Current Projects

[Anonymous]

Who's working on any projects currently?[?][?][?][?][?][?][?]

I am planning to buy an airbrush sometime, then superdetail my set of Burlington F-3's, buy some undec. cars and paint and letter them, get a few Walthers CB&Q cabooses to superdetail, and come up with a good plan for my new layout, as well as find information to scratchbuild models of a few industries located in Burlington, IA.

I am a very busy guy right now![:D]

BTW, since I'm going to be detailing and weathering quite a few models, whenever my parents decide to get a digital camera I'll post pics of my work.[:D]

[Anonymous]

I am currently working on my Walthers Cornerstone Depot, hopefully all have a airbrush in a couple of weeks to start painting.

[Anonymous]

Working on 2 U.P. SD70M's today

[mike33469]

Trying to tear down my 4'x9' free standing layout and start benchwork for my around the room shelf layout.

[FThunder11]

Finishing up the benchwork for my layout.

[AggroJones]

I've been figuring out how to work this digital camera. I've taken bunch of pictures and posted them here:

http://community.webshots.com/album/149792566XUjWkz/0

[Fergmiester]

QUOTE: Originally posted by AggroJones

I've been figuring out how to work this digital camera. I've taken bunch of pictures and posted them here:

http://community.webshots.com/album/149792566XUjWkz/0

Kudos Old Man!!!
Looks like I could learn a trick or two, three, four, etc.......... from you.

Nice detailing, I wouldn't mind seeing more scenery though !

Keep it coming!

As for me I'm still working on the turntable which should be done in a couple of more months.

[Anonymous]

I'm in the middle of painting and detailing a pair of GP7s for Clinchfield.

---jps

[dano99a]

putting road numbers on a wood sided C&O caboose, and painting and detailing a series of C&O GP9's

[Anonymous]

Well, I have a 40' flat that needs paint (My first resin kit), a 52'6" Combination door box that's about half done (My first flat kit), I'm also working on a CP 34'10" Plywood sheathed van and a GP40-2L(W) that's on the backburner right now.

[Anonymous]

I have lots on the old list but never seem to find the time or ca***o get them done ---- more so the cash. [:)]

[Anonymous]

[:D][:D]Playing with custom decals this week. [:D][:D]
I've got 3 brass caboose kits I plan to start next week. Going to try to assembly line build them, thinking this may save me time in the long run.[%-)]
We'll see!

[Anonymous]

I'm in the process of building my first MRR in about 30 years. N-scale of the Reading in Anthracite coal country. I've been building the benchwork for about a month now. I get little time to work on it. It's going to be a wall mounted shelf unit about 10' long and 24" wide with an L section about 3' long. In addition to building the benchwork, I've been collecting rolling stock etc from Ebay and locally. I've purchased a few engines, a string of hoppers, and 3 MRC power packs. I also early on purchased a great selection of Kato Unitrak. I hope to fini***he basic benchwork in the next few days. Then the next move will be puchasing some Pink Foam and some scenic designs incline sets. I'll post pictures in the near future. Thanks, Dave

[Jetrock]

I'm working on a 2x2 foot diorama for a museum.

It's a small engine terminal--currently I am working on the roundhouse (a heavily kitbashed Heljan roundhouse) and next is the turntable. Even cut down and using short 1890's dimensions, it will take some squeezing to get everything into a 2x2 space.

[PistolPete]

I recently completed most of the benchwork and fitted some 2" foam for my base. I am now putting down some track and redesigning my track plan. This is my first layout in about 25 years. It has been a fun learning process.

[dragenrider]

I worked on mountain slopes last month. They turned out great! Now I'm decaling a GP9 shell and I have three GE 70 tonners to decal next. That should complete my roster for a year or two.

My tracks are all laid and 25% of the scenery is done. I'm just not motivated to play in the paint and plaster this month. Oh well, moods change.

[RicHamilton]

Atter fininshing my last GP 38-2 in severe weathered paint I decided to take it easy and just replace the door on an Athearn PS 5344 GTRA car and two IM cylindricals in Canpotex after redoing the sill and brake rigging. You can check out the CN GP38-2 at my website.

Ric
Berwick NS
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/ricandbeth

[Anonymous]

i am wanting some to do some kitbashing projects but i am still in the planing stages and desinging my layout.

[Anonymous]

My current project is detailing, painting, and decaling a Stewart C630 for my freelanced Potomac Valley Lines railroad. It goes slowly especially since I spend most of my free time with my girlfriend[:D] or with my camera trackside on the weekends.

[Anonymous]

Just finished up tracklaying on my engine servicing area. Now I have to wire it and add the scenery. I'm going to wire it for dc even though I'm going to DCC asap but I figured it's probably noto a bad idea to be able to turn off this area so I don't have engine "wanderinig" when I don't want them too.
Andrew Miller

[Anonymous]

I have lots of projects on Deck at the moment. More than I can shake a stick at really.
For starters in the custom paint business end of things, I have a 4 car set of D&RGW passenger cars in the booth being painted up in a freelanced paint scheme.

Then Personally I am upgrading an old Bachmann 50 Foot Plug Door Box Car. I am painting it in GN Big Sky Blue.

I am also building a Revell 1-72 Scale F-117 Model Kit.

Then if that isn't eneugh, my primary computer's hard drive decided to die today. So I am running on the spare that is primarly relegated to making switch lists for my railroad. and for when stuff like this happens. So I have a comp-repair to effect as soon as the new hard drive comes in. (Rather my friend Conrad does, I am a clutz when it comes to working on computers)

James

[Anonymous]

I finished acquiring structures off ebay for my 2x8' town. I am in the process of touching up, painting and building everything as I go. The enginehouse will be ready tomorrow, the coaling tower by sat. etc

There is alot of clearing of that wall space going on at the moment that helps me plan the future 12'x5' wall which will allow continious run.

There is alot of railroading going on in my house and I look back on thirty years and say it is about time I got out of the armchair.

[mikebonellisr]

I'm repowering, super detailing w/ cal scale & percision scale parts, paint & decaling,and installing a back feed EMS decoder in a cheap IHC mogul.I hope the time & effort is worth it.I may be trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

[krump]

bit busy at present, therefore not too much time on the railroad.
1) benchwork around entire room - over the next 6 months (4x8 is gonzo)
2) layout design and trackplan - on paper (until benchwork done)
3) acquiring everything PICKLE (daughter is a pickle fanatic) - so, in the plans are pickle factory, Bicks Container cars, Heinz boxcar, a pickle tank (3-4 vats) car, Vlasic boxcar, Vinegar tanker, large greenhouse (scale acres) with cucumbers... anybody else "relish" the thought.
4) father-in-law is a beekeeper - so the bees have it
5) heavy duty equipment plant - tractors, dozers, harvestors, farms
6) Crime area - Courthouse, Police Station, Police cars (Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Abbotsford, RCMP, Michigan, CHiPs) jailhouse, chain gang, grafitti'd boxcar / tanker, bank robbery ...

[Anonymous]

I'm currently tuning an Athearn DD40 (single motor version) as it seems to need a fair bit more power to move than my other locos. I think I need to oil the axle bearings (which are where the axle goes into the truck sideframe, like the real thing!). So far, I've added Kadees and a load of extra lead ballast - this loco could now be used for weight training!

I also have a growing stock of "Blue Box" kits awaiting assembly - saving them for when I'm bored!

[RMax1]

I'm working on some KATY F's and waiting on detailing parts. I'm going to pick a corner of my layout and just start working a in a week or 2. That means probably right smack in the middle.

RMax

[Anonymous]

Just finished a CN rotary snow plow and converted a GN winged snow plow over to a CP rail unit (came out nice) In the begining stages of a travelling smaller Module for our club,have the bench work and legs installed and have the track set out on the deck,will start to clean and install the track over the next little while and then of course scenery.
And of course always working on the home layout.

[Anonymous]

Modifying 3 Spectrum PRR 4-6-2's into B&O 4-6-2's. Installing decoders, and lighting effects. I have a 4-6-4 Rivarossi I'm trying to jam a motor into as well. I don't think the 4-6-4 is going to make the layout.

[michealfarley]

Let's see........what don't I have going........

- Well, I'm putting my unit coal trains together for my future layout. I need several of them to accurately simulate the overhead traffic

- BN Business train in Cascade Green

- half-dozen locomotives for a Soo Line friend down the street

- installing tortoise switchmotors on his layout

- designing operating scheme for his layout

- GN Western Star consist, circa 1968

- how many of my own locomotives waiting for some sort of paint/decal/detail work

Sheesh, I better quit typing, and get to work on my pile!

[Noah Hofrichter]

I've got to work on my project for the scratchbuilding contest, which I hope to have done by mid July, and I've got to custom paint a locomotive I one off E-bay for the WSOR. I've also got to paint some WSOR RBL's. It's a rainy day around here so I think I'll go work on the Scratchbuilding project some.

Noah