Weekend Photo Fun May 8th to 10th - 2020

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Good morning from cloudy and cold Northeast Ohio!

Got some cars done this week:

Branchline 40’ AAR Boxcar Kit with 7’ Door, removed the rivits as the prototype was a welded side car, added A-line Sill Steps instead of the plastic ones. Car was painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and lettered with Smokebox Graphics decals. Car was used in general service on the Ann Arbor.

Tangent Bethlehem Steel built gondola kit, painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar red and lettered with mostly Champ Decals, and some others from various decal sets I had in stock. Car was originally built for the Central Railroad of Pennsylvania in 1944 and was purchase along with 699 others by the Wabash in 1962. This car was assigned to the DT&I at Flat Rock, MI and was probably in auto frame or coil steel service.

3 Athearn GP7’s with a mixed freight running on the Strongsville Club layout last year.

Thanks for looking!

Rick Jesionowski

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Rick: Thank you for opening the Weekend Photo Fun Thread this week. I was just about to work on it when your post appeared. Your two freight cars are beautiful.

It seems that freight cars with flags on them might be the theme this week!

I am presenting this new frieght car decorated for the GARDEN STATE NORTHERN, complete with a flag like Rick’s ANN ARBOR and WABASH freight cars! What a coincidence.

I am glad I put A-Line steps on this car, the one on the right is bent already. Those are a great upgrade and add a lot of durability ot the fleet.

Everyone be safe.

-Kevin

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Rick … The AA boxcar and WAB gondola look great. I like the NKP GP7’s.

Kevin … Your GSN is another nice one.

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It’s fun with JaBear time. [swg]

First photo: … Workers are adding another layer of clean white gravel to the parking area by West End Depot.

Second photo: … Later JaBear’s vehicle is the first one parked on the clean gravel surface. It is his “mobile oil leak he calls a car” . [:(]

Third photo: … More later. The railroad superintendant shakes his fists and shouts: “DANG THAT BEAR!” [8o|][:(!]

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Rick, thanks for the start! The boxcars and your layout look great.

Kevin, I know that you keep finishing cars so when your layout is built, I think you’re going to need lots of track to fit them all.

I finally got around to finishing some things that have been sitting for a long time on my N scale layout. One that has been sitting for a long time is the Bates motel and house. The roof of the house took a long time to get the angles correct. I also finally added some bushes and junk around the buildings.

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Thanks for setting up the WPF for this c-o-l-d weekend, Rick.

That WABASH gon lends itself well to the lettering with the ribs spaced perfectly for the name. Nice work!

Changing over end sill steps is an on-going challenge for me, too, Kevin. Scale-sized parts can take a beating.

That’s a nice representation of Grease Spot Bear’s “droppings”, Garry [bow]

You have a spooky scene going there, John. The sign lighting is very well done [Y]

Here’s one of my recent locomotive projects nearly complete:

NYC_DES-3_529 by Edmund, on Flickr

The original custom Microscale decals that came with the loco completely disintegrated when they hit the water dish [banghead]. So I put together some later lettering from another NYC set.

I put a coat of Dullcote on there, now I’m going to continue with the needed smaller lettering using dry transfers.

Here’s my “flag-on-a-car” contribution for the weekend:

UP_4141_SD70sm by Edmund, on Flickr

Great Stuff, everyone!

Regards, Ed

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Rick: Great looking cars, really like your stone retaining wall.

Kevin: As always very nicely done freight car.

Garry: Vehicles and people are my favorites, yours are very nice.

John: Super Bates Motel in N scale.

Ed: Nice looking locomotive!

I finally finished a couple of HO vehicles.

Installing the 0603 LEDs in the 1934 Ford headlights wasn’t an easy task. It was worth every lost hair on my head.

EDIT:

The 0603 LEDs are very tiny.

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Garry, I didn’t mean to ignore you. We must have been typing at about the same time. I posted, and I didn’t see yours until I just checked back in. You and Bear are going to have issues with each other over his oil leaks. Funny stuff.

Ed, I love your Bush UP 4141. Great job!

Mel, as always, you do wonderful work with the cars. I know the difficulty of working with those tiny lights. Unlike me, at least you have hair to lose.

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John , Ed , and Mel … Thanks for commenting . I’m glad you ejoyed the fun with Bear.

John … Creepy scene . [tup] I actually saw that movie long ago in a theater.

Ed… I like the NYC loco. Thank you for commenting on my fun pictures.

Mel … great work on your vehicles. Thanks for commnting on my photos.

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Hello, all.

Rick: Thanks for the kickoff. I like the layout with the track & roadway. Very realistic terrain.

Kevin: Great job on the box car project.

Garry: I enjoy all your people. I think I need to start painting those in my closet!

John: I think we stayed in that motel. Not too pricey.

Ed: I got to see loco 4141 in Palestine TX with Big Boy 4014 last November. It was disconnected and disappeared that day, I beleive hauled back to Bush #41 library in College Station, unless taken to an intermediate location. I’m resisting adding a 1/87th version to my fleet.

Mel: Congrats on your vehicles projects. I’m afraid I’m a RTR guy so far.

This week I hit a major milestone, completing the scenery. That included finishing up a portion of a stream on the corner, plus adding some easy peasy Woodland Scenic kit trees.

IMG_7182 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr

IMG_7180 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr

IMG_7190 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr

IMG_7251 (2) by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr

Next priorities: paint some people and start (at least) se

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Interesting stuff!

How about a few more photos of the popular engine?

UP_4141b by Edmund, on Flickr

UP_4141 by Edmund, on Flickr

UP_4141d by Edmund, on Flickr

UP_4141 by Edmund, on Flickr

I staged this scene when I heard of the passing of George Bush. I had bought the 4141 some years earlier when it was at a close-out price at, maybe TrainWorld.

I just liked the paint job on the engine so added it to the roster [:D]

Carry on with the great contributions, everyone!

Cheers, Ed

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Dozer by Bear, on Flickr

Car by Bear, on Flickr

Bike by Bear, on Flickr

Thanks Garry. [(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D]

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Bear: … LOL … Thanks for another Bear-toon. … Glad you liked my razzing yu.

Paul … Thanks for commenting … You posted great phtos !

Ed … Nice photos of 4141 and people celebrating .

Everybody … Keep posting great stuff.

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Garry: Loved the scenes. I posted in the diner about them.

John: The Bates Motel scene looks correct, a great movie inspired scene.

Ed: The 4141 is a handsome locomotive.

Mel: Your work with these miniature LEDs is unbelievable.

Paul: Your corner scene is looking very good. I do not own any camelback locomotives, but I love them in photographs.

Bear: Thanks for the toon, good for a laugh as always.

-Kevin

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Rick, Thanks for opening the WPF with more of your rolling goodies.

John, Holy shrieking violins! glad there’s not a 57’ Ford parked at the motel, oh gads, it might already be in the swamp. Spooky cool scene and ready for Halloween!

BH flats in service, but the 70T looks kinda overloaded.

Thanks to all the contributors and viewers, have a good weekend and regards, Peter

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Sorry everyone, I realized I haven’t contributed to WPF for a few weeks. Lots of good stuff everyone!

https://northcountrytrains.wordpress.com/2020/05/09/a-layout-update-while-in-self-isolation/

I scratchbuilt a mock-up of Dubrey’s service station for Plattsburgh on my layout. I’ll start work on the actual building soon.

I 3D printed some Jersey Barriers for use on my layout, such as keeping the parking contained at the hardware store.

I’ve been doing some switching at the recently rebuilt GP mill complex. I still need to finish up scenery in the area.

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Peter … The bulkhead flatcars with loads look outstanding.

Harrison … Very nice work with the mock-up of a service station, the barriers, and the mill comples.

Kevin … Thanks for commenting on my fun photos.

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Peter: That is a great looking load on your bulkhead flatcar.

Harrison: Good to see you back! Your progress is great, and I swear, your skills are improving with each new update. Your hobby work/skills with computers and 3-D printing will benefit you in ways you might not be aware of. When my middle daughter was your age I bought her an internet domain and she tauight herself coding. She made and maintained an impressive web-page for her Neo-Pet activities. Now she is a software engineer for a major corporation in Seattle. It all started with a hobby.

-Kevin

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Question(s) for Peter (or anyone else who might know the answer).

Is that a special kind of bulkhead flatcar with what appear to be fold-up ramps at one end? If so, how does it work?

Kudo’s to everyone for the quality and array of posts including some good humor.

Tim

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I believe it is a result of the type of diagonal bracing used on the lower-type bulkheads.

Like these:

http://modelingthesp.blogspot.com/2012/07/modeling-sps-bulkhead-flat-cars.html

Good Luck, Ed

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That explains it. Now that I look more closely, I can just see a corner of the low bulkhead beyond the vertical bracing. Thanks for the informative link Ed.

Tim