Good morning from cloudy and warm Northeast Ohio!
Frank, great job on that bridge, I like well modeled bridges!
I managed to complete a couple of cars this week.
This is a one of the kind Class BX-77 Boxcar, Rebuilt in 1958 from a BX-66 Boxcar with a cushion underframe and DF Loader, this was the forerunner of all the Santa Fe Shock Control and Super Shock Control Boxcars. Car started off as a Branchline kit, with Details West Extended Coupler Pockets and A-Line Sill Steps. Car was Painted with Scalecoat II ATSF Red and Black Paints, then lettered with Microscale Decals.
Next up is an Eastern Car Works, 1958 CF ACF Covered Hopper Kit, outfitted with Plano Roofwalk, Various Airlines and A-Line Sill Steps, then painted with Scalecoat II UP Covered Hopper Gray and lettered with Highball Graphics Decals. Car was used for transporting foundry sand from Yuma, MI to the Ford Engine Casting Plant in Brook Park, OH. The Ann Arbor and Detroit and Toledo Shoreline Railroads contributed cars to this pool.
Thanks for looking,
Rick Jesionowski
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Hi All....
Well it's here again......no one took the plunge so I thought why not. I'll forgo the intro.......Just post some good pic's or bad.......everything is good.
I'll give a little update on My scratch/bash bridge area project. The bridge itself is complete, with tower plus interior. Not all of it is glued down yet, that comes when installing, which the area I am working on now, piers, abutments and so forth....also a project and a half..LOL
Take Care, All,
Frank