I didn’t post this one for the last couple of weeks, I have been very bussy with my nephew he moved in about a month ago. Perhaps a futre Model RR’r, he likes the trains a lot already and he’s only 2.5 years old.
I have been thinking on this one for the past couple of months, to take my Atlas GP-40 and repaint it for Rio Grande.( Seems like the Rio Grande is always more expensive on Ebay!! ) "May as well make my own"The Atlas has also recently been remotored with a new Kato Can motor and I felt like I needed something to pull that dummy around!!
First here is a shot of my (Dummy) Athearn GP-40, You seen this one before.
Next is the Atlas before teardown.
and of course after; the snowplow will be replaced with UP SP type.
I’ll be posting more picks as I progress over the next couple of days
Here is a shot after paint.
After the first decals!! Man talk about a tough job, smaller decals are much eaiser.
In the end it came out pretty good, I had a lot of trouble with the stripes on the hood, and didn’t even attempt the ones in the rear. But I’ll finish it all someday. For now I have a pretty good looking unit to pull my dummy!
Joey–looking forward to seeing the GP-40 in black and orange. Something about those Rio Grande colors–they seem to mean BUSINESS!
My project is finishing and installing the Kentucky Mine in Sierra City on my Yuba River Sub. Got most of it done, will post some pics tomorrow or Sunday (too late and too dark in the garage to do it tonight).
Tom
My project is remotoring a couple of Minitrix N-scale PRR steamers, a B6sb 0-6-0 and a K4s Pacific. I have Faulhaber motors and gearheads that fit perfectly. Now if I can just come up with a way to secure them, I’ll be set.
If I cant do it some way with regular hardware I usually use some Servo tape, two sided. It usually gets the job done. I mounted some motors with over five years ago and it still working!!
DOH (slaps forehead). I never thought of that!! I have a ton of servo tape in my airplane box. Guess it’s time to do some hobby cross-training. [:D] Thanks!!!
I’ve just finished for today on putting down the earth works on my layout. A stretch of tarmac laid and yet more ideas for how to do the two stations. The main factory has the window locations sorted out only now need to cut them out tomorrow.
My project? my layout!!! we have taken down the mountain, as well as the hill and gigantic grade! Tomorrow I plan to head to the LHS and get supplies for staging.
Actually really enjoyed today. If you can call it a modeling project, I was running a tree making clinic with my club at the Greenburg show in Wilmington, MA, but everyone else waltzed off for the awesome oppurtunity to run the South Shore Highrailer layout. I on the other hand, stayed at the post (for most of the time, it was obvious no one else would come to our table in the last 30 min of the show) Teeehehehe. If anyone here was there, thanks so much for the oppurtunity to run your layout!
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I put together a WS Diamond Reo Tank Truck. Took most of last night and a good part of the day today (all day actually, but I got some other stuff done while glue was drying).
Nice work everyone! It’s still Dec 18, so I just got in under the wire.
Anyway, FWIW here’s my contribution: Step-by-step views of my work of ‘paving’ the ore unloading dock.
I needed to get the track at (or slightly below) the surface, like street trackage. Originally I planned to use joint compound, but then I thought - since I had a large amount of leftover roadbed cork - I could use that instead. It would be quicker and a lot less messy. Since the dock track is Code 100, it was almost an exact fit depth-wise.
First, I covered all the track in River Rock gray (same as what I use to model asphalt roads) so I could do a final test of electrical connections BEFORE making the track inaccessable.
Next, I needed to cut notches to accommodate the feeder wires and other obstructions, plus the less-than-straight approach of the track onto the dock. Here are the pieces I cut:
Using Elmers white glue, I cemented the cork strips to the wood and allowed 3 hours for setting:
…and finally, I covered the rest of the cork in River Rock gray (the paint was still wet when this photo was shot, causing it to look ‘blotchy’ in some areas):
My primary goal is for the hopper cars [drifting downhill from the rotary dumper] to roll freely over the track, so the wide outer gaps make it not look entirely like true ‘street’ trackage. (Also, I still need to put in the flat center sections to cover the ties.) For now, I just want a flat surface to park my ore bridge on.
