WPF 6-13-08

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

WOW ... You guys don't waste any time! ......Mike I like the MOW equipment espeically the dieselized rotory plow. ............Jeff, the scene looks great. Nice fence.

[rs2mike]

Jeff your park is turning out great.  I have liked your recent posts of weathering and this park progress.  You are definately improving!!!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

[rs2mike]

Sorry to start this early gang but I will be out all weekend and I actually have something to post for once.

This week was a busy week.  It started off by working on stripping my b&o work caboose and repainting and slightly weathering it.  It needs a road name and some numbers but here is what I have so far.

I also worked on my rotary plow.  It is an athern like the work caboose and was painted in great northern brown colors.  It has seperatly applied grab irons and some light weathering as well.  I converted it to a diesel rig with the addition of an rs-3 fuel tank underneath.  It still needs a road name and numbers.(If you haven't already guessed I am still trying to find my freelance name).

I also am working on my caboose fleet.  I had an old white metal kit caboose that I cleaned up from the previous owner and have primed it and added kadee trucks to it.  The other 5 I am stripping and repainting to a orange color as well as retrucking and weathering. 

I also worked on my mdc climax.  I stripped it from its wringling brothers paint scheme and have repainted it black and am now in the process of detailing it.  Hopefully soon I can upgrade the chasis to a bachman 44 ton like geared steam has done.  I also stripped the paint off my shay and have taken it completly apart to rebuild.  I found some drive shafts on sale at micro mark that I am going to see if i can get to work for my missing driveshafts.  I will detail it out as well and try to add a can motor and decoder to it.

As you can see with the hot weather in ohio this week i have been busy in the cool basement.

Mike