should read, much > like those scrambled word paragraphs you get now and them to prove you can > read anything. > > That will be a neat model when you are done Bob. What I will really be > interested in seeing is your treatment of the coal chutes... > > Thanks for posting! > Bill Winans > ------------------------------ > > After a long Hiatus I update my blog on building the Pennsy's Elmira Branch > in S Scale by posting the start of my concrete coaling tower project. I > believe I found an interesting way of recreating large cast concrete > structures that look realistic and are inexpensive to build. Older concrete > structures used individual boards to create the form liners used to cast the > concrete and in the process the wooden form lines were cast into the > concrete. I think my process captures the effect nicely. Let me knowwhat you > think. > > > http://bobssscaleprrelimrabranch.blogspot.com > > Bob Frascella > Wenham, MA > >
