Can’t wait to see the good projects this week. I almost finished up my WLE GP35 last week, and have started on two theater window cars Wheeling and Lake Erie 1990, and the CSXT Alabama. All I have done on the car is windows cut out of styrene, so perhaps I’ll post those towards the end of the week. Also running an open house this weekend, so no work from me this weekend. Anyway, heres my nearly finished GP35. The work includes:
Cannon and Co. high hood nose kit and attaching said nose to a Kato Santa Fe GP35
Adding brass detail parts (antennas)
moving the horn towards the long hood end
decaling and painting, and extending the light bar
My January MR arrived a week ago. The article about white-metal casting kits inspired me to assemble some which I have had in storage for a few years. The first one of these to be completed is a road grader made I made from a Woodland Scenics kit this past week.
Below is a consist of 3 CBQ F3’s … The lead unit and the B unit are F3 Pahse 4 models by Atheran Genesis. The trailing unit is an F3 Phase 2 model made by Intermountain. The three units run very well together, and I was surprsed to see the thread about Intermountain F units being slower than Genesis F units.
Heck I must of slept in!! [|)] [;)] [(-D]
104 looks good, a nice job, Jimmy. [tup]
That whole scene looks good Garry; I’ve recently picked up two more Woodland Scenics white metal kits which are now in the “One Day” box.
Aside from the fact that it’s a sign that somehow my year has disappeared (once again) I’ll never tire of that particular scene DJ.
I find I’m spending too much time on club stuff but I can’t resist a challenge. They wanted a mine but couldn’t find an appropriate kit to fit the area, so I said why doesn’t some one scratchbuild one.
I was not intending the someone to be me but I should have known better.[sigh] So using an article by Irving M. Neitlich from the July 1955 Model Railroader as a gu
Nice works guys, been fighting with computers the last couple of days, so I better post a few pics of a Cascade Local leaving town and leave it at that…
Great start to the weekend, folks! Always look forward to seeing what everyone has been up to.
On The SLOW, the girder bridge is finally together and the rivets have been placed on the bottom of the girders themselves. Hope to put a coat of paint on the bottom of it today leaving the top of the girders paint free so I can get rivets put on there over the weekend at the RIT Train Show.
I’ts rainning in Belgium and the sky is heavy clouded, so I have work quiet a lot to my lumber company.
The small boiler house is nearly finished, painting and wheathering are done, using acrilycs paints, pastel chalk and isopropilycs india ink wash; most of the details are made of scratch.
Most of the roof of the kitbashed building are done and covered withroofing; this roofing is made with a paint tape custom cut to the right width for an Nscale use.
The wall are nearly finished, the roof is nearly finished, so I hope to finish the whole building this week end.
This is a small scratchbuild chimney, made of a wire bend to shape, a cap from a small plastic tube cut in lenght and the joint to simulate different made of small tape band.
As I mentioned in last weekends photo fun that I was going to show my TT scale mini-diorama. The reason for this diorama was to learn about scenery. I haven’t done scenery since hard shell way back when. Also wanted to learn using acrylics for color. So here’s my dio. I call it “Tight Clearance”.
Should have used the track clearance gauge here.
Coming through the cut.
There’s .2" clearance. That’s 2 feet in TT scale. Enough to get through at restricted speed on a spur.
Jimmy, Thanks for getting the fun rolling with your high-nose Geep.
The Martinez/Benicia SP railroad bridge is old and weather-beaten, the mightiness and the character of it’s raw steel has been left muted by the crowding in of it’s modern, yet lifeless concreted neighbors. That the Crockett Model Railroad Society has done a stupendous job of capturing and preserving the history and essence of this classic railway bridge is an understatement.
Impressive projects and inspiring scenes above, everyone. Nice work.
I have been off to other things lately but made a step forward this week on getting some acquired LifeLike locos ready for decoder (need to order these) and speaker installs by milling room for speakers into the weights. I’m fortunate to have a friend with a milling machine, much easier (and safer) than the grinding I’ve done prior.
The first is a LL P2K GP30, which will get a LokSound Select plus 3-4 13x18mm sugarcube speakers.
The second is a LL P1K FM Erie Built (B unit not shown) which will get a Select plus 4 like sugarcubes.
I’ve just run the first operating session on my On30 ‘Bradford Valley Lumber Co.’ layout. As expected, I found a handful of problems that need tweaking/fixing, and I’ll be sorting these out over the coming weeks.
Here are some of the photos I took during the session:
This is the first proper (i.e. non-testing) train to run on the BVLC, a supply train running to Camp C (staging) headed by 4-4-0 #8.
Returning from Camp D with a passenger train, #3 crosses the trestle.
With empty log skeletons in tow, #2 heads up to Camp C (staging).
Hi Folks and great pictures as usual. Every year, I treat myself with some kind of loco project for the holiday season…. This year, my gifts to myself are the two following items, which I bought off Ebay a few weeks ago:
The 20 ton shay was operational when I got it, but was missing a few body parts (lid for the boiler and headlight). She will be stripped, remotored, DCC’d and painted. I don’t know the Japanese manufacturer but the body matches exactly the keystone shay I have at home. The decapod behind the shay was also found on Ebay. It is a Mantua with a Cary boiler. It will also need a new motor and a bit of TLC. Two “mechanic’s special” I just can’t wait to work on during the holidays!
Simon
Your pacing shot is just a real treat. The blur hides a lot, but make it look so real.
Marc, Bernd, tbdanny, Simon and everyone else had just great stuff, too.
Finally, squeezing one more pic in as the weekend comes to an end in some parts of the globe, some new art for the train room to go with my John Coker print. I’ll have more pics and background in next week’s WPF.
You and me both Rick, I think there may be a discussion coming on. The challenge is that I’m trying to prove a point to the club members that scratchbuilding is achievable without great expense and in a reasonable time frame. Though “Speedy Bear” is a bit of an oxymoron![sigh]
I hope your show and Terrys open home went well.
Anyhow some progress…
Thanks to all for the inspiring really Good Stuff!!
Cheers, the Bear.[:)]
EDI
