Good morning from cloudy, windy and rainy Northeast Ohio!
This is the thread where modelers can show their completed projects, projects in progress or layout shots old and new.
Managed to complete a couple of cars this week.
Intermountain 40' PS1 Boxcar kit, painted with a mixture of Scalecoat II Roof Brown and Boxcar Red to try and match photos of how most of the CMJ's boxcars were painted and lettered with Herald King Decals. Car was one of 50' built for the CNJ and were probably the last new boxcars the CNJ ever received.
Next is a Tangent 4000CF PS2 Covered Hopper kit, painted with Scalecoat II Black Paint and lettered with Herald King Decals. Tangent made these cars with three different numbers, but as an NKP Modeler I wanted more of these cars, so I built my own with new numbers. Car was used in general grain service.
Tangent 70 Ton 52' Bethlehem Steel Gon kit, to be built and painted for one of the railroads that owned these cars.
As Ed last week said he was intrigued by the New Haven stuff coming out, I started on these a couple of years ago. A custom built U25b and C425 that were detailed for the New Haven and photographed on the Strongsville Club layout.
Thanks for looking!
Rick Jesionowski
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
Rule 3: Illuminating discussion of prototype history, equipment and operating practices is always welcome, but in the event of visitor-perceived anacronisms, detail descrepancies or operating errors, consult RULE 1!
Rick .... Apparently, your car shop is a busy place. The CNJ boxcar and NKP covered hoppr look outstanding. The gon kit looks like it will be fun to build. Nice photo of the NH locomotives.
Here is a hot taken in Blackhawk. A westbound zephyr is stopped at the station. Meanwhile, two eastbound freights are in town with CB&Q F7's and GN GP7's.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Nice pictures to start the weekend, Rick and Garry!
I just finished my scratchbuilt Starbucks. I am using N Scale. After a lot of trial and error, I decided to print the signs on my computer printer and glue them to styrene. That's what I will do from now on.
I bought a bag of 50 cars last year for only a few dollars, but now I can't find them available any more for that price. I should have bought more.
I'm looking forward to some good layout pictures this weekend!
York1 John
Here's my latest scratchbuild, a Class A climax in On30. It's running on self-contained motor bogies, and is controlled by a Tsunami sound decoder.
The Location: Forests of the Pacific Northwest, OregonThe Year: 1948The Scale: On30The Blog: http://bvlcorr.tumblr.com
Rick: The CENTRAL NEW JERSEY boxcar color that you mixed looks perfect. For such a simple lettering scheme it sure makes a striking car. How does assembling a Tangent Gondola compare to putting one of the Life-Like Proto 2000 kits together?
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Garry: Nice picture of the freights meeting the passenger train. That sweeping scene sure captures the beauty of your incredible layout.
John: Fantastic workmanship on the scratchbuilt N scale Starbuck’s. It sure sets the scene for a modern model railroad.
Danny: That scratchbuilt climax is amazing piece of workmanship. Thank you for sharing it with us.
This week all I had time to do was work on my “generator” flat car load from American Model Builders (Laserkit).
The weak point of the parts is where the square holes are made into the wooden pieces for the alignment pins to go into. This kit had broken in several locations.
I lined up the base piece carefully using the grid on my work mat.
When I glued the side pieces into place, the glued joints provided plenty of strength to the base. It is not fragile like it was. I started with the center generator and installed the cross braces on both sides.
Then I worked my way down, one generator then a cross brace at a time.
After all the generators and interior crass bracing was in place it was time to install the top piece. This was only broken in one place, and when it was glued into position it became plenty strong.
After the two end cross braces were glued into place I test fit the load onto a 50-foot flat car. Very good.
Now I need to paint another flat car so I have something to put the finished load onto for service.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Between 1964 and 1966, the Pennsylvania Railroad Sam Rea Shops built a large fleet of new multiple-purpose boxcars. Constructed as class “X58,” PRR rapidly produced 2,565 cars and can be seen all over the country.
These are Tangent, got a few of these.
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
Thanks for kicking off weekend #2 of 2020, Rick. Great stuff as usual. I never really think of "modern equipment" when I think of Nickel Plate. It just seems like 1964 was so long ago since the merger but, sure enough they did spend some money on cars in the early '60s.
Good to see you back, Garry! Great scene of the mighty Burlington!
That's a great depot and Starbucks, John. I agree about printed signs. I use a bunch of them.
Your Climax #2 has some real character, Danny
I don't recall so many problems when I put together my motor/generator crate, Kevin. I wonder if your kit got squished in the package or something? Still, you're making it right. You put lots more detail on the generators than I did. Nice work
I have a couple of the Tangent patch-out cars in PRR and Penn-Central, Michael. They look great. I missed out on any of the Lehigh Valley ones, though
Going back to the grade crossing I put in back in October I decided to upgrade it with gates, possibly operating but there is an awful lot of benchwork under there I do have a couple more grade crossing controllers I could use.
P70-gate by Edmund, on Flickr
Here is some show-and-tell! A pair of the Rapido New Haven diners I ordered arrived this week. They are the best models I've yet to see. Truly state-of-the-art!
N-H_diner2 by Edmund, on Flickr
I knew about the place settings at each table but I didn't expect the detail to be this fantastic:
N-H_diner by Edmund, on Flickr
N-H_diner1 by Edmund, on Flickr
N-H_diner-table by Edmund, on Flickr
Jason and his Rapido bunch really did a fantastic job on this beautiful model.
N-H_diner3 by Edmund, on Flickr
Following my recent New Haven kick, I had to have a caboose to go with the RS-11!
N-H_RS11_1414a by Edmund, on Flickr
Even though it is primarily a passenger engine, it will be pressed into freight service sometimes and I have to be ready
N-H_C-659_caboose by Edmund, on Flickr
I didn't do the paint job but it is good enough for now that I won't mess with it for a while. When the EP-5 Jets show up the RS-11 will definitely be relegated to freight.
Great stuff, folks!
Let's see more Ed
Rick, Thanks for getting the WPF rolling with more fine and inspirational rolling stock.
tbdanny, Great shot of a wonderfully done locomotive, really exudes a romantic flavor of west coast logging's bygone days.
Thanks to all the contributors and viewers, have a good weekend and regards, Peter
Nice work guys.....
Guy
see stuff at: the Willoughby Line Site
York1 After a lot of trial and error, I decided to print the signs on my computer printer and glue them to styrene. That's what I will do from now on.
I've been printing signs, interior flooring, blinds and curtains for a few years, now. What I've discovered is that signs printed on regular printer paper, the edges of the printing comes out a little fuzzy. I started printing them on glossy printer photo paper. It costs a little more, but the images are much crisper. Once I trim the signs and glue them to styrene, I spray them with either Testors Dull-cote or Krylon Matte. If you want to age them a little before putting them on the layout, spray with diluted white or light gray with an airbrush. I found some sanding sticks on the Micromark website.
220-4000 grit softback sanding stick
Marlon
See pictures of the Clinton-Golden Valley RR
SeeYou190 Rick: The CENTRAL NEW JERSEY boxcar color that you mixed looks perfect. For such a simple lettering scheme it sure makes a striking car. How does assembling a Tangent Gondola compare to putting one of the Life-Like Proto 2000 kits together? -Kevin
Kevin, the Bethlehem gon is on par with the Proto except for being careful with installing the ends, your have a choice of standard or Duryea, and after installing you need to leave the slot open to insert the actual end of the car. Also all the grabs are metal intead of plastic, wish they would do that with the sill steps also.
The G43 Gon is a little more complex due the underbody detailing but still a nice car, the ladders are plastic and very fragile.
Thanks to all who commented on my cars.
Ed, the NKP also got some 60' Auto Parts cars before the merger and would have acquired 86' cars if the merger had not happened.
Gary, thanks for the comments and I enjoyed your scene with the passenger and 2 freight trains.
dti406Ed, the NKP also got some 60' Auto Parts cars before the merger and would have acquired 86' cars if the merger had not happened.
IMG_9263_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
This is an insulated, plug door car. Probably not for auto parts (beer, maybe?).
Yes, some NKP High-Cubes would be neat. The Wabash had some, yes? I'm looking forward to the Athearn Genesis tri-level auto racks in Wabash and B&O .
Another late-minute arrival for the Northeast Corridor portion of my layout
Turbo_PC52-Amtrak by Edmund, on Flickr
I had the Amtrak version, just added the New-Haven/Penn-Central model.
Cheers, Ed
Thanks for starting off WPF Rick. The cars look great. Love Burlington trains and the NH locos.
Garry - Great photo.
John - Great job on the Starbucks. Nearly all of the signs on the BRVRR were made with my computer. Many are mounted on styrene but a few are applied directly to the structure. When properly done, they resemble painted on signs because the texture of the building comes through the paper. I age them with fine sandpaper and coat them with Dulcote.
tbdanny - Thats a great looking little engine. Fantastic!
Kevin - That was a lot of work for a flat car load. Good job.
Michael - Interesting car.
Ed - The crossing looks good. The diners are great. The NH caboose hits the mark. The Turbo Trains are cool.
Peter - Your interior scenes are always great.
I've been working on updating my website the last few days. I'll post the changes early next week.
My Christmas present, Union Pacific SD70ACe #4141 leads a short consist which is part of my planned tribute train to our former President George H. W. Bush. I am still gathering Union Pacific passenger and baggage cars to fill out the consist which will be limited to 8-9 cars because of the size of the BRVRR layout.
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
gmpullman The RBL's were probably assigned to the mammoth Heinz plant in Fremont, OH where they make all the ketchup, also the NKP serviced another cannery in Leipzic, OH. Outside of California, NW Ohio is one of the best tomato growing areas in the world. Rick Jesionowski dti406 Ed, the NKP also got some 60' Auto Parts cars before the merger and would have acquired 86' cars if the merger had not happened. IMG_9263_fix by Edmund, on Flickr This is an insulated, plug door car. Probably not for auto parts (beer, maybe?). Yes, some NKP High-Cubes would be neat. The Wabash had some, yes? I'm looking forward to the Athearn Genesis tri-level auto racks in Wabash and B&O . Another late-minute arrival for the Northeast Corridor portion of my layout Turbo_PC52-Amtrak by Edmund, on Flickr I had the Amtrak version, just added the New-Haven/Penn-Central model. Cheers, Ed
The RBL's were probably assigned to the mammoth Heinz plant in Fremont, OH where they make all the ketchup, also the NKP serviced another cannery in Leipzic, OH.
Outside of California, NW Ohio is one of the best tomato growing areas in the world.
dti406 Ed, the NKP also got some 60' Auto Parts cars before the merger and would have acquired 86' cars if the merger had not happened.
Thank you to everyone that commented on the work on the generator load this week.
Michael: Nice work on the CONRAIL boxcar. It looks like it was a LEHIGH VALLEY boxcar originally.
Ed: That is amazing detail in those new diners. The Turbo Trains are always cool to see.
Peter: Great scene looking in through the garage windows.
Allan: Nice new locomotive. Looks like it made for a good Christmas.
Rick: Thank you for the information on the gondola kits.
Here comes a last-minute addition to Weekend Photo Fun.
I went to Dana’s Railroad Supply in Spring Hill, Florida earlier this week. They had Vallejo Model Colour and Vallejo Panzer Aces paint on sale for $2.00 per bottle. I did not have my list with that had the colors I needed, so I bought every different color they had in stock, 110 bottles of paint!
I spent a good part of this weekend going through my paint collection. Some of these bottles are over ten years old, and they are in varying degrees of hardening up ang thickening out. All the bad pots of paint went into the rubbish bin.
I had 208 colors of paint before, now I have fewer, but every bottle of paint I currently have is in good condition and ready to paint with.
I sorted all of the colors and seperated all the duplicates. There are 26 colors I have spares of.
I sorted all the paints by color group before organizing them in the paint drawer in the workshop.
The new colors are all in the drawer in my workshop paint cabinet. I have a few empty slots of the 208 for expansion.
This has inspired me to get back into figure painting. I have a couple hundred HO scale figures already primed in black. Hopefully, I can get some production going in that direction.
SeeYou190I sorted all the paints by color group before organizing them in the paint drawer in the workshop.
Kevin, great job with the paints.
My paints are all jumbled in a plastic bin. I'm interested in your organizer system. Was this something you bought or made?
York1 Was this something you bought or made?
I made it, and it is ridiculously simple. It is just a whole bunch of pieces of schedule 40 1 inch PVC pipe.
The paints fit into each one perfectly, and they make it easy to put them back in order.
I painted this fellow in about 20 minutes. I am happy with him. He looks great from 12 inches away.
SeeYou190I made it, and it is ridiculously simple. It is just a whole bunch of pieces of schedule 40 1 inch PVC pipe.
Great idea -- so simple. I have struggled with this for over a year and never thought of this.
Guess what I will buy at the hardware store tomorrow?
Medina1128 220-4000 grit softback sanding stick
Wow this is really cool sanding blocks. I just ordered a set. Thanks for the tips.
Kevin OMG that sure is an impressive collection of paints. I like the organizer too. I think I have around 8 bottles of paint. LOL