[bow]We’re so not worthy. Dude, nice job! I guess I’ll be sending all of my rail cars to your house.
CNJ831: always look forward to your photos. Your bridge scene looks great…TerryinTexas: You video is really great…Robby: The ex Rock Island car is nicelt weathered… Larry: your Clinch Valley looks like it could be a real railroad…Mr. B: you Dukes of Hazard car scene really brings life to the layout…Saronaterry: Nice scene!..Jeff: nice building…Guilford Guy: Nice Geeps!..Wofgang: I’m looking forward to seeing the final results of your narrow guage cars…Grampy: the Hudson looks good on your layout! …Great stuff!
Thanks guys!!! I went the to local hobby store for the next project, and saw that car. I picked it up right quick, and a “Ann Arbor” boxcar. I really like how it turned out. Once money gets better, I can finally keep them for myself.
EMD F-units on the Burlington.
The Burlington began replacing steam locomotives on mainline freights in the 1940’s with FT units. By the early 1950’s, most intercity freight trains on the burlington were hauled with F-units. In most cases, the railroad employed multiple-unit sets which were considered to be one locomotive. ABA and ABBA sets were most common. Burlington had many units semi-permanently connected with solid drawbars instead of coupler.
In these photos, we can see number 116A, 116B, 116C,and 116D hauling a westbound train. One scene is the bridge over the Mrs. Hippy River. In the other scene, the train is arriving in Blackhawk where an eastbound train is waiting to depart with an F7A, an F7B, and an F2A.
I got one of these:
And made in to this:
I just love the way those trucks work [8D].
Me again. I spent the day at the National Train Show in Hartford. Most of my pictures came out very poorly. I did get this one at the Walthers booth, of the Hulett unloader:
Pretty impressive model. Some of us were speculating about whether you could actually motorize it. The big arm does swing up, and other swivel-parts seem to move, too. (Yeah, they let us touch it and play with it a bit.)
The show was a lot of fun, by the way. I turned around and found myself face-to-face with Joe Fugate, so we chatted a bit.
I am in awe of some of the work presented here this weekend!
I haven’t had a lot of time to work on the layout this week, but I have finally installed the torti and linkage to work the Tomar Lower Quadrant Order Semiphore at Hopewell Junction Station. If I had time on my hands, I would have done a short video of it in action, but you’ll just have to imagine…
Stop:
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I have another model that I did but I really hate the paint job I did on it and I will show it just as soon as I figure out how to repaint the tiny little thing…
Back again…
Repainted the Buckboard and this time I am satisfied with the results. So here is the latest at the farm. Yep another itty bitty tiny Jordan Kit. This one is so small they give you two in the box. From the back of the back wheel to the tip of the hitch in front is less that 2.5 inches. It is less than 3/4 " wide. contains lots of very brittle tiny parts as well…
and the obligatory close up:
Ray, I really like those old time scenes! Nice work!
Here are some locomotives I’ve been working on lately. I still have to add some details to a few of them.
CN C44-9W #2554 is an Athearn RTR model with a Kaslo resin cab
CN SD50F #5414 is a Kaslo Shell mounted on an Athearn SD50 chassis.
CN GP38-2W #4774 is an Athearn model with DA cab
BNSF SD9 #6101 is an Athearn model with a modified frame and alot of weathering
HLCX SD40-2 #6200 is an Athearn model I renumbered, detailed and weathered
(Added a background to make)… a stormy mid-west afternoon.
No modeling pictures, but I caught some 1:1 pictures today.
Anyone model this? A flatcar to haul rafts? [:D]
I had the opportunity to visit one of our fellow forum-ites who I found out lives not to far from me. Today I met up with Margaritaman over at his house for a little “Show me your layout and lets run some trains” time. His layout is excellent and I appreciate his time.
I can’t take credit for my photos since they are from his camera and his layout but I can take any credit for the Montana Rail Link engines and cars. It helps to have a good camera! Here are my favorite three from the day:
I can see why too. Congrats on the win there!![swg][bow]
Kinda like this? This was a fun, one evening project I did starting with a Model Power 55 Chevy. I removed the front bumper, opened up the grille, radiused the rear wheel openings, scratchbuilt the straight axle, and turned the slicks and skinnies from styrene tubing. The back bumper is buried somewhere on the work bench. I was going for the “2 lane blacktop” look, but didn’t like how the model looked painted gray, so I resprayed it orange.
John.
John
Could you please tell us How you “Radiused the wheel openings”? Was it with your Dremel and a Sanding Barrel? What Dia of tubing did ya make the slicks out of? I would love to make an oval Stocker out of a 55’ and a 57 Chevy! The 55 is intemidating to me because of working with a Metal body as the Model powers and Malibus are metal. I think that if I could find a 57 Chevy by Busch it would be easier to work with cause of the plastic Body. I would also like to find a 65’ Chevy Malibu by Praline to make it into a Stockcar. Thanks Kevin
Those diesels look great on the layout. I am so jealous!!!
I radiused the rear wheel opening with the small sized dremel sanding drum. It’s a perfect fit for the opening. The plastic tubing for the tires is just some scrap I had laying around. I think it’s Plastruct, but I’m not positive. It measures.313 OD with a thick .070 wall thickness. I would have actually prefered a slightly taller rear tire, but I used what I had on hand.
What I did was cut off about a 3 inch lenth of the tubing and chucked it into an electric hand drill. First I drilled out the inside diameter of the tube to slip onto the Model Powere wheels, then with a sharp #11 exacto knife and the drill running at a medium speed, I shaped the end of the tube to look like the side wall of the slick. Once I was happy with the shape I used and Xacto saw to cut the tire from the lenth of tube. This will make the inside of the “tire” completely flat, but that won’t be seen when the car is sitting down on its wheels. I used the same processs for the skinny front tires.
The Model Power 55 Chevy comes with non stock looking wheels that resemble after market Centerline wheels, so I used them. YOu do have to modify them to accept the new tires though. The Model Power wheels originaly had rubber tires, so you need to remove the lip on the wheels that held the old tires on. I chuck
It has been a really good WPF this weekend if a little short at this point. I have nothing new to offer, so I thought I would post an older one. I had posted this as an example of a bridge on a grade in the thread on this page about truss bridges, and I remembered why I like this image so much.
Crandell I like it too! Excellent stuff in this thread. And that view along Margaritaman’s bridge is terrific,
H0 Proto 2000 Boston and Maine S3
Mike