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Post by Christian on May 29, 2016 5:37:50 GMT -8
Well, this isn't a traditional Sunday Foto Fun snap. It's a picture of almost nothing but a large central area of my work place, cleared. I was rushing on Thursday. And drilled a grab hole very poorly. So, out came the 0.010 styrene rod and the bottle of MEK. Just refilled. And you can guess what happened. Yep, most of the bottle onto the vinyl drafting board cover that I use for a work space. And all the construction stuff arrayed. I moved everything fast and avoided blotting. Do you know how a spilled bottle of MEK smells? Not a good head rush. Never the less I got everything - almost - off the wet area. Later I came back and worked on the individual items and tools. Some loss of work containers which melted. No model parts lost although some metal parts were firmly stuck into their containers. Now, Sunday, the swelling has gone down and the work surface is again flat and not sticky. I found one remaining item stuck to the vinyl, but it was not where my eyes or hand naturally fall so I can absorb that loss. Perhaps next Sunday I'll have finished the Central Soya Hopper From Heck. TM Or, at least, show you the pieces after I stomp on it.   |
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on May 29, 2016 6:08:56 GMT -8
Christian, it may take you all week to clear your head from the Haz-Mat incident. My railroad recently added a Shay to it's locomotive roster. #33 is a Bachmann 3 truck Shay I recently refurbished from a whipped dog I picked up at a local Model Rail recycling shop. It had decals that had not been fixed and even a logo stuck on with Elmer's glue. I also added a Loksound decoder to it, the speaker is a tiny 'sugar cube' speaker placed in the coal bunker.  |
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Post by dti406 on May 29, 2016 7:39:31 GMT -8
Christian, well no wonder your workbench seemed so clean, mine never looks like that! Managed to complete the two 60' Auto Parts Boxcars that I was working on last week!  Athearn 60' Berwick DPD Boxcar Kit, painted with Floquil Platinum Mist and Scalecoat II Boxcar Red, then lettered with Oddballs Decals. Car was assigned to the N&W at Melvindale, MI for shipment of small parts to various final assembly plants.  Con-Cor (Ex Robbins Rails) 60' Greenville Boxcar Kit, painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and lettered with Mark Vaughn's decals. Car was assigned to the Sterling Heights Axle plant served out of the yard in Warren Mi. Thanks for looking! Rick Jesionowski |
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Post by el3672 on May 29, 2016 8:01:08 GMT -8
Really nice job on those Rick! Got me tempted now to do a couple of the Wabash cars, in fact I'm ordering those decals now.
I like the weathering, very subtle. You using an airbrush or chalks?
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Post by markfj on May 29, 2016 8:01:55 GMT -8
Here is my submission for this holiday weekend; nothing special, just an IMRC 3 bay covered hopper with modified discharge gates, train line and top bracing added. It will get replacement wheelsets as soon as I can find some.  Thanks, Mark |
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Post by TBird1958 on May 29, 2016 8:27:16 GMT -8
Here's a Wheels of Time Bulkhead car that I've weathered the deck compared to a stock one, it still has a ways to go.  GP7 5103 leads 1928 built caboose 01190 on a cab hop on a lazy afternoon. Several of these cars lasted into the '60 in local service.  |
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Post by mlehman on May 29, 2016 11:08:46 GMT -8
Christian, Bummer, but sounds like it could have been much worse. Sometimes in life, you just have to salvage and move on. Carl, Nice Shay! Rick, Good-looking "plain Janes"; is the "150" on the Wabash car the pool number/assignment? Beautiful work, Mark and Mark. Been doing lots of PM and reliability improvements, but did get a little bit of modelling in. New board-by-board platforms at Summit.  Crater Lake Junction's station stop finally found a permanent home on the east end of the yard. I'm still thinking about a passenger shelter.  CLJ's station viewed in context.  It's not real obvious in this shot of Snowden, but cars on the track nearest the aisle weren't well illuminated in my original install of LED lighting.  Adding some more elsewhere, I looked Snowden's lighting over and moved the bar holding the light strip back about 3" at on end, giving better results.  |
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Post by icrr3067 on May 29, 2016 11:13:01 GMT -8
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Post by nsc39d8 on May 29, 2016 12:35:51 GMT -8
Well, I finally managed to finish a couple of things these past weeks. First a Walther Tri-level with Plano inserts added:   Painted with Tru-Color Southern green and Mask Island Decals. Next is run thru power, ATSF/BNSF 606:  606 in significant in that she has never had a BNSF patch applied. 606 has spent several months on NS rails during my modeling period for NS. |
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Post by dti406 on May 29, 2016 13:31:55 GMT -8
Really nice job on those Rick! Got me tempted now to do a couple of the Wabash cars, in fact I'm ordering those decals now. I like the weathering, very subtle. You using an airbrush or chalks? Alex, actually the only weathering on the cars is Testors Dullcoat, Although as I am painting I will paint the verticle ribs and rivit lines a little more heavily as that is where the dirt accumulates. Rick, Good-looking "plain Janes"; is the "150" on the Wabash car the pool number/assignment? Yes 150 is the code for the Axle Plant in Sterling Heights, MI serviced by the NYC (at that time) out of Warren, MI. In fact I copied the photograph in Mark Vaughn's article in the May 1991 issue of Mainline Modeler. The MP car has on the next panel over from the 74 in the car number, is Plant Code 64 for the Melvidale. MI Parts Depoot. Rick |
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Post by tony45324 on May 29, 2016 14:58:30 GMT -8
Nice contributions everyone! I hope each of you is having a great weekend. Here are 2 from Friday mornings run..   |
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Post by tangentsm on Jun 2, 2016 10:19:57 GMT -8
Well, this isn't a traditional Sunday Foto Fun snap. It's a picture of almost nothing but a large central area of my work place, cleared. I was rushing on Thursday. And drilled a grab hole very poorly. So, out came the 0.010 styrene rod and the bottle of MEK. Just refilled. And you can guess what happened. Yep, most of the bottle onto the vinyl drafting board cover that I use for a work space. And all the construction stuff arrayed. I moved everything fast and avoided blotting. Do you know how a spilled bottle of MEK smells? Not a good head rush. Never the less I got everything - almost - off the wet area. Later I came back and worked on the individual items and tools. Some loss of work containers which melted. No model parts lost although some metal parts were firmly stuck into their containers. Now, Sunday, the swelling has gone down and the work surface is again flat and not sticky. I found one remaining item stuck to the vinyl, but it was not where my eyes or hand naturally fall so I can absorb that loss. Perhaps next Sunday I'll have finished the Central Soya Hopper From Heck. TM Or, at least, show you the pieces after I stomp on it. Don't stomp on it! David Lehlbach Tangent Scale Models |
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Post by tangentsm on Jun 2, 2016 10:21:05 GMT -8
Looking good Tim! Preparing for StLouis RPM? David Lehlbach Tangent Scale Models |
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Post by Christian on Jun 2, 2016 11:09:21 GMT -8
Don't stomp on it! David Lehlbach Tangent Scale Models Recognize something? |
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