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Post by sd40dash2 on Mar 2, 2024 18:28:28 GMT -8
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Post by onequiknova on Mar 2, 2024 22:03:15 GMT -8
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Post by Christian on Mar 3, 2024 2:46:36 GMT -8
I spent the beginning of the week finishing up the load of Chevy trucks How'd you do the windshields? Love the price stickers on the windows. |
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Mar 3, 2024 5:34:49 GMT -8
What Christian said!!!
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Post by TBird1958 on Mar 3, 2024 6:25:48 GMT -8
Really sharp looking work, John!
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Post by onequiknova on Mar 3, 2024 6:29:55 GMT -8
I spent the beginning of the week finishing up the load of Chevy trucks How'd you do the windshields? Love the price stickers on the windows. I do the windshields and back glass with Scotch tape on all of my vehicles. I made a crappy video a few years ago on the technique. |
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Post by cemr5396 on Mar 3, 2024 6:37:51 GMT -8
I spent the begining of the week finishing up the load of Chevy trucks I posted a couple weeks back. The out of the box Walthers rack still needs some work.  I learned to drive in a Chevy C10 of similar vintage, with a gear shift indicator that was broken so you had to count clicks to be sure you were in 'D'. Good memories.... |
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Post by tom on Mar 3, 2024 6:59:25 GMT -8
Completed the weathering on my Tangent General American 4700 covered hopper. Car started as a undecorated kit that I than painted Scalecoat PC green and then lettered with an assortment of decals (K4, Microscale, PCRRHS and even from a Railyard Models set). Car represents an ex-NYC car repainted into PC green.  Car weathered with pencils, PanPastels and airbrushing. |
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Post by wagnersteve on Mar 3, 2024 7:03:59 GMT -8
3/3/24, starting 10:02 a.m., EST
Tom, nice subtle weathering on the car, and a very nice setting! Congratulations on your modeling and thanks for posting your photo!
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Post by cpr4200 on Mar 3, 2024 8:49:41 GMT -8
I spent the begining of the week finishing up the load of Chevy trucks I posted a couple weeks back. The out of the box Walthers rack still needs some work.  What's your opinion on the Walthers (Accurail) auto racks? They look ok to me, but I've read that they're "too wide." ~ Walt |
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Post by TBird1958 on Mar 3, 2024 9:47:23 GMT -8
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Post by onequiknova on Mar 3, 2024 10:16:31 GMT -8
I spent the begining of the week finishing up the load of Chevy trucks I posted a couple weeks back. The out of the box Walthers rack still needs some work. What's your opinion on the Walthers (Accurail) auto racks? They look ok to me, but I've read that they're "too wide." ~ Walt I haven't researched the Paragon racks yet to know how wide they are supposed to be, but they are about a foot wider than the Athearn W&K racks. The Walthers flatcar is 9 1/2' wide, when I believe it should be closer to 9'. That not withstanding, the newly tooled flat car is pretty nice for a Mainline car. It's got nice underbody detail. It'll need some grabs, cut bars and air hoses added, and I'd like to change out the thick ladders on the corners of the rack. |
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Post by cpr4200 on Mar 3, 2024 10:40:26 GMT -8
I haven't researched the Paragon racks yet to know how wide they are supposed to be, but they are about a foot wider than the Athearn W&K racks. The Walthers flatcar is 9 1/2' wide, when I believe it should be closer to 9'. That not withstanding, the newly tooled flat car is pretty nice for a Mainline car. It's got nice underbody detail. It'll need some grabs, cut bars and air hoses added, and I'd like to change out the thick ladders on the corners of the rack. Aha. I think Accurail sells the rack components separately. Maybe they'd go well on an Athearn flat? Or maybe there's a way to narrow the Walthers flat by the appropriate amount? Or maybe it's not that noticeable. |
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Post by lvrr325 on Mar 3, 2024 11:52:13 GMT -8
I haven't researched the Paragon racks yet to know how wide they are supposed to be, but they are about a foot wider than the Athearn W&K racks. The Walthers flatcar is 9 1/2' wide, when I believe it should be closer to 9'. That not withstanding, the newly tooled flat car is pretty nice for a Mainline car. It's got nice underbody detail. It'll need some grabs, cut bars and air hoses added, and I'd like to change out the thick ladders on the corners of the rack. Aha. I think Accurail sells the rack components separately. Maybe they'd go well on an Athearn flat? Or maybe there's a way to narrow the Walthers flat by the appropriate amount? Or maybe it's not that noticeable. Accurail sold all that stuff to Walthers. I can't give the old kits away, I have three on ebay now to zero interest. |
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Post by onequiknova on Mar 3, 2024 12:12:14 GMT -8
Aha. I think Accurail sells the rack components separately. Maybe they'd go well on an Athearn flat? Or maybe there's a way to narrow the Walthers flat by the appropriate amount? Or maybe it's not that noticeable. Accurail sold all that stuff to Walthers. I can't give the old kits away, I have three on ebay now to zero interest. Accurail still sells some of the parts sprues from their autoracks, but they don't have the decks. Check your PMs. |
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Post by nsc39d8 on Mar 3, 2024 17:20:10 GMT -8
Well after a long period I have finally gotten back to do some modeling. Finally finished this repaint of a Tangent coal hopper. Original Southern hooper stripped and repainted black. Decals are from a set designed for me by PDC. Some Microscale and Shellscale added as well, the PDC set is really for Southern boxcars.   Along side a brother in original paint.  Great work this week. |
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Post by hudsonyard on Mar 3, 2024 20:28:11 GMT -8
A busy week! First off, I managed to dust off another two cars, the kadee SCL car received moloco trucks and wheelsets to replace the stock trucks   On Saturday I traveled to the Allentown, PA area to operate on a friends RDG Shamokin Division layout, it's usually the highlight of my month hobby wise making the trip out here for sessions. I finally got to run one of the LNE jobs, pictured here the Pen Argyl PM Turnaround has just passed the block station at Andreas, PA and is hauling west back to Arlington.  On Sunday it was train show at Mother Seaton High School in Clark, NJ, myself and fellow ARF member/long time friend 12bridge have been coming out for this show since we were teenagers, Paul happened to be back east for a bit and we got to go together for the first time in well over a decade, got to see a lot of hobby friends from around the tri-state too. I spent a lot of $$$ on freight cars and books/paperwork, including a couple CNJ dispatchers trainsheets from Allentown and a really cool marketing brochure from the LHRs traffic department. I look forward to this show every year and it never disappoints, if you model a northeastern road, there's something for you here.
My legs hurt, and i'm tired and hungry, either a sign of age or accomplishment. |
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Mar 3, 2024 20:35:43 GMT -8
Another fine batch of real modeling, thanks to all that shared their work. Hudsonyard, the acquisition of age IS an accomplishment. Tired legs are the wages you pay….  |
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Post by danpik on Mar 4, 2024 4:43:29 GMT -8
  Dan |
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Post by csxt8400 on Mar 4, 2024 8:01:41 GMT -8
Spectacular stuff this week. Those trucks, John, wow. That rack looks pretty wicked too!
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Post by jeoffreythecat on Mar 4, 2024 14:14:53 GMT -8
Dan |
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Post by jeoffreythecat on Mar 4, 2024 14:15:57 GMT -8
I'm stunned that none of the Silicon Valley entrepreneurs has rescued Anchor yet like Fritz Maytag did 60 years ago.
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Post by wagnersteve on Mar 4, 2024 18:28:39 GMT -8
3/4/24, starting 9:26 p.m., EST
TBird1958, what outfit makes the RSD-12 kit? I'm having trouble reading its name upside down on the upside-down box for it in the photo.
Thanks to all for posting very nice modeling!
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Post by lvrr325 on Mar 4, 2024 19:07:56 GMT -8
3/4/24, starting 9:26 p.m., EST TBird1958, what outfit makes the RSD-12 kit? I'm having trouble reading its name upside down on the upside-down box for it in the photo. Thanks to all for posting very nice modeling! I don't think the box is related, it says Eel River Models. Most of those parts look like Atlas RS11 and RSD4/5 bits. |
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Post by wagnersteve on Mar 5, 2024 5:24:31 GMT -8
3/5/14, about 8:24 a.m., EST
lvrr325, thanks!
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Post by packer on Mar 5, 2024 7:49:27 GMT -8
I had a super busy week, so I really wasn't ble to do much of anything. However I did go to a train show and grabbed a few things. Th IMWX car will be a base for a GN 42xx series at a later date, IC car needs a lil work to be closer to prototype (kinda similar work to the MKT car I did a while ago), and the U33C will get built up.  Now for the fun part of the U33C build, hunting down detail parts and matching paint. |
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Post by Colin 't Hart on Mar 6, 2024 4:19:58 GMT -8
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Post by drsvelte on Mar 6, 2024 8:32:46 GMT -8
In addition to the Kadee trucks, Plate C Models (Adam) makes both ASF and Barber trucks with the ACL-style retainer. I have about a half-a-dozen pairs and they are quite nice. Roll well too. platecmp.com/index.php/product/4110-01/ |
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Post by jacksong1218 on Mar 6, 2024 8:57:09 GMT -8
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Post by simulatortrain on Mar 6, 2024 15:02:13 GMT -8
In addition to the Kadee trucks, Plate C Models (Adam) makes both ASF and Barber trucks with the ACL-style retainer. I have about a half-a-dozen pairs and they are quite nice. Roll well too. platecmp.com/index.php/product/4110-01/ And I'll be modeling the correct one for this car later this week, since it's needed for the SCL G-5s. |
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