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Good morning from sunny and warm Northeast Ohio!
Got some cars done this week!
First another Tichy Panel Side hopper car, painted with Scalecoat II Black paint and lettered with Mark Vaughns Wabash Decals. This car was an USRA clone built in the 20's and rebuilt in the late 30's with panel sides to increase capacity.
Keeping with the Wabash, an IMRC ART Refrigerator car kit, painted with Scalecoat II Reefer Yellow, Boxcar Red and Black paints then lettered with Champ Decals. The Wabash and MP formed ART to bring produce from the Southwest to the Midwest and Eastern markets.
Finally and pair of prepainted Bowser H21a hoppers, the PRR had 36,000 of these cars in coal and iron ore service.
A pair of Bowser Alco RS-3's with a coal train made up of H21a, H22 and GLa hopper cars running on the Strongsville Club layout.
Thanks for looking!
Rick Jesionowski
Well, it looks like we are back in business again - at least for the meantime. I'll post what I had intended to post on Friday...
Thanks for starting WPF this week, Rick.
Still working on my NYC well-hole flatcar anytime the weather, temp, and humidity is conducive enough for painting outdoors. No new photos to post of that project. Will try next week.
While I wait for temps & humidity levels to drop into range, I work on another project that I received in the mail earlier this week: A Tichy 52' war emergency mill gondola:
The body is one piece but I added the stirrups, grab irons, ladders, weight, and undercarriage details - including bending my own brake lines:
I sprayed one coat of paint on the undercarriage this evening using Tamiya TS-82 Rubber Black instead of TS-29 Semi-gloss Black:
I like that the rubber black gives the undercarriage a somewhat weathered look and that brings out the details better. I should be able to spray another coat tomorrow. Once I add the ratchet brake, I'll paint the exterior oxide red and detail it for the NYC.
Tom
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
I got the two 0-6-0 to a finish point. Painted, wired for dcc. The one I could get lights in. The other has way to much drilling. The smoke box is solid the the light on top so right angle drilling needdd. Decided to make them later projects along with decaling. After the new layout is well along. Gives time to get the other projects to a finish point before I start the layout. Of which, one of the two brass 2-10's has been disassembled for cleaning painting and wiring. It does need some part soldering first. shane
A pessimist sees a dark tunnel
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
Rick, Tom, and Shane... Thank you for keeping Weekend Photo Fun aline on this trying weekend. I knew when I could not open the thread at the usual time that it would be awkward.
I will see you all next weekend, and I hope it is all on an even keel.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Gents,
I was unable to access this weekend's photos at all, so here is a late entry, a pair of N (wee) scale, Kadee boxcars I completed for a long time MR buddy.