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WPF 6/29/12 - 7/1/12

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Sunday, July 1, 2012 9:38 AM

Jacon, Chad, Ray .... You are making spectacles of your selves.

Onequicknova ..... I like the diorama. The E-8 looks great. Please tell us about it. 

GARRY

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Posted by onequiknova on Sunday, July 1, 2012 10:14 AM

Heartland Division CB&Q

 

Onequicknova ..... I like the diorama. The E-8 looks great. Please tell us about it. 

 

 Thanks. It's just an old, original run Proto that I modified the windshields on and threw some grab irons on. It was a quicky I did about 6 years ago to pull my Twin Cities Zephyr at a train show.

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Posted by Packers#1 on Sunday, July 1, 2012 12:15 PM

Wow it's been a LONNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG time since I posted anything here. Well, to make a very long story short, here's my excuse: Junior year of high school.

Anyways, I've found some time to do some modeling, and a lot of trial and error and bing.com mapping and google earthing, and I have some plans now. and they're explained in this video

Also, I finally repainted my C420. Now, the white is handpainted Testors enamel and the red is Chevy Flame Red Lacquer from model master (my airbrushes are all poc and out of commision Super Angry ). Also, Hobby Lobby is about the only place I can get any hobby paint.

Decals and handrails to be added at a later date (handrails are soaking in iso alcohol, decals will be added when the name and number are finalized).

Some good shots, good to see other people at work as well

Sawyer Berry

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Building a protolanced industrial park layout

 

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Posted by JeremyB on Sunday, July 1, 2012 12:33 PM

SAWYERS back,

Good to see you my friend, its been a while since we seen you? Looking forward to another season of packers football? You dont play anymore do you? good job on the locos.

Jeremy

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Posted by Packers#1 on Sunday, July 1, 2012 1:10 PM

JeremyB

SAWYERS back,

Good to see you my friend, its been a while since we seen you? Looking forward to another season of packers football? You dont play anymore do you? good job on the locos.

Jeremy

Yessir! I'm absolutely ecstatic for this upcoming season; it should be a great one! and nope, and I don't play rugby either, too many shoulder injuries and too busy. 

I jut got this far on the diorama, so I think i'll post it. In addition to the C420, I started this photo diorama to take pics outside and also practice some scenery for the next layout.

I started with this foam:

Then shaped it to this:

And then added sculptamold:

The exposed foam on the left will have a styrene retaining wall.

Sawyer Berry

Clemson University c/o 2018

Building a protolanced industrial park layout

 

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Posted by G Paine on Sunday, July 1, 2012 1:37 PM

Packers#1
my airbrushes are all poc and out of commision Super Angry

Sawyer, if your airbrush is plugged up inside, take it apart, put the parts in a jar and let it soak in laquer thinner (no plastic parts in the jar Dead ) for a day or two. Dry and try it again. Also, your needle and tip may be worn resulting in poor spray patterns - replace them. If you use a Badger air brush, they have an excellent free repair service.
http://www.badgerairbrush.com/Service-Supprt.asp

A couple of years ago, my air brush just would not work, no matter how I tried to clean it and replace parts. I sent it in to them, with a description of the problem and what I had done to try fixing it. They returned it in a few weeks good as new. There was some paint way inside that I colud not get to; but their experts knew where to look.

George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch 

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Posted by Packers#1 on Sunday, July 1, 2012 1:42 PM

G Paine

 

Sawyer, if your airbrush is plugged up inside, take it apart, put the parts in a jar and let it soak in laquer thinner (no plastic parts in the jar Dead ) for a day or two. Dry and try it again. Also, your needle and tip may be worn resulting in poor spray patterns - replace them. If you use a Badger air brush, they have an excellent free repair service.
http://www.badgerairbrush.com/Service-Supprt.asp

A couple of years ago, my air brush just would not work, no matter how I tried to clean it and replace parts. I sent it in to them, with a description of the problem and what I had done to try fixing it. They returned it in a few weeks good as new. There was some paint way inside that I colud not get to; but their experts knew where to look.

I have a harbor freight double action that I took a screw out of trying to fix it...I couldn't really figure out how to fine-tune it and get the paint flowing right. I also have a Paasche that I've done the soaking with, and it won't reassemble that well. However, my best airbrush had to be my Badger model 250. I just haven't managed to get it going back the same since spraying some model master lacquer through it. Thanks for the link, I'll see if I can get the parts together and contact them.

Sawyer Berry

Clemson University c/o 2018

Building a protolanced industrial park layout

 

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Posted by rdgk1se3019 on Sunday, July 1, 2012 3:15 PM

I added a white wash (thinned Polly-Scale reefer white with 70% alcohol) to the trestle, got the nut-bolt-washer castings in place, and assembled the railings for the fire deck.

 

 

Dennis Blank Jr.

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Posted by GP-9_Man11786 on Sunday, July 1, 2012 9:24 PM

I painted, lettered and weathered a handful of locomotives for my freelanced Cherokee Foothills Railroad this weekend:

An Atlas GP30:

A Lifelike GP20 work in Progress:

And here's a Model Power light pacific I weathered:

Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.

www.prr-nscale.blogspot.com 

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Posted by WRGMILW on Sunday, July 1, 2012 11:18 PM

GREAT JOB EVERYONE & THANKS FOR SHARING !

Have a great week !

CHARTER MEMBER OF THE MILWAUKEE FALLEN FLAG MODEL TRAIN CLUB .  I COLLECT HO, N , O-3rail & On30  Trains & run them !  I Use KATO HO & N scale Track . I also Use Lionel Fast Track !   I change track layouts Often !  

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Posted by Alantrains on Monday, July 2, 2012 4:55 AM

Thanks for sharing your video of the twins Tom, I enjoyed it. Nice switching area too.

Alan Jones in Sunny Queensland (Oz)

 

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