As the train rounds the curve to depart the developing scenic area, I get a chance to model my new hat for the weekend, and bring an end to a hectic 3-week modelling period.
Jon
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Some general shots of the Plywood Pennsy layout
The hand-made turnouts have Pennsy-specific detailling parts. View shows the B&O branch crossing the Pennsy main
Some shots of the river crossings. The double track bridge is the Pennsy main and the single bridgeis the B&O branch
Plenty of cabooses in evidence on the day
The show that I have been furiously building freight cars for, finally happened this weekend.
We only used my freight cars for the whole weekend, John Wright providing the passenger stock and Pennsy locos. This made packing up on Sunday afternoon a whole lot easier, not having to worry about who owned what freight car.
Here are some photos. First up - the fiddle yard.(The old chap in some of the photos is called Alan - he's 82 and came over from Toronto for the show. What a guy)
Here is a good caboose candidate for that era.
only thing you're missing is a caboose... otherwise, very convincing train you have there Jon
-Dan
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Finally, some overall shots of the 1940s tank train
End (for now)
Thanks lads
The tank cars are the last of the freight cars to be done before the Tyneside Show at the weekend. I haven't had to do too much work on these other than to re-fit a few couplers.
I have decided to leave the broken plastic handrails as they are, as they would take too much time to replace with brass wire and brass handrail stanchions from Precision Scale (I have 4 packs waiting in the wings)
Brilliant.
Now, if there is a Kodachrome effect - those photos WOULD be prototype photos taken in the 40's.
--Randy
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to quote one Wayne Campbell:
I'm not worthy!
I also had a bit of time to add some weathering to a Proto 2000 NKP Berkshire, although I haven't had time to get the front light working yet
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Now for the individual cars
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I've been working on weathering some coal hoppers from Accurail, Proto2000 and Tichy, and making some removable coal loads out of real crushed coal - nothing else looks the same as the real stuff.
Here are some photos of the whole train of recent additions
Next, the individual cars
rrinker You mean that little blurb in the instructions that says for certain roads, cut the side sills like so? --Randy
You mean that little blurb in the instructions that says for certain roads, cut the side sills like so? --Randy
That's the one. It's amazing what can be found out by actually reading the instructions
SOU is one of them that gets the cuts.
You mean that little blurb in the instructions that says for certain roads, cut the side sills like so? My very first one I sort of butchered, figures I'd pick a road that needed the sills cut. I got better after that. Not all roads get the cuts though.
Now for some 50ft boxcars. These are all Proto 2000, but notice the difference in the side sill cutouts between the two Southern cars. This will be corrected now that I've spotted it. I only bought thekit of the open-door model yesterday and followed the instructions properly, this time.
Thanks for the information FTB. I'm struggling for time before the show this weekend andI doubt I'd have time to do anything about it anyway.
Moving on, some war emergency 50ft flat cars from Proto 2000 and an Athearn 40ft flat.
Just read the fine print! (on the car sides - LOL)
I'd also be wary of that MDT reefer (gothic 'MDT'), Monon covered hopper (fancy colored lettering) and Atlantic East coast (colored large-ish logo) : please do report back on their latest shop dates if you have time.
A really nice bunch of cars, otherwise. If there was to be another PRR car I would think an X-29 the most likely to pop up. A B&O wagon-top would be icing on the cake (but not with the large B&O lettering!!!) as would a rib-sided MILW car.
To firmly place your train in the 40's, consider two companies that were gone early 50's: the Wheeling and Lake Erie (into NKP) and the Pere Marquette (into C&O). Would be curious to hear of other roads.
FreightTrainBlues Beautiful - but if you really want to split hairs, for a '40's train I would leave out the DL&W car with the large so-called billboard "LACKAWANNA" lettering, it's post-'55. ...Not too sure about that Wabash 'Follow the Flag' either. Okay I'm probably just jealous : ) Keep up the good work.
Beautiful - but if you really want to split hairs, for a '40's train I would leave out the DL&W car with the large so-called billboard "LACKAWANNA" lettering, it's post-'55. ...Not too sure about that Wabash 'Follow the Flag' either. Okay I'm probably just jealous : ) Keep up the good work.
Thanks for that snippet of info, I'll get onto it and report back.
One of my 1960 Wabash cars has a flag inside a heart. Maybe the Flag could be late 40s (fingers crossed)
Beautiful - but if you really want to split hairs, for a '40's train I would leave out the DL&W car with the large so-called billboard "LACKAWANNA" lettering, it's post-'55. See the versions side by side in the Erie Lackawanna Historical Society shop: http://erielackhs.org/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=15&Itemid=6&TreeId=9
Not too sure about that Wabash 'Follow the Flag' either. Okay I'm probably just jealous : ) Keep up the good work.
brilliant work, sir.
Hope to get things looking that goo... waitaminute... those are prototype shots
Finally for tonight, another 3 boxcars
Three covered hoppers - 2 ECW and one Bowser
I've been working on a few more freight cars tonight, starting with a few reefers from Cannonball, Trix and C&BT.
2 sides of the same car
jon grant Hi all I've spent the last couple of weeks speed-modelling and weathering a batch of my unused freight cars to help provide sufficient rolling stock for a Pennsy layout - Westmoreland Junction - which is due out at Tyneside (UK) show in a couple of weeks.... Jon
Hi all
I've spent the last couple of weeks speed-modelling and weathering a batch of my unused freight cars to help provide sufficient rolling stock for a Pennsy layout - Westmoreland Junction - which is due out at Tyneside (UK) show in a couple of weeks....
Hi Jon:
As has been mentioned by others, great work. I buy some of the British magazines at a local hobby shop here in Buffalo NY ( Miami of the North to you New Worlders) & have found that the work done by those in Britain and the continent is generally very much better than what we see in the American general circulation magazines such as Model Railroader.
Granted, what you see published tends to be the cream of the crop, but it's also the case with websites which you can visit, too. I believe it has to do with the smaller sizes of what each modeller (British spelling) tries to work on. Whereas we on this side of the Atlantic try to fill a basement, you on the other side tend to work on a diorama sized section of a larger whole. That and the techniques manuals are better, as well. At least in _my_ not so humble opinion.
So ends the lecture. There WILL be homework & an exam at the end of the week. Hope you all were paying attention.
-Ed K
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I didn't take the photo, it's one I liberated from the internet (though the 4070 isn't in much better shape than what you see there).
Ever time I look at the layout I am amazed by the details Jon. I like the first set of box cars with the rounded edges the best. Never seen any like them before.
Ken
I hate Rust
Last boxcars of this train.
Plenty more boxcars to go...