WPF 03/21/14 TO 03/23/14

Good morning forumers!

Since nobody else has started, I will show you some cars I completed this last week!

Athearn 2970CF ACF Covered Hopper, painted with Scalecoat II MofW Gray and lettered with Herald King Decals.

Branchline Models 50’ RBL, painted with Scalecoat II Reefer Yellow and Boxcar Red, lettered with Champ Decals. Although the cars belonged to FGE, they had PRR reporting marks due to Union Rules regarding car repairs.

Intermountain Railway Cylindrical Covered Hopper Kit, painted with Scalecoat II MofW Gray and lettered with Herald King Decals.

Thanks for looking!

Rick J

Rick, those cars look awesome! I’ve been busy this past week.

This PRR L1 is a GHQ mounted atop a Kato mechanism:

I also assembeled this Cornerston “Union City Roundhouse” kit for the Altoona shop complex:

Static magnetic crane for a scrapyard. Built entirely out of the sprues,and some leftover styrene.

We seem to have 2 WPFs this week, this one has the most views & posts so far so here I go…

It has been a couple of months since I posted an update on my rebuild on the Greenvale area. I have added some more scenery to the Dragon Products plant area, I still need to make some more trees

There was a big hole in the hardshell next to Dragon which I have filled with Phils Power Equipment, a welding and engine repair shop. The shell of teh building, roads, and rail spur are complete. I will be adding details to the building , an outside working area and a fence.

Recently, I have shown some houses I have restored for Greenvale Village. This is part of the village I am working on. Still need to add trees and other scenery. The 2-room shcool house and the gray ranch style house are from my first or secone layout I did in the early 1960s. There will be a brook to the right of the school, a fenced playground and children playing.

I also made my first main line run between Greenvale Village and Sheepscott since I started this rebuild project about a year ago. I found a couple of clearance problems, otherwise OK.

George,

I noticed this one posted about 5 minutes after mine, then it got a comment. I was going to delete my WPF start and repost it as a comment in this one, since there were no comments to it yet, but saw no way to do so. Then mine got a comment…so looks like we get 2-for-1 WPF this week.

Anyway, if you want to see the other WPF, it’s at: http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/228442.aspx

Yeah Mike, after I had posted mine after seeing your posting which was not there when I started my post. I then tried to delete mine and attach to yours but this new CRAPPY FORUM SOFTWARE will not let you delete a topic like the old one did!

Rick J

Rick,

That’s OK. We’ve just got lots of elbow room and free electrons this weekend. Not a problem.[8D]

A WB SD45 leans into the curve approaching Blackwood Cut. DJ.

Paint & decal progress, Before

After,

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more testing of the Photobucket links [:D]

Atlas H0 U23B

Full-size link {I hope]

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n108/mikelhh/Winter%20In%20New%20England%20MkII%20-%20H0/U23Bnearriver.jpg~original

I don’t think it hurts to have 2 Weekend Photo Funs if we try to keep both at the top.

There are some great photos this week.

WPF, 2X the interest and inspiration this week!

thanks to all, regards, Peter

It’s been a busy weekend for me so far. My first step was to go to the hobby shop and get some track for my new layout. I probably bought 50% of their available Atlas Code 100 track.

After I got all of the rail joiners added to the track (ugh) it was time to test the track plan.

Once I had gotten all the track laid it was finally time to run some trains!

Within the next couple of weeks I’ll be adding some of the Woodland Scenics track bed and gluing everything down in preperation for the scenery.

Ah… The weekend! I just got through checking out both threads… Nice! very nice works as always folks!

Last night I took a few photos of the progress on the Blacksmith’s shop project. The Blacksmith’s Shop itself is done (FINALLY!) with the addition of the JNO. Fisher sign over the doorway. Actually, I would love to fine an HO horsehoe to hang over the door as found in many photos of the building. No luck with that.

I have started the scenery and the King Post bridge in earnest. Need to have the whole thing done by … Ah… Last September. Hmmmmm.

73

Here are a couple of projects finished last week.

A Greyhound bus station is significant in my life as I met my wife on a chartered bus trip to the rose bowl. What a trip…and our team won, too!

This warehouse/factory (yet to be determined) started life as a Walthers modular kit. At only 2" in depts, it will be a backdrop building.

Great stuff folks.

With the weekend nearly over, let’s get these two WPF’s closer together.

Have fun,

Richard

Ray,

That’s come out fantastic!

A suggestion for the horseshoe. Find some very thin solder, shape it, then press it flat. I have some .015" diameter solder I got from Radio Shack that would work well for this, so that’s one source.

Rick:

Did you add something to the Scalecoat II MW Gray? It appears lighter than my results with the same paint.

The cars all look realy nice, good work.

Joe

Joe,

I did not add anything other than thinner to the paint, it has always seemed light to me, I used to use Flquil Primer for my Covered Hoppers until I finally ran out of it and then swithed to Scalecoat II MofW Gray and it is much lighter than the Floquil I used to use.

Rick J

Rick … I like the freight cars especually the GN covered hopper

DJ … Nice photo with SD45.

GP9 … Nice N scale Pennsy steam

Jimmy … I like the crane

George … Great industrial railroading

Karl … Love the Barldwin

MIke (Ausie) … Great winter scene. The slope of the embankment is perfect.

Peter … I like the way uou placed weeds in the tracks.

BMR777 … No wonder I can’t find Atlas track!

Ray … The bridge is looking good so far.

Roger… I like the Bus Depot, and that is a good story about it.