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Post by mlehman on Apr 19, 2015 6:10:29 GMT -8
Not much done around this week except running some trains -- and finishing the final draft of my diss... Passing through Black Cat Junction. Leaving Purgatory We also have logs Which go to the mill at Rockwood.
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Post by mrsocal on Apr 19, 2015 7:04:42 GMT -8
Nothing like a good double header pulling a grade!! For me this week.... I am finally getting the weather on these 3 tanks.
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Post by rockisland652 on Apr 19, 2015 7:16:23 GMT -8
Not too much train stuff going on here either. A friend has to disassemble his layout for a major basement project (and slight layout expansion as a result), so I figured I'd show sympathy and solidarity and finally tackle a project that had been lingering and take my line out of revenue service for a while as well. So I tore out the temporary track and cut in the waterway that is known as the Cal Sag Channel here in Chicagoland. That meant installing some steel truss bridges to fill the gap. I have NEVER built or installed a bridge like this, so the cut was sweat inducing and basically forced me to build if I want the mains back in service. The actual Cal Sag bridges were built with government money, so they are massive structures and the models would stretch well over 6 feet long. I think I had maybe 20" or so of space. The Walthers single track bridge looks fairly good, especially with the bridge track detailed, painted and in place. I have run my heaviest locomotives over the bridge and it doesn't flex. For those keeping score, that would be RI #615, a filthy P2K ex-UP E8B. With that test done, I ran other power onto and off of the bridge. 654 taxed the bridge only a little. You can see the stubbed double track mains waiting for a double track bridge in the foreground. The switch for the crossover to the Suburban Branch is in the lower right. I bodged a double track bridge using two end sections of a Walthers double track swing bridge. I'm not sure I like the look of it, so I might try and bodge two single track bridges together with the end portals of the swing bridge to make them look similar, as the prototypes are. If I want the RR in service, work must commence. Of course, now it's baseball season...
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Post by dti406 on Apr 19, 2015 7:26:40 GMT -8
Finished some cars this week finally! Atlas Pullman Standard 2003CF Covered Hopper kit, painted with Scalecoat II MofW Gray and lettered with Microscale Decals. B&O Class N-43 Covered Hopper. Atlas Pullman Standard 2003CF Covered Hopper kit, painted with Scalecoat II MofW Gray and lettered with Herald King decals. The only 50' Pullman Standard Boxcars owned by the New York Central System were 50 owned by the Peoria & Eastern represented by this car. Substituted a Details Associates 10' Superior Door for the kit Doors along with A-Line Sill Steps. Painted with Floquil PC Green and lettered with Mark Vaughn Decals, with the Herald Supplied by Microscale Decals. Thanks for looking! Rick J
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Post by onequiknova on Apr 19, 2015 8:36:35 GMT -8
With my Joliet UD tower nearly complete, I moved on to building Union Station across the tracks from the tower. In case you're wondering what the station looks like, look here. www.blackhawknrhs.org/joliet_historic.htm I started with one of the wings of the depot. This is just a small part that makes up the overall depot. When completed, The depot will take up an area of around two square feet. I'm using .120" thick styrene, and made all the cuts on my mill. The decorative trim is made up of different off the shelf Evergreen shapes, and except for a few small compromises, it matches the prototype surprisingly well. Don't mid the filler on the near corner. I'm still waiting for it to dry.
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Post by TBird1958 on Apr 19, 2015 8:49:20 GMT -8
Beautiful work this week guys! Scotty, the tank car is fantastic, I always enjoy seeing your work. I managed to finish weathering my Accurail D&RGW 4750 this week, I've really enjoyed this kit a great deal, it's a very nice model at a good price. A few simple parts make it even better and a more rewarding easy project. The weathering is chalks and colored pencils, I'm attempting to simulate the wavy metal panels Pullman Standard cars have. Dirt tends to collect around the waves. Also pictured for the sake of comparison is a much older Intermountain car that I built back when the kit was first out, no decals were offered at the time so I had to piece this together with sets from a couple different mfgs. I used a prototype shot from the early '90s as a guide for it Here's the beginnings of a small locomotive fleet project on 3 Athearn SD45's, the top chassis is unmodified, the middle is detailed but unweathered, the bottom, close to being done with a lot of sand dust and fuel spill. I haven't put every possible part on these as they're meant to be layout engines that will get handled quite a bit, just some items that stand out and some color to bring them up and make them more interesting visually. Cheers, Mark
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Post by mrsocal on Apr 19, 2015 9:09:51 GMT -8
John your painstaking efforts to build the crown details of the building are simply awesome man.
Mark, thank you for the comps. Your 3 bays is looking good as well and the SD 45s... one of my favs.
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Post by onequiknova on Apr 19, 2015 9:26:10 GMT -8
Thanks Scotty.
The trim wasn't too difficult or time consuming. When I cut the walls on the mill, I milled a couple .005" deep slots for the upper and lower trim to sit in. Doing so made keeping the trim straight a no brainer.
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Post by mrsocal on Apr 19, 2015 10:18:29 GMT -8
John still... I spy with my naked eye, remember that phrase? Anyway I see 5? different components to that one large crown. Very well thought out and put together.
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Post by onequiknova on Apr 19, 2015 17:40:09 GMT -8
You nailed it Scotty. 5 pieces in that crown. 9 strips in total make up the raised details above the windows.
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Post by icrr3067 on Apr 19, 2015 18:17:08 GMT -8
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Post by runs2waynoka on Apr 20, 2015 8:23:20 GMT -8
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Post by TBird1958 on Apr 20, 2015 11:40:39 GMT -8
Great job on the hopper!
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Post by kpack on Apr 20, 2015 18:13:00 GMT -8
Brad - always great to see your weathering. I like the effects on this one. Did you paint the base green and sand off the yellow? Really looks nice.
I haven't seen any ex-CNW on the BNSF grain trains through here, though I do see plenty of AOK. Most of them are gray 5161 cu. in. hoppers with some decent weathering on them. I have one on my list to do hopefully soon.
-Kevin
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Post by runs2waynoka on Apr 20, 2015 20:14:24 GMT -8
Thanks guys!
Kevin,
I painted the green spots on first, trying to follow the prototype patterns as close as I could. I then "feathered" the green with a toothpick to get the rough edges that most of the green spots have. I started with a yellow CNW car, the original plan was to just fade the yellow, but the original yellow was just way too far off. I decided I had to go back and apply some acrylic washes to get the desired, bleached out yellow color. This sort of messed up some of the finer detail/shapes of the green spots, as it was hard to keep those areas clean.
Brad
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