Good morning from mostly cloudy and cool Northeast Ohio!
This is the thread where modelers can show projects in progress, completed projects or photos of their layouts (or other layouts).
Missed last week due to my attack of shingles made it so I did not want to do anything and my Brother-In-Law died after a long illness.
I did manage to finish a couple of projects over the two week period.
First up is a 40’ Atlas 1944 AAR 40’ Boxcar Kit, do match the prototype I chose the correct ends of the ones supplied, since the prototype was welded, I removed the rivits from from the battens which look like weld lines after the rivits were removed, added A-Line Sill Steps in place of the fragile plastic ones. Car was painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and Black Paints and lettered with Smokebox Graphics decals. The Bufallo Creek was owned by the LV & Erie and supplied boxcars to the various flour mills for shipment all over the country.
Next is an old AHM/E&B Valley PS 3 Bay Covered Hopper Kit, substituted a Plano Roofwalk kit for the cast plastic one. Used this kit instead of the Athearn as the E&
Hey Rick. The cars look great. Unfortunately all Ive gotten done has been wiring up the bus wire. I don’t think that’s worthy of a picture lol. I hope i have something off my T trak module later
Thank you for kicking things off this weekend, Rick. I’m sorry you had a run of bad luck last weekend. The cars look great. I’ve always liked those boxcars. I remember seeing lots of them in my RR travels.
Take your time on the wiring, Jimmy.
Those S&G boxcars are really getting around, Garry! Thanks for the photo [Y]
I’ve made some progress on the Chemical Plant. I spent way too much time on the details of this tank farm. It will pretty much be in the background but, well, at least I’ll know the details are there [8D]
Even though it represents an older plant there were still retention dikes for some nasty chemicals. You see I have a tank of hydrofluoric and hydrochloric in there [+o(]
Jimmy- It takes a bit of mental energy to wire, so good for you.
Garry- That SGRR car looks great on your layout.
Ed- That parking lot looks amazing!
I have changed the track in Plattsburgh a bit, to kind of “un-spaghetti bowl” the 4×8 part of the layout. The GP mill main building is now a regular siding (instead of a switchback), and the team track has been moved the the outside of the mainline.
I also am working on painting all the new track I have added since the last time I painted. You can see the difference.
Rick: Sorry to hear of your rough time - hope things are improving. Your usual great work on the car builds,and thanks again for providing some history. I love the shot of the coal drag.
Jimmy: Wiring is one of those neccessary evils. Looking forward to your T trak shot(s).
Garry: Isn’t Kevin a great ambassador for this hobby? So are you.
Ed: That area is really coming along nicely.Thanks for the pictures of the progress.
Harrison: Looks like you’ve got a lot going on - are you going to be able to reach those ground throws okay?
Marc: Your N-scale building,and the module from last week,are beautiful!
Here’s a older photo of Slate Creek Rail and Summerset Ry general office building. Its a BLMA U.P. Yard Office. I since painted this building dark tan and added a roof top A/C unit along with other minor roof details and blinds made from colored divider paper. Like my other HO buildings its packed in a flat storage box at my daughters. I thought you would like to see SCR/Summerset Ry home office.
Getting very close on this station. I wasn’t happy with the first paint job I did, so I did a complete repaint, carefully masking off the windows and trim. Then, my first experience with dry transfers was… kind of a mess. I printed off my own decals on paper, mod podged them on, and all is well.
Rick - Thanks for starting WPF. The cars look good as usual. The coal drag is cool. I’ll have to visit the Strongsville layout sometime.
Jimmy - I’m contemplating a 12v lighting buss to replace the existing hodge-podge under the BRVRR layout. Not my favorite thing, wiring.
Garry - Nice scene.
Ed - The chemical plant is looking good.
Harrison - You’ve been busy.
Marc - Cool.
Mike - Nice photo, “Pipeline on Wheels.”
Larry - Welcome back.
Not much new on the BRVRR. I’ve installed a couple of foam board floors in the Shocker’s Electric building. Mostly for a method to install lighting and a few interior details.
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.
Rick, A special thanks for opening the WPF after experiencing such a harrowing time. No secret that some measure of solace can be found in our hobby. Btw, nice models and Buffalo Creek history.
Always uplifting and encouraging to see all the modeling both past and present here in WPF.
Middleman-Mike, Wonderful shot of a finely executed scene, the hillside slide area is especially nice.
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers, regards, Peter
While modelling vicariously is nowhere near as a satisfying as the real thing, a big thanks to everyone else for sharing your really Good Stuff, keeps me going.
