saturday evening fun

[SpaceMouse]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tstage

That's lookin' really good, Chip. I should bite the bullet and just paint my foam before I get any further along. What did you use as your base for Rock Ridge? Did you just plaster over extruded foam?

Tom

Tom

I got a bunch of foam when my daughters school was remodeled so I had it to use. You would not believe how much better you feel after you paint the foam. Even though I'm going to cover it in about a month (I figure I have that much time in the mountain and town, I'm going to put a second coat on it and even out the color. The paint doesn't really stick well to the plastic.

[cwclark]

QUOTE: Originally posted by EZamora

cwclark,
I like the F7's pulling the Daylight! It reminds me of a post card I picked up at a GAT show. It's a picture showing SP Black Widows A-B-B-A pulling the San Joaquin Daylight around the Tehachapi Mountains of Southern California. Are those the Athearn Genesis? How many passenger cars is it pulling? Once Again, great job!!! [tup]

those are just plain BB Athearn F-7 A & B units...I did all the paint and decal work into the "Black widow" paint scheme about 10 years ago..they are coming off soon because I just got the Alco PA -1's A/B/A in from Trainworld but have to paint them and decal them ...the pasenger train is the SP Daylight but i'm changing it to the "Sun Beam" or the "Sunset "since I model in Texas .....the cars will all have to be painted over but you know how it goes...in all my spare time!...i'm pulling 10 cars but to be prototype i'm going to have to pull 12 to 14....chuck

[tstage]

That's lookin' really good, Chip. I should bite the bullet and just paint my foam before I get any further along. What did you use as your base for Rock Ridge? Did you just plaster over extruded foam?

Tom

[SpaceMouse]

Chuck,

If you read this how about putting the word "Photo" in the title.

More grunt work this week Played a game of Blue-be-gone and painted the foam as an undercoat to future landscape. It's more chocolate that the awful color in the photo.



And I built the future home of town of Rock Ridge. It fits in the unpainted section above. Obviously there's a lot to do. .

[AggroJones]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SpaceMouse

Hey why don't we call it weekend photo fun and we can ru***o post Friday Mornings.

Thats a good idea.

[tstage]

Well, I guess this is going to be "Sunday Photo Fun" a day early.

As some of you already know, I just completed my first "semi" scratch-built model: A small, Fairbanks-Morse Coaling tower manufactured by Suncoast Models.


Coaling tower - left view


Coaling tower - right view

This F-M coaling tower stands only 4" high (~29' in real life) but will fit right into my small 4 x 8' layout, without overwhelming it by it's size. (Most of the other coaling towers on the market are more like 11" high.)

I call it "semi" scratch-built because the manufacturer provides you with all the materials you need to make the coaling tower, BUT - you must "extrapulate" most of the information needed to cut the stock to length from the drawings that are supplied with the kit. I am guessing that I put in about 100 hours of work into measuring, cutting, gluing, drilling, and painting. It will definitely be a centerpiece of my layout.

The other pics below are some American Model Builder laser kits that put together when I was taking a break from working on the coaling tower.


Interlocking tower - Can you find the cracked window pane?


Dill's Market

Eventually, I'll get around to weathering them properly. More pictures can be seen at the link at the bottom of this post.

Tom

[ac4400fan]

Hi Guys was riding around with my wife today,,seen this by a yard next to me,,
guess theres some still around



carl...

[selector]

Sure looks to me like a work of love and determination. What a challenging layout you are building, Chuck.

I like what I see so far.

-Crandell

[SpaceMouse]

Hey why don't we call it weekend photo fun and we can ru***o post Friday Mornings.

I took these out the front door of my store. There was a G&W truck parked in front and I walked over to them and told them that there was a web site that had pictures of the B&P locos but didn't have 2001. I told them I was going to be famous. They laughed.

[AggroJones]

Man, Chuck. Why'd you jump the gun? Sunday Photo Fun was only a few hours away. [;)]

Anyway......


The view from my doorway.


Hey! Where is that guy running off to?

[fiatfan]

Mike, if you are planning to trash it, I have a son in Houston. Give him about three hours to get there! He will be happy to haul away your trash and send it to me. [:D]

Seriously, that's some very nice work. You should be very proud.

Tom

[Sunset Limited]

cwclark,
I like the F7's pulling the Daylight! It reminds me of a post card I picked up at a GAT show. It's a picture showing SP Black Widows A-B-B-A pulling the San Joaquin Daylight around the Tehachapi Mountains of Southern California. Are those the Athearn Genesis? How many passenger cars is it pulling? Once Again, great job!!! [tup]

[Anonymous]

Good Evening Ya'll,
Glad to see that I'm not the only person enjoying the hobby this evening. My request for you all is to evaluate the following photos: Is the weathering (compared to the prototype) too much, not enough, or tra***he model and start over?[?] Please be brutally honest - this is the first of twenty cars to weather so your feedback is appreciated. The prototype photo was taken today, and the weathering done this afternoon in an attempt to mimic the real thing.





Thanks for looking!!!!!!!![:D]

[fec153]

Cw- like it. Looks good. Plenty of space to run 'em and have operation. Enjoy it.
Flip

[cwclark]

some pics of operations..(had to put the paint and the glue down for awhile and play with the trains)...[:D]...chuck

SP Sunset pulled by an F7 A&B unit


east bound freight enters Sanderson yard


West bound freight from Houston makes a crew change in Del Rio and now is heading for Alpine and on to Los Angeles.