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Post by skytop35 on Dec 25, 2012 5:39:02 GMT -8
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Post by skytop35 on Dec 28, 2012 17:57:57 GMT -8
Fresh paint !  |
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Post by KIM on Dec 28, 2012 21:10:04 GMT -8
I got a chance to get up into the model room and train room to do some rearranging. My wife has made it plain that there will be double decks and no duck under, so I'm starting to prepare for that. I removed the closet doors and am getting that area ready for the helix. I've got a couple hundred model cars and trucks that will be moved over to the model room to make room for the second deck.
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Post by catt on Dec 29, 2012 11:22:30 GMT -8
One of my N scale rolling stock projects is this Bachmann ACF Center-flo.Other than being lettered for my GVR and grafittied it has a PLANO roofwalk (for the ATLAS ACF) currently has MTL trucks and couplers but plans are for BLMA 100 ton trucks and 1023 (#?) body mounted couplers.  I am also planning to lower the brake wheel and mount crossover platforms. (if anyone is interested the PLANO part # is 255) |
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Post by powersteamguy1790 on Dec 29, 2012 13:06:51 GMT -8
An old "Platinum" B&W photo of a UP 4-8-4 #837 with smoke deflectors slowly climbing the 1 1/2% grade on the mainline east of San Marino.  Stay cool and run steam.........  |
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Post by KIM on Dec 29, 2012 13:51:47 GMT -8
Bob, this one really has a wintery look to it.
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Post by powersteamguy1790 on Dec 29, 2012 20:41:32 GMT -8
Bob, this one really has a wintery look to it. Doug. Here is an early color photo of a UP 4-8-4 #837 with smoke deflectors slowly climbing the 1 1/2% grade on the mainline east of San Marino.  Stay cool and run steam....... |
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Post by KIM on Dec 29, 2012 22:25:36 GMT -8
I like it both ways.
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Post by skytop35 on Jan 6, 2013 10:47:34 GMT -8
Another parlor car but different paint scheme.  |
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Post by powersteamguy1790 on Jan 6, 2013 12:02:35 GMT -8
A forty car billboard reefer consist passes through the major RR crossing in San Marino. The reefers were weathered with the Bragdon Weathering powders.  Stay cool and run steam.... |
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Post by umtrrauthor on Jan 6, 2013 19:11:28 GMT -8
 The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad was controlled by the Louisville and Nashville from 1880 on, but it wasn't fully merged into the L&N until 1957. With the merger came a fair amount of equipment including some of the famous yellow striped "Dixieland" boxcars. Morning Sun's L&N Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment, Page 6, includes a photo of how the L&N just replaced the NC&StL reporting marks and road number with their own. Not all cars were done at the same time so in my 1963 Approximate Time Period there is NC&StL series 18000 to 18499 and the L&N series 13400 to 13884 which are the same group of cars built in 1942 by Pullman-Standard. The Atlas model is a stand in for the real thing (the ends are quite wrong), but close enough. So it got "the treatment" as you can see above. I have a second copy of this car which I'm going to leave in NC&StL markings. |
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Post by skytop35 on Jan 12, 2013 18:41:42 GMT -8
Before and after  |
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Post by KIM on Jan 13, 2013 19:41:14 GMT -8
Nice Hudson.
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Post by skytop35 on Feb 2, 2013 6:21:14 GMT -8
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Post by powersteamguy1790 on Feb 2, 2013 19:04:50 GMT -8
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Post by atsfarizona on Feb 9, 2013 6:30:36 GMT -8
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Post by powersteamguy1790 on Feb 10, 2013 18:31:06 GMT -8
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Post by skytop35 on Feb 23, 2013 16:51:41 GMT -8
Finished up a Milwaukee Road Olympian Tap-Lounge and Dining car for a customer this week. These are brass car sides on a core kit with many added details.   Note the frosted glass in the kitchen windows was only about 3/4 of the window. Here are a couple of photos comparing the custom built cars with brass cars from Railway Classics   |
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Post by powersteamguy1790 on Feb 24, 2013 10:09:21 GMT -8
Wise sweeping curves of the mainline tracks east of San Marino on the "new" JJJ&E. This photo is the cover photo of my blog listed below. powersteamguy1790snewjjje.blogspot.com/Powersteamguy1790's JJJ&E  Stay cool and run steam..... |
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Post by carl160 on Feb 24, 2013 10:14:20 GMT -8
Vaccumed, after ballasting mainline and sidings.A few spots need touch up.
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Post by catt on Mar 10, 2013 6:08:28 GMT -8
Thought I would post a pic of one of my GVR cars that I just recently finished.It is a older Con Cor 4 bay covered hopper that has had the roofwalk replaced with a GM etched brass version.I have weathered it rather severely to show its age.Since I took this pic I have replaced the trucks with MTL's but plan to eventually replace them with BLMA trucks and body mount the couplersThe MTL trucks will get metal wheelsets today.  |
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Post by skytop35 on Mar 22, 2013 15:18:12 GMT -8
My first attempt at weathering a steam locomotive. Having only done diesels before, I was sort of at a loss for where to start and how to go about it. I found a Model Railroader article from August 2002 entitled “Realistic weathering for steam locomotives”. Pretty good article as it breaks the process down into steps that are easy to follow. I'm pretty happy with the results.   |
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Post by wmcbride on Mar 22, 2013 18:41:33 GMT -8
Bill,
Your steamer came out very well. You should be proud. I looked at it and my first thought was "He's shifted to HO!"
Bill McBride
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Post by catt on Mar 26, 2013 6:02:09 GMT -8
I realize Tuesday is not the weekend but what the heck I decided to post this pic anyway. ;D  I've been fussing with this corner for a couple years never happy with what I put there till now.I have a company name for it but have not gotton around to making the sign for it. The really neat part for me is that the only expence so far is my time. |
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Post by catt on Mar 30, 2013 7:58:08 GMT -8
This car will be headed for New York next week in interchange with George Irwin's WNY.Needs a little fine tuning and a coat of flat finnish,and time to get to the post office. ;D  |
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Post by skytop35 on May 5, 2013 16:04:46 GMT -8
Almost finished with the master for a NYC express car converted from an ex troop sleeper. I think Rock Island also had a similair car.  |
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Post by skytop35 on May 26, 2013 12:47:38 GMT -8
Here's a finished model of the outside door express car.  Also finished up a new addition for my Milwaukee passenger fleet. Combine #207 was used on the former North Woods Hiawatha route for a while and will be put to use in the same service on the Modutrak layout.  |
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Post by skytop35 on Sept 21, 2013 5:41:07 GMT -8
Skytop Cedar Rapids. Castings are available at my web site. SkytopModels.com  |
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Post by skytop35 on Oct 14, 2013 5:21:22 GMT -8
Here's a Rock Island coach built from Union Station Products car sides.   |
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Post by skytop35 on Nov 30, 2013 11:37:46 GMT -8
During my college years, I worked summers in a paint factory along the Belt Railway of Chicago. I remember watching Milwaukee Road transfer freights going by the building where I worked, Usually with beat up old F-units but sometimes with a pair of GP-9's. I had a great vantage point on one of the upper floors but never brought a camera to work with me. (don't think I had a decent camera until after I graduated) In any case, this photo stirs old memories for me. 98C still looks good after years in passenger service. However, she won't be seeing any Hiawatha like speeds working these transfer runs!  |
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