Hello, I thought I would start off with some Build Pictures…
Are these in your inventory???
Howdy!
Here are some shots of my current Build Projects (well a couple, as I have way too many more…) This/These are NOT A FINISHED models !!
This is IC&E (Iowa Chicago & Eastern) SD 45.
A Massive beastie that didn’t get ICE paint, but cool enough to model, NO???
History on the EMD SD45 (GM Locomotive Division)
Production: 1965 - 1975
HP: 3600
Engine: EMD 645E 20 Cylinder
Model: An HO scale (1/87), Kato SD45 (Paint stripped & altered)
Well on this model I ‘Played with Gray’ It was asking to be done & I like the unique power that ICE runs. I don’t know where this one commonly went on route, but in the DVD Video “ICE The Coolest Railroad on Earth” she looked nice bounding/bouncing on dippy rails, up to MN. It is a modelers & painters dream to have a subjects like these that are not ‘new’ finished. My only complaint is that in the picture I got a LOT of fill flash from my base, it really lit up the bottom of the unit, (fuel tank, airtanks, & trucks). Also, the pictures washed out a lot of color tone, or more said the gray ‘tone’ that I applied to the model. There was not much custom building here, an antenna, removed & plated cab top lights, added nose lights, plated over class lights, peppered with lift rings, & big A$$ SP plow (cuz I had it in stock & it looks so dang cool). More details will be added, but the major ones were added before paint. The normal IC&E paint is in the background, vivid blue with a deep yellow stripe. There are a fair amount of inaccuracies in this model, the truck (wheel) sideframes have outside brakes, the real one has bottom inside ones, my decals/fonts are off, but that is what I had in dry transfers on hand. I also fell into temptation & added an ‘ICE’ logo to the nose, si
Good job on that, Chad. I like the rusty trucks, too. [Y]
In my image, I show a Union Pacific Santa Fe type 2-10-2 about to leave Seneca Falls. The hogger is just about to put the Johnson bar in the corner, but the cylinder cocks and the snifter valves are still open, as the rising steam shows.
I really like that your smoke & steam ‘effects’ are appropriate… Lately, the magazines have slaughtered great scenes with excessive ‘special effects’ (IMHO).
I like your tastefull heat disruption effect with genuine realizm, that is how it should be!!!
I built and lettered these two Alaska Railroad cars years before ExactRail came out with their PC&F car. I used Athearn Sliding Doors from their 40’ Hy-Cube Kits on a MDC Hy-Cube car where I removed the Plug Door detail from the sides of the boxcar. Lettered the car with Microscale Minicals set for this car. (I just finally applied the dullcoat to the car and applied the trucks and couplers.)
This is a Branchline 50’ Double Door Box car I painted and lettered for the Detroit and Toledo Shoreline Railroad. Lettered with SGS Decals (Decal line now sold to Highball Graphics, but this set has not been released as of yet.)
Yes, I enjoy steam too, soft spots for nG Shay’s & K’s…
This started as a gift with a suggestion, an Oak ‘tile’ that was instructed to be a base ‘for a caboose or something.’
Alright, I immediately thought of a few beese, & then many of the nG units, Hmmm, Yup…
So it will have a stream side & some real stones, also from the gifter. It may be a nice little shelf display unit.
PS: I just used the indespensible Whia Mini Pry-Bar to change batteries in the wireless mouse, see RR tools are multitasking & useful for all situations!!!
PSS: Although you can see it my Shay has PU$$Y Cats as riding friends, perhaps they will be a future installment here. I did enjoy the K9’s though, I’m multi-pet-compatible… AKA: Treat Giver…
Oh Darn, I forgot to mention that, thanks for keeping me straight. It is a Precision Scale, by Iron Horse Models (Korea). there was her twin on eBay a week or two ago & I lost the bid at the last few minutes, but it still made me get this one out. I think (if memory serves) I neo-lubed the gear & shaft train & painted the knuckles, as I believe they were almost ‘bright’ polished. This may have been an early one, cuz most IHM Shay’s Ive seen have the stamped drive shaft receivers, (as I used to look for that for a superior model). I know I didn’t explain that so very well so if you want a picture of what i really mean, just ask, I’ll dust one off, & shoot 'er drive shafts. Ha hah.
I started working on ballasting my yard today. The ballast is laid down here, but have not glued it yet, so it will come out a little darker than the photo. I mixed some Highball N Scale light grey ballast with some sandy dirt I found near my house.
I have completed the module for the needed Merit Award for Model Railroad Engineer - Civil. It will get packed tonight to take to the Meet on Saturday to be judged. I m hoping that everything stays in guage and works correctly so I can get the Merit Award…
These are just some quick flash shots. I will get some better ones later.
You might want to try making the glue a wash and test it out. Since the glue is mixed 50% with water, adding some black or rail brown might weather the ballast the same time
Great photographs as always. This is my favorite weekly thread.
Here is my downtown area. It is a popup section located at the top of my 4 by 12 oval. The physical size is 38 inches wide by 20 inches at the deepest point. I am trying for a early 1960’s to mid 1970’s look in southeastern Virginia. I am modeling the Norfolk, Portsmouth Belt Line.
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