It’s that time again- Weekend photo fun. For those who are new here, WPF is where we show off what we have been working on all week, and weekend. Here is my project. Inspired by Mike’s Car for his Garden Railroad…I created my own car. My logic behind it is, it’s the missing link between the McKeen car and the RDC units. It’s still a WIP, and will be painted for my Freelanced road. The power is similar to an RDC.
It’s one of my “crazy places my mind goes” specials/
Jimmy… that is very creative. Actually, the New Haven “Roger Williams” train was a RDC train with end cars having cabs . If you google New Haven Roger Williams RDC , you might find a photo .
I came across the roger Williams as I was looking up how the RDC was powered. Interesting pieces of machinery. The locomotive is an old (and I mean OLD) Rivarossi…so right now it’s a dummy. Until I can get a new motor for it. It only has to pull itself so it won’t need a lot of pulling power.
I have completed some cars showing the progression of the paint schemes and one special paint scheme!
Intermountain 1937 AAR Mod Boxcar kit, which is equivalent to the Burlington’s XM-32 Class Boxcars, substituted Yarmouth Models Sill Steps for the kit supplied plastic steps. Painted the car with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and lettered with Microscale Decals. This car was delivered in 1953 and painted in the standard scheme of that time. Everywhere West was on one side of the car and Way of the Zephyrs was on the other side.
The same kit, but painted with Scalecoat II Chinese Red and lettered with Microscale Decals. These cars were painted in this scheme from 1958 to mid 1968. Car was originally built in 1945. Same flip flop on the slogans also. This car was numbered in the group for the Q’s subsidiary Fort Worth and Denver.
Same kit again, but this time painted with Floquil Gold Paint and lettered with Microscale Decals. Car built in 1950 and this special paint scheme was applied in December of 1966, one of eight cars rebuilt by the Q’s Havelock Shops in one day and all were painted gold. This commemorates winning the Railway Progress Institute’s Golden Freight Car award for 1966. The award was for the most effective promotion of railroad freight traffic in America.
Jimmy, Kind of scary where one’s mind will wander off to[(-D] That’s a very credible effort[tup][B], although I’d throw in a rooftop fan or something to make it a little busier towards the cab end, sorta like a mullet – business in front, party in the back.[:D]
Rick, I really like the Q and I’m sure GARRY is enjoying this week’s edition of Rick’s Car Shop, too.[swg]
Bear, Neat little models. Tourist cabins?
Actually did some modeling indoors this week. It looks much more inspirational than it seemed at the time. I decided to remove and repair a dead light post from near the Durango station. So I moved it where it would do more good over by the brief Durango business district.
Those laser kits look like a hoot, Bear. I really enjoy a good laser cut kit. The precise cuts are a breeze to work with [Y]
Nice look on the continuing night scenes, Mike. Very moody with the pool of light under the lamp. Super!
I just wrapped-up one of my “mini-projects” just a few minutes ago. A while back I was paging through a Pennsylvania Railroad book and spotted this interesting water bridge:
Jimmy, Never mind that suggestion. I’ve got this figured out. What you have there is one of those new battery-powered railcars. They plug it in to recharge! No need for any motor related roof eye-candy at all.
It’s great to live in these modern times.[;)]
Ed, Thanks for the comments[:)] Now that says big time railroading – and is a bit easier to depict in model form than those track pans on the New York Central. Do the water nozzles rotate or are just tucked out of the way but are close enough to make things look good?
He’s thinking as he rakes the sand level for the basement floor concrete pour, “Hmmm, this is a great time to change the floorplan so that the stairs come down in the middle here in order to provide an unobstructed round-the-walls mainline run…”
Gotta think bigger than 4x8 with a new basement in sight.[(-D]
Didn’t John Allen start with a 3x6 (?) layout? And it’s easier to pick up a 4x8 to pour the concrete. But if I install an around the walls layout, I could anchor it to the walls and still pour concrete. Hmm…
Ah, I thought maybe you were going to continue building the house until the For Sale sign went up out front? Nothing wrong with the way it is…I agree, the small layout is inspirational and leaving it as is lets the viewer decide for themselves what the scene means. That was just my reaction[tup]
Finished the initial paint job on my homebrewed R36WF. Waiting on decal paper and then I’ll glue on the pantograph gates and other exterior details. Later the interior, lighting, electronics, etc.
Well, it’s all been Really Good Stuff so far, thank you all.
SouthPenn, love it!! [tup] [(-D][(-D] Though Mikes suggestion of relocating the stairs so as to be able to create the round the wall layout makes good sense![;)]
The boys at the Club are rehashing the “Mountain Layout” and these are for the logging camp. Ed, first time I’ve played with laser cut kits and I certainly won’t need glue for the sides at least, because I am having to use the little Knockometerpictured!! Garry, unless I make a complete pigs ear out of them, you will undoubtedly see more of them.
While this is NOT modelling, it does for fill the other prerequisites for WPF, because Her-in-doors and self, had fun riding behind this today!
I gave serious consideration to changing the layout to an around the walls style. But for the time being I am leaving it a 4x8. Visiters to my layout will look into the basement and instantly recognize what it is and understand why it’s there. An around the wall layout would be more of a ’ whats that? ’ reaction. Most of my visiters are not modelers.
Jimmy - LOVE the railcar. I am impressed at how well the roof lines seem to line up.
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Rick - I am posting my “boxcar of the week” too. Nowhere near as good a story to go along with it. Very nice work.
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I finished this “Cumberland Road” boxcar this week. I was not sure about using the Hinomaru emblem in the paint job, but it looks OK to me, and “Red Ball” logos were not all that rare in the USA, even after WW2. Plus, I had the decal on hand.
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If you click the image you will get a better view.
I’m heading south this evening to view the eclipse. Original plan was to go to southwest Kentucky but the forecast has changed from mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Now it looks like the best bet for sunny skies within driving distance is Lebanon, Tennessee. It’s a little east of Nashville and right in the center of the totality path. Even this is a crapshoot. Totality only lasts about 160 seconds and one ill timed cloud could spoil the show.
If I do get lucky and get some pictures, would it be considered a faux pas to post them to next week’s WPF. I know we like to keep this a railroad themed thread but since this is such a rare event, I was wondering if people would mind making an exception. I suppose another option would be to post them on the Trackside Diner.
When I got back into model railroading about 40 years ago one of the first books I got was a primer by Linn Westcott. There was a picture of a similar motorcar using an Aero-train body with a passenger compartment. It’s the first thing I though of when seeing your fantasy car. Imagination has no bounds.
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