Since I am in sunny Calfornia after midnight in the East, I will start us up this weekend.
Another Athearn 34. Hopper Car where I added the Pikestuff Panel Side replacements. Car was painted with Scalecoat II Black paint and lettered with Champ Decals. These cars were built new by the Wabash in their Decatur shops with many car made in the late 30's and 40's and lasted until the 1964 merger with the N&W, many were sold to the Anderson's elevator in Maumee and were used for many years hauling grain to Toledo, OH. I have a raft of decals for this car so you will see different versions in the near future.
Another Intermountain 57' PC&F Mechanical Reefer that I built then painted with Scalecoat II Daylight Orange, Black and White Paints and then lettered with Herald King Decals. Used hauling produce from CA to locations all over the country.
Drilled 72 #79 hikes to mount the supports for a Plano Roofwalk on this Walthers PS4427 Covered Hopper kit.
Another view of my Oriental Models BP-20's with the Broadway Limited on the Strongsville OH club layout.
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!
Thats some fine craftsmanship you have on those cars Rick Thanks for starting Weekend Photo Fun I haven't been here for a while.
Got my slide outs complete under my bench work cabinet.
It's good to be organized now I know where everything is. Ain't the best pictures but it's late.
Cheers!
P.S. I need to find a place for Judy's snowman rug and put it away as its July going on August. It still hasn't been put away and it's still in the way
When I want to pull the whole layout forward on the casters
TF
Rick, The Wabash car hits pretty close to home. Decatur is about 45 minutes away and I actually own a piece of the old Wabash branch that cut through what became my back yard before it was truncated in the last few decades.
TF, The drawers look neat and you're right, make it much easier to organize.
My pics are from the rehab of my Tin Cup & Telluride despite rumors it had been abandoned. A few hours of clean-up and adding a dozen bags of Cherry Stone chicken grit (or as we call it ballast) while lifting the track.
A new feature is a rather largish mountain of rock that helps make the topography more interesting.
On the return trip we get to see the more interesting side of the Shay as it passes my impressionistic waterfall.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Nice!
That is really sweet Mike
I'm the kind of guy that really loves a good shay and still looking for a good one.
I don't care what anyone says. As far as I'm concerned, I enjoyed the blank side as much as the geared side of your shay in your beautiful yard layout A Delightful Machine!
And the landscaping
Thanks for starting WPF, Rick. I do like the cars and the different decals. well done.
TF. Neat looking cabinets. Now if you shipped them over to here I could tidy my train room up.
Mike. A great looking layout. The Shay looks 'at home' in the landscape.
As for myself. Some time back I bought a 45t crane from an Austrian Company. The reason I bought it is it looks more powerful than the miserable looking ones available in the UK.
One thing I needed to do was to dirty it up and get rid of the German markings on it.
Before.
After.
Keep the pictures coming.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Rick: The freight cars you shared this week are great. I am fond of the WABASH hopper car. You did a great job adding the "outdented" side panels. For hopper cars, you just cannot beat basic black with bold white lettering.
Fiddler: You did a very neat job on the pull out drawers ion your cabinets. Those look very effective for storage and arganization.
Mike: The rehabilitation on your outdoor layout sure was worth the effort. It looks incredible. I really like the rock wall you have. Maybe someday I will FINALLY install the outdoor garden layout here... probably not.
David: Your new crane does look beefy and ready to work. That is a nice model. I was involved in a project for a similar crane that was shipped to Tibet out of the Port Of West Palm Beach. We had to assemble the crane on a piece of sectional track in the port, test it, and then ready it for shipment.
I have nothing new this week, so I will share a fun scene from my 30 by 30 photo-diorama projects from a couple of years ago.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Thanks for starting us off from way out west, Rick!
27 holes! I don't envy you. Reminds me of a Beatles song "Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall"!
Those BP20s sure look neat!
Great cabinet work there, TF!
Mike, every time I see your great garden railroad I get the urge to try to get some track down in my yard but I make too many excuses not to. . One of these days...
Great looking, burly wrecker there, David
This week I took a little time to get my "everyday" paint brushes in order. Years ago I dragged this test tube rack out of the trash at GE and put it to work holding my paint brushes that I keep near the bench.
Brush-tubes-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
As you can see, they flopped all over and didn't sit properly in the holes. I finally decided to look into some plastic test tubes to fit in the proper place:
Brush-tubes-0 by Edmund, on Flickr
Voilà ! About $12 from Amazon for a bag of fifty. We're in business now. The holes are 16.5mm and the tubes are 15mm OD.
Brush-tubes by Edmund, on Flickr
While I had my credit card handy I wanted to find a decent divider for locating grab iron and sill step holes. Amazon had that, too.
Divider by Edmund, on Flickr
These are small and precision-made. My other dividers were a little too big and the poinst didn't stay sharp enough to "poke" a nice locating hole for drilling.
Divider-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
For about $17. these dividers are perfect for the job.
Divider-2 by Edmund, on Flickr
Great stuff, everyone!
Cheers, Ed
Rick .... Excellent work on the freight cars. The passenger sharks are outstanding.
TF ..... Your cabinets are very nice looking, and keeping things organized will save time.
Mike L ..... I like your G-scale outdoor layout.
David .... The crane is an impressive model. I always enjoy seeing your UK models and layout scenes.
Ed ..... Great idea for keeping paint brushes in order. That's a lot of paint brushes. The divider looks like a good one.
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Here is a Burlington Zephyr with 3 E-units running elephant style deprting from Union Station.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Rick, that is an amazing batch of itty-bitty holes you needed to drill!
I do not remember if'n I posted this humperdill before, but this is one of the early Atlas SD24s with a low hood from a Tyco GP20. The fit was easy. I like this shot 'cause it looks like that SD24 is really working crawling uphill on the toughest mainline grade on the Mt Hood RR.
Don; Prez, CEO or whatever of the Wishram, Oregon and Western RR
gmpullmanFor about $18. these dividers are perfect for the job.
Thanks for that tip Ed, those look very useful. I found them on Amazon and placed my order.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
JaBearToon by Bear, on Flickr
Ha! That would be me too. I can drill 20 holes with a #78 drill bit, then one hole will break five of them.
It can be so frustrating.
72 by Bear, on Flickr
Bear .... That was boring. ....
Rick, Thanks for opening the WPF with some terrific modeling and pics, especially like the PFE reefer.
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers, have a good and safe weekend, regards, Peter
Great stuff as always everyone.
Finished up something different this week. I needed a facimile of one of the large industries against the backdrop of the largest yard on the layout in Sheboygan. The Phoenix Chair Company was a landmark factory that sat next to the Sheboygan depot well into the 1970's when it was torn down. I used all 4 sides of the Atlas Middlesex Mfg kit with a styrene roof to put together the large building.It's been gathering dust on the shelf for months so I finally finished all of the windows and the dry transfers for the company name
Scott Sonntag
Rich, dig the freight cars, that PFE car is sharp! And Baldwin Sharks on the Broadway Limited is always awesome.
Track Fiddler, nice benchwork going. Welcome mat is fun but it's in the way!
Mike, glad to see the garden railway in action.
Northbrit, nice work on the crane!
Kevin, nice diorama!
GMpullman, nice work on organizing the paint brushes and that divider, I may have to get one myself. My benchwork needs reorganizing as well which I'll do on a day off.
Garry, Always liked how the Zephyer E-units blend in with the Cal-Zeph
Tankertoad, nice shot of the SD24
Peter, nice shot of the switcher at work
Lakeshore sub, dig the large building
I've been working more on the Wrisley Papers kit, and started fitting things for the diorama. I'm deviating significantly from the instructions in the kit for the diorama as I plan to fit it into a larger diorama. While I usually could do without "feedback" a friend felt that the green doors detracted from the appearance and he thought a lighter green or a lighter color would be better. I'm open to trying that. Any thoughts from people here would be appreciated.
Alvie
Happy Sunday everyone... just dropping by and catching up in here...
Ed: The new plastic test tubes sure do make the paint brushes look well organized. You have A LOT more paint brushes than I do!
Garry: Your picture of the Zephyer pulled by EMD E-units is beautiful. They look right at home on your layout.
Toad: You are right, that SD24 looks like it is working hard, even with help.
Peter: Your picture of the EMD switcher working on your layout is fantastic.
Scott: Your large chair factory is looking good. I always like to see in-progress pictures of projects.
Alvie: Wow! Your large building is sure looking good too! That is going to look great on your layout.
Hello all,
Ive been busy working on the left side building of Denver's Union station sonce i got the center section done.20210714_205733 by Chuck Lee, on Flickr
Here is the roof partially painted. Everything is scratch built using parts I designed on the computer and cut on my laser cutter. I even laser cut the shingles from brown cardstock.
20210714_213916 by Chuck Lee, on Flickr
Here is the overall building. I just have to finish the doors on the right end where the walkway meets up with the building.
Next up on the project list is the right hand side of union station.
Overall the model will be 6ft long and 2 inches deep and 14 inches tall.
I did have a break and visited Maui and saw the sugar cane trains while i was there. Unfortunately they are all shut down now and its being sold for scrap.
20210719_123502 by Chuck Lee, on Flickr
20210719_123433 by Chuck Lee, on Flickr
this the turntable next to the Lahaina depot.
20210719_123351 by Chuck Lee, on Flickr
Colorado Front Range Railroad: http://www.coloradofrontrangerr.com/
Chuck: Union Station is looking mighty good. You must have spent a lot of time designing all thjose parts. The results are worth it. Lots of Floridians breathed a sigh of relief when Hawaii got out of the sugar cane production. Florida makes huge amounts of money on sugar cane, and Hawaii was able to produce a lot of a top quality product.