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Post by peoriaman on Oct 3, 2015 21:13:51 GMT -8
I had my freshly painted Tichy 120-ton crane out for its maiden assignment. GM&O 66406 was a "south end" crane and as such was probably assigned to Mobile AL, Meridian MS or Jackson TN. Unique Ingalls unit 1900 was the assigned locomotive today: A closer look: I should probably try to scan and post the prototype photo that the crane is based on. Its a very small, fuzzy photo and its taken from behind and at a very tight angle to boot! Other than the basic lettering arrangement, little else was certain. I'm sure now that its nearing completion, a bunch of better pics will surface.
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Post by mlehman on Oct 4, 2015 5:48:13 GMT -8
Looking good, peoriaman. Might as well continue the theme. My Tichy/Gould crane was built as OZ. Not the movie or even the sub-continent, OZ was the narrowgauge heavy duty crane on the Rio Grande. It mysteriously disappeared after the US gov't requisitioned it during WWII. My theory is that they sent it overseas, but the ship it was on sunk, but that's just a WAG. No one knows what happened to it. I presumed it did its service in the war, then was repatriated to continue serving the Rio Grande. My model is narrowgauged, with coupler draft gear adjusted to suit. The crane tender is bashed from a Blackstone flat IIRC. I have a 25-ton light crane for MOW that is standard gauge and has been repainted since I bout it ~40 years ago. The crane tender is Tichy. Finally, the Silverton RR's ditcher is narrowgauge. Back when I had money and little time, I sent the Rio Grande Models kit off to a custom builder in Maine. The other two crane track reasonably well at restricted speed for movement. because of the offset weight inside the cab, it tends to lean a lot when moving, but looks good on the job. The side-dump car was also built from a Rio Grande Models kit by me. For this week's big project, I bashed this Rio Grande standard gauge based on info offered in this thread: atlasrescueforum.proboards.com/thread/4061/drg-63473-boxcar-infoBTW, due to this week's meltdown at ImageShack, many of my old pics went offline. Most are back now, although there seem to be lingering issues. If you come across one you'd really like to see in old posts, just let me know and I'll try to restore it.
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Post by dti406 on Oct 4, 2015 5:52:00 GMT -8
Peoriaman, nice work on that crane, I also love the Ingalls!! I managed to get some work done this week: Kadee PS 2003 CF Covered Hopper, (a great detailed kit by the way) painted with Scalecoat II MofW Gray and lettered with Microscale Decals. Eastern Car Works Enterprise Covered Hopper kit, used by the NYC and subsidiaries. This is the 6th kit of this car I have done, 4 NYC and 2 P&E. This time I used a Plano Roofwalk in place of the kit supplied one, added air lines where needed and replaced the cast on sill steps with A-Line sill steps. Car was painted with Scalecoat II MofW Gray and lettered with Mark Vaughn Decals. While at the club open house last weekend took a few more shots of my PRR Ore Train powered by detailed Stewart C-628 & C-630 with 36 Stewart/Bowser G39 ore cars. Thanks for looking! Rick Jesionowski
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Oct 4, 2015 6:08:18 GMT -8
My Tichy wrecker was done in black and white....
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Post by peoriaman on Oct 4, 2015 6:30:38 GMT -8
Cool cranes everyone! Long live kits!
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Post by TBird1958 on Oct 4, 2015 8:38:18 GMT -8
Beautiful cranes this week guys! Nice to see *some* of the pent up demand for the Ingalls unit has be met The sunrise and early morning light was glorious so I packed up the car and drove to the local Marina to shoot with a blue sky back drop. These are all recent models, and starting points for projects. Here's a Genesis PC&F car that has been surface prepped, which means it's been gloss coated to bring the paint up to the same level of shine as the lettering and then has been sprayed with dullcoat as a starting point to weather it. Same thing here for the BLMA Bx-166 except that it's still glossy. This is mostly a reference shot for my own use, I need to do some digging for pics of this car in it's early years of use to see how it weathered. Being a born in '58 this is the GN I know and like the best, while I spent most of my youth in Seattle I did spent a lot time in other parts of Washington state growing up, seeing the bright blue cars with the big goat on them is something I fondly recall..... I *had* to have this car! Several Atlas cars that were upgraded with Plano parts and new trucks, I'm phasing out all my older Details West versions of the Evans 52' car so these are replacements representing eastbound lumber traffic received from either the WP or SP. Plano parts and an Atlas tank + Genesis 100 ton trucks. On the bench, I'm doing some initial work on 4 GP30s in an attempt to make Life-Like more like the real deal. Here the frame has been milled and I've added some plastic stock to create the sill based on drawings from Diesel Era, the angle of the dip in the sill is something I'm still looking at, it may not be steep enough.
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Post by tankcarsrule on Oct 4, 2015 10:09:38 GMT -8
This is my favorite build. I need to take more photos of it sooner than later. Regards, Bobby
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Post by dti406 on Oct 4, 2015 10:17:06 GMT -8
Bobby, I love than bromine tank car.
Sorry I did not get the memo on crane day, but all you would have got is a picture of the Gould Box of the all the parts.
Rick
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Post by mlehman on Oct 4, 2015 10:46:20 GMT -8
SNIP Sorry I did not get the memo on crane day, but all you would have got is a picture of the Gould Box of the all the parts. Rick Rick, Seemed like a viable theme, so I just riffed off of peoriaman's start. Maybe we should make it an annual event? Don't feel down about that Gould box sitting. I think mine sat for over 2 decades before I decided it was time... Despite variable capacities from roughly 80 tons to the full 200 tons, these cranes look very similar. A few had revised booms, but even then most were alike. I suspect it was the winch rating that made the biggest difference and it's hard to model that I was paging through my R. Robb Rio Grande MOW alphabet-lettered rolling stock and came across OZ, which I'd heard somewhere long ago was very similar to the Gould kit and suddenly I felt inspired. For all the emphasis on the complexity of the kit in most reviews, I found it a pleasant and easy build. The mods were simple to make and narrowgauging it was basically sliding the wheels into proper gauge. I did have to wing the lettering a bit due to limited available documentation. I'd say you have something to look forward to. You''l enjoy this build.
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Post by TBird1958 on Oct 4, 2015 10:54:39 GMT -8
This is my favorite build. I need to take more photos of it sooner than later. Regards, Bobby
Such fine model making! Thanks for sharing it Bobby.
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Post by tankcarsrule on Oct 4, 2015 11:44:48 GMT -8
Rick and Mark, thank you very much.
Regards, Bobby
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Post by dda40x on Oct 4, 2015 12:19:59 GMT -8
This is one of Athearns new run of SD40's released a few months ago with the re-tooled shell and sound. I chose to modify one of these fine locos and make a model from the group of UP's last SD40's delivered in 1971 just before the dash two's came along in 1972. I don't think Athearn has ever made a model like this. These units have many features that the dash two's would have later and many are common to EMD's built after 1968. Starting with a factory painted model I changed the unit number and added new truck sideframes as these units used clasp brakes like UP SD45's have. then move the brake wheel from the from to the back, change the radiator grills and add cannon open top fans in place of the pancake type the loco came with. Extended range dynamic brakes were added. Also added was a dynamic brake vent and electrical box behind the cab and finally a UP snowplow and windshield wipers. I stll need to detail the frame a bit and it will be done! Attachments:
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Post by cannon on Oct 4, 2015 12:40:25 GMT -8
Helping my buddy in Florida with his 2 1/2" to the foot scale (7" gage) DRGW C-21. This week we have it back apart to add the brakes. Dave
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2015 17:41:11 GMT -8
Check out the RR crane segment from the 1946 film "La Bataille du Rail" (Battle of the Rails). It's about SNCF worker's efforts in the WWII Resistance movement. LOTS of rail action, including a massive live-action wreck near the end.
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Post by Spikre on Oct 9, 2015 10:03:49 GMT -8
with out a doubt the Gould Crane is the Finest Multi Piece Styrene Kit ever released in HO Scale. everything actually FIT !! nice pics Guys !! Spikre
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Post by bar on Oct 9, 2015 18:45:15 GMT -8
Peoriaman, nice work on that crane, I also love the Ingalls!! I managed to get some work done this week: Kadee PS 2003 CF Covered Hopper, (a great detailed kit by the way) painted with Scalecoat II MofW Gray and lettered with Microscale Decals. Eastern Car Works Enterprise Covered Hopper kit, used by the NYC and subsidiaries. This is the 6th kit of this car I have done, 4 NYC and 2 P&E. This time I used a Plano Roofwalk in place of the kit supplied one, added air lines where needed and replaced the cast on sill steps with A-Line sill steps. Car was painted with Scalecoat II MofW Gray and lettered with Mark Vaughn Decals. While at the club open house last weekend took a few more shots of my PRR Ore Train powered by detailed Stewart C-628 & C-630 with 36 Stewart/Bowser G39 ore cars. Thanks for looking! Rick Jesionowski Well I'd sure like to get my hands on one of those ECW Enterprise kits, they are rare. Nice work.
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Post by ln1263 on Oct 9, 2015 23:55:43 GMT -8
WOW Really great stuff this week especially Tbird and DTI406. Love the work on the freight cars but the cranes weren't bad either. Thanks for posting,it was enjoyable to see. Andrew.
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