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Post by packer on May 12, 2024 11:56:27 GMT -8
Guess I'll start.
Fixed up this intermountain/centrailia caboose. Had to open it up to reglue the weight and made some windows to replace some of the busted ones.
Spent some time airbrushing since the weather was nice. The NP car lost it's brakewheel again, so that's two I've robbed from other branchline kits. I'll have to replace them eventually.
Overall I'm satisfied with how the loco turned out for the first time trying it.
But there are a couple spots I'm annoyed with. but I think I can fix them a bit by hand:
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Post by simulatortrain on May 12, 2024 18:54:19 GMT -8
Backdated this Proto tank car to a 1919 built ACF prototype.  |
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Post by Mr. Trainiac on May 12, 2024 19:16:22 GMT -8
Updates seem a bit sparse today. Hopefully that's because everyone did something nice for Mother's Day instead of modeling.
I haven't done much modeling this week either. Instead, I graduated college with a degree in mechanical engineering. A few weeks ago, I accepted a job offer with one of the large railroad equipment manufacturers, so hopefully I can put all this rivet counter knowledge to good use. I start in a few weeks, so I'll go from having no modeling time due to school, to having no modeling time due to a career.
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Post by schroed2 on May 12, 2024 23:49:11 GMT -8
Updates seem a bit sparse today. Hopefully that's because everyone did something nice for Mother's Day instead of modeling. I haven't done much modeling this week either. Instead, I graduated college with a degree in mechanical engineering. A few weeks ago, I accepted a job offer with one of the large railroad equipment manufacturers, so hopefully I can put all this rivet counter knowledge to good use. I start in a few weeks, so I'll go from having no modeling time due to school, to having no modeling time due to a career. since I have done a similar step 30 years ago (although in electrical engineering), be careful with the application of your knowledge. It might not be as appreciated as you might think careerwise...but there are enough (more or less hidden) railfans in the industry that might provide compensation in a different way |
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Post by danpik on May 13, 2024 4:57:23 GMT -8
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Post by dti406 on May 13, 2024 5:28:18 GMT -8
Well, I managed to finish a couple of cars including the 40' Southern Brick Boxcar. First is the Resin Kit for a 40' Southern Brick Boxcar, the Southern Railway saw the need for a boxcar that they could load two layers of brick on rather than only one on a flatcar, it would also keep the bricks out of the weather. These cars had cushioned underframes and DF loaders so the bricks would not be damaged. They built several hundered cars for both the Southern Railway and the Central of Georgia. Cars also had strengthened underframes and better springing to haul heavy loads of brick along with 16' plug doors for easier forklift loading. Car was painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red with some Roof Brown added to get the brownish finish that the Southern cars had, then decaled with Mask Island Decals. _IMG_0615.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) I also finished an Atlas 23,500 gal standard tank car painted with Scalecoat II ATSF Red paint and lettered with Oddballs Decals. Nelson Brothers was a producer of emulsified blasting products that were used in coal mining and quarries. So the painting of these cars red would warn the railroaders of the nature of the product carried by these tank cars. Their factories were located in Kentucky and Alabama and served most states east of the Mississippi. _IMG_0616.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) Here are my new Athearn RTR SD38's with the Malinta turn which delivered XLI and RBL boxcars to the Campbell's Soup Plant in Napoleon, OH via the Tecumseh Branch which was the old main line before the Malinta cutoff was built in the 1920's while Henry Ford controlled the railroad. This is on the Strongsville Club layout. _IMG_0612.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) Rick Jesionowski |
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Post by pjm20 on May 13, 2024 7:43:16 GMT -8
First is the Resin Kit for a 40' Southern Brick Boxcar, the Southern Railway saw the need for a boxcar that they could load two layers of brick on rather than only one on a flatcar, it would also keep the bricks out of the weather. These cars had cushioned underframes and DF loaders so the bricks would not be damaged. They built several hundered cars for both the Southern Railway and the Central of Georgia. Cars also had strengthened underframes and better springing to haul heavy loads of brick along with 16' plug doors for easier forklift loading. Car was painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red with some Roof Brown added to get the brownish finish that the Southern cars had, then decaled with Mask Island Decals. Who's kit? |
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Post by nsc39d8 on May 13, 2024 8:19:16 GMT -8
The brick car kit was produced by Hubert Mask. I do not know if Highball Graphics will pick up this kit. Not sure any other resin caster will either.
Well done on this kit Rick.
Good work to all!
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Post by drsvelte on May 13, 2024 12:01:57 GMT -8
Congratulations on your hard work! And wishes for success in your nascent career.
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on May 13, 2024 15:48:37 GMT -8
Updates seem a bit sparse today. Hopefully that's because everyone did something nice for Mother's Day instead of modeling. I haven't done much modeling this week either. Instead, I graduated college with a degree in mechanical engineering. A few weeks ago, I accepted a job offer with one of the large railroad equipment manufacturers, so hopefully I can put all this rivet counter knowledge to good use. I start in a few weeks, so I'll go from having no modeling time due to school, to having no modeling time due to a career. Welcome to life. Find time for yourself. The comments by Bernd(?) are worth considering. Ears open, bite tongue, learn the culture…new guys can be considered a threat. |
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Post by Mr. Trainiac on May 13, 2024 16:01:41 GMT -8
Congratulations on Graduating…Welcome to life. Find time for yourself. The comments by Bernd(?) are worth considering. Ears open, bite tongue, learn the culture…new guys can be considered a threat. Luckily I've been an intern with them over the past few summers, so I'm not a total stranger. They must like me enough to invite me back, even with my foamer tendencies. |
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Post by jbilbrey on May 13, 2024 19:15:09 GMT -8
Updates seem a bit sparse today. Hopefully that's because everyone did something nice for Mother's Day instead of modeling. Some of my friends were talking about the seemingly sparse attendance at a local show this last Saturday. There were a lot of high school and college graduations along with it being Mothers Day that may have siphoning off attendance. I picked up a few structure kits (including one based off an old MR article that I apparently scanned in to build and then promptly forgot about it), some vehicles, a resin caboose kit, and a Walthers AB&C composite-side gondola at the above show. I didn't "need" the resin caboose kit, but it was only $18. The gondola was the old Walthers "white" box kit with wire grabs and was apparently a car project for the Piedmont Division of the NMRA; it has a sheet saying that it was one out a run of 250. |
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Post by hudsonyard on May 13, 2024 20:30:03 GMT -8
Those SOU brick cars are really neat, apparently these traveled far and wide from georgia.
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Post by trainboyy on May 14, 2024 16:19:38 GMT -8
Updates seem a bit sparse today. Hopefully that's because everyone did something nice for Mother's Day instead of modeling. I haven't done much modeling this week either. Instead, I graduated college with a degree in mechanical engineering. A few weeks ago, I accepted a job offer with one of the large railroad equipment manufacturers, so hopefully I can put all this rivet counter knowledge to good use. I start in a few weeks, so I'll go from having no modeling time due to school, to having no modeling time due to a career. Hey, I'm glad you could find a practical use for your skills! I'm trying to sneak my way into the FRA; they've been looking for tank car inspectors. Completely unrelated, I've been getting into the train sim modeling stuff; I made a NACC PD5000 car for this game called ROBLOX; well, it's more like a game platform. I work part time for what's basically a game studio that's recreating the entire Northeast Corridor in ROBLOX's engine.  This PD5000 is the first model I've made for them; many more are to come, we're working on making the E44s and E33s; means a lot of 1970s cars coming along too... |
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