It’s that time again… weekend photo fun. For new posters, this is where we show our projects . A quick layout tour first.
Also I’ve been working on this.
Never doing a custom finishing kit again!
Thanks for kicking-off the first February WPF of 2021, Jimmy!
I have some of those Custom Finishing kits on the shelf, waiting for someday [:-^] Yours looks pretty sharp. Finishing something that is a challenge can be a great reward! Thanks for the tour [Y]
I continued on part of my fuel tracks this week. One thing I wanted were some low inspection lights that are common around these facilities so the trucks and rigging can be seen easier.
Inspection_Lights_-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
I mixed up a “glop” of Durham’s putty and added about a teaspoon of Mars Black artist acrylic to it to make some oil-soaked grime to spread on the track:
Fuel-rack1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Things are just temporarily in place until I get the “feel” for their location. The abandoned concrete shed once housed an air compressor. I’ll have to find some rusted machinery for the interior.
Fuel-rack_EL by Edmund, on Flickr
All the “pre-EPA” fuel stations I’ve seen had a nasty muck of diesel fuel, soot, lube oil and gunk all over the ground.
A pair of Athearn autoracks arrived this week too [8D][8D]
Lovely film, Jimmy. The kit looks difficult, but I am sure you can do it.
I support the restoration of ‘Medway Queen Paddle Steamship’ and to raise funds they commission the building of model rail wagons. I have a few and every now and I run them as a separate layout. Just a bit of fun. [:D]
David
Jimmy- The layout is really coming along!
Ed- Love the lighted fuel pad scene.
David- Always love seeing your British modeling work.
Well, I have been absent, but I finally have a couple things worth showing.
The snow is really coming down here in upstate NY. We’ve gotten almost a foot and it’s still coming down!
Since I can’t get out to railfan today (although I really wanted to), I thought I would make a short layout update.
Even though I’m supposed to be tearing things down, I actually repaired some track and put some trains back up!?
I did this for two reas
Jimmy- I like the progress on the layout, keep it up! Also what is a custom finishing kit?
Ed- I like the grime on the track! I added some oil leaks to mine with some acrylic paint. The shine is a nice touch to it! Those autoracks are awesome! I love the early style. Athearn rollingstock always delivers.
David- I like the wagon! Is the ship restored yet?
I gave up a few of my engines to fund a new project, making WSOR 6660, an EX SP GP35.
I picked up a walthers proto GP35 and decals from Circuis City Decals and got one side done yesterday. Now to figure out how to remove the nose mounted mars lights and add ditch lights. That will be a future project as I do like the mars lights
Through a lucky bid, this Proto 2000 PS4427 hopper found its way onto the layout
Thanks for looking, hope to see more great pictures this weekend!
Harrison- We must have posted at the same time! The layout looks great. The pulpwood car looks fantastic!
Ringo. Work on the ‘Medway Queen’ is ongoing. Obviously due to Covid visitors are not allowed. Here is a link to the Preservation Society.
https://www.medwayqueen.co.uk/
David
Jimmy … Thanks for starting photo fun with your layout video. The kit looks challenging.
Ed … I like all of the details you are including with your fuel track. The autorack cars look good.
David NorthBrit … I like seeing your photos with you detailed scenes.
Harrison … I like the pulpwood car. A very nice gift.
Ringo … The GP35 and covered hopper look great.
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This is an older photo which I like. It is my CB&Q 2-10-2 in the twon of Blackhawk.
Good, morning from cloudy, cold and windy Northeast Ohio, we were supposed to get snow and a wintry mix last night buy it looks like we only got the wintry mix.
Jimmy, thanks for starting us out, good work on that kit, from what I understand the old Custom Finishing kits from when Bob Raszca owned the company were a lot easier to build than the kits now due to all the flash etc on from using the old dies.
Ed, nice looking work, I just received the same auto racks that you got, now to get cars to fill them up!
Dave, another great scene, you British modelers get some great scenes on small layouts.
Harrison, nice looking pulpwood car, very realistic.
Ringo, GP35’s are always good looking engines, also covered hoppers from that period look great.
Garry, love the picture, especially the 2-10-2, my Pennsy 2-10-2 is one of my favorite locomotives.
I managed to get a couple of cars done this week!
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LBF 50’ FMC Double Door Boxcar kit, removed the poorly done cast on ladders and replaced with IMRC ones from the scrapbox, also added A-line Sill Steps in place of the cast plastic ones. Car was painted with Scalecoat II NP Light Green paint and lettered with Champ Decals. The SP&S ordered these FMC/Gunderson cars in 1970 to deal with the increased lumber traffic out of the Pacific Northwest. Like the DT&I I think they regretted the yellow lettering on green paint.
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Exactrail Evan 4780CF Covered Hopper kit, painted with Scalecoat II ATSF Red and lettered with Oddballs Decals. Evans in the 1977-1981 period built about 6,000 of these covered hoppers to deal with the increased grain traffic in the midwest. Garvey Elevators bought some of these cars new and took over the leases
Jimmy: Thank you for starting us out this week. I wish you were close-by. I would come over and show you all kinds of good techniques for assembling that beautiful kit.
Ed: This industrial lamps look great on your layout. Those new autoracks are handsome. I only have one open autorack that holds just four automobiles. It cost way too much to populate it. I could never have one of the those biggies.
David: I like that scene. The lorry with the low cab and the high trailer looks great.
Harrison: That is a good looking pulpwood bulkhead flat car. Did you paint the load? My Atlas cars came with unpainted loads.
Ringo: That new hopper car looks great. I love all of my Proto-2000 freight cars. Those covered hoppers are one of the few they made that do not fit my era. How was Circus City Decals to work with? I am going to need more custom decals soon.
Garry: That picture of the town of Blackhawk on your layout is simply beautiful. That is a very pleasing scene that really shows off a great section of your layout.
Rick: On your SP&S car, yes, that green is way too light for yellow lettering. Also, does the yellow stripe on the door indicate anything special, or is it just a marker for autoracks?
I don’t have anything new to share this week, so I did not start the WPF thread. I will leave everyone with just one of my favorite pictures of my layout test segment from last year.
-Kevin
Fan trip on the Mt Hood RR courtesy of departed friend Cliff West. He was a very good modeler.[8D]
David- Looks like shes come a long way since getting abandoned!
Gary- Thank you for the comments on my models. I really like that steamer!
Rick- Great looking cars as always! Ive always liked that CP scheme. Lets see the As and Bs running!
Kevin- I really like proto kits too! theyre not too had to do and always yeild good results. I personally like Circus City Decals a lot. The owner is a good guy and is always quick to respond. A few months ago I inquired to getting custom graphics and he instead sent me to MicroScale to save me money. Really stand out guy with nice WSOR layout. Id reccomend him to anyone
Tanker load- Thats a great scene! I can’t wait to have a larger layout that I could run an excursion train!
Sorry, that is how they were painted, pea green with yellow-orange lettering, which is why I said that was a big mistake.
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/sps/sps318139tca.jpg
I believe the yellow marking on the door was an easy way to show the cars were equipped with PC&F Carpak load restaining devices.
Rick Jesionowski
I was not suggesting your painting was anything less than perfect. I am in 100% agreement that the prototype should have made a better choice for color combination.
Thanks, I figured it was some kind of interior loading device.
-Kevin
Jimmy - Thanks for starting WPF for the first weekend in February 2021. The video show that you are making progress on your layout. You have quite a task ahead of you there.
Ed - Great work on the fuel rack and lighting. The auto racks look good too.
David - Good looking scene. The Queen is a piece of history and a worthy project. Great progress has been made!
Harrison - Suffering withdrawal symptoms? Thats a fine looking pulpwood car.
Ringo - Good progress on the GP35. The Rock Island hopper looks good too.
Garry - Nice photo as usual.
Rich - Good looking cars as usual. The F7B is a nice change and will make an impressive consist with the F7A’s. The Pennsy 2-10-2 and coal drag make a great picture.
Kevin - The billboard cars look good.
TT - The Mt. Hood excursion train is a great picture. Thanks for sharing.
Got out some of the heavy weight locos in the BRVRR roster to give them a run.
Since the big Pennsy locos are up today here is Zachary’s PRR #6438 2-10-4 with a coal drag on the layout:
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.
I’m headed out to shovel snow, so I can’t comment on everyone’s photos yet – I’ll check in later.
I haven’t done any layout work, but I looked back through some pics and found one right after I got the layout started.
I’ll see everyone later.
Allan: I like that view of the PRR locomotive with the coal train.
John: That is one heavy looking bridge.
I was getting ready to go outside and shovel the snow too, but when I looked through the window I saw that the snow had missed us. That was a good break.
-Kevin
Jimmy, Thanks for opening the WPF with a fun movie and kit build shot.
Tankertoad135, Great pic, the excursion train and scenery are fantastic.
Regardless of what Phil said, I can’t help but think Spring.
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers, have a good weekend, regards, Peter
It’s another good weekend for pictures.
Jimmy, thanks for starting us this weekend. I really like your trees that have the autumn colors. My trees are all green – I hadn’t considered trees in the fall. I might have to try that.
Ed, that fuel station scene with the dirty tracks and ballast looks realistic. You’re right, most of those you see in real life reflect years of spilling oil.
David, that’s another great scene from your railroad. That’s sounds like a neat idea to raise money for a steamship’s restoration.
Harrison, I must have missed when you told of tearing down the layout. What are you planning? That’s a pretty neat-looking pulpwood car.
Ringo, another nice-looking hopper car. I’ve mentioned before that I want to start getting some covered hopper cars – yours look great.
Garry, that scene is a great example of a background and foreground blending together. It’s difficult to see where the layout ends and the background begins.
Rick, I love E and F locomotives. That’s a nice-looking CP F7 A&B.
Kevin, that’s a neat lineup of billboard cars. It’s too bad railroads don’t do that anymore.
Tanker, that’s a neat look model of an excursion train.
Allan, that’s a nice scene of coal cars. Someone was riding on the top of one of the cars to get that photo.
Peter, as always, your photos make us do a double-take – is it real or is it part of a layout. Great work!
Here’s another one of my starting work with foam. I have a feeling this will be going away sometime soon.
Thanks, everyone, for your contributions! We still have another day for more posts.
Kevin- I did not paint the load yet, but I plan to sometime in the future.
John York1- I am planning to build a layout in the corner of the basement, a point to point layout focusing on prototypical operations on the D&H in Plattsburgh, NY.
Everyone- Thanks for commenting on my post!
I’ll be back at the end of the weekend to post more.