Hello everyone, we hope you’re ready for another all new Large Scale Live stream! On this stream we’ll be recapping the Big Train Operators Convention, what it was all about and why you should think about joining the club and attending next year. We’ll also be looking at various ways you can store your trains and also how to safely transport them as well.
On this stream we’ll be at the Big Train Operators Convention in Bird-in-Hand Pennsylvania and we’ll be talking with BTO President Charles Bartel. We’ll be discussing the events planned for the week at the convention, some of the area’s train related attractions and also doing a recap on our experience at the North East Ohio Large Scale Train Show.
Written by Andrew Fitch
Well, we have to say goodbye and hello all at the same time as Shawn “Dakman” leaves us and Nico “4TrackRR” joins us to take Shawn’s place.
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Decal Design, Printing and Application with Guest Charlie Zimmerman on Large Scale Consolidated Live
Welcome back everyone for another amazing live stream! Our guest this time should be someone many recognize if you watched our show on weathering last season (Link to that show below). That’s right, Charlie Zimmerman has returned and this time he is going to cover designing, printing and applying decals. Having been in model railroading since 1982 Charlie has done many custom locomotives and cars which we will see throughout the show but more importantly he’ll be taking us step by step through the decal process. If you are unsure about applying decals (Or already know how and want to learn new techniques) this will be the show for you. By the end of the show you should have the knowledge and confidence to work with decals yourself. Charlie also has his own garden railroad, the Smoke & Oak Railroad of which you can see many videos of on his YouTube channel “Garden RR”.
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Well Large Scale Consolidated Live fans, we have another exciting show with a great guest we’re sure everyone will Enjoy! We’ll be talking with Jonathan Huse who has done some amazing things in G Scale and see what new projects he has lined up. Jonathan has been into large scale for around ten years now and has definitely made some waves with what he has done. Probably one of his most impressive projects was the creation of his g scale Union Pacific DDA40X! If you haven’t seen this locomotive in g scale before you’re going to want to see it! Jonathan also makes several different kits for upgrading, modifying and repairing g scale locomotives and cars. All of which you can see on his website listed below. Don’t worry, we’ll get to see Jonathan’s layout as well and how he controls his turnouts pneumatically.
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On this episode of Large Scale Consolidated Live our guest is Charlie Zimmerman. Charlie has been into model railroading since 1982 and G scale since 2010. Charlie has his own garden railroad, the Smoke & Oak Railroad of which you can see many videos of on his YouTube channel “Garden RR”.
One thing you will notice right away when seeing Charlie’s railroad is he prides himself on having unique locomotives and rolling stock which includes doing prototypical weathering. During this show Charlie will show us some examples of custom work he has done but the primary focus is going to be on showing everyone how to weather a boxcar. We’ll go from a clean car to a fully weathered one by the end of the show and anyone should be able to weather their own trains after watching this show.
We would also like to mention that Charlie is also a Contributing editor of Live Steam and Backyard RR magazine. In addition to that he is also an excellent photographer with several photos in Garden Railways and Railpace magazine over the years.
Written by Andrew Fitch