Happy Weekend Photo Fun!!!
What is a Car Topper?
Although an oldie, I still really like these…
Cool MofW equipment!
With inspiration shot!
For more fun, Google: Herzog Car Topper
-enjoy
Too modern for me, but I like it, Chad.[:D]
This week was devoted mostly to building my version of the Sunnyside Mill in Eureka, Colorado and served by the Silverton Northern RR. Mine is considerably compressed and impressionistic, rather than a model of something that just wouldn’t fit. The mill has a tramway that connects it to the mine above treeline.
The model is constructed on an armature of foamboard, covered with scribed wood siding for the old part of the mill, with the now unavailable Paper Creek corrugated siding for the new part of the mill and the roofs. The doors and windows are all Grandt. There something like ~75 of them.
Mike!
That is a really excellent mill! Cudos!!
Dave
Thanks for starting this week Chad, will have to bestow honorary “Kiwi” status upon you. [;)]
Heck Mike, great job on your brass Alco last week and now the mine this week. [bow]
No completed freight car kit from me this week, I have been given my summer time project list from “Her-in-doors”. [sigh]
However managed to get down to the local club where there was some track cleaning going on.
Cheers, the Bear.
Great work Chad, Mike and JaBear,
Here are the two cars that I finished this week.
This is a Robbins Rails/A-Line Greenville 60’ Boxcar. The car originally came with plug doors, I carved those off and then glued a pair of Atlas doors from their 60’ ACF cars that fit perfectly. I also purchased the door tracks and glued those in place also. I changed the wheelbase from 41’ to 46’ and attached a Details West Cushion Coupler Pocket along with a walkover platform from the junk box. Car was painted with Scalecoat II Black Paint and lettered with Mark Vaughn’s decals.
This was one of two cars the Clinchfield used to service a paper mill in Kingsport, TN.
Athearn Chemical Tank car with no modifications, painted with Scalecoat II Black Paint and lettered with Herald King decals.
Thanks for looking!
Rick J [2c]
Well everyone is doing great! Love the mine pics! Well there is nothing new for me to post pic wise because i have not gotten the time to upload them to the photo site. Was busy weathering some mp15’s and stripping and repaing a few other locos. But with the birth of our son a week ago i have not had time to upload pics. Also just got my new NCE Powercab in the mail yesterday. Bye bye Bachmann you served me well but time to get serious. Pics hopefully later today
nice build out on mine. Need to dirty it up a bit 
closeup of the Cider mill area late summer afternoon
unballasted track section. find it easier to do last
Great photos, everyone!
This week was an act of destruction rather than creation: after much internal debate, I decided to stop working on my N scale Mt. Coffin & Columbia River layout (MR Sept. 2012).
It had started out as my “learning layout” chainsaw, and there were just too many issues with my early trackwork to make it fun to run.
So I hauled it outside for a final photo shoot:
And, of course, a video of “The Last Local To Mt. Coffin” (in 1080p! Looks great full screen!):
Don’t worry: I saved the scratchbuilt structures and all the trees (about 400+) before chopping the layout up, so they’ll be making an appearance on the next 1900’s Pacific Northwest layout.
Thanks for looking, and have a great weekend
Heh, one of these days.[A] I’ve kind of been putting off a lot of weathering. I need some consistent practice before I tackle that and I just haven’t felt the spirit move me. I have to get that inspired feeling to do arty things, versus architectural, crafty type things which I can whip out like a production line. One of these days, though, it’ll happen.
I’m a firm believer in light, subtle weathering and that’s the hardest kind to do, so don’t want too many sacrificial lambs. I’ll also get my pick of “disfavored” models when the time comes, so won’t feel too much of a sense of loss if I send a couple deep into the rough before I get things under control.
Thanks to everyone for their comments. The next big building on the layout will likely be the smelter where all these mills ship their concentrates to in Durango. It’ll include the uranium plant added after WWII, which strangely enough is hard to get pics for, although I’ve dug up a few…wonder why that is?[;)]
Some really excellent work and photos so far…
got dirt down on the other side, but I ran out of glue so I need to buy some more trees, grass, and glue.
Great modeling everyone. This is always a favorite thread every week.
Great shots guys! Mike, that’s one massive mill! Here is my contribution for the weekend. The Pennsy has a crew out preparing to drop rail from an old C&EI gon, but everyone is in the clear for a westbound hotshot freight behind a classic set of Tuscan red FP7’s:
I upgraded this Walthers brownhoist with an NCE decoder. she runs nice!
-Stan
Thank you all for the kind compliments!
This is actually an older shot, a couple years ago I saw that car topper on the BNSF line South of LaCrosse, WI, on the trip home I tried to get a shot, & you can see that.
Then, the search was on for a Kibri Kit I thought I had, well, it turned out it was there, but a dark green cast version, looks OK in the photo, but the yellow didn’t really cover all that well. But not that bad…
Then after doing research & seeing Excavators on a barge, I decided to freelance an Excavator on it’s own flat. A little obsurd, but (i hope) plausible…
I now have to get to work on some NEW models, ha hah…
Thanks again!!!
My Compliments! to all the posters here, thanks for sharing & thanks for inspiring!!
Please share some-more, Please!!!
The latest HO scale structure I’ve built, Rix’s Maxwell Ave. home. I usually photograph them in this manner after they’re done. Well, this one isn’t quite done… , needs a little weathering and I think I’ll do something about those plain chimney tops. Just haven’t decided yet, but I should’ve done that before gluing them in place.
Oh well.
I like the kit but I think they could have made the ‘brick’ columns a bit smaller.
Jarrell
SW7’s working the yard. DJ.
Another great modeling scene D.J.
Thanks, Curt. DJ.
Grampy, your track work and ballast are always excellent.
Combination of pigment, oils, and alcohol to yield some very tired grain cars.
Great work everyone, as always!
For this week, PL&M 2-8-0 552 switches at the Chiswell Mining Company’s tipple at Bayard, WV.
Have a great weekend, all!