Living the dream.
Hello everyone, here we are at a a brand new weekend!
This week my share is some items I bought from Westerfield.
I placed this order directly with Westerfield, which is the first time I have done this. I communicated with the guys at Westerfield prior to placing my order, and they were very helpful every step of the way through the process.
You send them a list of what you want, then they email you a PayPal invoice when the order is ready to ship. It all went very smoothly.
I wanted some items that were not in their catalogue, specifically an assortment of 40 foot boxcar roofs for some scratch-bashing projects. They included four different style of roofs with my order, Awesome!
I also purchased some boxcar ends and other details.
The kit that prompted this purchase was a SANTA FE class Fe-Q boxcar. I have wanted to add this to my collection for a long time. Sunshine made a forty foot car that was similar, but that kit sells for upwards of $150.00 when they come up for sale.
Then, when making a check at the Westerfield "What's New" page, I saw it. They are making the exact fifty foot automobile version of the Fe-Q boxcar that I REALLY wanted!
-Westerfield Photo
I have built quite a few Westerfield kits over the years, and they have all been great kits with good quality resin castings. However, when I opened the Fe-Q kit, I was blown away. The crispness of the detail on the one-piece body casting is amazing. The folks at Westerfield have really upped their offerings. I think I will declare this as the finest resin freight car kit that I have ever owned.
I was also happy to see that Westerfield is no longer packing their kits in the flimsy brown boxes. These new corrugated boxes are similar to what Yarmouth and Funaro & Camerlengo are using. They will give the kits better protection.
I also ordered models of the SANTA FE extended roof 40 foot boxcar and a double-door PENNSYLVANIA boxcar. All are very nice indeed.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone's photographs this weekend.
Let's have some fun.
-Kevin
Kevin - Thanks for starting WPF. Those boxcars look a good selection that will keep you busy.
It has been a busy week for me and have had little time in the train room.
My contribution. A small parcel of carriages arrived the other day. My daughter took control and kept them as they are a Christmas present. She allowed me one to run now.
A four wheeled carriage in Leeds, Scarcroft and Wetherby Railway livery.
Here she is on her first run on the layout.
Here she is 'earning her keep'. On a Wetherby to Leeds Central local service.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Thanks for setting up yet another fine WPF for October, Kevin!
You have some excellent kits there. I have a few F&C resin kits under my belt, maybe it'[s high time I tried some Westerfield ones. I've purchased parts from them a few times. I sure like unique cars like that Santa Fe Fe-Q with the outside bracing. I'd really like to find a couple PRR R7 refrigerator* cars. I guess they're like the proverbial hen's teeth.
You have a wonderfully detailed scene there, David. I hope life settles down for you so you can enjoy your train room!
I continued a bit with some weathering. Mostly experimental at this stage.
PRR_X29_Weathered by Edmund, on Flickr
I kind of like the way this roof turned out on this Rio Grande boxcar:
DRGW_XM by Edmund, on Flickr
A couple Pacemaker cars got dusted & rusted:
NYC_Pacemaker-weathered by Edmund, on Flickr
I came across this vintage LMB Niagara among my "stuff". I might use it for a scrap scene?
Scrap_Niagara by Edmund, on Flickr
Last but not least, a PRR "Approach" station sign in laser-cut plywood for my outdoor railroad depot:
PRR_Sign_Hambden by Edmund, on Flickr
It's about three feet long. I found a fellow near me that produces them
What will the neighbors think? Ahhh, why worry
*Wadda' ya know, I spotted one on the e of Bay! I put an offer in, right in Ocala, Fla!
Cheers, Ed
Good morning from sunny and mild Northeast Ohio, but snow expected tonight and tomorrow!
Kevin, thanks for starting us out, nice looking kit there, I think Rail Yard Models sort of forced the resin kit makers to up their game on doing the one piece shells with great detail, sorry they are gone.
David, thanks for your neat little scene, hope you have more time for the layout.
Ed, thanks for the contribution, I still can't get into the gross weathering I still remember the Wabash and Nickle Plate cars going past my house looking pristine so that is what I model. I have couple of the old Monogram Hudson kits for use in the backshop. Nice looking sign, should have one from Northeast Ohio!
What I got done this week, will not be getting much done in the next few weeks as my wife and I are switching sides of the basement area and I have been putting up shelves and moving my workbench over to the other side.
Athearn ACF 2970CF Covered Hopper kit, painted with Scalecoat II MOW Gray and lettered with Prime Mover Decals. The EL purchased these cars to replace their old house built 1958CF and smaller covered hoppers in the sand and cement service. This car is numbered after the one in the EL Color Guide that still looked like it was brand new with the picture being taken in 1984.
I have been building up my fleet of Mechanical Reefers with this Red Caboose PC&F R70-15 kit. Car was painted with Scalecoat II Reefer Orange and White paints and lettered with Oddballs Decals. Car was purchased by ART for the MP and Wabash, but was relettered into the ARMN reporting marks after the Wabash, Nickle Plate and N&W Merger.
Still working on adding to the trailer fleet, Athearn 40' Bluebox trailer with the grabs and other stuff removed from the nose and the gusset over the landing gear removed to better replicate a common trailer. Painted with Scalecoat II Reefer White and Silver paints and lettered with Microscale Decals including the Conrail logo on the mud flaps.
Last week I took my EL SDP45 and SD45-2 to the club to haul a general freight led by some of my grocery cars of the EL.
Thanks for looking!
Rick Jesionowski
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
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I'm glad to hear snow is coming to Ohio. I won't be tempted to try to get one more round of golf in which means more time to devote to my layout which is in serious need of some TLC after sitting idle since last April.
Here is a pic of my brand new Life-Like Proto 2000 CB&Q 0-6-0. I searched for quite some time for this particular model and I finally found it at a hobby store in Illinois. Over 17 years since it was manufactured. Only used ones can be occasionally had on the auction sites. This was the DC version. I added an Athearn Genesis motherboard, SoundTraxx Tsunami 2, ESU sugarcube speaker and LED lights.
Kevin, Thanks for opening the WPF with some interesting resin kit pics and info.
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers. Have a good weekend and Happy National Pizza With The Works Except Anchovies Day. Regards, Peter
Another week gone by!
Kevin, thanks for another week of photos and inspiration. I'm glad you were able to find the car that you wanted so much.
David, congratulations on the great Christmas present, even if you can't get them all yet. You have a month-and-a-half to anticipate.
Ed, you've done a great job weathering the cars.
Rick, I love the Erie covered hopper.
RMNRWY, congratulations on getting the CB&Q 0-6-0. It looks great on your layout.
Peter, once again you have posted an amazingly realistic scene from your layout. Thanks!
I have not had a chance to do much work on the layout. It seems that there has been a lot going on in my life. I hope things calm down. Here is a photo of a BNSF set of tank cars heading into the tunnel. A lot of scenery to be done on the bare hillsides:
Have a good weekend, everyone.
York1 John
Lots of great modeling already. Good to see all that Westerfield stuff, Kevin, thanks for sharing.
Last night I went to jail. I've visited it before, in 1:1. It's the Red Mountain, Colorado jail, brought to you these days by Berkshire Valley Models.
Originally created by Anvil Mountain Models, its demise left the kit in the hands of Berkshire Valley, which has again produced most of the AMM line to the delight of many. They also have a line of wagons, buggies and other livery stalwarts, plus horse, mules and drivers to populate them into life.
Berkshire Valley also carries the Animas Forks and Silveton jails if you're having a 1:87 crime wave. I picked up the Animas Forks jail and will build it next, although I've visited all 3 - not on offiicial business. The Silverton jail has been used by the historical society for different exhibits and is kept in good repair.
The other two are mere whispers of their former selves. They were made by stacking boards resulting in a 10" or so thick solid wood wall. Time and mountain snows have taken their toll and the remains give only a partial image of their simple lines. Both still exist in AF and RM today AFAIK.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
I have Union Station mostly complete. I got station installed but there is still some final work to be done like hooking up power and getting walkways painted.
20210922_212435 (2) by Chuck Lee, on Flickr
Overall the structure is 70 inches long, 14 inches all and 1.5 inches deep.
Colorado Front Range Railroad: http://www.coloradofrontrangerr.com/
HO-Velo...Happy National Pizza With The Works Except Anchovies Day
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
I agree with Bear. The anchovies are the best part of the pizza! Almost as good as eating them straight out of the tin.
So there is the progress of that little camel back. no electrical yet, but eerything else is there. looks thousand times better than when it arrived here. After testing the street trackage I put the city buildins back. will wire it whern I have a few other projects to the wire stage. Then everything including lighting wiring will be done all at once.
SHane
A pessimist sees a dark tunnel
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
Thanks for opening the show, Kevin. Cool kits. I'll check Westerfield out.
David, nice carriages. Four wheeled? Probably not the smoothest ride ever, eh?
Ed, great weathering! Better to display that brass on the dead line rather than hide it away.
Rick, your trailers and freight cars always look so sharp. The see through walkways on the covered hopper really make the car.
RMNRWY, the loco looks great, but the setting even better! Nice work.
I'm with Peter. Hold the anchovies. Beautiful picture!
York 1 John, scenery: so far so good. I relate to having a ways to go.
Mike, "Cozy" jail! I'll behave when in the area.
R1c, I love big structures that make decent sized trains look small. Very neat.
For my contribution to WPF, I'm posting this under WP Fun, but it wasn't fun 2 weeks ago when I was going after it. Now you see it:
Now you don't.
That lower layer of plywood was going to be a large body of water-surface, with a sawmill and the works on piles over it. Well, I gave that up and "Filled in" the land a little at a time by adding the upper layer.
You can imagine the trouble that 2nd layer of bedrock caused. So out it came, without removing the upper layer. The scenery mountains were pulled off. The Model RR version of an 8 foot root canal. Yes, the plywood sheet was a full 8 feet long, and from the front edge of the layout to the backdrop. I was using a 5 foot prybar and other crowbars, but brute force and ignorance prevailed!
I also took the opportunity to level up other areas. Sorry, my pix are not very scenic, but show what will contribute to huge layout improvement. That open gap will be another ship-dock-water surface area. For point of reference, this is the area of the work above. The lower surface to the left was theremoved plywood, and masonite layer, I should add.
Keep 'em coming! Dan
There have already been a lot of great shares to Weekend Photo Fun this week. Thanks everyone.
David: That is a handsome two-toned passenger carriage. Are there four doors on the side?
Ed: The weathering is paying dividends. Your freight cars look like they have been earning their keep. Congratulations on the great success on the D&RGW boxcar roof. I have not weathered a rooftop yet that I have been happy with. I hope to eventually get an SGRR sign for the door to the layout room. Since it will be a pocket door, I think laser cut plywood will not work for me.
Rick: Yes, I agree completely. Rail Yard kits are gorgeous. Like my Yarmouth kits, if I ever were to build a Rail Yard kit, I would simplify it a lot as I went along. I just can't do folded photo-etched sill steps and side ladders. I glue on Tichy ladders and A-Line sill steps instead. I have the highest respect for modelers like yourself that can do the extra effort, and I am thankful the kit manufacturers go all-out, but I just can't do it. Thank you for sharing more of your beautiful models this week.
John: I hope you enjoy giving your layout some TLC. I wish that I had a layout to give some TLC to. Soon, I hope.
RMNRWY: Great find on a "New In Box" Proto 0-6-0. It sure looks good on your layout. I hope to see more of your layout in the future. Thank you for sharing.
Peter: Thank you for stopping in with Pizza!
John: I am so glad Westefield made the boxcar I wanted. I am even happier I never spent $100.00+ on the similar Sunshine kit! I do not remember seeing a picture of that mountainside scene on your layout before. It is beautiful.
Mike: That little jail does not look like it would be an enjoyable place to spend very much time.
Renegade: Wow... that station absolutely dominates the scene. It looks amazing.
Bear: Thanks for the toons! The chuckles are always great.
Shane: That camelback is tiny! Even that little slope back tender does not make it look very large. Great model. I plan to have a short run of street trackage. It will not have any turnouts, but will have two crossings. I plan to use girder rail, but really haven't put together too much of a plan yet.
Dan: From what you described, I certainly would not want to take on a task like that. I am glad you were able to get it done.
This is an example of another Westerfield Automobile Boxcar kit I have already assembled. I love the unique kits from the Golden Age line. These add a lot of variety to the fleet of freight cars.
I know I am "strectching" the timeline on a few of these to still have them in service in 1954, but a little bit of fibbery is worth it to have these nifty pieces of equipment on the layout.
Let's all keep the good stuff coming. I am looking forward to more.
Kevin. The carriage is a four door, all first class one in Leeds, Scarcroft & Wetherby Railway livery. My other LSWR carriages are all third class ones.
Success!
PRR_R7 by Edmund, on Flickr
This will be another nice winter project
SeeYou190Ed: The weathering is paying dividends. Your freight cars look like they have been earning their keep.
Thanks, Kevin. I'm trying to keep it moderate. The examples shown are about the "worst case" cars in the fleet. Some modelers go full-bore on the distress. I want to show a little age and use. In my "train watching" era of the late '60s and early '70s there was plenty of decrepit equipment rolling around. Mine will not quite be that bad.
Most of the fleet will have a moderate dusting such as this Frisco PS-1:
SL-SF_XM by Edmund, on Flickr
I got kind of lucky on the roof. I had airbrushed some Vallejo black-gray "soot" and decided it was a bit much so I used a wide brush dipped in some artist's turpentine. It had loosened and streaked the paint just enough to give me a nice effect of chipped sealant coming off the original finish.
Again, only a handful of these cars will get that particular look. Variety is the key. I'm looking forward to experimenting with the "salt chipping" technique.
On to more great contributions!
This is a Sierra West Woodcutters shack to go on the layout
Lynn
Present Layout progress
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/p/290127/3372174.aspx#3372174
Hi everyone, lots of good work and ideas this weekend. Never thought of adding salt to anything except fish and chips, but it looks like an interesting way to model rusty things. I put together this video to show how my new quarry fits in the operations. Still more work to go.
Alan Jones in Sunny Queensland (Oz)
gmpullman I came across this vintage LMB Niagara among my "stuff". I might use it for a scrap scene? Scrap_Niagara by Edmund, on Flickr Cheers, Ed
I think an LMB niagara (as crude as they were) doesnt deserve to be in a scrap pile Ed! That's reserved for those junk Bachmann plus Niagaras :)
Shane, Im honestly surprised at how good that camelback turned out! It looks great!
Charles
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Southgate 2 David, nice carriages. Four wheeled? Probably not the smoothest ride ever, eh?
Apparently four and six wheeled carriages were very uncomfotable. I guess people were just glad to 'travel somewhere'.
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A great contribution by everyone. Thanks for showing.
Hello RMNRWY, in your second picture you have a SceneMaster Farmall tractor pictured. How did you come up with the beautiful loader?
Was there a kit offered or did you build it?
Thanks!
Hi Randy, I purchased a GHQ Models 60001 HO Farm Machinery 'Red' Super M-TA Tractor with farmer figure. It's an unpainted metal kit. Costs around $12. You can position the loader up or down. It was pretty fun to assemble and paint.
Also, thanks to those that left comments regarding my pics and layout. Great pics from everyone.
I just assumed it was a Walthers tractor. Shot myself in the foot again.
Thanks for the scoop.
Thanks for the start to WPF Kevin.
Great stuff from everyone this week! The contributors are too numerous to mention idividually because of the great participation.
I have to call out 'BEAR'. I enjoyed all of the Toons.
My humble contribution this week is my new Amtrak F40PH on its break-in run with a few cars in tow. It and its brother have been difficult to progrm with my Digitrax DSC52 and JMRI DecoderPro. No idea why, but I'll figure it out.
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. 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/
Thanks to everyone for the great pictures this weekend. We had snow overnight in east central Wisconsin just in time for the Packers game.
The start to a couple of projects this week.
It got warm enough to paint my Cary E7/ Athearn chasis project last week in CNW colors. Now to get the fuel tank filed down to the correct profile.
As long as I had the airbrush out, I painted on old Athearn F7 body in a dark maroon in order to create the old Soo Line paint scheme. Pulled out an old Walthers dress up kit and added the lights, windscreen and started the grab irons. Painted the truck and wheels next. Need to get the decals to finish it up.
Last 3 pictures are the Chipewa headed north on the MILW through Plymouth.
Scott Sonntag
It's been a great weekend and lots of great contributions. Thanks again Kevin and thanks to all who have favored my photos
At the end of the run, within yard limits and we can take down the markers...
PRR_Cabin_Markers by Edmund, on Flickr
See you next weekend —
Regards, Ed