Gidday All, well it’s been another of those weeks, not a lot achieved modelling wise and a computer that still won’t talk to my digital camera, talk about first world problems!!! [;)][(-D]
So another one from the train show archives, the Bear really needs to get brave enough to attempt some weathering.
Looking forward to the really Good Stuff,
Have a Great One Ffolkes,
Cheers, the Bear. [:)]
Tell ya what Bear, when you get brave enough to start weathering your rolling stock then so will I.[C):-)]
Here are a couple of shots of my McKeen motor car cab interior as it sits so far. I sent an e-mail to the McKeen Motor Car Company Historical Society asking for any pictures they might have of the cab interior. The President of the society, Madison Kirkman, sent me several very informative pictures, some of which I had not seen before. I had most of the details installed before I got Madison’s reply. Much of the bits I installed are reasonably close enough to the real thing but there are some details that I can improve upon.
The prototype cab details are way more complicated than what I have modeled but I’m going to invoke the ‘good enough’ caveat. After all, it it HO scale and the details will be viewed through the windows and the cab door.
Looking forward to everyone’s contributions!
Dave
I think what you’ve done so far Dave is far better than “Good Enough”.[tup]
“Tell ya what Bear, when you get brave enough to start weathering your rolling stock then so will I”
Yeah well I’ve been brave enough to attempt weathering rolling stock…
…and you can see why I’m not brave enough to weather a locomotive!!!
Cheers, the Bear.[:)]
JaBear, Dave,
I managed to finish the things I was building for others this month…but now model/layout building is on hold…doing all kinds of work to the outside of the house before the weather changes and I have the energy.
But I thought I would comment on DAVE’S fantastic job on His project…Looking real great Dave…[Y] I went through a similar event about detail…seem’s like I do it a lot. Trying to remember to use the ‘‘good enough’’ rule. When I built, detailed and painted some of My Son’s Wargame vehicles…the two in the pic… I highly detailed the interiors, controls, gauges, etc. only to find out once everthing was built, figures added and so forth…YOU COULD NOT SEE WHAT I DID…I’m not yelling…I’m laughing [(-D] [swg].
Have A Good One! [:D]
Frank
I didn’t get to post these last weekend (friend passed away at only 19), so here’s a couple photos from the Mid Mon Valley Model Railroad club’s module layout on August 9th.
The first photo is my freelanced road Austinville and Dynamite City railroad SW1500 custom painted
The second is my Wheeling and Lake Erie train. The loco,boxcar, and last three hoppers were custom painted, decaled and weathered myself
The third photo isan overhead photo of my prototype Wheeling units. Plus my T1. Good work everyone
Good morning everyone from Northeast Ohio.
Bear, thanks for starting, glad you even attemped weathering, I have not yet except for some mistakes that looked like weathering.
Dave, more exceptional modeling on the McKeen Car!!
Frank, those are a little out of scale, don’t you think!
Jimmy, some nice pictures.
Managed to finish painting and decaling the PC X79 Boxcar that I showed the in progress pictures of.
Rail Yard Models kit, painted with Floquil PC Green and Platinum Mist Paints and lettered with kit supplied decals. This car was financed by Kelloggs and leased to the PC for use in hauling cereal from Battle Creek Michigan accross the country. Can put a lot of cereal boxes in a 60’ Hi-Cube Boxcar.
In the 70’s the Rock Island did what a number of financially strapped railroads did. They sold a large part of their 40’ Boxcar fleet to Evans, who refurbished the cars and leased them back to the railroad. In this case Evans strengthened the side sills and installed 8’ doors in the refurbished cars. I took a Branchline kit, removed the side sill and lower door track, then glued a new side sill in place using Evergreen Plastic with a piece of Evergreen angle stock as reinforcing. Painted the model with a mixture of Floquil PC Green with a few drops of Dark Green, these rapidly faded into the standard PC Green color. Lettered the car with Mask Island decals for this car.
Another view of my Bowser C-430’s with a Flexivan train at the Strongsville Society of Model Railroad Engineers layout.</
Good stuff, guys!
How about a caboose ride around the scenic portion of my layout? It’s in 2 parts because the Polaroid Cube will only shoot 5 minute videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-sdm06bptA
Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS7CFONZjtM
Keep the fun coming!
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Wow Terry that’s a huge layout
you must have spent the last 5 years just making trees
Thanks for the Tour~!
I’ll return the favor with a video of my small layout
Bear … Nice locomotive. I know what you mean about hestitating to weather a loco… Covered hopper looks good.
Dave HOn3 … Your work on the McKeen motos car is outstanding… Better than close enough.
Frank … Super detailed war games vehicles.? … Nice !
Jimmy … Very sad to hear bout your young friend passing away. … Nice photos !
Rick … Pass the corn flakes, please . … Your PC cereal car is very nice. … The Rock Island car looks great too. Nice club layout photo.
Terry in Wisonsin … I like your video… Your trees look very good.
Terry in Texas … Thanks for the video too. I will watch very shortly.
Below are photos of my latest model… A Plumbing Supply House… I made this from a very old kit (about 50 years old) … The kit maker was called Dyna Models. It is mostly wood construction, and small pieces of wood needed to be cut. … I used 3M transfer tape in a couple of places following a recent MR article.
Next to the Plumbing Supply House is the common Atlas Lumber Yard which I modified and detailed.
Nice work guys. Well, I finished my CN 4-8-4 last weekend. Might still do a bit more weathering but that’s about it. It’s a Bowser model, with a few modifications, including new pilot and added details on the boiler. I changed the motor and added DCC sound. The tender also received a new set of wheels. She runs very smoothly and pulls great. Now I really need to work on that scenery!
Simon
Really good stuff from everyone, esp. Rick, outstanding models, and great scenes from Garry. A Geep being refueled at night.
Wow! Spectacular stuff from both WPF regulars and newer folks drifting in to join the fun[bow]
Not one of my best pics, but the best model pic I have this week.RGS 40 and Rio Grande 375 doublehead, easing a train of Gramps tank cars loaded with crude oil downgrade from the Snowden pipeline terminal, cross the Lime Creek Gulch bridge as they enter Purgatory on the Cascade Branch.
Spent much time preparing for a new weeknight ops session I’ve started. It was sparsely attended, but it’s August[(-D] There will be several more opportunities to join in coming up in September if you’re near Urbana and would like to participate. Send me a private message and we can figure out what dates/times work best for you. I may settle down to a more regualr schedule after that.
Helping keep things safe, I painted some tiger stripes on my risers used for helping operate some of the heightier parts of the line. Not exactly railroad, but definitely part of having a layout.
Bear,
I would be proud to do so well. Practice may not make perfect, but you’re at least halfway there already.
My work bench is set back up so, I spent some time away from my On30 project to work on HO equipment. Did some decals, details and weathering on a few F units. The lighting isnt very good for photos, I need to set up something else I guess. 42 is about done, 46 still needs glazing and a few details.
A meet on the Lehigh Valley.
Great pictures - and videos! - everyone.
No modeling for me lately,but I did manage to win this On3 K-36(Built for Precision Scale by Samhongsa) on e-bay,for what I think is a great price.I’m not on a “brass” budget,so this will probably be my one and only.
I want to do paint,new motor,sound decoder,and LEDs(the tender is NOT drilled out for a speaker),but I’ve got to admit this beauty’s got me a little intimidated.
Have a good weekend,
Mike
Great stuff this week as always. These past couple of weeks I’ve been busy with the DCC transition, which is exciting but not very photogenic. But I have also been working on a few Model Power structure kits.
Here’s the brewery:
Due to the building’s resembalence to a Fitch Barrier, I think I’ll call it Fitch Brewing.
Here’s The Sulivans:
And the “Moving In” Kit:
The “Grabitski’s”:
I kitbashed the under-consrtuction addition into a carport and back deck.
I’ve also done some work at Horseshoe Curve:
Terry!
That is a spectacularly long run! What I wouldn’t give to have that sort of space available! Very nice modeling.
Dave
Bear, Frank, Rick J, Garry and others - thanks for your kind comments!
Mike - nice hunk of brass!
Jimmy - Truly sorry for your loss. Tuesday is the 10th anniversary of the death of our 18 year old son. Sometimes life isn’t fair.
Dave
Jimmy, sorry to hear about your friend and thoughts to you as well Dave and Mrs. Dave.
Cheers, the Bear.