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Post by cklx on Dec 29, 2019 2:53:01 GMT -8
Guys, Finally finished my BN B30-7A this week. Model is based on an Atlas B23-7. The cab was replaced with a Smokey Valley hi hood kit. Cornelius.
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Post by rockfan on Dec 29, 2019 5:43:07 GMT -8
Very nice B30-7A!
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Post by ChessieFan1978 on Dec 29, 2019 6:25:06 GMT -8
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Post by fr8kar on Dec 29, 2019 6:29:12 GMT -8
Cornelius that model looks great! I've been thinking about those B units a lot lately and think I might work on one. I hope it turns out as nice as yours. I ordered a coil cradle made by State Tool & Die a couple weeks ago, and after disappearing in the Christmas mail deluge it finally appeared in my mailbox. I painted it, added some pastel weathering and waited for the sun to appear. I'm still waiting. Here are a couple shots from the dining room instead: Edited to add: the sun did finally come out. Here's one in the sun. The light rust on the coils shows up a bit now. Need to chip up that cradle, though.
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Dec 29, 2019 9:33:30 GMT -8
Nice modeling work everyone, the “B” unit is nice. There has been one of those floating around between Durand and Saginaw here in Michigan on what ever the regional running up there is called these days. Haven’t been up that way in awhile to see if it’s still around.
Matt and Ryan, nice projects, too.
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Post by cklx on Dec 29, 2019 10:05:13 GMT -8
Nice modeling work everyone, the “B” unit is nice. There has been one of those floating around between Durand and Saginaw here in Michigan on what ever the regional running up there is called these days. Haven’t been up that way in awhile to see if it’s still around. Matt and Ryan, nice projects, too. Probably this one, as seen in Bay City in 2007:
HESR 4065 at Bay City, MI, August 4, 2007 by Cornelius Koelewijn, on Flickr
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Post by TBird1958 on Dec 29, 2019 11:35:04 GMT -8
A bit of continuation this week, here's an Atlas Evans '52 RBL that I've lighting weathered (it's a '73 built car so about 2-3 years old) using an oil wash of Abteilung 502 Ochre thinned with Matte Effect. After this dried I washed down the rivets, weld seams and around the door equipment with MIG Track Wash, (it's non reactive with the oils) and let it set up before coming back over it and cleaning most of it off. The second shot shows the Plano cut bar and the beautiful new Tangent trucks, the underframe was weathered with a little chalk and a light dusting with the airbrush. Happy New Year, Mark Hills Here's another BN RBL that's had the oil wash done and I'm about halfway through cleaning up the MIG Track Wash, as you can see it's just brushed down the rivets. Mostly cleaned up here, the left side is still wet, the right has dried, note the 1/2" flat brush. Similar with the SP PC&F b100-8, but it's still got quite a bit more to do as it's supposed to be a ten year old car on my layout.
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Post by slowfreight on Dec 29, 2019 12:56:14 GMT -8
Beautiful weathering, TBird. Any chance we could push you to upgrade the stirrups on those cars to be worthy of the Plano etchings?
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Post by TBird1958 on Dec 29, 2019 14:04:21 GMT -8
Beautiful weathering, TBird. Any chance we could push you to upgrade the stirrups on those cars to be worthy of the Plano etchings?
Yeah, they look pretty big on both the Atlas and ex details West car! I'm a bit torn on it because these are really meant to be layout rolling stock and simple projects, plus I may toss them into a PPW box and take them to my buddy's and leave them there for a month or two as well......... So, maybe!
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Post by jonklein611 on Dec 29, 2019 14:43:52 GMT -8
Make my yearly trek to my home club and got some running in:
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Post by fiend540 on Dec 29, 2019 15:25:07 GMT -8
A bit of continuation this week, here's an Atlas Evans '52 RBL that I've lighting weathered (it's a '73 built car so about 2-3 years old) using an oil wash of Abteilung 502 Ochre thinned with Matte Effect. After this dried I washed down the rivets, weld seams and around the door equipment with MIG Track Wash, (it's non reactive with the oils) and let it set up before coming back over it and cleaning most of it off. The second shot shows the Plano cut bar and the beautiful new Tangent trucks, the underframe was weathered with a little chalk and a light dusting with the airbrush. Happy New Year, Mark Hills Thanks for sharing how you weathered these cars, how do you like the MIG products and where did you purchase them from in the US?
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Post by TBird1958 on Dec 29, 2019 15:43:07 GMT -8
A bit of continuation this week, here's an Atlas Evans '52 RBL that I've lighting weathered (it's a '73 built car so about 2-3 years old) using an oil wash of Abteilung 502 Ochre thinned with Matte Effect. After this dried I washed down the rivets, weld seams and around the door equipment with MIG Track Wash, (it's non reactive with the oils) and let it set up before coming back over it and cleaning most of it off. The second shot shows the Plano cut bar and the beautiful new Tangent trucks, the underframe was weathered with a little chalk and a light dusting with the airbrush. Happy New Year, Mark Hills Thanks for sharing how you weathered these cars, how do you like the MIG products and where did you purchase them from in the US? Thank you, I'm in Seattle, my local military shop has an incredible selection of finishing products www.skywaymodel.com/
I'm just starting to work the MIG and Abteilung 502 products, they're fun and I can see some interesting possibilities for upcoming projects.
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Post by dti406 on Dec 29, 2019 17:06:32 GMT -8
Managed to get some modeling done this week! First is another IMRC Canadian Grain Hopper Kit, replaced the plastic roofwalk with a Plano one for the car, makes a great difference in how the car looks. Painted the car using Scalecoat II Wabash Blue paint and lettered with Herald King Decals. Like the Canadian Government the prairie provinces also contributed cars as replacements for the worn out 40' boxcars originally used in transporting grain which the railroads would not replace as the grain hauling rates were too low to cover the cost of new cars and the farmers would not allow higher rates. Next is an Atlas ACF 60' Double Door Boxcar kit, painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and Silver paints then lettered with Microscale Decals. The WM had some ACF cars with 10' doors for paper service, but these cars were in the Auto Parts service for GM with a return to Pontiac MI where there were several plants that needed these types of cars for the heavy parts like engines, transmissions and differentials. An old picture of mine showing the Bowser GMDD SD40-2's with a grain train in the Rockies, notice another Alberta car in the train. Thanks for looking! Rick Jesionowski
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Post by ncrc5315 on Dec 29, 2019 17:48:41 GMT -8
Jonklein611, what type of train is that in your last picture?
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Post by jonklein611 on Dec 29, 2019 18:17:51 GMT -8
Jonklein611, what type of train is that in your last picture? It's an E5 Shinkansen from Japan's high speed rail network. Kato made it in HO (they make pretty much every Shinkansen in N Scale).
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Post by ncrc5315 on Dec 29, 2019 23:13:55 GMT -8
Jonklein611, what type of train is that in your last picture? It's an E5 Shinkansen from Japan's high speed rail network. Kato made it in HO (they make pretty much every Shinkansen in N Scale).
Thanks for the reply, I'll bet that is a fun ride.
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Post by Funnelfan on Jan 1, 2020 5:44:51 GMT -8
BN's Lewiston, ID to Spokane, WA "Highball" train cuts through the Palouse Hills of Eastern Washington. Scene on the River City Modelers layout in Spokane, WA.
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Post by TBird1958 on Jan 1, 2020 14:14:42 GMT -8
BN's Lewiston, ID to Spokane, WA "Highball" train cuts through the Palouse Hills of Eastern Washington. Scene on the River City Modelers layout in Spokane, WA. That brings back some childhood memories, I was born north of Spokane, in Colville and also lived in Pullman, WA as my father was the caretaker in the Washington National Guard Armory there. In the mid '60s it was an almost daily occurrence to see trains on both the N.P and U.P., mostly 40' boxcars loaded with grain. The Palouse is a beautiful part of Washington state.
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Post by tom on Jan 3, 2020 4:13:18 GMT -8
Here is a different view of my railroad:
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Post by nebrzephyr on Jan 3, 2020 7:11:07 GMT -8
Tom, nice photo of the road crossing, love the wood crossing. Might I ask what you used for the yellow striping.
Bob
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Post by riogrande on Jan 3, 2020 7:48:22 GMT -8
Is there any appropriate yellow color chart time for road striping? Size?
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Jan 3, 2020 8:21:44 GMT -8
Most states have specific specifications on striping, spacing, width, color, and most likely those changed over time and would be area and era specific. At one time here in Michigan the white dashed lines down the center were actually painted white and black....which I am sure made somebody a nice bonus when they suggested they just use the white dashes.... Safety yellow would be a good start. In a modeling scene I would compromise and use what "Looked right" as apposed to specific dimensions, and to some many, that would be severely chastised. Google came up with this: mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/services/publications/fhwaop02090/index.htm and mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/services/publications/fhwaop02090/uspavementmarkings.pdfI'm sure the color specs can be found if you dig a little....Hwy markings yellow always seemed to be just a tiny bit to the about an hour before sundown orange side of the yellow spectrum....Union Pacific yellow with about 2 drops of red per gallon... And then there is: mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/index.htmen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_surface_marking Pigment Yellow 10 is a common yellow colorant used for road marking on U.S. highways.[13]
Paint is usually applied right after the road has been paved. The road is marked commonly by a truck called a "striper." These trucks contain hundreds of gallons of paint stored in huge drums which sit on the bed. The markings are controlled manually or automatically by the controller who sits on the bed.
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Post by tom on Jan 3, 2020 9:52:20 GMT -8
Tom, nice photo of the road crossing, love the wood crossing. Might I ask what you used for the yellow striping. Bob Thanks! I used Microscale white and yellow striping decals. I used the 4" yellow stripes that come in set 91136 and the white comes in 91131. Mike Rose mentioned using this in an article in the Model Railroad Hobbyist E-zine a while ago. Never thought to use decals until I read the article and turns out very nice and much neater and easier to control than other methods that I have tried.
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Post by nebrzephyr on Jan 4, 2020 7:30:16 GMT -8
Tom, nice photo of the road crossing, love the wood crossing. Might I ask what you used for the yellow striping. Bob Thanks! I used Microscale white and yellow striping decals. I used the 4" yellow stripes that come in set 91136 and the white comes in 91131. Mike Rose mentioned using this in an article in the Model Railroad Hobbyist E-zine a while ago. Never thought to use decals until I read the article and turns out very nice and much neater and easier to control than other methods that I have tried. Thanks Tom for the info. Best looking road "stripes" I've seen. Years ago I tried airbrushing with a template made from styrene. Looked good at 12'. but pretty ragged up close.
Bob
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Post by Funnelfan on Jan 7, 2020 16:36:24 GMT -8
"Here is a different view of my railroad:" What are you using for ballast...it looks great!
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Post by tom on Jan 10, 2020 4:24:31 GMT -8
Woodland Scenics fine size ballast. I blend their cinders and gray mix together plus I add my own finely sifted natural soil that I get from my backyard.
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