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WPF 1/7-1/9 2011
Posted by j610 on Friday, January 7, 2011 2:42 AM

WPF  time 1/7-1/9  2011 . Sorry i have nothing to post this week .   RON

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Posted by Annonymous on Friday, January 7, 2011 3:09 AM

Long time since my last post in this thread, so here it goes. A couple of pics of my sectional layout in progress. After almost a year of construction, I was finally able to crank up the throttle and do my first test run!

And this is what my girlfriend is working on:

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Posted by ChadLRyan on Friday, January 7, 2011 5:38 AM

 This is finished shot of the 'accessory' tanks from a Plastruct kit I showed ‘in the white’ last week. They are now painted white with a dusting I made with FQ Dust, Roof Brown, & Marine Brown, although the picture does not show it perfectly. The shot did overexpose the (red) rust dusting I put on the Industrial Gray, I put on the ladder & walkway. I have not added any powders at this point. I think this model makes a nice addition to the engine facility I have in mind (also unfinished). I got the idea of adding tanks from a former post, I thought it was cool, & had to be 'that monkey' & do that as well. I feel a couple large propane tanks coming on soon too. This was done as a quickie, & on the cheap, so to speak! I built the kit mostly as intended, but substituted the factory walkway for a D.A. mesh folded into a wide C channel & CA'd to the railings, then the ladder was added & the conflicting structure cut away. I added Archer porthole decals, & on the big manways, just added CA dots with a toothpic to represent bolts. The base was sprayed with Rust Oleum Texture 'Desert Bisque' paint. However, it severely warped the base & I expected that, as it has on prior projects, as it has a severe shrink rate. I 'mandled' it back into shape. The tanks were sprayed with Krylon flat white, & it had a cloggy nozzle, & I am surprized it looks as nice as it does, as it was spitt'n & spatter'n, & just not shooting at all, at times. The turn out was very lucky. 

Say, UPTEEN; Thanks for last weeks comment! I got back late & did not thank you..
 

 

The other shot is the finished Wiking JD with a fork carrying a couple barrels, Oxy & Gas tanks, & a Jerry can. I wrapped it up with a thin slice of 3M masking tape & a scratch built cinch drive clamp. I used N & HO scale decals on the tanks & barrels. I also added a tall backer to the fork with the same D.A. mesh. I also replaced the font axle with a 0.046 brass rod & bent it to have the unit steered, it has Ackerman steering, meaning it's outside wheel is pitched more than the inside wheel, to allow optimum tracking, although you can't see it in the photo. If you want other pix, please ask, I like shooting pix, & would enjoy the interest.

Thanks, Enjoy!!
 

 

 

 

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Posted by jacon12 on Friday, January 7, 2011 5:55 AM

Very good work!  How did you make the 'buckle' on your masking tape belt?

Jarrell

 

ChadLRyan

 This is finished shot of the 'accessory' tanks from a Plastruct kit I showed ‘in the white’ last week. They are now painted white with a dusting I made with FQ Dust, Roof Brown, & Marine Brown, although the picture does not show it perfectly. The shot did overexpose the (red) rust dusting I put on the Industrial Gray, I put on the ladder & walkway. I have not added any powders at this point. I think this model makes a nice addition to the engine facility I have in mind (also unfinished). I got the idea of adding tanks from a former post, I thought it was cool, & had to be 'that monkey' & do that as well. I feel a couple large propane tanks coming on soon too. This was done as a quickie, & on the cheap, so to speak! I built the kit mostly as intended, but substituted the factory walkway for a D.A. mesh folded into a wide C channel & CA'd to the railings, then the ladder was added & the conflicting structure cut away. I added Archer porthole decals, & on the big manways, just added CA dots with a toothpic to represent bolts. The base was sprayed with Rust Oleum Texture 'Desert Bisque' paint. However, it severely warped the base & I expected that, as it has on prior projects, as it has a severe shrink rate. I 'mandled' it back into shape. The tanks were sprayed with Krylon flat white, & it had a cloggy nozzle, & I am surprized it looks as nice as it does, as it was spitt'n & spatter'n, & just not shooting at all, at times. The turn out was very lucky. 

Say, UPTEEN; Thanks for last weeks comment! I got back late & did not thank you..

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5129/5332947650_3d58ee686e_b.jpg

 

The other shot is the finished Wiking JD with a fork carrying a couple barrels, Oxy & Gas tanks, & a Jerry can. I wrapped it up with a thin slice of 3M masking tape & a scratch built cinch drive clamp. I used N & HO scale decals on the tanks & barrels. I also added a tall backer to the fork with the same D.A. mesh. I also replaced the font axle with a 0.046 brass rod & bent it to have the unit steered, it has Ackerman steering, meaning it's outside wheel is pitched more than the inside wheel, to allow optimum tracking, although you can't see it in the photo. If you want other pix, please ask, I like shooting pix, & would enjoy the interest.

Thanks, Enjoy!!

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5202/5332947696_fde429f6b1_b.jpg

 

 

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Posted by cudaken on Friday, January 7, 2011 6:06 AM

 Couple of old pictures. I have not done anything to the layout for sometime now except running the trains.

 SD 7 pulling some hoppers to the grain elevator

SW 900 working the string.

Break of dawn at the mine.

  Cuda Ken

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Posted by ChadLRyan on Friday, January 7, 2011 6:38 AM

Jarrel,

Well, I have an Evergreen Utili Sleeve, that is never empty, as in -everytime I remove a piece from it's 'mother' sleeve I use what I need & then add it into my 'Utili Sleve'.. The basics of what I did are this; I picked the smallest 'C' channel & the smallest rod (possibly a thick stretched sprue), I sanded an end of the 'C' channel down at an angle & glued on a snip of the rod. (the 'C' channel is not a triangle, it is abt. a 45 on one end & abt 80 on the other with a space, like a trapazoid shape).  I set it aside a bit, & when I returned I used a sharp razor to slice the 'built end' off, (capturing it of course, cuz it will launch offworld..) then I stuck it with the X-Acto & dabbed more cement on the new end, followed by another snip of rod. Then, for the flapper, I found an indexible flat that fit the channel & dunked it into the back of one of the rod joints. After another break, I toothpicked a dab of slow CA to the tape & used the tweezers to attach it, followed by some MM Brass paint & a black wash.

I really did doing a model 'within' a model'  probably from my 1/24 Porsche & Kenworth engine building days when I felt like a king,  ..well back then, anyway..

Lets see if the Nikon can get real naughty close here.... Hmmm...     Ah..   Yup, She talks...

 

 

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Posted by fiatfan on Friday, January 7, 2011 7:50 AM

I've been playing with an airbrush I recently purchased.  Here's a first attempt at weathering.  It's not much but it helped kill the glow in the dark plastic shine.

 

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Posted by ClinchValleySD40 on Friday, January 7, 2011 8:37 AM

A Southern SD40 leads a run through coal train over the Clinch River on the Clinch Valley RR

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52481330@N05/5330823297/

 

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Posted by dti406 on Friday, January 7, 2011 8:39 AM

Here are first cars that I have finished in the New Year!



This is an IMRC 50' PS1 with Extended Coupler Pockets to replicate a NW Class B-16 car with an 8' Sliding Door and 7' Plug Door.  Finished with Herald King Decals.



This is an Athearn PS5344 50' Boxcar with Extended Coupler Pockets.  The Herald King decals are for the Mexican Built car so I re-arranged the decals to fit the PS car and added the PS Builders Plate and Cushion Service lettering from Herald King details set I had.



McKeen 40' PS1 lettered with Champ Decals in the as delivered paint scheme.

Thanks for looking!

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, January 7, 2011 8:41 AM

Looks like some of you were up in the middle of the night. Great work!

Here's a 4-8-2 with a passenger train running through the village of Valley Heights.

GARRY

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Posted by ClinchValleySD40 on Friday, January 7, 2011 8:57 AM

ClinchValleySD40

A Southern SD40 leads a run through coal train over the Clinch River on the Clinch Valley RR

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52481330@N05/5330823297/

 

Sorry, my first attempt with Flickr.   Hopefully the picture will post with this:

 

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Posted by Motley on Friday, January 7, 2011 8:59 AM

Heavy Loads

I just finished weathering and adding loads to a couple of 81' depressed center flat cars. I used 40 LPI chain for the tie downs.

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Posted by Grampys Trains on Friday, January 7, 2011 9:12 AM

Nice variety of outstanding modeling this week.

WB SD45 leans into the curve at Blackwood cut. DJ.

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Posted by selector on Friday, January 7, 2011 9:18 AM

I see we are starting 2011's WPF's with a bang.  Well done, everyone!  Big Smile  And thanks to all of you for taking the time to make it such a great weekly thread.

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Posted by GRAMRR on Friday, January 7, 2011 1:51 PM

Great work, all.  Seeing it gets the "juices" flowing again.  I finally got around to painting my fleet of assorted road named and colored cabooses for the home road.  Looking kind of dirty but, they work around the coal tipples and behind trains of soft coal.

 

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Posted by ChadLRyan on Friday, January 7, 2011 3:06 PM

Beese!!!!!

Anyone worked on one of these??

Here is a 'Fantasy Scheme' caboose I'm working on. It is a Walthers Milwaukee Oil Burner Rib Sided Caboose Undecorated Kit  (Original shown in the first shot). Although I expected it to be like a typical BB kit, I was very surprised with the detail & complexity of this kit. Once seeing it I knew I could do almost anything with it, & ordered a few more for stock!!! Yess!!!! This is an initial picture of a simple mock-up, yes those that know me will know it will be a 'Fantasy IC&E' unit. I have begun detailing it in IC&E colors, & I must say the Canadian Stone Guards (plows) take it over the top! I added a set of lights, one will be a headlight & the other a red EOT (someday I will wire this & they will work, 4 now they will be MV lens') & ported the rear for a Class lantern, & the front has an eyehook ring for the reverse. I disassembled the interior to paint it in a two tone color, brown & sand. I added a little thin strip styrene for a door frame on the John & a divider for the cabinet next to the John. I also added a support leg to the outboard portion of the sink (as I have knocked them over like it was)... Then I added 3 crew members (Preiser), two watching the rails & one reading a book. The other doc's are just clips of colored paper I cut to size & doodled on with a fine pencil. I also added a faucet & two handles to the sink assembly before silver paint. I detailed the rest of the interior with just a bit of MM Brass over the cabinet pulls & on the added in John door knob. Although most of this will be hidden in the finished unit, it may show up when I eventually light it. However, I hope it shows what can be done with one of these kits, I like them! This one came with an extra frame & brake gear I can use for a future project, pretty cool.

 

One of the most difficult, & the dreaded 'not gonna do it now' things was the "Weeding" or “Pruning” of the railings. It looks almost impossible, & my favorite micro saw could not even get in there.. But using a sharp razor blade I was able to score & bend, score & bend, score & cut, until I had the runners all cut off cleanly. In the end it was not that bad. It went pretty quick & good actually. So don't let it hold you back, it was a bit of a hang-up for me & it should not have been. Just 'weed' or 'prune' those lilbastardz out, easy peazy..
I hope this helps to inspire & give you a few tips & ideas, hey it worked for me, why not give it a try???   It is a really nice model!

 

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, January 7, 2011 3:46 PM

A refugee from the scrap line.


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Posted by GRAMRR on Friday, January 7, 2011 3:46 PM

Awesome interior, Chad.  I like the "John."  I send my guys put in the tall weeds. Laugh

Can't wait to see the finished model.

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Posted by Tashtego on Friday, January 7, 2011 3:49 PM

2 pics of my new Gp38-2.

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Posted by ChadLRyan on Friday, January 7, 2011 4:08 PM

Wow, Thanks Chuck!!

Well, just imagine it with a yellow stripe & grabs & we are there.

I am going to silver out the window frames, (potential disaster), & then do a very mild weathering on it, as I would think it would be 'just' an excursion car, hence the rusty wheels & trucks..

These boosies let you do whatever you want! I got this one cuz I didn't think they had the in my hone town, but they did, so I had a surplus...    Yippeeee! 

The next one will be a Wide/Extended Vision unit, someday!! 

Thanks again, & keep them rolling!!!! 

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Posted by dcfixer on Friday, January 7, 2011 6:25 PM

 

Sweet interior there, Chad.  I hope you post some night pics, peeking in the windows.

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Posted by mikelhh on Friday, January 7, 2011 7:17 PM

So that's what it's like inside a caboose! Love those heavy loads too, Motley.

Great work everyone.

A P2K GP7 - a poor runner -  and hopper crossing the river. The bridge is a Central Valley kit.

 

Mike

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Posted by selector on Friday, January 7, 2011 10:27 PM

Marvelous, Mike!   Sorry for the alliteration, but it fits!

Seneca Falls roundhouse had a needy visitor back in 1946, some 50 years or so before she was restored and placed in excursion service.  Here is the famous Santa Fe #3751 after some repairs to her running gear courtesy of a standing agreement between the Santa Fe and the Sentinel Coal Rwy's trainmaster.  She is being backed out of the stall and will be run out onto the main and on to her home station.

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Posted by ns3010 on Friday, January 7, 2011 10:59 PM

Well, after making large steps forward on my layout and not showing anything, I finally got a overall shot of the layout and a video of the first test train this evening. All trackwork is done, except staging, and it will be a while before I will be able to purchase more track and roadbed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSekBnv5KPI

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Posted by Annonymous on Saturday, January 8, 2011 2:33 AM

Great work everyone!

A couple more shots from me, this time with the finished car in a more appropriate setting.

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Posted by Mike in Kingsville on Saturday, January 8, 2011 9:47 AM

Took a few shots last night.

Glad I found WPF- I enjoy looking at everyone's work here. In particular I always like the shots of layouts in progress to see how folks are putting things together and regret that I never took those shots on mine.

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Posted by G Paine on Saturday, January 8, 2011 10:25 AM

I fimished another building yesterday. The Shamrock Hotel started as a kitbash from 3 Life Like Belvedere Downtown Hotel kits for the layout I was building 2 layouts ago. I did not finish it before a move, and a smaller layout with no room for the building. It stayed in storage until I started developing Sheepscott on my current layout. The building has an interior, lighting (to be hooked up), and a Miller Engineering animated sign on the roof. I finished the other building, Luxenberg Jewelers, a couple of months ago. I still need to complete the street and other details in the scene.

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Posted by Odie on Saturday, January 8, 2011 2:02 PM

Back to work on my "diorama".  

 

Drying off the truck after a trip through the car wash:  (Still waiting for my bikini girls to arrive!)

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Posted by wholeman on Saturday, January 8, 2011 3:17 PM

selector

Marvelous, Mike!   Sorry for the alliteration, but it fits!

Seneca Falls roundhouse had a needy visitor back in 1946, some 50 years or so before she was restored and placed in excursion service.  Here is the famous Santa Fe #3751 after some repairs to her running gear courtesy of a standing agreement between the Santa Fe and the Sentinel Coal Rwy's trainmaster.  She is being backed out of the stall and will be run out onto the main and on to her home station.

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn105/mesenteria/ATSF3751finalres.jpg

Crandell

Crandell, who makes the vehicle in the pic?  It looks like an old Hot Wheels car I used to have as a kid.

 

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Posted by Margaritaman on Saturday, January 8, 2011 6:24 PM

In Southern California we can work outside in the winter... ;)  I'm back to working on the signals.  I found this in someone's garden where it sat for the last 15 years, restored it, and now on display in my backyard.  A ton o' work, but worth every drop of blood.  Video link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOY3k7lN0lg

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