Happy Weekend Photo Fun!!!
What is a Car Topper? Although an oldie, I still really like these... Cool MofW equipment! With inspiration shot!
For more fun, Google: Herzog Car Topper-enjoy
Too modern for me, but I like it, Chad.
This week was devoted mostly to building my version of the Sunnyside Mill in Eureka, Colorado and served by the Silverton Northern RR. Mine is considerably compressed and impressionistic, rather than a model of something that just wouldn't fit. The mill has a tramway that connects it to the mine above treeline.
The model is constructed on an armature of foamboard, covered with scribed wood siding for the old part of the mill, with the now unavailable Paper Creek corrugated siding for the new part of the mill and the roofs. The doors and windows are all Grandt. There something like ~75 of them.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Mike!
That is a really excellent mill! Cudos!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Thanks for starting this week Chad, will have to bestow honorary "Kiwi" status upon you.
Heck Mike, great job on your brass Alco last week and now the mine this week.
No completed freight car kit from me this week, I have been given my summer time project list from "Her-in-doors".
However managed to get down to the local club where there was some track cleaning going on.
Have a Great One Folks,
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Great work Chad, Mike and JaBear,
Here are the two cars that I finished this week.
This is a Robbins Rails/A-Line Greenville 60' Boxcar. The car originally came with plug doors, I carved those off and then glued a pair of Atlas doors from their 60' ACF cars that fit perfectly. I also purchased the door tracks and glued those in place also. I changed the wheelbase from 41' to 46' and attached a Details West Cushion Coupler Pocket along with a walkover platform from the junk box. Car was painted with Scalecoat II Black Paint and lettered with Mark Vaughn's decals.
This was one of two cars the Clinchfield used to service a paper mill in Kingsport, TN.
Athearn Chemical Tank car with no modifications, painted with Scalecoat II Black Paint and lettered with Herald King decals.
Thanks for looking!
Rick J
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alco's forever!!!!! Majoring in HO scale Minorig in O scale:)
nice build out on mine. Need to dirty it up a bit :)
closeup of the Cider mill area late summer afternoon
unballasted track section. find it easier to do last
model in O. the Western NY and Ontario Railroad
Great photos, everyone!
This week was an act of destruction rather than creation: after much internal debate, I decided to stop working on my N scale Mt. Coffin & Columbia River layout (MR Sept. 2012).It had started out as my "learning layout" chainsaw, and there were just too many issues with my early trackwork to make it fun to run.So I hauled it outside for a final photo shoot:
And, of course, a video of "The Last Local To Mt. Coffin" (in 1080p! Looks great full screen!):
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Don't worry: I saved the scratchbuilt structures and all the trees (about 400+) before chopping the layout up, so they'll be making an appearance on the next 1900's Pacific Northwest layout.
Thanks for looking, and have a great weekend
M.C. Fujiwara
My YouTube Channel (How-to's, Layout progress videos)
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wsdimenna nice build out on mine. Need to dirty it up a bit :)
Heh, one of these days. I've kind of been putting off a lot of weathering. I need some consistent practice before I tackle that and I just haven't felt the spirit move me. I have to get that inspired feeling to do arty things, versus architectural, crafty type things which I can whip out like a production line. One of these days, though, it'll happen.
I'm a firm believer in light, subtle weathering and that's the hardest kind to do, so don't want too many sacrificial lambs. I'll also get my pick of "disfavored" models when the time comes, so won't feel too much of a sense of loss if I send a couple deep into the rough before I get things under control.
Thanks to everyone for their comments. The next big building on the layout will likely be the smelter where all these mills ship their concentrates to in Durango. It'll include the uranium plant added after WWII, which strangely enough is hard to get pics for, although I've dug up a few...wonder why that is?
Some really excellent work and photos so far.....
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
got dirt down on the other side, but I ran out of glue so I need to buy some more trees, grass, and glue.
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
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Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
Great modeling everyone. This is always a favorite thread every week.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Great shots guys! Mike, that's one massive mill! Here is my contribution for the weekend. The Pennsy has a crew out preparing to drop rail from an old C&EI gon, but everyone is in the clear for a westbound hotshot freight behind a classic set of Tuscan red FP7's:
I upgraded this Walthers brownhoist with an NCE decoder. she runs nice!
-Stan
Thank you all for the kind compliments!This is actually an older shot, a couple years ago I saw that car topper on the BNSF line South of LaCrosse, WI, on the trip home I tried to get a shot, & you can see that.Then, the search was on for a Kibri Kit I thought I had, well, it turned out it was there, but a dark green cast version, looks OK in the photo, but the yellow didn't really cover all that well. But not that bad..Then after doing research & seeing Excavators on a barge, I decided to freelance an Excavator on it's own flat. A little obsurd, but (i hope) plausible..
I now have to get to work on some NEW models, ha hah..Thanks again!!!!
My Compliments! to all the posters here, thanks for sharing & thanks for inspiring!!Please share some-more, Please!!!
The latest HO scale structure I've built, Rix's Maxwell Ave. home. I usually photograph them in this manner after they're done. Well, this one isn't quite done... , needs a little weathering and I think I'll do something about those plain chimney tops. Just haven't decided yet, but I should've done that before gluing them in place.
Oh well.
I like the kit but I think they could have made the 'brick' columns a bit smaller.
Jarrell
SW7's working the yard. DJ.
Another great modeling scene D.J.
Thanks, Curt. DJ.
Grampy, your track work and ballast are always excellent.
Combination of pigment, oils, and alcohol to yield some very tired grain cars.
Great work everyone, as always!
For this week, PL&M 2-8-0 552 switches at the Chiswell Mining Company's tipple at Bayard, WV.
Have a great weekend, all!
jacon12 I like the kit but I think they could have made the 'brick' columns a bit smaller. Jarrell
I built one of those a few years ago, and thought the brick porch does not reallt fit my Maine location. Maybe further South where termites are a problem. The brick colums are maybe twice as thick as they should be. Perhaps better to scratchbuild a porch without all that brick. Grandt Line (I think) makes a nice porch railing detal.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
I got inspired to put the doors on my roundhouse finally. They're Grandt Line #5133 Roundhouse Door Set. You get the doors, which have 5 thin hinges to add. Not included in the kit is piano wire to make the hinge "pin" out of. I used 0.025" spring wire with mine. That's laid next to the hinge side of the door, then the hinge havles are glued on, trapping it. The kit supplies the window mullions, but you supply the "glass."
You bend up the hinge "pin" by putting l-shaped bends in the wire at each end prior to adding the half-hinges. The middle, vertical part of the wire should be slightly longer than the height of the door. I drill a slightly large hole in the door post and slide the wire in without even bothering to glue.
They work well. Thought about automating it, but sounds like a lot of trouble when the loco can just drive through the doors to open them.
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G Paine jacon12 I like the kit but I think they could have made the 'brick' columns a bit smaller. Jarrell I built one of those a few years ago, and thought the brick porch does not reallt fit my Maine location. Maybe further South where termites are a problem. The brick colums are maybe twice as thick as they should be. Perhaps better to scratchbuild a porch without all that brick. Grandt Line (I think) makes a nice porch railing detal.
thanks George. If I build another one I'll keep that in mind.
I actually did some modelling today, added details to this..A shortened HO Accurail Autorack kit. The original was 89' now the deck is 73', the removed section is laying in front of the car. It has added details,& is now ready for painting.Today it has one Herpa Porsche 928 S4, & 7 cast resin ones in primer, that represent ones with a car cover on them. That was created by sacrificing one model, & wrapping it with shrink wrap to make a master, & then cast in resin.
Some really cool photos so far.
I am trying to decal and weather vehicles. I though I would start with a plain white cement mixer. Since I am in Vegas, I though I would create the "Las Vegas Ready Mix". There are plenty of ready mix companies in Vegas, but none with that name. I thought a pair of dice would be appropriate for the logo. I'm trying for the used, but cared for look.
I tried a dry transfer for the logo. It looked better on the dry transfer sheet than the cement truck, so I removed it and started over. Before using a water slide decal, I applied a layer of dullcoat. I then tried to "wash" the truck lightly with some diluted gray. It's not quite what I was looking for, but it'll do (still have some practicing to do). After the "gray wash", I applied another layer of dullcoat. I also added a garden hose. I'm open for suggestions/comments.
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Chad!
The 928 copies are excellent! I assume you will paint the tires.
I have to confess that I have a hard time every time I see a Porsche 928. My son bought one when he was 18 and killed himself in it two weeks later. Sorry for the downer.
PennCentral99- Maybe using a darker grey with just a touch of fine sand mixed in it will give it a used look around the appropriate parts. For dark grey I like acrylic Hippo grey from Jo-Ann's. Just a possible way of doing it. You know I really like your work.
Curt - Thanks for the suggestions. I used slate gray (one of those .99 cent bottles from hobby lobby). After it dried, it looked to dark to me, so I tried "thinning" it with rubbing acohol. Once the "naked eye" thought it looked ok, I sprayed it with dullcoat. The dullcoat actually lightened it even more. I didn't realize this would happen or I would have just left the first "washing" alone. I am learning and having fun.
I like your work and layout too.
PennCentral99 . Before using a water slide decal, I applied a layer of dullcoat. . I'm open for suggestions/comments. ............ I recently bought some Microscale decals although I haven't installed any yet. The install instructions say for best results install on a glossy painted surface. Maybe you should skip the first dull coat ap. Bob
. Before using a water slide decal, I applied a layer of dullcoat.
. I'm open for suggestions/comments.
............
I recently bought some Microscale decals although I haven't installed any yet. The install instructions say for best results install on a glossy painted surface.
Maybe you should skip the first dull coat ap.
Bob
Don't Ever Give Up
PC99 - I am guessing you'll add a company name on the doors as well? Don't forget a "USDOT" number below that. A tiny square (about 3-4 scale inches) can represent an IFTA sticker (these change color every year).
Brad
EMD - Every Model Different
ALCO - Always Leaking Coolant and Oil
CSX - Coal Spilling eXperts