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Post by mlehman on Aug 31, 2014 7:30:01 GMT -8
...someone's gotta do it... Steve Earle, "The Unrepentant" Eastbound local freight...  Hustling to a tight meet with the local passenger at Hesperus.  Hesperus saw the siding extended 10". Doesn't sound like a lot, but trains tend to fit better. One of the May Day Mine's loadout's tracks was extended by about 5 car lengths, also helping to facilitate operations there. Things are so busy a dual-gauge coupler equipped switcher is now assigned to this station. The longer track 3 at the mine extends further under the mountain above it, seen here with its cover blown, extending onto the pink foam on the right of the hidden tracks...  This also allowed me to take an interesting pic with a slightly different angle on the scene in the first pic above.  |
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Post by dti406 on Aug 31, 2014 7:38:03 GMT -8
Thanks for starting this thread Mike, every time I think of starting one we end up with two of these threads running! Here is a project that has been languishing on the work bench for a number of years, (Can't believe it is been 5 years since I started on this). I started with a Proto 2000 GP7 and replaced all the plastic grabs and lift rings with metal ones to forestall breakage problems. Also added some other detail parts like the high mounted bell, radio antenna, new horn and beacon. Painted the engine with Scalecoat II Black and lettered with Herald King and Microscale Decals. The Detroit & Toledo Shoreline railroad ran along Lake Erie from Detroit to Toledo and the only grade on the railroad was its hump yard. The railroad had 10 GP7's and 3 SW-900's as its motive power and they would move 180 car trains with only 2 GP7's as motive power. The railroad was owned by the GTW and NKP which explains its NKP style of lettering. It was later absorbed and became part of the GTW in the 1980's.    Thanks for looking! Rick J |
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Post by mlehman on Aug 31, 2014 7:50:13 GMT -8
Rick, Nice looking loco. I always seem to like diesel schemes that start with basic black. Maybe it's because I'm a Rio Grande fan? Yeah, I've been busy this morning in an art discussion ( cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/231838.aspx), running some test trains for an upcoming ops session, and trying to turn 8 windows in 7 windows in an old LaBelle Rio Grande combine kit to turn it into the Silverton RR's Red Mountain. Suddenly it occurred to me I haven't checked in for SPF yet... Happy to see it already started or to start it myself. It's all good.  |
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Post by TBird1958 on Aug 31, 2014 8:31:58 GMT -8
Nice work guys, cool Geep Rick! Mike, I really enjoy your layout - it always looks like you are having a great time with your trains! This is a car that I honestly did not pay much attention to when it came out - Kadee PS-1. At the time I probably just let it pass, my LHS has this one NIB as part of an estate sale so I picked it up. Wow, it's a fine model, the definitive PS-1 with working doors nice roofwalk and frame, at $22.00, it was a steal and as soon as I compared it to my older Athearn BB models I realized I'd be retiring four more cars. The prototype was one of 200 built in 1957 and delivered in mineral red, evidently most got repainted in the late '60s but wore the same paint and lettering.I choose to replace the factory trucks with some Kato ASF friction bearing types and while the car was apart I shot some matching mineral red onto the unpainted stirrups. The model got a coat of clear gloss first, followed by two coats of dull finish, the weathering is mostly chalk applied with some artist's charcoal tools and an angle comb brush. I also did a bit of drybrush silver on the roof as well as a little airbrush dust on the ends underframe.   |
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Post by mlehman on Aug 31, 2014 8:49:58 GMT -8
SNIP This is a car that I honestly did not pay much attention to when it came out - Kadee PS-1. At the time I probably just let it pass, my LHS has this one NIB as part of an estate sale so I picked it up. Wow, it's a fine model, the definitive PS-1 with working doors nice roofwalk and frame, at $22.00, it was a steal and as soon as I compared it to my older Athearn BB models I realized I'd be retiring four more cars Thanks! You've managed to turn a silk purse into an even finer silk purse. Beautiful work on that car |
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Post by catt on Aug 31, 2014 8:56:38 GMT -8
My Athearn blue box U-18B locomotive project.Total out of pocket expence to date is $1.49 plus MI. sales tax.  |
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Post by djh4d on Aug 31, 2014 8:59:14 GMT -8
TBird, I'm digging that boxcar. As for me, the latest addition to the fleet: CSX 4591 4591 passing Wauhatchie, TN tower with rent-a-wreck CEFX 3141 in tow.  Speaking of rent-a-wrecks, CEFX 1006 and CSX 7580 slows to a stop in Bridgeport, AL  Enjoy, -Dave |
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Post by buffalobill on Sept 1, 2014 3:49:42 GMT -8
T-Bird, like the spruce job on the Kadee 50' Rio Grande Box. The Kadee cars if they can fit into your era make great starting places for "customized cars". Kind of wish Kadee would do something a little newer, than mid 60's era boxes, for those of us who like the modern stuff. Rick like the job on the Shore Line GP-7. It was a neat little railroad nobody outside of SE Michigan and NW Ohio knew about.
Dave and Mike nice pictures.
Bill
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Post by riogrande on Sept 1, 2014 4:20:38 GMT -8
I never did pick up the D&RGW KD box car either but need to. I love the weathering job.
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Post by stevewagner on Sept 2, 2014 4:40:54 GMT -8
Great modeling, guys! Thanks for posting.
Actually, some of us outside the area Michigan and Ohio almost fought a war over have heard of the Detroit & Toledo Shore Line. The underlining of its roadname on the GP7's was paralleled by a lot of underlining on many of its freight cars, which did get around to other parts of the country. I have Atlas models of two D&TS cars, a blue 60' boxcar and a gray ACF cylindrical covered hopper with six outlets, illustrating that practice.
In case a reader thinks I'm kidding about the border dispute between Michigan and Ohio, see the Wikipedia article on the "Toledo War". It's quite good, but it doesn't mention another earlier historical turning point. When British and American diplomats in Paris were negotiating the treaty that ended the War of the American Revolution, they seriously considered extending the line that separates the U.S. and Canada between Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence River (the present northern land border of New York State) west to the Mississippi River. That would have given the States what's now southwestern Ontario, at the cost of losing not just the Upper Peninsula of Michigan but the iron ore deposits in what's now Minnesota! (Yes, I used to teach high school students history -- and I tried to teach them some geography, too!)
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Post by markfj on Sept 3, 2014 15:46:23 GMT -8
Here are a couple photos of an IMRC 60’ PS-1 boxcar I just finished. Pretty much another straight up build, but I’m relieved that I “finally” got motivated to finish it. What should have been a quick one even build got drug out because the underframe was molded incorrectly at the factory. The mold must have been slightly out of alignment so mounting holes for the brake system detail and bolsters were off by about 1/16”. I had to modify the bolsters and rework the mount for the triple valve so I wouldn’t be just hanging.  Then I had the “brilliant” idea to try to resolve the loose assembly issues common with IMRC’s wacky multi-piece truck design. I figured I could simply assemble the side frames to the bolster and then drill a hole through the bolster into the mounting pin of the side frame and use a piece of wire to “lock” everything in place. Sounds easy in theory, but it was very difficult to achieve good results as the truck parts must be made of Delrin or some other slippery engineering plastic. My idea cost me two bits and a ton of frustration!  Next time I'll just replace the darn truck.    As usual, photos of the prototype were hard to find, but I did manage to find a car in Great Northern paint. I can’t remember if BN bought these cars originally and then sold them to GN or vice versa. Also, I installed 33” metal wheelsets in the trucks, but I can’t confirm if that is the correct size wheel for this car.  Thanks, Mark |
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Post by TBird1958 on Sept 3, 2014 16:36:48 GMT -8
Looks good Mark!
It could be a BN repaint of the GN car, Pullman would likely have put the dimensional date to the right of the door, 33" wheels are probably correct the prototype looks like it has 70ton trucks. Let's weather it!
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Post by nebrzephyr on Sept 4, 2014 5:38:08 GMT -8
Next time I'll just replace the darn truck. Thanks, Mark That' what I finally decided to do on those early multi-piece IMRC trucks. Those are a pain in the back side! Bob |
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Post by dti406 on Sept 4, 2014 6:11:33 GMT -8
Next time I'll just replace the darn truck. Thanks, Mark That' what I finally decided to do on those early multi-piece IMRC trucks. Those are a pain in the back side! Bob I use them all the time, I never have a problem with them! Rick J |
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Next time I'll just replace the darn truck.
