Gidday All, while I’ve started working on my ferry again, I’ve haven’t got to a stage that might warrant a photo, so have gone to the vaults, and seeing its Independence Day in the US, here’s Charming Creek Lumber Co #1 on the American Modular Group.
Looking forward to the Really Good Stuff,
Have a Great One ffolkes,[:D]
Cheers, the Bear.
There will be some fireworks. Lots of rain lately, so no issues of wildfires around here.
A much awaited new piece of motive power arrived this week, Rio Grande Southern C-19 #40.
She’s from the latest run by Blackstone of these neat little locos and I had to scrape the bottom of the barrel selling unused equipment, picking up pennies off the sidwalk, etc. I paid extra for a weathered version and really like it.
I built a lumber yard from a JV Models kit for the Austin Burg Lumber Co. This required some bashing of the main building, but wasn’t a big deal since it was pretty much all sticks.
Work on my engine house commenced, after a break caused by tendonitis in my right wrist, caused by cutting close to 1,000 shingles …
Mike - that C-19 is a gem!
A couple of quick grab shots of the new Walthers plow posing in front of recently upgraded scenery.
Wings closed.
Wings open. 'not sure when I’d use it this way, but it’s neat!
I got a couple of the undecs to paint as the earlier Pere Marquette versions of SP21 and SP22, but am holding off until later this summer to work on them- they each need over 60 holes drilled for grabs and railings.
Bear … I like Old #1.
Mike L … Your #40 and your lumber yard look great.
Ulrich … The engine house looks great. It took a lot of work.
Fmilhaupt … The snow plow looks ready for winter to come.
Here are old photos I show each 4th of July.
Have a great day!
Wow, awesome stuff this week. The only thing I’ve gotten done this weekend is some ballasting at Horseshoe Curve. Worst, ballasting experiance ever! I just couldn’t seem to get it neat. Also, I couldn’t get it to stick easily. I used wet water and then alcohol but still large chunks came up when I vacuumed up the loose stuff. I swear Woodland Scenics ballast is made of Teflon!
Here’s a shot that could well be prototypical some day. N&W 611 is cureently being restored to operating condition, so there’s a great chance she’ll see the curve. I’ve also heard NS is seriusly considering reinstalling the fourth track.
One more shot of the curve:
And one more:
Oh my Goodness,this needs weathering!!
A new structure on the club layout. This modified Rix bridge is the work of one member.
New apron and piers were made and graffiti decals were also home made by that member.
Good work everyone, I am still recovering from the infection in my middle finger so no painting for a while yet. Although I can start doing some assembly work.
Here are some old pictures of some of my favorite cars, 60’ Auto Parts cars based on the old Robbins Rails/A-Line/Concor Greenville double plug door car.
Removed the rivits, and scribed weld lines in the side to replicate a Thrall version of the car along with changing the wheelbase from 41’ to 46’, painted with Floquil Boxcar Red and lettered with Mark Vaughn’s decals.
Removed the rivits, scribed weld lines, deepened the side sills, and changed to wheelbase to replicate the ACF version of the car, painted with PRR red that I mixed and lettered with Mark Vaughn’s decals.
Car was stock except for lenghtening the wheelbase, painted with Floquil Jade Green and Black paint and lettered with Walther’s Decals.
Removed the plug doors and substituted sliding doors from Atlas along with the door tracks, also changed the wheel base from 41’ to 46’, painted with Scalecoat II Black and lettered with Mark Vaughn’s decals. This car was used for paper service rather than auto parts.
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Happy 4th everyone. I see great modeling here again this week. I have a couple more photos from Johnson Freight House. I like the perspective on these.
A warehouse I have been working on alot. Just a few odds and ends to go and then to weather it. It was a pain getting close to the end of it
Ulrich,
Yes, she’s sure sweet. How about another picture of her in Red Mountain? [:)]
I’ve been looking forward to your work at the waterfront each week. It’s starting to get really interesting and in such a small space, too, compared to what we frequently have available.
Nice work, everyone!
Garry,
Thanks! Hardest part was stacking all those little pieces and gluing them together for lumber stock.
Happy holiday weekend, everyone!
I got a new camera. I like the way this one came out. It’s an older scene, but I was playing around with room lighting and this caught my eye.
Not exciting, but now that Phase 2 is “complete,” it’s time start building Phase 3.
I discovered that the square grid pattern on the tile floor in the basement made a nice alignment guide while putting this together. This is built in 2 sections to make it easy to build and stain in the garage and then bring upstairs to the train room. It will also be easier to relocate to our retirement home when the time comes.
Red, white, and a little blue in honor of the holiday.
A great 4th of July weekend and a great Weekend Photo Fun, go together like a hotdog and a bun! And it’s Le Tour time again, Allez, Allez!
thanks and regards, Peter
Some great stuff this week guys. Unfortunately, my website is still down with no explanation from the ISP. I may have to find another home for it.
Here is one with a little red, white and blue flair to it:
Keep the ideas and photos coming guys. You always make WPF the best thread of the week.
I made some chain link fencing this week.
I’ve been spending time working on some small locos
Heres my 0-6-0 with a slope tender
I converted it to and oil tender the box is the enclosure for a 23mm high base speaker pointing down and the sound exits thru an opening facing the loco at the front of the tender
it’s a Cab forward conversion
I added a deck on the front
Side view
Heres my 0-4-0 also a cab forward conversion
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Gidday All, A variety of Great Stuff again**.[bow]**
Curt, I really like the composition of your second photo.
Mike, I’ve seen a Blackstone locomotive here in a locked glass cabinet at an LHS, not sure which one as my eyes watered when I saw the price, but if they run as good as they look then they’d be worth every cent. Just don’t hold your breath on me going the narrow gauge way.[:)]
Cheers, the Bear.
