It’s been a while since I had anything.
This is an engine house I built for my club. It’s kind of in a dark corner about 8 foot from the edge of the table. I had to crawl on my belly on the passenger yard and under the upper deck to get to the detail work. To get the photos to show at all I had to bump the brightness to 100%. There are two figures that I made into maintenance guys out of news paper boys. Does everyone have about 12 more newspaper boys than they need or is it just me?
How about a Shey/Shay not sure, coming down a hefty grade.
MDC noisy not very smooth but gets the job done. A short line on my RR,
J&M short line named after 2 sons.
Mouse, love that engine house!
Although I’m a diehard steam enthusiast, me layout isn’t 100% steam.
Here, my trusty P1k F3A&B pull a short block of reefers on the lowerline. One of the best $45 I ever spent.
SP Trainmaster #4803 and its train awaiting take off,
while a ‘Back to the Future’ modern freight thunders by on the high line.
Wow, it’s the weekend again, and we’ve already got some great pics up!
Here’s a few of our latest:
Mountain meet! Railfanning has it’s magic moments and this one was worth the long, rugged hike.
Close up of P2K GP7. The “rock work” behind the engine was done with an old toothbrush in wet plaster.
A shot of the Geep and an SD7 in a mountain cut.
GP30’s struggle upgrade with a coal train. The dark area over the lead unit is a basement support that’s painted to match the backdrop. The differing light made it show in the photo.
30’s on standby during a lull in the action at Mine 4.
Aggro,
I’m going to dirty up that bright shiny Geep just as soon as I get sound in it.
Although the roof racks you see in the engine house is an E7 the other engine, which all you can see is tender, is an M1A Mountain. All my home engines are steamers (except Lil Guy and Sparky.)
We have a very eclectic club.
Hey Space, nice job! You know what that engine in for work brought to mind for the engine house? An “arc welder” lighting circuit board. Not sure who makes it but that would really set your work off!
I actually have one. But I was saving it for my home layout. I might throw it in there for laughs and giggles, where it is going is a couple years from being built.
I just thought that would look really cool, especially since you mentioned the building is in a darker section of the layout.
Spacemouse, I cant believe we worked on the same kit this week. Although mine is not as good as yours and by no means finished. I cant fully detail it until I actually build my layout. But I thought building it would be better than nothing…lol
Good looking enginehouses! I was again turn to Trainz for my picture, as I do not have a physical layout. So, I did manage to catch an F7 A-B-A set pulling out of the SAB Rail Systems Sykesville engine terminal.
Just wait til I have a layout!
Medic,
That’s not slouch by any means.
Grande,
I thought the lights would do it. Very cheap by the way. Just some wheat grains with a beer can cut for a refelctor. Still, the arc welder would be cool.
Looks like Engine Houses are the subject this weekend.
Chip, your engine house looks GREAT my friend! The lights and other inside details really make it stand out! [bow] [:D] It never ceases to amaze me how a little more time spent on “the little things” can turn what may have looked like a toy, into an outstanding looking model!! Keep up the good work!
Aggro & Grande Man, what else can I say other than your modeling is/should be an inspiration to all who read this forum!!
Hey Aggro, great looking shots as usual of your stuff, heres a thought for you, I notice on your F3A that the windows look mighty dirty, would it be posible to clean off the areas where the wipers would wipe, that I think would look pretty cool or is there something in there we shouldnt see.
Another question for you, did you weather it with the glazing in place and thats the result? if so have you thought of cutting out 2 little semicircles out from a sticky label or low adhesive tape and putting them on the windshield to shield those areas, then after the weathering is done remove the stickers and you will have nice clean windows where the wipers would have cleaned.
Just thinking out loud, maybe I’m way off base, appologies if so.
Great shots everyone,
Have fun & be safe.
Karl.
One more just because…
My restored Bachmann F9:
The F9’s Chassis:
This version of the F9 was only made in the early 70s. It had 8 wheel drive and electrical pickup, a 5 pole can motor, all metal frame, black plastic gears and nickle or steel axle gears and horn-hook couplers with the boxes mounted with screws. It had a few problems when I got it, so I restored by:
Fileing the ripples in the metal fuel tank casting off and painting over with gloss black
Oiling the gears, bearings and motor bearings
Repainting the frame flat black because the paint was chipping off and
Fileing the seams off the horns and repainting them silver.
Now, my highly detailed Genesis SD75M:
Photo with the flash so you can easily see it
Dark photo without the flash so you can see the lights
Mouse… love the paint job on that Geep!
[:D]
Great photos, guys, as usual–Aggro, that Trainmaster is drool-inducing!
Chip–neat enginehouse, really great job.
Grande Man–oboy, I wish I could get closeups like you do–
Anyway, here’s some ‘borrowed’ power on the Yuba River sub:
Pennsy 2-10-0 a long way from Horseshoe Curve.
Colorado & Southern 2-10-2 with a caboose hop heading light toward Deer Creek.
Colorado & Southern Mikado #497 with short freight headed down Yuba Pass…
Tom
Well guys unfortunately I dont have an engine house to show but heres some things till tomorrow.
Some castings I made a couple months ago, along with their originals. I made the mould with WS latex as I couldnt find a local alternative.
And finally some of the details and figures I just painted ready to go into a scene tomorrow. Then I can take some pics of the new stuff I’ve been working on for a day and half.
Have fun & be safe,
Karl.