Good morning from cold and snowy Northeast Ohio!
This is where we show what we have been working on the past week, finished models or old pictures that we love to share.
As I had a lack of inspiration, I did not get anything finished although I did get a car and part of a structure painted, and applied a few decals.
But, I am pulling out a photograph taken at the Strongsville, OH Model Railroad Club.
DT&I GP38-2's with 60' Auto Parts cars, bound from the Engine Plant in Lima, OH to either Delta, OH to be on the Ford Fast to the Kansas City or Milpitas or to the Detroit area assembly plants.
Thanks for looking!
Rick Jesionowski
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
Rule 3: Illuminating discussion of prototype history, equipment and operating practices is always welcome, but in the event of visitor-perceived anacronisms, detail descrepancies or operating errors, consult RULE 1!
No real progress this week so I have a picture of New Hope & Ivyland 40 on a regular run.
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/60361449@N02/
Anthracite Modeler - YouTube
I finally finished an HOn3 Railline D&RGW Idler flat. I built this about 4 years ago. I was digging through some stuff earlier in the week and came across it. I painted and lettered it, added a CMW truck to it, even though this was not the cars intended purpose. Although I don't have any place to run it, it feels good to finish something that has been sitting around awhile. Besides, it'll look good in the display case!
Chuck - Modeling in HO scale and anything narrow gauge
Rick .... I definitely like your DT&I GP38-2's.
Casey ... I will never get tired of admiring your NH&I 40.
Chuck .... Your flat car with truck is excellent !
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Below are F-units hauling a freight train.
... and below is an SD7 delivering a carload of flour to the bakery.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
A great start to the weekend guys. Keep it up.
Rick - like your DT&I GP's.
Casey - that is a great little steamer.
Chuck - a good looking flat with load.
CB&Q - The Burlington F-units are striking, as usual.
Nothing new to report from the BRVRR. Tax time.
Below: Santa Fe GP-30 #1207 at the head of a mixed freight passes Black River Tower and an approaching passenger train during "Santa Fe Day" on the BRVRR.
Keep the photos and ideas coming everyone. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Great work from everyone!
Well that didn't work, never mind, I'll wait until Photobuckets decides to cooperate
OK, a couple hours later, and I think I can do this!
A couple projects I've been working on:
A new center beam flat, with load, deserves new cables to tie the load down.
Finally got around to installing a decoder and lights on a P40:
Been getting a lot of projects caught up with.
Keep up the great pictures!
Mike.
My You Tube
Nice work everyone. I am very envious, I cannot work fast enough to show completed projects here on a regular basis. So here are two ongoing projects.
The first is progress made on my roundhouse. I am so slow compared to others (Brent and Ed...). I painted the parts and started assembling the components. This week, I successfully completed the doors, that I still need to attach to the main building. Brent, I worked on the technique to make the doors operational, and I think I nailed it (no pun intended). If all works when I install them, I will reply to your thread.
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The second is a "side project" (one of them, anyway). It is an HOn30 loco that I want to put on a mining branch on my layout. It is a bachmann N scale plymouth, with a new cab taken from a funaro and camerlengo kit. I still need to paint it...
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Have a great weekend!
Simon
Neat photography and nice craftsmanship, everyone. It's always inspiring to see your examples.
This week my efforts were limited to another gondola, a nice Accurail kit just received, which hosts a Chooch load recently received. Easy but enjoyable.
IMG_9097 (2) by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
498 leaving the yard:
Have a good weekend,
Mike
Great start to my weekly favorite thread! Thanks!
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Rick, Casey, Garry, Allan, and Mike: Those are all good pictures.
Chuck: That truck riding on the flat car is looking good. Lots of character.
Mike: The wrapped lumber load on the centerbeam is a great load.
Simon: I cannot see your pictures.
Paul: Chooch loads are great. I love SOO LINE's big lettering.
I finished another Tichy steel sided USRA rebuilt boxcar this week. This one is lettered for the LULU CITY & ESTES PARK. I love this car. I love almost all the cars I paint and letter!
I painted the trucks extra lilght so they would stand out better. This car rides on an old pair of Lindberg sprung trucks. This is now only the second freight car I have that is not on Kadee trucks. It does have Kadee wheels.
Keep the thread going! HAPPY WEEKEND!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Thanks for setting up our first WPF for March, Rick! Yes, just about all the weather the past few days all along the north-east has been good "modeling" weather
Great, colorful shot. I'm thinking about getting a Bicentennial, Erie Lackawanna SDP 45. Seeing your Bicentennial engine might just be the incentive I'm looking for.
Good to see No. 40 out stretching her legs, Casey. Could you give me a few hints on how you do such a great job on your smoke? I use Photoshop but don't have the excellent results you do
Looks great, Chuck! The weathering is just right
Garry, those F's really look like they're haulin', alright. As in really moving along. Great shots.
I like your Santa Fe Day, Allan. I do the same thing on my layout. Supposedly mid-1950s New York Central/PRR/B&O but every once in a while I like to get out some Penn-Central and Amtrak stuff
Excellent shots, too, Mike I never tire of seeing Amtrak stuff.
Simon, I'm glad I've been even a little inspiration for you. Looking forward to more updates on your roundhouse
Easy & Enjoyable is what it's all about, Paul. I like some of those Chooch loads but a few I have are h-e-a-v-y!
That yard trackage really looks sharp, Mike.
Those look like express trucks, Kevin. Hard to find today. I like those early, oil-bath roller bearings. Super!
Right now I have only three shots ready to post. I'll give a more complete update later today. It's almost 6 AM here and I'm ready for the lower berth
Things are progressing well and I just finished up what I thought was going to be a real challenge, but it went pretty well. That is, assembling the entire back wall along with the off-set for the extended stalls.
This is what things looked like earlier when I was getting the assembly parts ready
RH_walls by Edmund, on Flickr
I had to take over the laundry tubs and place a slab of plywood over them for a work surface for this huge structure.
RH_wall_clamp by Edmund, on Flickr
Almost ready to move in!
RH_interior by Edmund, on Flickr
I'm very pleased with the colors of the interior walls
Walthers has done a fantastic job with the engineering and tooling of this model.
I'll stop by later, folks. Cheers! Ed
I agree Ed, that is a really nice paint job!
gmpullman Thanks for setting up our first WPF for March, Rick! Yes, just about all the weather the past few days all along the north-east has been good "modeling" weather Great, colorful shot. I'm thinking about getting a Bicentennial, Erie Lackawanna SDP 45. Seeing your Bicentennial engine might just be the incentive I'm looking for. I'll stop by later, folks. Cheers! Ed
Ed, you mean like this one!
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gmpullmanEasy & Enjoyable is what it's all about, Paul. I like some of those Chooch loads but a few I have are h-e-a-v-y!
Ed, I think my Chooch load for a pulpwood car was very heavy since so tall. I recall (maybe) just drilling out some material from the bottom, getting it less extreme.
And that Roundhouse is awesome! Great interior shot. How do you get that depth of field?
Rick, Thanks for opening the WPF. Oh Yeah! Ford auto parts lead by a good ol' red, white & blue.
Chuck, Nice model, both the flat and the stake bed.
Simon, I can commiserate as my progress often feels like a snails pace, but Confucius say: "It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." Btw, nice work on your projects.
Thanks to all the contributors, regards, Peter
This thread is always my favorite of the week-- so inspiring to see all this great work!
Here's Nell switching among the brushes.
Have a great weekend,
Phil
I don't get a chance to do much work on the HVBL but because of this storm that hit the east coast I got a chance to sneek in some time!! We finally got around to some landscape and scenery up on the north end. I just need to detail that iceblock platform but I hate touching the thing. It's too fragile for my shakey hands!!
Rich
One more from the relocated scrap yard.........
I'm really late to the party this week. Lots of amazing stuff! I'll just give a special shout out to the narrowguage crowd, Chuck, Simon, and Mike.
Adding the ladder hoops up top on my South Shore caboose was the only direct modeling I got done this week. Good thing there are pics to prove it, because I'll likely break them off soon enough. I have 2 spares...
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Hello, again—
dti406Ed, you mean like this one!
That's the monster, Rick! In fact, the 3638 is the very engine I have in my MB Klein shopping cart right now. Ready to click send!
Thanks, Simon, Thanks, Paul! For most of these "Click & Pray" shots I take 20 photos and throw 19 away. I have three big and bulky DSLRs but find myself grabbing the little Canon pocket model since I can get it into places I could never get the big cameras into. Photoshop helps with the rest
Going back a few days here are the wall sections getting "grouted" with mortar.
RH_grout by Edmund, on Flickr
Walthers has really stepped up their game in the tooling department. This brick detail is excellent.
RH_grout1 by Edmund, on Flickr
When it dries the face has a haze over it which I remove with a flat, pink pencil eraser.
Here's a look into the window:
RH_int_pit_win by Edmund, on Flickr
...and a look at the outside wall with the service pipe gantry set in place:
RH_westwall_sm1 by Edmund, on Flickr
One more interior shot. One pair of doors in place as a test-fit:
RH_int_pit by Edmund, on Flickr
Well, that's it for me this weekend!
Great stuff everybody. Next weekend is ALREADY the beginning of Daylight Savings Time for most of us. More time outdoors? Less time with trains? Say it aint' so!
Cheers! Ed
mlehmanI'll likely break them off soon enough.
Mike, you are right. They look great, but very fagile.
SeeYou190 mlehman I'll likely break them off soon enough. . Mike, you are right. They look great, but very fagile. . -Kevin .
mlehman I'll likely break them off soon enough.
Thanks, Kevin.
They're lazered plywood, the ultra-thin stuff. The instructions advised painting extra coats to stengthen them. Never heard that one before, but it does make sense. All in all, this is a fine kit (Sparrows Point Division SP-34), great instructions, good fit and accurate assembly.
The instructions could be better in terms of painting advice, but every one has their preferences so maybe not that big a deal for others. I like to hear what worked for someone to give me a jumping off place.