My first Sperry car had the belt drive and didn’t run very smoothly. I’ve since bought a replacement and swapped the interior which was cast alloy in the earlier one. Not that I really need extra weight but they were identical so… why not?
Ed, thanks for starting us out and a nice looking car, again glad I still use good old two wires to hook up my trains!
Managed to get some work done and continued on with other projects.
An old MDC Railbox style Gon I picked up in a grabbag of car kits, I removed the cast on grabs and replaced them with wire grabs. Painted the car with Scalecoat II Black and lettered with Herald King Decals (the only ones that sort of fit that car). Prototype was built in 1980 for general service, I stuck in a Duha Rusted Pipe load to finish it off.
Second ACY Boxcar I have done, cut down a 7’ Plug to 6’ to match the prototype and pulled a 9’ YSD out of the scrap box to finish off the car. Painted with Scalecoat II Reefer Yellow and Black Paints, then lettered with Greg Komar Decals. Different from the other car I did, I left it in the 1964 as delivered state with full height ladders and a roof walk. Cars were used in transporting tires to assembly plants and lumber to various locations.
Work in progress is the Canadian Grain Hopper where I am installng the roofwalk supports (a real PITA). Also working on a Branchline Berwik Boxcar Kit, still have to install the Hennessy Door Opener and a plate to place the placard.
I’ve been messing around with my version of On2. I’m using Sn3 trucks with a car I built from styrene. By using the Sn3 stuff, this scales out to 27" in O scale. I built the car following a plan in the NG&SLG years ago. The plywood side appealed to me because it looked like a home-built car. My wife named the figure “Van”, after Vanna, since he was my model in the few narrow gauge articles that I have written.
I am going to keep moving forward with this. I am happy with it so far.
Earlier this week, I did a bit of railfanning at Boothbay Railway Village. We just received a new (to us) 2 ft gauge diesel switcher. It had been built in the mid 50s for industrual use, but fits in well with the scale of our vintage passenger equipment. SHown here passing by Thorndike Station and the engine shed
Rick- Nice work. Nice touch with the grab irons. I always manage to lose things like that while trying to install them.
Chuck- Great job. Hope Van can show us some more of your work [8D]
Garry- Beautiful shots as always! [bow]
George- Thats an awesome little swithcher!
riogrande5761- Great photo. I love a shot of a long string of hoppers. Looking forward to seeing the next layout.
I have been continuing work on the small rocky section of my layout. Most of the basic scenery is installed. I printed a picture I took to stand in as the backdrop until the boss allows it in the budget [:P] [;)] I still need to make some detailed trees, add in some more final touches to the rockwork and portals, and paint the fascia.
Ed: Thank you for starting Weekend Photo Fun for us. The Sperry car is awesome. I do not have any MOW equipment at all for the STRATTON & GILLETTE. Maybe when I get the next layout up and running.
Rick: Great modeling efforts as always. I also have a few Duha loads. They are the best way to get a good looking load super fast. They have quite an assortment of rusty pipes. The ACY yellow boxcar looks good as well.
Chuck: I absolutely love the little boxcar. I saved the image into my idea file for future projects.
Garry: The Zephyr sure looks great on you bridge. That is my favorite shot of the set.
George: I would love to see the operator scrunched into that little locomotive. The cab sure does not look roomy at all.
Rio Grande: Nice to see the old layout. I do not have a single picture of my last layout, not one. I wish I took a few.
Adam: Love the rocks, and I love the B&O Timesaver boxcar. For some reason that is one of my favorites.
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I finished this little Manchester Central gondola this week. I tried to put a little color in the load so it was not just a sea of rust. It isn’t like they strip the paint off the scrap before they load it. The scrap load is an older Chooch resin casting.
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I don’t remember who manufactured this kit, sorry about that.
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This is the “sister” of this Manchester Central boxcar I finished and posted this picture of a few weeks ago.
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Keep the pictures and updates coming! Happy Weekend!
How cool is that!!! A critter with the engine exposed just like my HOn30 wee beastie in my avatar. I always thought that I was taking a bit of license by building it with the engine open to view. Like many have said, “there is a prototype for everything”.
Gladly! Great stuff going on here, Folks! Thank you.
Here’s a little detail item that HAS to be part of every NYC E, F and Alco nose. The MU receptacle that nearly always has the door sticking up from the wind blowing it open.
on Flickr
