Sunday Photo Fun 06/03/2018

[fifedog]

rt - I still haven't got around to setting up a Shutterfly account...

 

 

[rtraincollector]

fifedog

Thanks for resurrecting SPF, rt.

Nice looking prewar trains. 

Wheres the 602 you repaired? or some of your build. 

[rtraincollector]

Part numbers 

815-HRB      brass tankcar handrail preformed      
380-7B       handrail stanchions brass            

I presently have about 7 items waiting to go to the friend that sand blastes them for me, Right now it to humid so probably won't be till the fall before I can get them done, But that just gives me more time to get more items that need to be done lol. 

[LL675]

thanks...I have an ever growing list for Jeff

[fifedog]

Thanks for resurrecting SPF, rt.

Nice looking prewar trains.

 

[rtraincollector]

Jeff Kane at the Train Tender [e-mail] has the hand rails for your 815 tank car. Prebent for $2 each plus the stanchions to hold them in place for $0.35 each. I'm goimg to do one myself. I did a caboose about 2 months ago in 2 tone green but not the green Lionel used. 

[LL675]

an 815 and 817 I redid

[The Gnome]

That looks brand new.  Wow.

[Penny Trains]

Beautiful! 

Some of my "restoration" jobs.  (I put that in quotes because I'm not as good at it as it may appear!  )

#8 in two tone blue:

514 boxcar was overpainted red (why do they always use red!?! )

Marx CV and Lionel tender:

Beckh:

Hafner 1010:

 

[rtraincollector]

Okay this hasn't been done in a while and I wanted to show off my 812 gondola that came in looking real bad and what I did ( with some help ) to get it to this. 

This is how I got it in with a 817 caboose 

 

I sent it out to a friend and he sand blasted it and primed it for me. ( I forgot to get pictures of it at that point. While he was doing that I was working on the Lionel Lines brass plate, #812 brass plate, the journals, the brake stands, brake wheels and the stantions with never dull to get it the black paint on them off, and get there shine back. 

I Painted the body a orange I had in a spray can. It comes out looking like red at first ( first 3 pictures ) then as it dries and cures it turns to a nice orange. 

And then when it dried and cured it became this color. And you can see how the brass plates and journals came out. I didn't have brake stands, stanchions or wheels on at this point, although they are now.