Than you four your comment.
If you like to see more go on our sister community “Layout and layout building” my topic “Building a small yard in Nscale”
Great pic’s and project’s going on guy’s…really good stuff! [Y] [Y]
Just a few from me…still plugging along on multiple project’s going on at same time…so all shots are just set up temporarily. On going rail/truck terminal has all the inside lights in, started working on outside. I’m hoping they will mask some of the light bleed through I have, if not I’ll have to do some painting on the inside with silver paint, that works just as good as black. Easy to do, buildings are removable, foundations and all, to work on at bench. I’m test fitting the rough brick that will be there. Finding out they all have to be squared first, they just won’t match otherwise. They are Plastruct sheets. Some new trucks were built…waiting on decals. They are GMC 860 1958/62 Era. and they are modified so they roll with K&S brass tube, rod,c-channels for frame an A-line wheels/tires. The exhaust stack is brass tube, scracth built. Trailers are Ulrich with CMW landing gear. That have Chooch steel coils, sitting on scracth built skids, with Northeastern stripwood. They are the type that lay down, not the type You may have seen on edge, being hauled by truck. Also just put a couple loaded spine cars on two storage tracks just for the heck of it.
Take Care All,and Great work!
Frank
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Sorry for the triple pic’s…don’t have a clue why that happened. Maybe a stuck key!
Take Care! [:D]
Frank
Frank,nice work - that office scene is terrific.
Mike
I’ll second Mike’s opinion on the office scene.
Dave
Mike & Dave,
Thanks for Your kind words. I must have dropped that guy 10 times, before I got Him CA’ed in that chair. LOL. The other office has a man & woman in it…but I learned to glue them in the chair first, made it a lot easier. Those pic’s were rushed, when I get more time, I’ll do a better job, hopefully! [swg] You can’t see it in the pic’, but there is a bill of lading typed up in the typewriter…that was fun to put in.[:S]
Take Care! [:D]
Frank
BTW: Dave You did a fantastic job on that Goose. [Y] Isn’t putting on those little details fun??? [:^)]
I made a sand loading facility out of scraps
the box is leftover bass wood stained
The tower is made from old water tower feet. The tank is the center to an adding machine paper roll the top of the tank is a dremel wheel along with some railing and diamond plate for a floor and a cage ladder. The tubing is heat shrink and a coat hanger. The filler hose is a piece of wire insulation pulled off the wire
Still not sure how they got the sand up into the tower
but I’m betting after drying it they blew it up into the tower
Maybe i should build a drying shed
Frank and others:
Thank you for your comments on the goose. Much appreciated.
Frank - I do enjoy the results, if not the process so much. I’m actually getting fairly good at making things like the grab irons. Even the running boards came together without too much fuss despite somewhat shakey hands.
I’m still not totally happy with the roof shape. It looks too much like a European wagon. Last night I filed off the overhang and it is better, but I’m still considering replacing it. My problem is that I put a bunch of lead wheel weights inside the box and they stick up a bit above the the tops of the walls. I have already spent some tip whittling the top weight down. If I can carve away some more without damaging the walls then I will be able to install a flatter roof. Trouble is, the existing roof fits perfectly, if I do say so myself, so making another one that fits snugly and will stay in place without glue will be a challenge.
I contacted Tonys to ask if they have a release date for the Loksound Galloping Goose sound file but they don’t know when it will be out.[sigh] I need the Loksound Select Micro. Everything else is too big to fit in the box along with the sugar cube speakers and the Loksound Keep Alive.
Sorry for blithering on.
Dave
First time I have contributed on the weekend photo thread. He is the Walthers Grocery Distribtor building I finally finished. Still needs scenery around it.
basementdweller
Welcome to the thread!
That is a really nice job on the building. Great addition to your layout with all the traffic it will generate.
Dave
Great work this week, as usual. I’ve got a work in progress shot of the Westcott memorial trestle. I’ve been working on it as I have time over the past few weeks. Today it reached the point that the Blackwater Cannonball tentatively traversed it for the first time:
Thanks Bear for posting and to everyone for sharing your work.
Here’s an ExactRail GSC flatcar I finished recently.
I added etched ACI plates from BLMA, plus decals for consolidated stencils and yellow-dot U1 inspection symbols. I used a combination of paint and chalk for weathering.
Rob
I like the subtle weathering. “Less is more.”
Dave
What a great set all!
Allan, nice track weathering. How did you do two colors?
Shayfan, was that a scratcbuilt trestle or a kit? Which one?
NP.
Aaauggghhh Gee Frank, until I read this post I thought you were running a “Spot the difference “ competition, spent a good ¼ hour and couldn’t find one, sccheeesh!!![:-^][(-D]
Once again a great variety of really Good Stuff, thanks to all the contributors.[bow]
Cheers, the Bear.[:)]
The trestle is from scratch. I designed in using PowerPoint and then gave my NWSL Chopper a real workout (about 500 little pieces of wood). I made jigs to keep the subassemblies consistent and accurate.