Jimmy- I like the progress on the layout, keep it up! Also what is a custom finishing kit?
Ed- I like the grime on the track! I added some oil leaks to mine with some acrylic paint. The shine is a nice touch to it! Those autoracks are awesome! I love the early style. Athearn rollingstock always delivers.
David- I like the wagon! Is the ship restored yet?
I gave up a few of my engines to fund a new project, making WSOR 6660, an EX SP GP35.
I picked up a walthers proto GP35 and decals from Circuis City Decals and got one side done yesterday. Now to figure out how to remove the nose mounted mars lights and add ditch lights. That will be a future project as I do like the mars lights
Through a lucky bid, this Proto 2000 PS4427 hopper found its way onto the layout
Thanks for looking, hope to see more great pictures this weekend!
Jimmy- The layout is really coming along!
Ed- Love the lighted fuel pad scene.
David- Always love seeing your British modeling work.
Well, I have been absent, but I finally have a couple things worth showing.
The snow is really coming down here in upstate NY. We’ve gotten almost a foot and it’s still coming down!
Since I can’t get out to railfan today (although I really wanted to), I thought I would make a short layout update.
Even though I’m supposed to be tearing things down, I actually repaired some track and put some trains back up!?
I did this for two reasons. I can’t say the first reason at the time, but the second reason is that I got mail! A very generous fellow D&H modeler sent me a very nice Atlas D&H Pulpwood car.
This is my first pulpwood car, and it looks and runs great! Thanks Ben! Here it is spotted at the GP mill.
I will review the car in my next layout video update, which I am planning now.
To vote in a couple poll questions I made. please visit the link (I can't figure out how to put them here).
https://northcountrytrains.wordpress.com/2021/02/02/a-short-layout-update-during-a-snowstorm/
Have a great weekend!
Harrison
Homeschooler living In upstate NY a.k.a Northern NY.
Modeling the D&H in 1978.
Route of the famous "Montreal Limited"
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Lovely film, Jimmy. The kit looks difficult, but I am sure you can do it.
I support the restoration of 'Medway Queen Paddle Steamship' and to raise funds they commission the building of model rail wagons. I have a few and every now and I run them as a separate layout. Just a bit of fun.
David
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Thanks for kicking-off the first February WPF of 2021, Jimmy!
I have some of those Custom Finishing kits on the shelf, waiting for someday Yours looks pretty sharp. Finishing something that is a challenge can be a great reward! Thanks for the tour
I continued on part of my fuel tracks this week. One thing I wanted were some low inspection lights that are common around these facilities so the trucks and rigging can be seen easier.
Inspection_Lights_-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
I mixed up a "glop" of Durham's putty and added about a teaspoon of Mars Black artist acrylic to it to make some oil-soaked grime to spread on the track:
Fuel-rack1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Things are just temporarily in place until I get the "feel" for their location. The abandoned concrete shed once housed an air compressor. I'll have to find some rusted machinery for the interior.
Fuel-rack_EL by Edmund, on Flickr
All the "pre-EPA" fuel stations I've seen had a nasty muck of diesel fuel, soot, lube oil and gunk all over the ground.
A pair of Athearn autoracks arrived this week too
Wabash_F89FH_Autorack by Edmund, on Flickr
BnO_F89GH_Autorack by Edmund, on Flickr
The detail on these things is astronomical!
There's some cold, nasty weather headed for NE Ohio guess where I'll be
On to more great weekend photos, folks!
Regards, Ed
It's that time again... weekend photo fun. For new posters, this is where we show our projects . A quick layout tour first.
Also I've been working on this.
Never doing a custom finishing kit again!
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