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Post by mlehman on Apr 20, 2014 2:54:43 GMT -8
Built an addition to the North Star Sampling works just outside of Silverton.  In the foreground is the North Star's assay office, part of a group of 4 houses I built from Grandt Line kits, No Problem Joe's and the Reece St. Houses. In addition to the still-needed roofing on the addition to the mill and various details, I also plan some coal bins for the powerhouse and maybe another addition on the riverside of the original sampling works, a Campbell Stamp Mill kit that was the first building kit I crafted just for this layout 20+ years ago. Here's a pic of another house, with the sampling works in the background, then a pic of the other two houses.   No building would be complete without those new-fangled electric lights, some adjustments still required.   I had one more train to light, the ultra-modern San Juan Zephyr, shown here in front of Silverton station awaiting passengers gambling at the casino...    With the SJZ's markers showing the way, we've got clearance for another great SPF for Easter Sunday. Let's see what you're up to.  |
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Post by rockisland652 on Apr 20, 2014 4:41:36 GMT -8
A happy Easter to those who are celebrating today. Here are a few shots from the E7 photo shoot. I'm sure John will have more, and his camera was certainly better...his modeling is for sure. Joliet arrival.  Somewhere west of Tinley Park.  Grab shot at Tinley Park.  |
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Post by dti406 on Apr 20, 2014 5:49:20 GMT -8
Good start everyone, nothing new finished this week so here are some pictures of our club layout which will be open for the NMRA Convention this year.  PRR N1s leading a coal drag oast the tower.  PRR FM C-Liners on a coal drag through town.  PRR L1 Mike stopping for water! Thanks for looking! Rick J |
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Post by TBird1958 on Apr 20, 2014 6:35:00 GMT -8
Happy Easter Guys! Great stuff as always, here's a few for the week. IMR Scoular hopper, it's probably a bit new for my timeline but when this kit was new the idea of painting and weathering one was just too tempting!  Walthers 4427 that I rebuilt the ends on painted for Louis Dreyfus  One of the best parts of modeling the Rio Grande is that Western Pacific cars are pretty commonplace since the two roads interchanged at Roper yard in SLC.  |
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Post by marknycfan on Apr 20, 2014 6:40:17 GMT -8
A Happy Easter to all of you, real nice work there TBird
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Post by buffalobill on Apr 20, 2014 6:41:33 GMT -8
Tom: Those pictures of John's E-7 and the RI coaches are impressive. As you get further along with your layout, you will have an great background for the shots. The E-7 and E-8 together make for a "Rock" dream commuter lash up.
Rick like the Pennsy coal trains. Mike, again the night photos are great.
Makes me wish all my stuff was not in storage.
Bill
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Post by tankcarsrule on Apr 20, 2014 7:23:48 GMT -8
This is not another tank car!  |
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Post by TBird1958 on Apr 20, 2014 7:32:15 GMT -8
Bobby, that is just fantastic! Your work, along with several others here is so inspirational, thanks for sharing it with us!
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Post by wp8thsub on Apr 20, 2014 8:11:56 GMT -8
 Last week's project was building trees using Supertrees material, gel CA with accelerator, dark gray spray paint, extra-hold hairspray, and Scenic Express ground foam. |
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Post by hillbillytrainset on Apr 20, 2014 8:31:02 GMT -8
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Post by Spikre on Apr 20, 2014 15:33:46 GMT -8
Happy Easter All !! cant get all the pics in here,maybe tomorrow at the library ? Mike, will like to see what You've been working on? did get some, but not all of the Rock Island pics,and the PRR pics. like the Southern home made Hi-Cube 2 bay,thats an interesting car. never have seen any in person,but have plans of one version here. be nice when painted. Keep the Pics Coming ,Great Work Guys ! Spikre 
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Post by mlehman on Apr 20, 2014 18:02:10 GMT -8
Happy Easter All !! cant get all the pics in here,maybe tomorrow at the library ? Mike, will like to see what You've been working on? did get some, Spikre, Yeah, ImageShack is having problems today. The links are all there, but you get either nothing, a big blank rectangle, or a pic, depending on the mood of the server. Check back tomorrow when they get all those gooey candy eggs, chocolate bunnies, and jellybeans dug out of the keyboard over there and set things right.  |
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Post by Brakie on Apr 20, 2014 18:28:41 GMT -8
Here's a project I did awhile back.Its a AM models wooden dock kit.  |
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Post by theengineshed on Apr 20, 2014 18:56:58 GMT -8
This is not another tank car!] Very nice! Is this going to be another SR extended height hopper? |
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Post by TBird1958 on Apr 20, 2014 19:46:55 GMT -8
Last week's project was building trees using Supertrees material, gel CA with accelerator, dark gray spray paint, extra-hold hairspray, and Scenic Express ground foam. This is beautifully done, I really like how you can see thru many of the leaves - great addition to your layout. |
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Post by fr8kar on Apr 21, 2014 8:35:57 GMT -8
Thanks everyone for another weekend of inspiring photos! I'm a little late to the party. I spent my weekend on the rails and my phone should be ringing any second to go back out again. But while I wait, here are the models I've worked on in the past couple weeks. First, a Genesis caboose I weathered:   Next, an Accurail 4600 cf hopper that I've had about 15 years but dug out of storage to see what I could do with the Plano walkway kit and some styrene rod:    Finally, a companion to all my Mopac locomotives, what will become UP 3230. It still needs treadplate and new fans along with some other details, but this is where I am so far:   |
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Post by riogrande on Apr 21, 2014 10:21:14 GMT -8
Nice! The Accurail 4600 looks like a HQ model now - sweet. My hobby time sometimes waits until Monday - my AWS day as the gov calls it. Had to get 2 new tires for the RAV4 to pass inspection this weekend so the wallet is a little light! Working on the layout today - took a break to let the paint dry on the homosote and then will start fitting turnouts into the other end of the yard.  |
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Post by tankcarsrule on Apr 21, 2014 10:27:22 GMT -8
This is not another tank car!] Very nice! Is this going to be another SR extended height hopper? It's the same one. Regards, Bobby |
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Post by buffalobill on Apr 22, 2014 13:20:23 GMT -8
Ryan, nice job on the Accurail covered hopper. Really looks good with the upgrades, comparable to the Intermountain or Atlas 4650 CF cars. The SSW caboose looks good lightly weathered.
Bird, the Covered hoppers look good. Seeing the WP Box was interesting, don't think about that road much back in the east, but a Western Pacific FMC-4700 CHC rolled through Buffalo in its original paint this Sunday.
Rob that tree is great, how did you get the gnarled effect on the trunk.
Bill
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Post by wp8thsub on Apr 22, 2014 15:34:05 GMT -8
Rob that tree is great, how did you get the gnarled effect on the trunk. That's a natural piece of sagebrush. It comes that way from nature. |
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Post by theengineshed on Apr 22, 2014 15:41:53 GMT -8
Very nice! Is this going to be another SR extended height hopper? It's the same one. Regards, Bobby Very inspiring, I'm tempted to try 94275, its a round hatched version. |
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Post by tankcarsrule on Apr 22, 2014 17:15:55 GMT -8
It's the same one. Regards, Bobby Very inspiring, I'm tempted to try 94275, its a round hatched version. Go for it. If you don't get started soon, you'll never start. Regards, Bobby |
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Post by fr8kar on Apr 23, 2014 8:48:41 GMT -8
Go for it. If you don't get started soon, you'll never start. Regards, Bobby Well said, Bobby! |
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Post by SCL618 on Apr 23, 2014 18:56:52 GMT -8
Painted and decaled from an undecorated Kadee PS-1. The decals were created letter by letter exclusive of the herald which is from Microscale set #55. Not heavily weathered in my era, so the model reflects this as well.  |
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Post by markfj on Apr 25, 2014 11:36:36 GMT -8
Hello Group, Guess I’m a little late for this week’s photo fun. Here is my latest modeling efforts. It’s basically a stock P2K kit that I slightly modified to more accurately match the prototype.  I began by lengthening and reshaping the side sills. During this process, I found out that the model does not have the correct number of panels to match accurately Erie’s 65000 series cars. The next challenge was to find the correct “dog leg” shaped stirrup steps. I couldn’t find anyone that makes these, so I carefully bent A-Line #29000 steps to match the prototype as best I could.   As far as I could determine, these cars had Apex roof walks, so spare Branchline parts for the roof walk and brake platform were applied. Finally, I added Detail Associates FC 6206 air hoses. The “B” end hose has a more accurate mounting bracket than the simple hole I drilled for the hose on the “A” end. A braked will be fabricated to correct that mistake.   It was difficult to find many pictures of this type of car, but I did find two at Fallenflags.org. and someone posted several photos of a surviving Lehigh Valley car on Railfan.net. Erie 65000 side view Erie 65000 "A" endThe most difficult part of this whole process was getting a good match to the brown paint P2K used on the model. I ended up mixing some red with Tamiya XF-10 flat brown. In daylight, this color selection was not a good choice as it was too dark (not red or rust colored enough). You can see I still need to paint-to-match some of the details. There are three more kits in my stash waiting to be built, so if anyone has a paint suggestion that will match the P2K color, please share! Also, the rest of the kits will receive Plano #194 running boards, which look better than the Branchline parts.  Thanks, Mark |
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Post by Spikre on Apr 26, 2014 11:05:50 GMT -8
 Mark, one problem with the Proto Erie herald,no Black Background. outside of going to a decal havnt figured out an easy fix for the cars here yet. nice work !! Mike, are the 3' reefers M-T cars, or Kits ? has any one bought the M-T HOn3 line yet ? think they were slightly high in price,so never got any. T-Bird, is the WP 50' floor P2K,or Details West ? was a nice surprise finding out the D-W Evans floor fit in easily. like the Scoular car,that was one of the 1st IMRC Decorated kits built here. ga751, nice S&A car,was the MS set the one with 4000+ CUFT for a 40' car ? used a set on something here a long time ago. Bobby, there were Round Hatch versions of those Southern cars ? well never saw those either. Spikre 
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Post by tankcarsrule on Apr 26, 2014 13:18:52 GMT -8
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Post by mlehman on Apr 27, 2014 22:26:34 GMT -8
SNIP Mike, are the 3' reefers M-T cars, or Kits ? has any one bought the M-T HOn3 line yet ? think they were slightly high in price,so never got any. SNIP Spikre Spikre, The M-T cars came in various configurations. The first one came built, later ones required you to install the grabs, etc. The M-T HOn3 cars were fairly competitively priced vs Blackstone, but people were expecting the grabs etc to be installed at what was asked. That didn't help. AFAIK, M-T announced no plans to sell the line, but also intends to no longer produce HOn3. |
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