Ed .... Your paint shop has some very interesting projects this week. I need a "like" button for your post.
Jimmy ...... Have fun with your N scale locomotive. I did not know you did any N scale.
Rick .... I like the LS&BC boxcar and the DT&I gondola. The FL9's are impressive.
(edit) ..... Paul ...... You posted some great layout shots ! The tracks by the refinery are looking good.
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I am continuing to work on "West End" which is at one end of my around-the-wall layout.
I completed a small passenger station to fit in a corner. I'm still working on scenery next to it, but you can see how it looks.
I took photos from different directions. At one angle, you can see the double door in the background which is the entrance to my layout room.
Looking the other way, you can see across an aisle. My Super Chief running on an upper level with FM locomotives. It is on the main line, and it will follow about 80' to 90' of track before it gets to West End Depot.
This view shows the depot next to the grade crossing I showed last week. I replaced the oversized crossbucks with correct size ones.
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Ed: Thanks for the kickoff. I really like that steamer...great detail and nice painting.
Jimmy: That's an interesting diesel project. Well done.
Rick: The rolling stock is super. I like your scene. It shows me I have erred in being too uniform with my ground cover.
Last Sunday I completed the upgrade of my small yard by the refinery. You can see that, before ballast & scenery, it had just one loading rack.
20141013_164305_3_resized by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
Now it has a triple loading rack, an adjacent truck rack, plus a new pair of twin tank kits added. One kit was PIKO and the other Model Power. The difference was the box it came in, plus German vs. English instructions. And one had white plastic tanks, the other gray. Found these on EBay. I'm pleased with the overall improvement.
IMG_7153 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
IMG_7147 (2) by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
Yesterday I started to address scenery for the final layout area. I am adding a river section on the corner, ala the example in the 2012 Virginian layout project. I was going to use Woodland Scenics E-Z water, even ordered a new bag of the multiple pellets. But I have scrapped that idea (1) because I hate to go upstairs with a pot of hot, melted plastic that I could manage to spill on the carpet, and (2) reading reviews, I discovered that the E-Z water is solidly at the bottom of the list of preferred products. I am going with gloss medium. My reference is Dave Frary's scenery booklet.
IMG_7154 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
Ed: nice even coating
Rick, great scene as always
Yeah the shell is 3ft shortee than the real, but at N, I doubt 3 scale ft really matters
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dti406Ed, nice start is that the prewar FCC? I found that Scalecoat I stays tackier longer than Scalecoat II.
Hi, Rick
Yes, I believe the FCC is the earlier, kind of a light brick shade. My LED lighting really plays odd tricks with colors.
I baked the X29 and it is pretty solid now but the F&C resin car will still be tacky for a while. I wait at least 10-12 days before decaling. I had some Microset blister the paint once. Maybe It was too soon?
The New Haven "Limited" looks sharp. I passed on the first Osgood Bradley cars, now I'd probably like a few. Maybe Rapido will re-run them. Looking forward to the combines, soon.
Cheers, Ed
Good morning from cloudy and cool Northeast Ohio!
Ed, nice start is that the prewar FCC? I found that Scalecoat I stays tackier longer than Scalecoat II.
Jimmy, great looking engine, that is one of the engines that many modelers are wanting to be manufactured.
Got a couple of cars done this week.
40' IMRC 40' PS1 Boxcar kit, painted with Scalecoat II Black and Boxcar Red paint and lettered with Mask Island Decals. This is one of a group of cars the LS&BC actually owned and not involved in the PC car stealing, but the LS&BC actually did not steal the cars, it is a long involved story with many participants.
52'6" Proto 2000 Greenville gon kit, painted with Scalecoat II Black and lettered with Herald King Decals. The DT&I owned a hundred of these cars, transferred them to the AnnArbor and then took them back, mostly used in transporting coiled steel, accounting for the covers I have in the car.
This week I brought back another view of a New Haven passenger train powered by Rapido FL9's, some head end traffic, the Osgood Bradley Coaches and some fluted side chair cars.
Thanks for looking!
Rick Jesionowski
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N scale project. Still working. PWV. Still need the decals
Once Again — Time For Weekend Photo Fun!
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MAY already!
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I was glad to get the paint booth fired up and shoot a few waiting projects:
First up an Overland PRR X29 box car in "freight car color"
PRR_X29 by Edmund, on Flickr
While I had that color handy I finally got my Pennsy FM container flat painted:
PRR_F30 by Edmund, on Flickr
The Scalecoat was still a bit tacky so I didn't want to push too hard on that second container!
Then on to black for the New York Central H-10b:
NYC_H-10 by Edmund, on Flickr
NYC_H-10gear by Edmund, on Flickr
On to more great photos and contributions!
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