Model Railroading > More Ringling Brothers Blue Unit in HO scale

First video on Chip Syme's Conrail layout during his 2016 open house

Next video on the Youngstown Model Railroad Club open house 2016

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Well done on the RBBB train! Sad to see it go in RL.

Also enjoyed the freight with the PC cars, what little of it I could see!

Cheers, Jim Fitch.

Beautiful train. Always enjoy seeing it.

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Modeling skills on those kitbashed cars are excellent. Second video appears to show the train in a hurry to get to its next performance!



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boejoe Wrote:
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> Modeling skills on those kitbashed cars are
> excellent. Second video appears to show the train
> in a hurry to get to its next performance!

Typical mach 5 running for this club. They have yet to discover DCC.

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I LIKE THAT MODEL! You did REALLY well with your work there! And the wagons are spot on!

Now, Bachman just came out with a Ringling Blue Unit coach but it has a standard "coach" interior (seats), which RBBB's real cars never had.... to correct that, simply replace the interior with one that is a sleeper-type interior, or else paste over various windows with photos of a REAL Blue Unit coach's windows to give the illusion you're seeing a scaled-down version of a car in that photo.

LINK: http://shop.bachmanntrains.com/index.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=6691&zenid=1u2o8te7uhs1n0bgogqa2717c7

Note the blue GLOBE LOGO; if modeling the modern train, anyone can download the re-size color images of the real globe logos and apply those to the models, also for the large red banners spelling out the show's full name. If going for details, look for images of the cars from each end AND on the roof-top: electrical line channels are along the tops, and many cables for elec. power hang down from the ends..... Also, the Blue show painted their uncoupling levers and side-stirrups YELLOW in the last several years, to name a few details you might add. LIGHTS? Coach spot lights above each vestibule might be a nice addition (photos of those are all over the internet), and extreme details such as replacement, "drop-in" vestibules might be constructed to resemble where Circus employees ride outside during the runs with the bottom Dutch doors close and the top ones open. Heck -- you could even paint a model of YOU and place him or her riding the model.....!

One thing that other model makers got wrong in previous "modern Ringling" coaches (in other scales) was the RBBX car numbers: they had coaches with 6 axles but with car numbers starting in "4" ... that's a glaring error (unless they weren't going for accuracy), as RBBB's 4-axle passenger car numbers begin with 4, and their 6-axle psgr. car numbers begin with 6.



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Is that a Concor Greenville Penn Central box car at the end of the first video?

Great modeling. It is sad to see a piece of history gone by the way side but you have preserved it beautifully.

I admire your modeling abilities! Question, did you make custom "boxes" to transport your cars? I would imagine you are pretty picky as far as handling and moving them to prevent damage.

Just curious.

Dave