so here is the mantua brass caboose minus paint and soldered back together. ic currently has been primed and the first coat of a dark green.
I found i had a frame and trucks from a BLI hudson tender and a sheel from an oil tender of rivarossi build. most likely from the cab foeward. it fit this frame well slight over hang solved with .60 angle makes itt look built that way. plus it looks like it was build for this 2-10-4. needs lots of work. yet
Shane
It might be easier to do the antimacassars with decal trim film rather than masking and painting them.
Mark Vinski
Thank you to everyone that contributed to Weekend Photo Fun over the weekend.
Dan: Thank you for the comments on the refinished desk top. The secrect to keeping it in OK shape is to always have a cutting mat on the surface. It still got beat up a bit.
Ed: The passenger car interior os looking good, and I learned a new word (that I will not remember).
David: The weathering on the little trucks looks very good. The two little trucks are really great.
Rick: What is in the coffee cup on your workbench? I really lilke the lettering scheme on the DT&I caboose. Great work as always.
John: I have always been a non-stop worker/mover. Model railroading is just part of it. You should see me get ready for a wargaming convention or CosPlay event. Your bridge is really a magnificent model.
Bear: My wife would completely agree with you about the finish on the work bench top. She does not like things old and weathered looking. She says that must be why I love her more every year as she ages and weathers herself. Thank you for the toon.
Harrison: I watched the video of your new locomotive. I think the weathering looks good. It is great to see your layout as it somes along.
Shane: Who manufactured the first caboose you posted, the one without the cupola?
Fiddler: Thank you for the compliment on the work bench top. I am oh-so-happy with the end results. I cannot wait to use it again. Your work on those N scale bridges is remarkable.
Don: Thank you for the kind comment about my work bench top. You did a great job with the solid-cast mack truck. It looks ready to go to work.
Peter: I love the “What Me Worry” bus poster.
Shane: That is a beast of a Berkshire. Do you know the prototype? Oops, I saw it is actually
kevin, the best I can find it is a cliff lines kit. The 2-10-4 is most likely based on the t&p 600 series. OST likely 610 But with no box or anything, not sure who even made it
shane
Kevin, that is a boxcar in the coffee cup, I use that cup with a wad of tissue at the bottom to protect the end detail on cars when I decal the ends. By the way that is not a DT&I (Detroit, Toledo & Ironton) caboose but a D&TSL (Detroit & Toledo Shoreline) caboose.
Regards the 2-10-4, it is the T&P Texas after which the Texas types were named, I believe without being able to find my Brown Book, that it is and old LMB model from the early sixties, but I don’t know the actual Japanese maker.
Rick Jesionowski
Thanks Rick
That at least tells me who mde it since there is no makers mark. Question, is thre a preferable motor replacement for those LMB models? I havent checked this to see if it even works.
Shane
According to the Repower and Regear group on groups.io one of the relacements is the Minebea SE15H which can be found on E-bay for a good price.
Rick Jesionowski
I know the weekend is over but I’m back here with a video from the Syracuse show which occurred on the weekend.
Harrison, Thanks a bunch for a great tour via your lens and narration.
Regards, Peter
Were any of the display layouts 2 rail O Gauge? A couple of them looked bigger than HO, but maybe it was just the close-up angle.