Good morning forumers from sunny and mild Northeast Ohio!
Finished some cars this week! Moved back to the late 50's early 60's era cars.
IMRC 10,000 Gal Tank Car Kit, painted with Scalecoat II Black and lettered with Champ Decals, wanted to do some plain jane tank cars to contrast with the billboard scheme cars I had done previosuly. IMRC 6 Panel 10' Inside Height Boxcar, new A-Line Sill Steps, painted with Scalecoat II ATSF Red, which was close to the GN Vermillion, lettered with Champ Decals. E&C 50' PS1 Boxcar Kit, later style, removed orginal door and substituted a 7 panel Superior Door from the scrapbox, removed cast on ladders and added ones from the scrapbox, added door tracks, Walthers coupler box extensions, and A-line Sill Steps. Painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and Black paint, then lettered with Oddballs Decals. Thanks for looking! Rick J
IMRC 10,000 Gal Tank Car Kit, painted with Scalecoat II Black and lettered with Champ Decals, wanted to do some plain jane tank cars to contrast with the billboard scheme cars I had done previosuly.
IMRC 6 Panel 10' Inside Height Boxcar, new A-Line Sill Steps, painted with Scalecoat II ATSF Red, which was close to the GN Vermillion, lettered with Champ Decals. E&C 50' PS1 Boxcar Kit, later style, removed orginal door and substituted a 7 panel Superior Door from the scrapbox, removed cast on ladders and added ones from the scrapbox, added door tracks, Walthers coupler box extensions, and A-line Sill Steps. Painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and Black paint, then lettered with Oddballs Decals. Thanks for looking! Rick J
IMRC 6 Panel 10' Inside Height Boxcar, new A-Line Sill Steps, painted with Scalecoat II ATSF Red, which was close to the GN Vermillion, lettered with Champ Decals.
E&C 50' PS1 Boxcar Kit, later style, removed orginal door and substituted a 7 panel Superior Door from the scrapbox, removed cast on ladders and added ones from the scrapbox, added door tracks, Walthers coupler box extensions, and A-line Sill Steps. Painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and Black paint, then lettered with Oddballs Decals. Thanks for looking! Rick J
E&C 50' PS1 Boxcar Kit, later style, removed orginal door and substituted a 7 panel Superior Door from the scrapbox, removed cast on ladders and added ones from the scrapbox, added door tracks, Walthers coupler box extensions, and A-line Sill Steps. Painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and Black paint, then lettered with Oddballs Decals.
Thanks for looking!
Rick J
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Rick,
They may be plain-jane schemes, but I like them. And you don't see many KCS cars at all, a nice hole to fill.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Rick .... Nice looking freight cars. I always like GN and your GN boxcar looks grat.
Mike L ..... Looks like a lot fun operating in your mountains.
Here is an older photo of 700D, an EMD F9Am. It was rebuilt from a wrecked Burlington F7.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Nice shot and modeling Garry. An evenng shot of the yard.
DJ Grampy .... Thanks for commenting. Your evening shot is a good one, and your nicely ballasted track looks great.
Well, I got DCC installed into 3 units with success and 1 failure. SP&S #51 has been pulled from service, The remaining SP&S loco's are being sent out to be decoded by a professional. THe Intermountain F units however I got them to work and the decoders instaled(yay!) Trackwork on my module has been completed I need to cut and make the legs as well as well as complete the wiring.
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SGTDUPREY?feature=guide
Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
I the narrow gauge shots, great work from everyone, and it's only friday.
The first pier and span of the West Elizabeth bridge has been erected
Three more spans, and an approach portion, and it will be ready. The stone piers are pigmented chunks of pink foam, scored by my own hand.
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Great work everyone. This is always my favorite thread of the week. This week I have photos of my coaling facility at twilight. Keep the great stuff coming.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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I got my new camera, so I was able to take a photo with something better than a cell phone. I've added some shrubbery and trees to the forest. Yes, this is a very silly scene.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
It's said that 30% of the human brain is devoted to sight, if so, my 30% is being tickled by all the great photos on this thread.
Hey Jimmy, nice hand masonry work!
Mr. B, you're over the rainbow with that scene! I got a new camera too, but still on the beginning it's learning curve.
I'll have to beg off with another old re-run, but fitting as this is the last weekend of the Giro.
regards, Peter
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Bear,
We missed you at the start, but you're here and that's what counts. I'm hoping the forum is up more than down over the next two days. Steve did empahsize "...sporadic page-not-found errors, inability to log in, and the like occasionally..."
How about some standard gauge action?
mlehman Bear, We missed you at the start, but you're here and that's what counts. I'm hoping the forum is up more than down over the next two days. Steve did empahsize "...sporadic page-not-found errors, inability to log in, and the like occasionally..." How about some standard gauge action?
Gray,
Thanks
They're pretty much stock Genesis, but I've been practicing my weathering skills lately, so they may be getting dirtier
Finished the final detail on the GP4.0 project
Trainguy4466, that is great. :)
This weekend I was able to get most of the first little section of my layout complete. I just have to finish by painting the road, adding lanes and then add the crossing signal. I really like how this section turned out, especially the rusty / overgrown siding.
Long live the J!
Mike, thanks, come to think of it that is the only KCS car I have, they just don't register to those of us in the Northeast. There are a few more I would like to do if I can find the Oddballs Decals, my usual sources don;t have the ones I do want.
Garry, be prepared I have more of those IMRC 12 Panel 10' IH GN Boxcars and just got some more of the old Champ Decals that fit those cars.
trainguy4466 Finished the final detail on the GP4.0 project
I finally got back to work on my abbreviated passenger cars. They now have trucks and couplers, and a loco (a recently acquired Forney)
Next it's off to the paint shop, then the glass shop.
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
A final update before the weekend ends and I turn into a pumpkin. Here's the Railway Express depot from the street side...
And from the track side. Hmmm...the camera seems to have caught a few flaws....
Terrifc stuff this week. I didn't do anything on the layout except for paint rails and replace an Atals Selector that flaked out on me. However, I did got to Streamliners at Spencer at the North Carolina Transportation museum.
Here's N&W 611, there for Restoration to Operating Condition:
EMD FT Demonstrators:
Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.
www.prr-nscale.blogspot.com
I'm a little late this week. Great stuff guys.
A little something different from the BRVRR:
PRR F-7 #9822 rounds Pasture Curve on the BRVRR layout. The B&W kinda sets a different mood I think.
Thanks to everyone for making WPF the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/