Well Gentlemen,

After much success at the GVRR show I went and did it, my first auction site listing! As a man of vision, I see 11 hits, no bids and my Amex carded $2.40 by the end of the week. Am I just a pessimist?

My item is buried in: Toys & Hobbies > Model RR, Trains > HO Scale > Buildings, Track, Access. > Buildings, Structures > Other ...but that seemed like the best category for it.

What should I do do make the piece more visible to the Internet shoppers?

The auction site never prompted me for a bank routing # when I registered, if I do sell, how will I get payed?

-and-

I would never do this; But what is the impact of bidding on your own item. I'd be curious to see the whole auction process, just this once.

Thanks to all you guys who are old hats at this. I appreciate the responses.

Kyle

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220169384764&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:1123

EK

Hi Everybody!

I’m getting pumped up about the Gratiot Valley Train Show this Nov. 4th! It seems to me that the show combines quantity and quality very nicely, with ample parking and still only 5 bucks to get in! I doubt if anyone would disagree that it’s the best show in SE Michigan, possibly one of the best in the Midwest.

I gleaned these off their website;






http://www.gvrr.org/


In the images below you will see happenings from last year’s show including my exhibition.










I’ll edit this thread to include a link that has photos of the pieces I’ll be showing this year.


Thanks!

Kyle Engelmann




This shot is nice because it shows four of the buildings I’m taking to Gratiot Valley.





As promised, below are links to two slide shows that display all the pieces I’m exhibiting this year. Hit the mouse during the short presentation and you can pause it.

http://s171.photobucket.com/albums/u293/engineerkyle/FOR%20SALE/?action=view&current=42c47688.pbw

http://s171.photobucket.com/albums/u293/engineerkyle/FOR%20SALE/?action=view&current=c0da7230.pbw


Here is the link to the actual album from which the slide shows were created.

http://s171.photobucket.com/albums/u293/engineerkyle/FOR%20SALE/

THANKS!

Howdy crew!



I was playing with photoshop (photofiltre) which i don't usually do, and came up with this.

CHEERS!

Kyle

ps. in the original photo I had the sun light coming from two directions, hence the title of this thread. After I reversed the sky all was well, and I deleted the original, goofed up image, Hence the red X.... here is the corrected image.

This ATLAS C425 II quit working this morning. I can hear noise from it when I thottle it up, but it does not move. It has a DIGITRAX decoder and I reset it to the factory settings, thats CV8=8 on this one, and now it runs well again but is MUCH noisier than it used to be....



Thoughts?



THANKS,

Hi All,


Has anyone a link to a site for purchasing finished models and weathered rolling stock?

I know guys sell their handiwork through “famous auction sites”… But are there personal web pages out there where people are selling to the public with pay pal/credit cards?

After great success selling my scratchbuilt structures at last years Gratiot Valley Train Show, I want to see how viable it is to go International, and I’m looking for sites to emulate. In fact, I suppose I could get ideas from any craftsman’s webpage, regardless of if it was trains or not.

Kyle


Ps. if you have any suggestions or know of any pitfalls I should be aware of, I sure could use that info, too.

Thanks in advance.

Howdy!


Say, I posted this on another train forum. I’m looking for advice on how to complete this derrick scene.

The cone of sand is just that, I found a metal cone with a profile I liked, and painted it with tan, flat latex. Then I sifted beach sand over it.







After gluing the cone and other structures to a board, I put a thick coat of paint on the base board and sifted sand over the rest. I like the way the sand gathered around, but I know that when I shake off the loosen sand, those lovely dunes will be gone.

My plan is to spray it with window cleaner to break up the surface tension, then soak it with 50/50 white glue, ala ballasting. I’ll bet there’s a quarter inch of sand under that derrick. Will gluing it this way work? Will the sand glob up when I spray it? I don’t want to ruin it.

Thanks in advance...

Hello Gentlemen….

I’ve been feeling a little guilty about having the summers “off”… as a teacher and musician, it is very nice to work on something else (trains) and recharge the batteries. The only thing is, I’ve been feeling guilty about having wide open blocks of time to model, takes pics and post, while others do not hog the forums like I’ve been.

Anyways…

Here are some completed summer projects;

D&M Engine Shed




Machine Shop




Mich Alkali Co Elevator





Anyone now when the GV trains how is this fall?

Click on the link below to see a new train video from me.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8166982970312975743&hl=en


Thnaks for taking a peek.

Kyle

Hi Crew,


As promised, here's a look at my latest piece.













Click on the link below to see the progress pics.

Original Cannery Thread



Thanks for taking a peek!

Kyle

Hi guys,

I'm about half-way finished with my latest piece. This time I am purposely  gaining inspiration from a real 1:1 structure. That's a first for me.

THE PROTO




FOAMCORE FRAME



SOME SIDING AND DETAIL STARTED




PRIMED





Any ideas on the final color? Thoughts on the sagginhg porch roof?

THANKS.

EK

Hi all,

A while back my hard drive crashed and I got a lot of good advice here on this forum as to how to restore it. THANKS to that advice, I'm all back up and running except for my Canon Zoombrowser program. I can't find the CD to install it.

I'd like to continue to share my projects like these new chemical storage tanks... but the only software I can come up with is a much older version of Zoombrowser that, as you can see,  leaves images under-exposed.







I guess I'll hafta contact Canon.

EK

I really need a nickel’s worth of free advice. My hard drive on my PC will not boot up. I’m pretty sure the system files are bad, and there is a lot of work on there that is very valuable and I need to save it.

I’m pretty sure the operating system is Windows XP. I don’t have the original system disk but I do have access to other computers.

From my DOS days I remember a command that went like this    C:format a:/s

That command would make a disk bootable. I’m thinking is I had such a disk with the 2 system files on it I could restart my computer with that, then see about backing up crucial data and Hard Drive replacement or other things.

Will that work on today’s computers? Is there a similar command to make a “boot disk”?

Thanks in advance

Kyle Engelmann

Hi all,

The wifey is looking over my shoulder wondering if I should try to set up a website that includes articles, tutorials, a gallery and so forth and accept credit card donations for it, to further the world's greatest hobby.

Maybe even charge a nominal fee for complete access. Has anyone done this? Is it easy to set up?

We spend many hours on our hobby, why not get a little compensation for our valuble time?

Hi all,

I meant to post this thread, but the Bachmann forum does not handle the images like I thought, If you are interested in how I TURNED THIS;
 


INTO THIS;



HERE'S THE LINK;

http://forum.atlasrr.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=37394


CHEERS!

Hi all,

Here is an image of what happened when I put the family pet on the Carlsburg Station, an HO structure I just finished. The photo is unretouched.




And here is a two minute video of model trains passing each other.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3084066728284491288&hl=en

Just sharing...

Got three minutes to spare?

This should mellow you out if you need a break from doing the taxes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svhQnkt_-Lg

Just sharing....

Kyle

Hi All,

I got the new NCE Power Cab. My plan is to use it to upgrade from the Bachmann EZ Commander I've used and enjoyed for a few years.

In the documentation, NCE recommends a drop for every piece of track, stating, "Do not rely on rail joiners to handle 2 amps" or words to that effect. I don't fully understand that because I don't "get" electricity.

If my power is good now, and it is, with the 1 amp Bachmann system,  won't it be even better with 2 amps coursing thru the same circuit?



I guess I'm being proactively curious here, because I haven't even hooked up the power cab to the layout yet.

If fact, anyone with experience with these system could offer helpful info would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance...



EK

Thanks for taking a peek.









CHEERS,

Engineer Kyle