Good morning. Tried leaving a message on flickr but don't think it works without an account.
Actually, not too bad of a turnout, considering the Holiday weekend. People out of town, busy with Family, Christmas shopping and tryptophan induced naps from eating too much turkey...
Enjoyed that E6 tower scene. Nice!
Admired everyone's work...Thanks
TF
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this episode of WPF making it a resounding success! We almost made it to ten posts
PRR_E6-tower by Edmund, on Flickr
'til next week... Cheers, Ed
My Alco 300 loco so far. I do have a bell. just have not installed. Took a while to get the hieght right. It uses the old spectrum two truck 44T powser trucks. it still sits to high. but close enough. for now. And research shows this is the proper paint scheme for 102. in 1942. it and boxcab 125 were the test bed for wht became LV's switcher scherme. no pics so I had a rough description to work with.
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
Good evening
Thanks for starting WPF this week and reflecting on your chrome painting project. Took quite a Shining to how well they turned out Ed...
As always, Great looking stuff posted here gentleman
Last week the wooden bridge piers we're given a few coats of plaster. The next plan was to make them look like they were poured in masonry plank forms.
Didn't quite turn out how envisioned. Need to give them a light sand, change the edge on the sled tool and try another pull.
P.S.
Can almost smell the diesel downwind Dan. If the photo origin was unknown, could be very well convincing as The Real McCoy
HO-VeloMay I ask if you shot the Liquid Chrome straight out of the container?
As in no thinning, yes.The 30 ml bottle I show is intended to be a refill as it seems most of these chrome finishes are sold in pen-type applicators (like the Testors or Woodland Scenics weathering pens). On small details I'm sure the pen applicator is OK.
Normally I'd shoot with my top-feed Talon but not in this case.
Paasche_Talon by Edmund, on Flickr
I use a knockoff Amazon airbrush that is devoted exclusively to metallic paints, just in case I don't get it cleaned out perfectly, I don't want any metal flakes in a solid-color paint job.
Knockoff_airbrush by Edmund, on Flickr
This "chrome" paint dries very quickly so you have to lay it on rather wet but not so much that it pools. Just for fun I calculated the cost of the paint at about $3,444. / gal. Unlike Alclad it seems this chrome paint does not require a clear coat over it. I have been handling the finished PRR coach and have found no smudges or fingreprints.
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Thanks everyone for all the great contributions!
Cheers, Ed
Ed, Thanks for the WPF start-up. Like your paint jobs and spray booth turntable. May I ask if you shot the Liquid Chrome straight out of the container?
Kevin, Nice survivor and a versatile structure.
David, Always enjoy your unique offerings.
Dan, Liking your varying colors and textures, especially the black-top.
Switch em' if you got em'.
Hoping everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving. Thanks to all the contributors and viewers. Have a good weekend. Regards, Peter
Thanks for the opener, Ed. Great work with that chrome paint. And what a nice scene the car blends into!
Great save, Kevin. That's a keeper.
Rick, great work turning those ol' train set cars into front line models. Your club sure has a nice layout.
David, I'm sorry your fingers are hurting.Thanks for sharing the old pix. You sure do capture the busy city atmosphere!
I'm still working on my roads. This area needed some better contouring, so out came the sculptamold...
The gaps in the acess hatches will be hidden by bushes and other scenic blocks. WIP...
The road blacktop got some gravel shoulders, and then painted with craft paint. Gray and black were mixed to make it not stark black.
When it dried, I dusted on my screened and sifted driveway dust and worked it in dry with a 3 inch paint brush. once I liked it, I rubbed it in with my fingers. That gave it a warmer look and dulled the sheen of the matte acrylic craft paint.
Where trucks enter the blacktop from gravel roads it's a bit dirtier.
I gotta get some crossing planks between those rails, and some signage up there...and a million other things. That's this weeks progress.
Keep 'em coming! Dan
Ed Thanks for starting WPF.
The stainless steel look on the cars is really good. Well done.
Kevin. Adding interiors does make a huge difference and individuality.
Rick. I am always amazed at your boxcars and hoppers etc. Well done.
With the pains I have in my fingers I haven't done much on the layout. Therefore some old scenes of the layout.
No running of trains -
IMG_2462 by David Harrison, on Flickr
A lightly weathered oil tanker
IMG_5062 by David Harrison, on Flickr
There is a train there (somewhere).
IMG_4959 by David Harrison, on Flickr
A Leeds City Corporation bus is on its way to the bus station oblivious to 'Ariadne' at The Calls Junction.
IMG_4503 by David Harrison, on Flickr
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Good morning from cloudy, cool and windy Northeast Ohio!
Ed, thanks for starting us out, the finish looks good on that passenger car. I think the shiny finsh some modelers want is okay as built, but the finish you have looks good on a car that has seen some weather.
Kevin, yes that flat structure looks good, keep it as it has charactor.
Here is this weeks finished projects:
First up is an Athearn Sieco 5077CF Boxcar kit, finished with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red #2 and Silver paints than lettered with Mask Island Decals (Now available from Highball Graphics with Hubert's death). Car was originally in food service with the N&W and is now in regular service after the NS merger with previous NW black box cars cars now painted red and Southern red hoppers now painted black.
Next is another AHM covered hopper that I upgraded with new ladders and wire grabs and a Plano Roofwalk along with new center discharge hoppers I had left over from other kits. Painted the car with Scalecoat II MofW Gray paint and lettered with Mask Island decals for the second set of Covered Hoppers received by the Monan.
A pair of Athearn Ex-Illinois Terminal SD39's with a general freight on the Strongsville club layout.
Thanks for looking,
Rick Jesionowski
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Ed: Thank you for starting us out. I was working in my yard all day yesterday, and I fell asleep real early.
Your stainless finish on the passenger cars looks very good. The only stainless cars in my fleet are my Budd RDCs. That chrome paint has a great reflective finish.
I really appreciate the history of the car you shared, and the in-progress photographs. Great start to WPF.
When I was going through all my train stuff after the hurricane, I found this background building from the Spare Bedroom layout.
I remember I was not happy with the two dimensional look, so I added some interiors to a few of the rooms. It looks better than I thought it did.
I am glad I saved it.
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
I need to get back to installing an irrigation system.
Have a great long weekend!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Everyone is welcome to participate and show a photo or two, or five or better yet an even dozen. Let's see a favorite scene or a recent project you've been working on.
I finally got around to cleaning up the paint booth area and to start things off I applied some very reflective "stainless-look" finish on a brass Pennsylvania 21 roomette sleeper that was eventually converted into a coach. The Pennsy had 58 of these and many lasted into the commuter rail era, some still being used on tourist roads and excursions.
Stainless-paint-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
As built these Budd stainless steel cars were painted Tuscan red (leaving some Budd managers scratching their heads) but at the time the PRR wanted the cars to match the smooth-sided Pullman Standard and ACF cars.
V-W-Inn_PRR-8290 by Edmund, on Flickr
Budd_PRR_Inn-end by Edmund, on Flickr
I gave this car a light coat of Tamiya fine primer since the brass was a bit tarnished and I wanted an even finish.
Budd_PRR_Inn by Edmund, on Flickr
This photo doesn't do the paint justice since the actual finish is a mirror smooth, polished stainless surface. In the mid 1960s the PRR stripped the Tuscan paint and left these cars bare stainless.
Along with the Pennsy coach I had several Nickel Plate Road Pullman Standard cars from Walthers that had stainless fluting below the belt rail. These models predated the Walthers plated finish and I was never really satisfied with the "aluminum" paint they applied.
Stainless-paint by Edmund, on Flickr
I masked off the window band and roof/ends then aprayed this chrome-look paint I discovered at Amazon. This stuff is really impressive and reproduces the stainless look quite convincingly and is much less involved than the previous Alclad method I was using.
NKP_P-S_coach-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Again, the photos don't do justice to the beautiful finish this paint achieves.
NKP_P-S_10-6 by Edmund, on Flickr
Next week I'll get caught up on some much needed weathering
Step right up, folks. Plenty of room for more photos and great contributions!
Regards, Ed