Sunday Photo Fun - 26 Feb., 2023

[nstophat]

I'll start this week off with two cars I have been working on other the past week. 

First car is an Exactrail Evans 4780 that was originally built for USLX / Louis Dreyfus. The car has changed hands and is now owned by Wells Fargo Rail Group and is patched so. I found the prototype image for this car on RailCarphotos.com by Dennis Faust.

20230226_203229 by Russ Goodwin, on Flickr

20230226_203242 by Russ Goodwin, on Flickr

Second car is the new TWF10 well car from ClassOneModelWorks, and is the late version. I spent about 4 hours weathering it yesterday. I couldn't find a picture of this road number, as it is patched, so I based it off of other cars that I have either shot myself or found on-line.

20230225_172751 by Russ Goodwin, on Flickr

20230225_172805 by Russ Goodwin, on Flickr

Russ

Alright, what am I missing to get the images to show rather than the hyperlinks???

[nsfantodd]

Both cars look great Russ! Your TWF-10 looks just right, hoping my two cars turnout that good.

As far as your links not showing as photos, I've had the same problem. So I'll be interested in the solution.

[TBird1958]

Finished both sides and some little bits on this POS.



Hosed some paint onto it........




Raking some Herald King decals on.

[onequiknova]

I had a bit of fun with this Rapido E8B. The Rock Island got a bunch of these B units from the UP in 1969, and rode them hard on freight trains through the mid 70's. I removed the factory lettering, added some grabs to the roof, replaced the too narrow fuel tank, fixed the wonky portholes, resprayed the roof and ends gray, then weathered it to prototype photos. I also changed out the pathetic Rapido speakers for ones from Scale Sound Systems.

[nstophat]

Feb 26, 2023 9:14:57 GMT -8 nsfantodd said:

Both cars look great Russ! Your TWF-10 looks just right, hoping my two cars turnout that good.

As far as your links not showing as photos, I've had the same problem. So I'll be interested in the solution.

Thanks Todd! I have two of the TWF-10's as well, with the second being the intermediate version. I plugged the holes with Perfect putty and let it sit overnight to dry. I used a 400-grit sanding stick, with was too aggressive. Next time it will be either 800- or 1200-grit, as the 400-grit cut thru to the metal base fairly quick in some spots. I did not primer the interior before spraying it with Tamiya Camel Yellow, which is ~1/2 way between CAT yellow and TTX yellow. On the second car I will primer the area first and then hit it with Camel Yellow, as some of the white putty spots are still showing thru.

[danpik]

These should put me near to 90 mark on my way to 100







Dan

[Christian]

Feb 26, 2023 7:05:06 GMT -8 nstophat said:

Alright, what am I missing to get the images to show rather than the hyperlinks???

Here's the Flickr help page.
www.flickrhelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/4404078014356-Share-or-embed-Flickr-photos-albums


Scroll down to: Copy the BBCode

[gmpullman]

The Penn Central in "better days"...


P-C_4090 E8a-curve by Edmund, on Flickr


P-C_4090 E8a by Edmund, on Flickr
Regards, Ed

[csxt8400]

Great stuff all around!

[nstophat]

Feb 26, 2023 12:11:45 GMT -8 Christian said:

Feb 26, 2023 7:05:06 GMT -8 nstophat said:

Alright, what am I missing to get the images to show rather than the hyperlinks???

Here's the Flickr help page.
www.flickrhelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/4404078014356-Share-or-embed-Flickr-photos-albums


Scroll down to: Copy the BBCode

Christian:

Thank you for the help!

Russ

[stevef45]

Feb 26, 2023 10:22:41 GMT -8 onequiknova said:

I had a bit of fun with this Rapido E8B. The Rock Island got a bunch of these B units from the UP in 1969, and rode them hard on freight trains through the mid 70's. I removed the factory lettering, added some grabs to the roof, replaced the too narrow fuel tank, resprayed the roof and ends gray, then weathered it to prototype photos. I also changed out the pathetic Rapido speakers for ones from Scale Sound Systems.

Dam that looks hot!!!

Is rapido still using those crappy iphone speakers?

[stevef45]

Weathered the wheelsets and trucks for the automax cars i painted. You totally forget how dam long these cars are once assembled.
20230226_153543 by Tripps Pics79, on Flickr
20230226_153415 by Tripps Pics79, on Flickr

[nsfantodd]

Love the E8B!

[onequiknova]

Feb 27, 2023 4:54:45 GMT -8 stevef45 said:

Dam that looks hot!!!

Is rapido still using those crappy iphone speakers?

I think that's what they are. It doesn't help the enclosure is small enough to fit inside an SW1. There is a ton of dead space inside these things. Use it!

[patch job]

I respect everybody's contributions but that Rock Island unit just blows me away! I love the faded heralds in particular. The darker tones you chose for the heavily rusted panels are perfect.