Hi All…
Well it’s here again…no one took the plunge so I thought why not. I’ll forgo the intro…Just post some good pic’s or bad…everything is good.
I’ll give a little update on My scratch/bash bridge area project. The bridge itself is complete, with tower plus interior. Not all of it is glued down yet, that comes when installing, which the area I am working on now, piers, abutments and so forth…also a project and a half…LOL
Take Care, All, [:D]
Frank
Good morning from cloudy and warm Northeast Ohio!
Frank, great job on that bridge, I like well modeled bridges!
I managed to complete a couple of cars this week.
This is a one of the kind Class BX-77 Boxcar, Rebuilt in 1958 from a BX-66 Boxcar with a cushion underframe and DF Loader, this was the forerunner of all the Santa Fe Shock Control and Super Shock Control Boxcars. Car started off as a Branchline kit, with Details West Extended Coupler Pockets and A-Line Sill Steps. Car was Painted with Scalecoat II ATSF Red and Black Paints, then lettered with Microscale Decals.
Next up is an Eastern Car Works, 1958 CF ACF Covered Hopper Kit, outfitted with Plano Roofwalk, Various Airlines and A-Line Sill Steps, then painted with Scalecoat II UP Covered Hopper Gray and lettered with Highball Graphics Decals. Car was used for transporting foundry sand from Yuma, MI to the Ford Engine Casting Plant in Brook Park, OH. The Ann Arbor and Detroit and Toledo Shoreline Railroads contributed cars to this pool.
Thanks for looking,
Rick Jesionowski
Reading I-9 is just about done, still need bell/whistle ropes, windows and wheathering.
Gidday Frank, from a clear frosty night down under, thanks for the kick off.
Rick and Casey, as I’ve come to expect, and hopefully never take for granted, more quality work![tup]
Looking forward to even more really Good Stuff,
Have a Great One ffolkes,
Cheers, the Bear. [:)]
Here we are! Yet — another weekend!
Thanks for starting off, Frank! I love bridges, of course, being from Cleveland there’s no shortage of bridges along the Cuyahoga River at Lake Erie. Nice job on the operators house! I like the rain slickers hanging up [Y] Great Detail.
Ditto for your work, rick. I like the research you do on every car in your roster. I could only hope to get that amount of background on my cars.
My first Moloco car arrived yesterday. I have some Tangent, Kadee and Exactrail examples so I wondered how these compare. Super! No disappointment whatsoever.
I did manage to make some progress on the great big Post Office Parcel Post Annex building concentrating on interior partitions, lighting and some rudimentary interior details… where it can be seen.
Above is the central corridor/elevator shaft. Again, only minor details as it will only be seen at a distant angle.
Here is what the outside view looks like of the corridor/elevator. I put some green tinting on some of the windows. I have seen this on some older buildings.
One of the interior partition “shadow-boxes” that will be fitted to the wall behind the windows. Not too worried about particulars as it will only be seen at a distance.
A close-up of
Great work everyone. I’m all settled in my new place, so I didn’t get a chance to do any work tHis week. Plus, I’m doing an Amtrak trip tomorrow,so I wont be able to do any modeling work either.
Hop to have something posted next eeek.
Aug. 19th, 1966 - the “Glacier Express” train from Zermatt to St. Moritz approaching Strugl/Stuls, pulled by Rhaetian Railway class Ge 6/6 No. 414.
Hello fantastic work everone what a great start. Here is my shay taking some empty’s up to the mine.
Have a nice weekend Frank
Another gresat WPF is shaping up. I’m back after taking a couple of weeks off to work security at Summer Camp 2017 and get caught up afterwards. Since I worked the main gate a lot of the time, I even got in some trainwatching, as a NS line along the west bank of the Illinois River hosted numerous freight trains. And I even got paid, which means the new Telluride & Tin Cup railcar will be getting its RC, battery install soon.
In the meantime, I installed some needed lighting so I can operate the T&T after dark more easily. These are an add-on to the existing 12 v yard light system. The power from it goes to a standard yard light to the right of the shop door, then up to a switch on the outer wall of the shop above it, which you can see on the right side of this pic.
This is the box that these yard lights come in. They are a Menard’s 343-4140 Patriot brand Keizer model light. MSRP is $10. I like them because they look like they could be a streetlamp in large scale.
Flip the switch after dark and things are nicely lit.
Still have some landscaping to do.
I also relocated some other sloar lights to give me a view of other turnouts further up the line. This enhances night operation, as there’s no need for headlamps, flashlights, etc to see with most of the time now.
Alrich. I never get tired of looking at your layout. It looks like a real life photograph. Please elaborate on your pine trees. Were they a kit or did you make them from scratch? They just look so good, I’d really like to know
Outstanding commentary, Bear [(-D] I’ll have to rig up “sound-bites” with little push buttons on the fascia to listen in on these sorts of conversations!
Fun Stuff!!! [:D]
Ed
They are cheap Faller bottle brush trees, which I clipped to shape using a small, but sharp pair of scissors, then spray painted them with a dark olive color, and finally dipped into diluted white glue and sprinkled WS dark green fine turf over them.
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Thanks Alrich. I knew those weren’t just run-of-the-mill trees. I really zoomed in on them looking at the color detail and how they were all shaped differently. I need a lot of pine trees and don’t want to make the time to scratch build them all, so thanks for sharing. I appreciate it.
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That boxcar is beautiful. Very nice model of a unique car.
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-Kevin
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I think I am going to spend this weekend playing with my new camera.
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This is the best shot I have taken so far:
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Stand by for more. I think this might just be a great weekend of photo fun!
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-Kevin
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Today is the last day of my Layout open house
for the NMRA LSR tour here in Houston
lots of track cleaning
Bear…You are a card…LOL! Was in stitches with the plastic briefcase… Lot of good pic’s this week Guy’s, keep um’ coming.
BTW: Bear, next time You deliver gravel…please leave Your family at home or at least sweep up the gravel that they dump all over the street, playing in it…
Take Care, All. [:D]
Frank
Just be glad the Bear didn’t use the “aerial applicator” instead of the truck for spreading the gravel. That could get pretty dicey if you left your safety goggles and hard hat at home…
Awww Gee Frank, it’s not the family, I just need taller “hungry boards”.
A rework of an older one.
Cheers, the Bear.[:)]