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Post by tankcarsrule on Feb 11, 2018 5:32:47 GMT -8
 I built this car using copies of the original DuPont plans.  |
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Post by dti406 on Feb 11, 2018 6:33:19 GMT -8
Managed to get a couple of cars done this week!  Walther's 40' Reefer kit, replaced all the cast grabs with Tichy wire grabs and the cast sill steps with A-Line replacements. Car was painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red, Reefer Yellow and Aluminum Paints, then lettered with Oddballs Decals. Prototype was built in 1947 and hauled meat products from the midwest to the east coast.  Accurail 40' RBL kit, replaced the cast grabs and sill steps with wire grabs and A-Line sill steps, added a Fishbelly Underframe to the car, then painted with Scalecoat II Reefer Orange and Pullman Green Paints, and lettered with decals from Tom's Model Train shop. Car was rebuilt in the 50's in this configuration by North American and leased to the CNJ for shipping Ballantine's Beer from New Jersey to locations all across the US, I have modeled this in a later period as noted by the ACI label next to the door. This is the fourth car like this I have done as the decal sheet had enough decals for 4 cars. Thanks for looking! Rick Jesionowski |
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Post by onequiknova on Feb 11, 2018 13:58:25 GMT -8
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Post by ChessieFan1978 on Feb 11, 2018 14:05:24 GMT -8
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Post by jbilbrey on Feb 11, 2018 15:08:53 GMT -8
Those CNJ bunkerless reefers really stand out in consists with their fishbelly underframes. After a recent spate of models of western prototypes, I am moving back east with this "collaborative" effort between a friend and me. Based off a photo in the EL Color Guide, a friend started off modeling an EL Coke Gondola using the P2K Greenville gondola. Unfortunately, the friend lost interest in the project for a variety of reasons and sent it off to me to finish.  EL 16948 by James Bilbrey, on Flickr I replaced the road numbers with those from a Highball Graphics Decal set after the friend scraped off the original numbers. He had already replaced the trucks with Kato ASF trucks, and I think both of us added a DA cut lever to either end. Since I took the photo earlier today, I added the ACI plates so that it better matches the photograph in the book and started experimenting with ways to model the coke loads in the individual containers. It isn't the first time we have collaborated on an effort. He gave me couple of Stewart Alco Centuries around the time he sent the gon my way. I got a CR/ex-RDG C630 shell via a Toy Train Heaven "fire sale" for one of the chassis. By the time, I added the cost of the paint, details, decals and time needed, I could not have detailed and painted the undec. shell for the price of the Bowser shell that came ready to be installed on the frame. He was happy as he grew up in OH, and the model of a "Monster of Mingo Junction" was straight out of his childhood. |
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Post by fr8kar on Feb 11, 2018 17:10:59 GMT -8
Wow, those wagons are amazing!
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Post by riogrande on Feb 11, 2018 17:30:13 GMT -8
Ryan, for sure, very cool station wagons, the family car of the 60's and 70's. My parents had a 1964 Ford Country Squire for the first wagon and later a 1971 Mercury Marquis.
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Post by oldmuley on Feb 11, 2018 17:46:39 GMT -8
I finished up a couple of my Chevelle station wagon castings this week. A base model 1968 Nomad, and a 1970 Concours Estate. Watching your progress with these has been impressive! I've got a number of cars from various manufacturers that are convertibles with the tops down. Have you ever modeled any of these with their tops up (or even modified to a non-convertible version)? |
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Post by onequiknova on Feb 11, 2018 18:45:19 GMT -8
Thanks guys! I finished up a couple of my Chevelle station wagon castings this week. A base model 1968 Nomad, and a 1970 Concours Estate. Watching your progress with these has been impressive! I've got a number of cars from various manufacturers that are convertibles with the tops down. Have you ever modeled any of these with their tops up (or even modified to a non-convertible version)? Not yet. Granted most of the models I've built have been shrunk down from 1/64 scale, and I tend to stay away from convertibles because they are more difficult to shrink. This is only the second 1/87 scale model I've done a conversion to. |
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Post by drolsen on Feb 11, 2018 20:18:33 GMT -8
Incredible modeling, as usual! This one really brings back some memories for me, though. I’m not sure if my family had the same model when I was a kid (I shot my dad a note to ask), but I spent a lot of hours in a station wagon just like that on family trips across the country, back when us kids could still stretch out in the rear cargo area. Thanks for sharing, John! Dave |
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Post by stevef45 on Feb 11, 2018 20:55:01 GMT -8
Test fit a kato motor I had to see how it would fit between the weight towers of this former sd40-2 frame. Perfect fit, just need to figure out how to mount it. Need to grind away some jb weld that's in the way of the bottom electrical contact on the motor. I will probably add some lead weight in the motor cavity and then some more jb weld to give it more weight.  0208181323 by Tripps Pics79, on Flickr |
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Post by nsc39d8 on Feb 12, 2018 6:37:55 GMT -8
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Post by Chet on Feb 12, 2018 8:48:28 GMT -8
Here's a Milwaukee Road switcher spotting a couple of boz cars at a grain elevator.   |
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Post by stevef45 on Feb 13, 2018 17:56:09 GMT -8
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