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Post by stevef45 on Feb 28, 2018 19:33:35 GMT -8
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Post by tankcarsrule on Mar 1, 2018 5:06:17 GMT -8
Steve, this is a very impressive build!
Bobby
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Post by Christian on Mar 1, 2018 5:12:49 GMT -8
Thanks everyone for your thumbs up and comments about the Wright Brothers rebuild. Although it turned out fine it was a whole bunch of stupid decisions along the way. It came close to getting stomped at one point. The worst decision was to use Krylon spray texture paint over all the walls, doors and window frames. It was/is too coarse for HO scale. The photo of the back end - #3 - shows it clearly. Especially on the window frames. Because the front would be largely new materials I went ahead with construction. The new front and all the little greebles do pull the eye away from the lumps. GP40 thanks, I think. ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) I will have to change the sign when I site the building. I was so excited about doing a cutout sign that I didn't do my research. Because I am a bit of a piss-ant about period signage and typefaces I've been kicking my self over that. Truly, I didn't notice until you mentioned it. I model August 1984. Oopsy doodle! [KICK ON][KICK OFF] mrsocal - in addition to being a piss-ant, I get mule-headed. I'm a retired lighting designer. I can't wrap my head around scale light. Or scale sound, for that matter. So most everything is dark. And quiet. But, yes, I see your point in that light could really enforce the mocked up interiors in the front and also in a couple of the apartments. (As well the movie theater sign in my avatar the left of this comment) Who knows the future? So little time and so many projects. Thirty years ago I should have put some "professional" effort into considering model railroad light and light effects. I made other choices and discovered that you cannot change the past.
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Post by Christian on Mar 1, 2018 5:33:37 GMT -8
One more posting about this building and then I promise I'll let it go. Maybe. This is Tom Johnson's photograph of his version. I took it off the original Atlas Forum circa 2003. A very romantic use of the building. And all the bits of detail that Johnson does so very well. I could swear I've driven past that building in back road Indiana many times. ![](https://i.imgur.com/W8UFYNg.jpg) Photograph by Tom Johnson
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Post by stevef45 on Mar 2, 2018 1:26:54 GMT -8
Started on building the cab that is used on most of Progress Rail's Eco rebuilds on CSX and CP. I used a cannon dash 2 cab kit, 4 window side panels and squared the outside windows up as best as possible. Used an old smokey valley cp nose kit and added cannon toilet hatch. It's pretty close to the noses used on CSX's SD40E3 and CP's SD33ECO. I will be building another ECO using a Scaletrain's operator SD40-2 as a base. The blanked out headlight panel has been smoothed down and the small hump on the underside of the headlight has been trimmed flush. 0224180533a_HDR by Tripps Pics79, on Flickr 0224180532_HDR by Tripps Pics79, on Flickr And I finished up the soldering of the handrails and stanchions the other night. I need to find my a-line chain and solder a small piece to the ends. 0301180327c_HDR by Tripps Pics79, on Flickr 0301180327_HDR by Tripps Pics79, on Flickr
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