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Managed to get a little work done this week.
First is an Athearn ACF 2970CF Covered Hopper Kit, painted with Scalecoat II UP Covered Hopper Gray paint and lettered with Herald King Decals. Cars were purchased to haul Peralite from Magma, AZ to various locations.
Second, I managed to finish a 2nd Rock Island 40’ PS1 Boxcar Kit w/8’ Door,
Rick … Your SP covered hopper and RI boxcar are outstanding. The NH locomtives look great.
Below is a photo of my coal mine as it looks now. I have some of the scenery surrounding the mine completed. Progress has been very slow because my time for model railroading has benn very limted lately, and also I am spending time on other parts of the layout.
Garry, your setting is teriffic and right up my alley. Below see my 1st step, after years of procrastination, towards finishing scenery by detailing my layout. Fortunately I have a number of scenic materials around, from use on my grandson’s layout and getting ready for this one. Step 1A is a trial board to see what the various Woodland Scenics ground foams, A.R.M. & Highball ballasts and yard mixes, plus some local dirt look like atop my base color. I also have various WS bushes & foliage materials on hand.
Next I will experiment a bit on the board, which has a coat of Sculptamold and paint, by ballasting the track and applying chosen materials over some areas. Garry’s coal mine area is an inspiration. Garry, if you can expand (a PM perhaps?) on how you applied the materials let me know, please. Any suggestions on how to go about attacking this are welcome.
Wow great pic and work all. Love the coal mine also. Is that the Wathers Diamond coal kit. Here are my Corn Silos that have finally made it from the work bench to layout. The Feeder tower top looks bent in this pic but in reality its not’ some weird camera thing. Need much more detail and I need some Corn Hauling trucks. Thanks all and have a great weekin. Looks like dry and nice weather in the midwest for a change.
Paul, Interesting experiment. Is the baseboard sealed the same way as what’s under the layout? That could affect how you see things on the test board, especially if water-based.
BigJim, Love those bins and elevator.
They say that seeing is believing, but not sure about this next visitor…It may be related to the uranium mill in Durango, where it was first spotted.
It was later spotted near the Silverton Branch:
It was last seen just south of Silverton…
Who are these visitors? How does that thing fly? Does the Air Force know anything about this?
Great looking stuff this week guys. I especially liked the Coca-Cola mine and the UFO. By the way that was a pretty good band way back when with the song Lights out in London and Out in the street.
It’s very rare for me to buy a pre-made model at a train show. I’m too fussy, I usually make my own but I found this lumber yard door company model and just couldn’t let it go.
I could really appreciate the exceptional work whoever did on this model. I must have really liked it to buy it. It’s HO scale and I Model N[:-^]
It needs a door landing and a top rail up by the incinerator, saw dust blower, whatever it is. I’m not real nuts about the signage but that could be changed out easily enough.
I’ll enjoy it for a while, make a few tweaks and then it’s going to find a new home[swg]
I have basicaly painted my kitbashed ship in N scale, I’m working on the brass mast, but the model is close to be finished, waiting for his mast, weathering and equipage.
On the second hand, I have completely finished two houses of my Fos wharf alley, including full details, wheatering.
On this building of the ice house, I take some liberties in the design by putting a covered stairs and doors and mechanism to open the ice chute; feel it look good.
This week end I hope to have finish all the house of the wharf, only little work remains and cut the basic base of the diorama of the wharf and surroundings.
Enjoy and good weekend.
This is the original Fos Ice house on the wharf in HO scale
Thanks Rick for starting off WPF. The freight cars look great as usual. Good looking New Haven locos too.
Garry - I like the coal mine. Great backdrop.
Paul - Looks like you have a lot of work ahead of you.
Jim - The grain bins look good.
Mike - I like all of the air(?) craft and the scenery is great.
Trackfiddler - Impulse buys get us all occasionally.
Marc - The ship is looking good. The ice house is a work of art.
I’ve been working on some changes to the layout to accommodate my new Black River Station model.
I have replaced the old siding switch with a 9-inch piece of track and soldered it into place. It has been tested and we have continuity.
I expanded the platform area around the station structure with some styrene and painted it with Floquil Concrete. Its going to take more work, but I think it will work out after I add a few people figures.
I was tired of looking at the washout yellow on the water tower so I painted it with an acrylic grey to compliment the station structure better.
The station structure and the water tower are in place near where I think they will go.
Here the water tower is moved the the west side of the station. Still a little close thought.
Still a long ways to go, but at least I’ve gotten off the dime.
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.
BigJim7 … Yes it is the Walthers Diamond Coal kit. Also, it is a Faller mine head kit and a scratchbuilt structure. I like your corn silos.
Paul … Thanks for commenting. … For ground cover, I sprinkle it on with a shaker. Then I apply a mix of water with small amount of dish detergent on the ground cover using a spray bottle. Next, I apply a mix of white glue, water, and a small amount of dish detergent using a dropper. Then, I spray again with water and dish detergent. Wait until it dries ( a day or so)… I then add more ground cover on top of the first application to make sure it is not too thin. I follow the same process as I did with the first layer. … Your layout looks very good .
Mike L … Thanks for commenting on my coal mine. Your scenes look great. The UFO is a nice touch.
Allan … Thanks for your remarks on my scene… Your station and water tower look great.
Great contributions again this weekend, folks! Thanks for starting things off Rick!
I’m still working on the resin PRR container car kit. I get awfully frustrated with some of these resin kits since they can be so fragile and I still can’t get the hang of cementing parts on so they STAY!
I’ve washed everything in detergent, used several brands of ACC and epoxy, still some small details pop right off like they were never glued [banghead]
George Barrett of Sheepscott Scale Products is a volunteer and board member at Boothbay Railway Village. He built and donated some boats for Sheepscott harbor
Dragger Rachel Anne Unloading at Stinson Canning
Lobster Boat Sassy Lady
Lobster Boat set up for Tuna Fishing
30’ Fan Tail Steam Launch with Gas Engine
I completed a kitbashed bakery for my series of buildings on the right side grade
Hello All! I have been a busy boy this last week. Finished some layout scenes for a local photo contest. These are just a couple pictures from my N Scale Layout. With any luck, they will be selected and published in the contest and maybe finally grab the attention of the folks at Model Railroader… (I only live 15 minutes away from their offices… Hint, Hint. Wink, Wink). Let me know what all you forum members think… I have seen the amazing stuff posted here every week and would love some feedback. Cheers!
This 2-8-0 grabs the attention of the feeding deer and probobly scared all the fish away from the father and son at the base of the bridge fishing in the creek.
It took me about 12 hours to weather this Amtrak F40PH and make it look like it has seen too much time running passenger service, but could still be useful running the MOW consist.
Workers are inspecting this bridge with the help from a small work barge… all while trying to avoid being pooped on from the birds and seagulls or falling in the water to become an easy snack for the shark circling below.
Thanks for looking at just a few pictures from my N scale expansion. More to come. Look forward to hearing your thoughts. Thanks
