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Some modelers don't want to paint or weather freight cars because it will devalue the product. Majority of people won't purchase weather cars because it's used and out of place.
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angelob6660 chutton01 Some modelers don't want to paint or weather freight cars because it will devalue the product. Majority of people won't purchase weather cars because it's used and out of place.
I have never bought anything in this life worrying about what it will be worth if I resell it..........not cars, not even houses, and surely not model trains........
Sheldon
ATLANTIC CENTRAL angelob6660 chutton01 Some modelers don't want to paint or weather freight cars because it will devalue the product. Majority of people won't purchase weather cars because it's used and out of place. I have never bought anything in this life worrying about what it will be worth if I resell it..........not cars, not even houses, and surely not model trains........ Sheldon
I think that's the difference between you and I. That everything has a resell value.
angelob6660 ATLANTIC CENTRAL angelob6660 chutton01 Some modelers don't want to paint or weather freight cars because it will devalue the product. Majority of people won't purchase weather cars because it's used and out of place. I have never bought anything in this life worrying about what it will be worth if I resell it..........not cars, not even houses, and surely not model trains........ Sheldon I think that's the difference between you and I. That everything has a resell value.
I've been at this hobby since 1968, I have 130 locos and over 1500 pieces of rolling stock, and in those 50 years I can count on my fingers the pieces I have sold off.........
I buy them to play with, but I am a very deliberate shopper, I have not changed the theme of my modeling in 35 years, I don't get bored once I set my mind to something.
When I die, they can sell it off or put it in a dumpster.
Some people eat out for fun, some go on expensive vacations, I play with trains.
Those people don't worry about getting that money back.......
I don't like heavy weathering on my trains, but I weather them to my taste, I cut them up and kit bash them, I paint and letter them to my fictional railroad. All of which is bad for their "value" to everyone else, but it increases their value to me......
And I'm not a collector, I only buy what fits the theme of the layout.
I have 9 USRA heavy 4-8-2's, and NO Union Pacific Big Boys..........
DoughlessI'm confident that a bit of razor blade scraping of the blue and dabbing some matched paint would work close enough (maybe some strategeric weathering) to turn it into a 1527.
Don't use a razorblade! The method Cody Grivno recently showed in Cody's Office - I think the January one - of using Solvaset and an eraser works MUCH better. I've used it a number of times over the past few years with good results.
This engine came as a black Wabash engine. I removed the lettering and striping with Solvaset and a rubber eraser, sprayed it with gloss finish, and decaled for NYC. (Sorry, something about the MR website blocks me from making the link work....)
http://cs.trains.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/13-755-00-00-02-28-95-88/NYC-9104.jpg
BTW some railroads continued to run F-units as A-B sets with a single ID number at least into the 1960's.
angelob6660Some modelers don't want to paint or weather freight cars because it will devalue the product. Majority of people won't purchase weather cars because it's used and out of place.
I disagree...if the weathering is reasonably well done, it can actually increase the value. When I decided to backdate my layout to the late '30s, I sold-off most of my diesels, and a couple hundred freight and passenger cars. None were originally expensive models when I bought them - mostly Athearn, Model Die Casting, Front Range, etc.Much of it had been re-detailed, re-painted, and re-lettered. Some was lettered for real railroads, but quite a bit of it was lettered for my freelanced roads. All of it was weathered, although not to extremes.
I was pleasantly surprised to get two to five dollars for them, for every dollar they had originally cost, which allowed me to re-equip with locomotives and rolling stock more appropriate to my current layout.
Wayne
I found little if any "Next Level Realism" in the article starting on page 54.
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
JumijoI found little if any "Next Level Realism" in the article starting on page 54.
I think most of us share your feelings, as that picture on 54/55 is what started this thread.
Then it moved on to other thngs, as usual.
Mike.
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wjstix Doughless I'm confident that a bit of razor blade scraping of the blue and dabbing some matched paint would work close enough (maybe some strategeric weathering) to turn it into a 1527. Don't use a razorblade! The method Cody Grivno recently showed in Cody's Office - I think the January one - of using Solvaset and an eraser works MUCH better. I've used it a number of times over the past few years with good results. This engine came as a black Wabash engine. I removed the lettering and striping with Solvaset and a rubber eraser, sprayed it with gloss finish, and decaled for NYC. (Sorry, something about the MR website blocks me from making the link work....) http://cs.trains.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/13-755-00-00-02-28-95-88/NYC-9104.jpg BTW some railroads continued to run F-units as A-B sets with a single ID number at least into the 1960's.
Doughless I'm confident that a bit of razor blade scraping of the blue and dabbing some matched paint would work close enough (maybe some strategeric weathering) to turn it into a 1527.
I've been using a blade for about 15 years. Make sure its straight up and down and its a wonderful way to scrape off the top layer of paint, especially just the corners of a number like I would do if I changed a 2 into a 7.
If always found that using a liquid of any kind to melt the paint, usually results in a combination of colors. I'd have a swatch of green if I tried to melt the blue off of a yellow.
I only use liquids on black locos, so I can touch up with black.
mbinsewiThen it moved on to other thngs, as usual.
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That is because we are a Coffee Clutch!
There, now Rio Grande 5761 does not need to say it.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Here's the link Stix had in his post:
I"ve tried the Solveset/eraser many times on Athearn locos, doesn't seem to work, for me anyway.
mbinsewiI"ve tried the Solveset/eraser many times on Athearn locos, doesn't seem to work, for me anyway.
I have had poor luck with that also.
SeeYou190 mbinsewi Then it moved on to other thngs, as usual. That is because we are a Coffee Clutch! There, now Rio Grande 5761 does not need to say it. -Kevin
mbinsewi
I believe that the proper term is "coffee klatch" or "coffee klatsch".
A coffee clutch is a small purse or handbag for carrying coffee, but could also be a beverage with a manual transmission.
I only drink manual coffee, I hate automatics...
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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Wayne - Thanks for the coffee purse analogy. It gave Mrs. Crunch a good laugh.
Kevin - Thanks for the PM. Very sad about the job but applaud your perspective.
Tim
Late to the model railroad party but playing catch-up.....
mbinsewi Jumijo I found little if any "Next Level Realism" in the article starting on page 54. I think most of us share your feelings, as that picture on 54/55 is what started this thread.
Jumijo I found little if any "Next Level Realism" in the article starting on page 54.
mbinsewi Jumijo I found little if any "Next Level Realism" in the article starting on page 54. I think most of us share your feelings, as that picture on 54/55 is what started this thread. Then it moved on to other thngs, as usual. Mike.
Aside from that photo, the layout owner admitted in the article that scenery was not a big priority, and one photo shows tracks on a table with no scenery.
JumijoAside from that photo, the layout owner admitted in the article that scenery was not a big priority, and one photo shows tracks on a table with no scenery.
Iwas going to say the same thing, after skimming through the article. It's all about operations, and what little scenery is done, seems like it was done by other people.
I've seen huge room filling layouts, all track, and all about operations, very little, if any scenery. The operatores seem to be happy with "pretending" it's all there, and are completely involved in the ops, as far as train and car movements.
OK, I just looked through the issue, and this is NOT nitpcking. There is a lot wrong with the photographs of the Modern-Era Rail Hub layout.
That is all fine. Seeing layouts in progress is OK, and I like to see pictures that show the layout in the room.
What bothers me if the yellow circle on page 55 that says Next Level Realism. That does not belong in that article.
The Fireballs and Alpha Jets layout is much more realistic, but it does not have the yellow cirlce for Next Level Realism. In my view, this is the only mistake.
Oh... and the trailer impossibly parked with the kingpin towards the elevator and the legs missing. That could hae easily been cropped out.
SeeYou190Oh... and the trailer impossibly parked with the kingpin towards the elevator and the legs missing. That could hae easily been cropped out.