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Posted by Grampys Trains on Friday, January 7, 2011 9:12 AM

Nice variety of outstanding modeling this week.

WB SD45 leans into the curve at Blackwood cut. DJ.

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Posted by Motley on Friday, January 7, 2011 8:59 AM

Heavy Loads

I just finished weathering and adding loads to a couple of 81' depressed center flat cars. I used 40 LPI chain for the tie downs.

Michael


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Posted by ClinchValleySD40 on Friday, January 7, 2011 8:57 AM

ClinchValleySD40

A Southern SD40 leads a run through coal train over the Clinch River on the Clinch Valley RR

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52481330@N05/5330823297/

 

Sorry, my first attempt with Flickr.   Hopefully the picture will post with this:

 

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, January 7, 2011 8:41 AM

Looks like some of you were up in the middle of the night. Great work!

Here's a 4-8-2 with a passenger train running through the village of Valley Heights.

GARRY

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Posted by dti406 on Friday, January 7, 2011 8:39 AM

Here are first cars that I have finished in the New Year!



This is an IMRC 50' PS1 with Extended Coupler Pockets to replicate a NW Class B-16 car with an 8' Sliding Door and 7' Plug Door.  Finished with Herald King Decals.



This is an Athearn PS5344 50' Boxcar with Extended Coupler Pockets.  The Herald King decals are for the Mexican Built car so I re-arranged the decals to fit the PS car and added the PS Builders Plate and Cushion Service lettering from Herald King details set I had.



McKeen 40' PS1 lettered with Champ Decals in the as delivered paint scheme.

Thanks for looking!

Rick My 2 Cents

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Posted by ClinchValleySD40 on Friday, January 7, 2011 8:37 AM

A Southern SD40 leads a run through coal train over the Clinch River on the Clinch Valley RR

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52481330@N05/5330823297/

 

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Posted by fiatfan on Friday, January 7, 2011 7:50 AM

I've been playing with an airbrush I recently purchased.  Here's a first attempt at weathering.  It's not much but it helped kill the glow in the dark plastic shine.

 

Tom

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Posted by ChadLRyan on Friday, January 7, 2011 6:38 AM

Jarrel,

Well, I have an Evergreen Utili Sleeve, that is never empty, as in -everytime I remove a piece from it's 'mother' sleeve I use what I need & then add it into my 'Utili Sleve'.. The basics of what I did are this; I picked the smallest 'C' channel & the smallest rod (possibly a thick stretched sprue), I sanded an end of the 'C' channel down at an angle & glued on a snip of the rod. (the 'C' channel is not a triangle, it is abt. a 45 on one end & abt 80 on the other with a space, like a trapazoid shape).  I set it aside a bit, & when I returned I used a sharp razor to slice the 'built end' off, (capturing it of course, cuz it will launch offworld..) then I stuck it with the X-Acto & dabbed more cement on the new end, followed by another snip of rod. Then, for the flapper, I found an indexible flat that fit the channel & dunked it into the back of one of the rod joints. After another break, I toothpicked a dab of slow CA to the tape & used the tweezers to attach it, followed by some MM Brass paint & a black wash.

I really did doing a model 'within' a model'  probably from my 1/24 Porsche & Kenworth engine building days when I felt like a king,  ..well back then, anyway..

Lets see if the Nikon can get real naughty close here.... Hmmm...     Ah..   Yup, She talks...

 

 

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Posted by cudaken on Friday, January 7, 2011 6:06 AM

 Couple of old pictures. I have not done anything to the layout for sometime now except running the trains.

 SD 7 pulling some hoppers to the grain elevator

SW 900 working the string.

Break of dawn at the mine.

  Cuda Ken

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Posted by jacon12 on Friday, January 7, 2011 5:55 AM

Very good work!  How did you make the 'buckle' on your masking tape belt?

Jarrell

 

ChadLRyan

 This is finished shot of the 'accessory' tanks from a Plastruct kit I showed ‘in the white’ last week. They are now painted white with a dusting I made with FQ Dust, Roof Brown, & Marine Brown, although the picture does not show it perfectly. The shot did overexpose the (red) rust dusting I put on the Industrial Gray, I put on the ladder & walkway. I have not added any powders at this point. I think this model makes a nice addition to the engine facility I have in mind (also unfinished). I got the idea of adding tanks from a former post, I thought it was cool, & had to be 'that monkey' & do that as well. I feel a couple large propane tanks coming on soon too. This was done as a quickie, & on the cheap, so to speak! I built the kit mostly as intended, but substituted the factory walkway for a D.A. mesh folded into a wide C channel & CA'd to the railings, then the ladder was added & the conflicting structure cut away. I added Archer porthole decals, & on the big manways, just added CA dots with a toothpic to represent bolts. The base was sprayed with Rust Oleum Texture 'Desert Bisque' paint. However, it severely warped the base & I expected that, as it has on prior projects, as it has a severe shrink rate. I 'mandled' it back into shape. The tanks were sprayed with Krylon flat white, & it had a cloggy nozzle, & I am surprized it looks as nice as it does, as it was spitt'n & spatter'n, & just not shooting at all, at times. The turn out was very lucky. 

Say, UPTEEN; Thanks for last weeks comment! I got back late & did not thank you..

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5129/5332947650_3d58ee686e_b.jpg

 

The other shot is the finished Wiking JD with a fork carrying a couple barrels, Oxy & Gas tanks, & a Jerry can. I wrapped it up with a thin slice of 3M masking tape & a scratch built cinch drive clamp. I used N & HO scale decals on the tanks & barrels. I also added a tall backer to the fork with the same D.A. mesh. I also replaced the font axle with a 0.046 brass rod & bent it to have the unit steered, it has Ackerman steering, meaning it's outside wheel is pitched more than the inside wheel, to allow optimum tracking, although you can't see it in the photo. If you want other pix, please ask, I like shooting pix, & would enjoy the interest.

Thanks, Enjoy!!

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5202/5332947696_fde429f6b1_b.jpg

 

 

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Posted by ChadLRyan on Friday, January 7, 2011 5:38 AM

 This is finished shot of the 'accessory' tanks from a Plastruct kit I showed ‘in the white’ last week. They are now painted white with a dusting I made with FQ Dust, Roof Brown, & Marine Brown, although the picture does not show it perfectly. The shot did overexpose the (red) rust dusting I put on the Industrial Gray, I put on the ladder & walkway. I have not added any powders at this point. I think this model makes a nice addition to the engine facility I have in mind (also unfinished). I got the idea of adding tanks from a former post, I thought it was cool, & had to be 'that monkey' & do that as well. I feel a couple large propane tanks coming on soon too. This was done as a quickie, & on the cheap, so to speak! I built the kit mostly as intended, but substituted the factory walkway for a D.A. mesh folded into a wide C channel & CA'd to the railings, then the ladder was added & the conflicting structure cut away. I added Archer porthole decals, & on the big manways, just added CA dots with a toothpic to represent bolts. The base was sprayed with Rust Oleum Texture 'Desert Bisque' paint. However, it severely warped the base & I expected that, as it has on prior projects, as it has a severe shrink rate. I 'mandled' it back into shape. The tanks were sprayed with Krylon flat white, & it had a cloggy nozzle, & I am surprized it looks as nice as it does, as it was spitt'n & spatter'n, & just not shooting at all, at times. The turn out was very lucky. 

Say, UPTEEN; Thanks for last weeks comment! I got back late & did not thank you..
 

 

The other shot is the finished Wiking JD with a fork carrying a couple barrels, Oxy & Gas tanks, & a Jerry can. I wrapped it up with a thin slice of 3M masking tape & a scratch built cinch drive clamp. I used N & HO scale decals on the tanks & barrels. I also added a tall backer to the fork with the same D.A. mesh. I also replaced the font axle with a 0.046 brass rod & bent it to have the unit steered, it has Ackerman steering, meaning it's outside wheel is pitched more than the inside wheel, to allow optimum tracking, although you can't see it in the photo. If you want other pix, please ask, I like shooting pix, & would enjoy the interest.

Thanks, Enjoy!!
 

 

 

 

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Posted by Annonymous on Friday, January 7, 2011 3:09 AM

Long time since my last post in this thread, so here it goes. A couple of pics of my sectional layout in progress. After almost a year of construction, I was finally able to crank up the throttle and do my first test run!

And this is what my girlfriend is working on:

Svein

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WPF 1/7-1/9 2011
Posted by j610 on Friday, January 7, 2011 2:42 AM

WPF  time 1/7-1/9  2011 . Sorry i have nothing to post this week .   RON

J610

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