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I'll start it off with a photo of my scratchbuilt plow on my snow moudule.
The plow has seen better days, some off the paint has peeled off, exposing the red primer.
(Actually, the plow hasn't seen much service, all that weathering was purpaseful))
This is just one of my most recent photos. Yes, I know there's no foundation under the front of the building, as I haven't gotten to that part or the construction yet. I do however like the effect of the lighting.
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Here are a couple of CSX vans I repainted and weathered
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Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Veeeery nice Ric!!!!!
I-5: I built it using some old trainset style "junk" I had laying around: A flatcar and a caboose. The actual plow is scratchbuilt. Here's a photo of it before paint. It looks much better now IMO...
New Haven I-5 wrote: And Ric, how do you weather like that!?
That is artists oil paints and mineral spirits and my first attempts at using them. Just dab some of the colour on using a drybrush technique and then using a cotton swab barely moist with mineral spirits, wipe in the direction of the streak. I sometimes used the swab dry as well as teh mineral spirits 'hang around' a bit after you have used them on a section. Use a few different colours on top of each other or mix together for extra colours. Total time for the bay window weathering was about two hours.
Cox 47 wrote:Ric the CSX caboose are great....nice weathering and detail..I'd like to see more of your work....
Click the website link in my signature. I have a few completed and in progress shots of some stuff
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I actually staged that in Kuju's Rail Simulator. I drove a 7F to the diamond, then parked it and ran into it with a black 5.
I had a army exploding box car that no longer exploded and I had an army rocket launcher that got broken off its base by my grandson (thats ok) so I used parts from each to create a rocket box car, I still have to cut the sections of the roof and fit them on both ends of the launcher to close up the gaps in the roof.
I did this over a cup of coffee this morning.
Now is this what they call "Kit bashing"?
I'm real new at this HO train hobby and don't know the slang.
Great work by everyone on this thread.
TrainManTy wrote: Veeeery nice Ric!!!!!I-5: I built it using some old trainset style "junk" I had laying around: A flatcar and a caboose. The actual plow is scratchbuilt. Here's a photo of it before paint. It looks much better now IMO...
New Haven I-5 wrote:Jeff, nice work! Is that a Alco PA?
Ric - wow, especially nice work on those cabooses (or cabeese? )
I haven't taken any new photos recently, but here's an older one. In N-scale - the backdrop (sky) was digitally added:
Thanks!
I-5: Can't wait to see your version!
Cool crummies Tomkat!
Very nice Bruce, always like your photos!
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Hey Ty! I glued the Caboose on to my flat car with Gorilla Glue! I also glued the slowplow together with Gorilla Glue. The complete project should be done within a few hours! My IHC track cleaning caboose also came today! It works like a charm!
New Haven I-5 wrote: TrainManTy wrote: Veeeery nice Ric!!!!!I-5: I built it using some old trainset style "junk" I had laying around: A flatcar and a caboose. The actual plow is scratchbuilt. Here's a photo of it before paint. It looks much better now IMO... Ty, I started with my own version of your snowplow, usuing a smaller caboose & plow!
My contributions for the week(end). Actually taken a couple months ago while trying to dial in the white balance of my layout lighting for available light photographs (to avoid that washed out flash glare look).
rolleiman wrote:Alex, Are your pictures that dark on purpose?? Supposed to be night time?? I see you have yet to solve the problem of Fluffy playing with the trains.
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Yes bitsy was used in the making of "The 50 ft cat"
I caught this scene behind the Farmer's CO OP. Doing a little tail gating after loading up on some free fertilizer.
Alex: What's that cinder-block like building in the last photo?
I-5: You can make a plow by cutting the plow halves from styrene or cardstock and gluing them together. I cut off the corners of the flatcar on the plow end at a 45 degree angle and glued the halves to that. The top was added later. I used tacky glue, but the Gorilla Glue you used should work too. I don't think regular plastic glue would work, I like having a solid type of glue for this type of thing.
TrainManTy wrote: Alex: What's that cinder-block like building in the last photo? I-5: You can make a plow by cutting the plow halves from styrene or cardstock and gluing them together. I cut off the corners of the flatcar on the plow end at a 45 degree angle and glued the halves to that. The top was added later. I used tacky glue, but the Gorilla Glue you used should work too. I don't think regular plastic glue would work, I like having a solid type of glue for this type of thing.
This snow plow thing is great!!!!!!!!! You are starting a revolution, I may make one tonight.... I look forward to someday putting the plows on the fronts of my Chessie Locos. They just don't seem right without any.
Great Fotos this weekend!!!! I hope to have a layout started by spring, which means the end of Oval City (test track on pool table), my wife is giving me one bay of the garage (provided the Harley doesnt end up on her side).
New Haven I-5 wrote: Here is my Snowplow!
You may want to consider a larger plow. railroads built them wide enough to plow the snow out of the way fof the rest of the trains, not just for the wheels. You might want to make it a bit higher seeing its a bit useless in heavier snows.