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Post by michaele on Mar 12, 2023 7:47:22 GMT -8
I didn't want to be first again, but I didn't see this started for today. This is the BEMO Ge 4/4 III locomotive used by several meter gauge railroads in Switzerland. This one is for the Rhätische Bahn. It has Loksound 5 DCC and is a very good runner with excellent sound. Nice weight too for pulling the 5% grade on the Arosa Line spur of the RhB. Detail is incredibly tiny and took several hours to install with my old eyes. The grab rails have yet to be painted, but something I'm going to tackle this afternoon. From Modellbahn Shop-Lippe in Germany.   To the left is the Stadler ABe 8/12 Allegra Triebwagen, to the left of that is the ABe 4/4 III Triebwagen:     |
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Post by TBird1958 on Mar 12, 2023 8:30:08 GMT -8
^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sehr schoen! A little fun with one of the dioramas this morning...... USLX 125  D&RGW 65007  SP 697848  What's on the desk, Atlas ACF'60single door car, I thought it would be an easy project to make a new, correct door for this model, needless to say, I made a large detour at the under frame and haven't made it to the door yet......... Have a great Sunday, Mark Hills  |
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Post by michaele on Mar 12, 2023 9:32:19 GMT -8
Very nice work. I can't tell you how many of those Hydra-Cushion cars I've seen that look just like that.
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Post by hudsonyard on Mar 12, 2023 11:03:36 GMT -8
 Nothing too terribly exciting this week, dragged some equipment down to the club to get some run time in. Here we see LHR 29 with a block of trailers head out accelerating westbound towards Allentown Yard past the canal in Bethlehem. |
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Post by GP40P-2 on Mar 12, 2023 13:30:54 GMT -8
I didn't want to be first again, but I didn't see this started for today. This is the BEMO Ge 4/4 III locomotive used by several meter gauge railroads in Switzerland. This one is for the Rhätische Bahn. It has Loksound 5 DCC and is a very good runner with excellent sound. Nice weight too for pulling the 5% grade on the Arosa Line spur of the RhB. Detail is incredibly tiny and took several hours to install with my old eyes. The grab rails have yet to be painted, but something I'm going to tackle this afternoon. From Modellbahn Shop-Lippe in Germany. I had quite a bit of Bemo HOm back in the 1980s and 90s before I had to reel in the number of scales and gauges that I was involved with. Bemo was/is easliy the best detailed, best painted, best running, best engineered, and best assembled equipment that I have ever owned even to this day. Thanks for posting this as I have not kept up with Swiss narrow gauge for quite some time now. The Arosa line is beautiful (and at one time had mixed trains!), and is not as "touristy" as the Glacier Express. The Bernina-bahn is still my favorite; the Furka Pass line (before the base tunnel) was incredible as well. |
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Post by GP40P-2 on Mar 12, 2023 13:35:06 GMT -8
What's on the desk, Atlas ACF'60single door car, I thought it would be an easy project to make a new, correct door for this model, needless to say, I made a large detour at the under frame and haven't made it to the door yet......... [/quote] You really need to knock it off with all of that underframe stuff (ha!!). Everytime I turn a car over, I look at it and think "this is cr#p", then put it away and try to forget about it. Then you come along and actually deal with it  |
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Post by TBird1958 on Mar 12, 2023 14:17:34 GMT -8
What's on the desk, Atlas ACF'60single door car, I thought it would be an easy project to make a new, correct door for this model, needless to say, I made a large detour at the under frame and haven't made it to the door yet......... You really need to knock it off with all of that underframe stuff (ha!!). Everytime I turn a car over, I look at it and think "this is cr#p", then put it away and try to forget about it. Then you come along and actually deal with it [/quote] It's mostly just having the Moloco parts on hand, it's not too difficult and doesn't take too much time. |
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Post by wrgmilw on Mar 12, 2023 14:35:52 GMT -8
Great Pics Everyone !
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Mar 12, 2023 15:04:55 GMT -8
Another collection of model mastery..
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Post by danpik on Mar 12, 2023 17:19:48 GMT -8
numbers 97 & 98   |
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Post by edgecrusher on Mar 13, 2023 9:34:07 GMT -8
I've been slowly picking away at another Downtown Deco structure. I love the variety of textures on these kits, but dang they are time consuming.
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Post by sd80mac on Mar 15, 2023 10:59:40 GMT -8
Here's my Oriental Limited Grand Trunk Western U3b running at a club last month.
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Post by Funnelfan on Mar 18, 2023 18:43:56 GMT -8
^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sehr schoen! A little fun with one of the dioramas this morning...... USLX 125 Very nice models. but isn't your Dresser boxcar here missing the logo? Also curious what you use to make a Evans boxcar like this? |
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Post by TBird1958 on Mar 19, 2023 9:48:10 GMT -8
^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sehr schoen! A little fun with one of the dioramas this morning...... USLX 125 Very nice models. but isn't your Dresser boxcar here missing the logo? Also curious what you use to make a Evans boxcar like this? Nope, not all of them had a logo and from what I've found out most had different slogans on either side of the car. The prototype was built in '67 by ACF and leased to Evans, from what I can tell was it repainted into these colors at Blue Island, IL in 1974. The model started as a Front Range car that I rebuilt the underframe, draft gear, doors and roof.  Other side of my model.  |
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Post by platec on Mar 19, 2023 13:03:59 GMT -8
Nope, not all of them had a logo and from what I've found out most had different slogans on either side of the car. The prototype was built in '67 by ACF and leased to Evans, from what I can tell was it repainted into these colors at Blue Island, IL in 1974. The model started as a Front Range car that I rebuilt the underframe, draft gear, doors and roof. Mark, just curious, why did you leave those giant rivets beside the doors? The prototype car doesn't have them. |
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Post by TBird1958 on Mar 19, 2023 13:38:21 GMT -8
Nope, not all of them had a logo and from what I've found out most had different slogans on either side of the car. The prototype was built in '67 by ACF and leased to Evans, from what I can tell was it repainted into these colors at Blue Island, IL in 1974. The model started as a Front Range car that I rebuilt the underframe, draft gear, doors and roof. Mark, just curious, why did you leave those giant rivets beside the doors? The prototype car doesn't have them. Ah, you caught me, I really just failed to notice them until after I painted it, at best it's an "ok" model, happily a quality replacement is in the works from a well respected manufacturer. |
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Post by platec on Mar 19, 2023 16:55:11 GMT -8
Lol, ok. I'm looking forward to the "replacement model" too.
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Post by Funnelfan on Mar 19, 2023 20:24:02 GMT -8
Nope, not all of them had a logo and from what I've found out most had different slogans on either side of the car. The prototype was built in '67 by ACF and leased to Evans, from what I can tell was it repainted into these colors at Blue Island, IL in 1974. The model started as a Front Range car that I rebuilt the underframe, draft gear, doors and roof. You've done a excellent job fixing up that old model. These cars were painted in a wide variety of schemes for private owners much like the Evans "Blue Island Reefers" were. A nice model of those cars would be very welcomed. |
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