Weekend Photo Fun - 12/04 to 12/06/2020

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
1

Good morning from sunny and cold Northeast Ohio!

This is the thread where modelers can show their projects in progress, completed projects or pictures new or old of their layouts or club layouts.

I got some models done this week.

IMRC 1937 Mod ARR Boxcar Kit, substituting Yarmouth Scalemodes Metal Sill Steps for the kit supplied plastic ones. Also filled in the side sill to match the prototype which had a full length sill due to the only cars of this model to have an 8’ door. Car was built in 1940 and repainted to the green scheme in 1949. Painted with Scalecoat II NP Dark Green and lettered with Mask Island Decals.

Atlas ACF 3560CF Covered Hopper Kit, replaced the roofwalk and walkover platforms with Plano Model Products. Painted with Scalecoat II MOW Gray and lettered with Herald King Decals. Car was used to transport raw gypsum to the plant in OK to be made into drywall.

Have not been to the club for the last few weeks so I resurrected and old pictures with my Athearn GP38-2’s hauling a steel coil car train.

Thanks for looking!

Rick Jesionowski

2

Rick: Thank you for starting this weekly edition of Weekend Photo Fun. I love the EJ&E car this week, it is beautiful.

I am just showing a previously unshared photograph as all I have been doing all week is drywall in the spare bedroom.

Happy Weekend!

-Kevin

3

Thanks for getting the best topic on the Forum started guys.

Great looking cars Rick! The decals look fantastic.

I got a little bit more done on my diorama. I got the asphalt road sanded, the new sanding discs work great.

I got two Arduino style connectors imbedded into the asphalt road and one in the gravel road for my vehicle lighting, two more to go. Only two tiny holes where the vehicles plug in.

Still slow going but I’m having a blast.

Mel

My Model Railroad
http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/

Bakersfield, California

I’m beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.

4

Thanks for starting this week off right with those great cars, Rick. I like the EJ&E boxcar.

Kevin- Hope the cunstruction finishes fast!

Mel- That diorama looks great! What do you use for the roads? They look super realistic!

As for me this week I got some work done on the bridge abutments. Now I just need to finish the rest of the banks. Also got around to decalling the PS2 hopper for the Milwaukee Road adn found a good deal on this BN PS2 hopper for 15 bucks!

Looking forward to seeing eveyones work this weekend!

5

Nice looking photos, everyby !

Rick … The EJ&E boxcar is fabulous. … Covered hopper looks great too.

Ringo … The MILW hopper looks outstanding.

Kevin … I like your old photo.

Mel … The road look real ! Great work.

…

Here an older photo. CB&Q 309 is a modernized heavyweight diner/parlor car I built.

6

Great Stuff this weekend, folks!

Thanks for starting things up, Rick. Excellent modeling work on those cars, as usual!

I hope you get through your home remodel soon, Kevin. Got to get back to trains. It’s theraputic!

Nice looking road pavement and crossing, Mel.

Your bridge scene is coming along great, Ringo.

I like your “weedy” scene, Garry. And a rebuilt heavyweight is a nice addition to any passenger roster. Manufacturers shy away from these models and I wish I could get more. Walthers did one run of some B&O coaches that were modernized HWs but that’s about it.

I finished up the ballast and weeds around the turnout replacement this week and the only “project” that fell into my hands was this GHQ Cat D8 which was a pewter kit:

Cats_WS-GHQ by Edmund, on Flickr

Look how much larger the machine is compared to my previous Woodland Scenics model.

Cats_WS-GSQ by Edmund, on Flickr

The casting quality is superb on the GHQ kit and assembly was very satisfying with little cleanup. I usually eschew these metal kits for that reason but the GHQ example was very nice to work with.

I also picked up a few Artitec Model T trucks this week:

ModelT_Tank by Edmund, on Flickr

Sharp looking vehicles, indeed.

On to more great weekend FUN!

Cheers, Ed

7

Arizona Rock & Mineral Asphalt Power, 1:8 white glue to water mix and a taping blade. I use my Craftsman 3D sander to give it the real road look. I sealed the roads on my layout about 25 years ago with the same 1:8 mix and they still look like day one.

Mel

My Model Railroad
http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/

Bakersfield, California

I’m beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.

8

What a great start for the best thread!

Rick, that Temple Gypsum car looks fantastic;

Kevin, I like your scene and the colorful caboose looks great;

Mel, I’m really liking your road. I’ll be watching for more photos so I can learn how to do mine;

Ringo, I like the way the bridge scene is turning out. Looks very nice!;

Garry, Nice scene of a used but not abused passenger car. Don’t see those weathered very often;

Ed, Great work on the GHQ kit. I have several in N scale that I need to tackle.

Here is my contribution for the week:

I picked up these 2 N scale Kato F units off of eBay in the past month. The blue F7 has an Aztec frame that was milled to accept a decoder. It came with a Digitrax decoder wired in. The red DCC-ready F3, I picked it up dirt cheap. The pilot was mostly broken off, some steps were missing, and the front truck was busted. I got a new truck and repaired the pilot using some scrap styrene. Not perfect, but it came out OK. The fuel tank skirts were trimmed on both and the top of the fuel tanks were extended using styrene. Gold Medal Models stirrups and grabs were used on both.

My wife gave me the largest spare bedroom in our new house, an 11x13 room. On this side, I am using two doors that I removed from my in-laws house to build the N scale layout. The track is Atlas Code 55 with a Digitrax Zephyr for control. On the wall opposite of the N layout will be a point to point HO (or O - can’t decide!) layout.

9

Thanks, Rick fostarting this weekend’s fun thread.

Excellent contributions by everyone.

I haven’t done much on the layout this week apart from running trains.

Here is a little scene that has been made for a little while.

We are on Clarence Dock in 1914. Is the local Policeman admonishing the young boy over some misdemenour, or is the young lad asking the Policeman a question?

David

10

Rick, Thanks for starting the WPF and rolling out some nice models.

Ed, Artitec does some fine work, the Model T looks great, like those tires.

I’ve always thought this fire truck to be a Model T, my grandfather is sitting ‘shotgun’.

Thanks to all the contributors and viewers, have a good and safe weekend, regards, Peter

11

Mel: I think your diorama is looking wonderful. I hope you can take a lot of pictures on it. I made model diorama photography a sub-hobby for more than two years… and loved it!

Ringo: Great work on the decals for the MILWAUKEE ROAD covered hopper car. You did a great job setting the decals to the model and the decal film has disappeared… A+!

Garry: That silver painted heavyweight is one of the most convicing scale models of a passenger car I have seen. You photograph makes it look even better.

Ed: The contractor came Friday to make a materials list for the window/door installation, and they should be here early next week to make the installation. This is the last big part of the project. From here on out it will be pretty much drywall, flooring, and paint. No more inspections or permits. Full speed ahead.

More Ed: The Caterpillar D8 is a big/powerful tracked dozer for sure. The company GHQ stands for “General’s Headquaters”, and they make a huge line of military wargaming miniatures. I have a massive collection of Soviet and German World War II armor they made in 1/285 scale. The tanks are smaller than a penney, but they have more detail than some of my 1/56 scale tanks. GHQ does magnificent work. I do not own any… but they also make some 1/2,400 scale warships that are incredible.

Chuck: That work installing the Gold Metal Models grab irons onto the N scale F units is astounding. Truly amazing. I did some detail installation when I was in N scale, but none of it ever looked close to that good.

David: Thank you for sharing another beautiful scene from your layout.

Peter: Wow, that is a very realistic picture. Those two gondola cars really look like they have seen a lot and have some interesting stories to tell.

Everyone: Thank you for the positive comments on the picture I shar

12

Great work guys!

I missed Kevin’s Holloween thread, so I’ll post here. First train through my hidden track/tunnel areas.

I haven’t ran a track cleaning car since early last spring. Last Wed. night, I powered on the layout, and ran the first train for this “season”.

Sometimes I think track cleaning is over rated. [(-D]

Mike.

13

A few pics from my newly built freelanced HO prairie branchline. It replaced a 40 year old N-Scale layout. The era is early 1970’s and the road is post merger BN. Using the same space as the previous layout, I was forced to construct a point to point switching setup. My eyes and hands sure appreciate the switch to HO Scale. I’ll post more pics in the days to come.

14

Web by Bear, on Flickr

15

[(-D] [(-D] Thanks Bear! I feel honored! [bow]

Mike.

16

No Worries, here’s another one.[:)]

Whumpa by Bear, on Flickr

17

Good morning

As usual, always some great-looking modeling to look at here.

I always appreciate how kit cars can be made to look Factory Rick.

That picture may be old but it’s an oldie but goodie Kevin. In response to your comment, I hate hanging drywall but I love finishing it. I feel more like I’m doing art than work.

The diorama is looking really good Mel. Are you going to put yellow lines on that great looking road?

The abutment looks great Ringo. I always love looking at scratch built things on layouts.

Nice Garry! That CB&Q kit turned out sweet.

Nothing like a good bulldozer Ed. The new recruit is a Monster but I can appreciate both.

You sure did a great job on the Santa Fe repairs Chuck.

Like the street confrontation scene David. I think the cop is asking the kid where he got that boom box.

I sure love that picture of you and your granddad in the fire truck Peter. Your modeling scenes are always impressive.

I think you gave “Brush off the cobwebs” new meaning Mike. At least the spiders are keeping the bugs from nesting in your tunnels while you have fun all summer.

Some nice railroad scenes Rocky. Enjoyed.

I always enjoy your humor Bear.

I got my Bents installed under the curved girder plate Bridge yesterday.

I’m sure glad the joints lined up to the tracks below when I built the top part of the bridge 2 years ago.

Still have some fine-tuning and finishing of the abutments. But I’m moving on to the sixth of the eight Bridges so I can finally lay my track and play with trains one of these days. The test track is getting old!

18

Had a similar issue with a visiting CN unit a few years ago…made a great Halloween backdrop though…

Rich

19

Mike: Spiderwebs… yuck. I know all about those things in tunnels. I have been battling “long legged” spiders in this house for 21 years. It does not take long for them to build those ultra-thin lightweight spiderwebs all over the place. I am sure my tunnels will be looking like that as well.

RMNRWY: Nice work on your new HO scale layout. I really like the second picture of the NORTHERN PACIFIC RS-1 in front of the station. I hope we see more of your work in many future editions of Weekend Photo Fun.

Bear: Two Beartoons in one week? We are all very honored. Both were good.

Fiddler: The trestle bents sure do look good underneath the steel bridge. Nice work.

More Fiddler: I don’t mind hanging drywall, but I hate taping. I do the joints and smooth the screw holes myself, but I hire a local guy to do the texture. I need an experienced hand to do the part that is actually seen.

Rich: More spiderwebs! I hope it is not too hard to get them off of the locomotive front handrails. Thank you for joining us in Weekend Photo Fun. I hope to see more. Your layout looks good.

-Kevin

20

Very soft paint brush and some steady hands.

Rich