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Post by TBird1958 on Nov 1, 2020 10:46:14 GMT -8
A little bit of progress on my Cannon & Co. SP B70-30 kit, these are really fun kits, I'm thoroughly enjoy the construction process!  Some finished stuff too.... Have a great Sunday! Mark Hills   |
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Post by fr8kar on Nov 1, 2020 11:02:31 GMT -8
I decided I needed a model of this Union Pacific boxcar: rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2966812So I relocated the bolsters on an Atlas FMC 5077 boxcar and trimmed up the sills. I had some leftover 100-ton trucks from another project so I used them on this car. I'm still trying to figure out which decals are the best match so I haven't repainted it yet.   |
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Post by slowfreight on Nov 1, 2020 11:04:32 GMT -8
Glad to see someone else enjoying a Cannon kit.
Nothing to post just yet. My 40' malt box car is almost finished, pending the next layer or two of weathering.
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Post by csxt8400 on Nov 1, 2020 11:12:27 GMT -8
Love the TT bulkhead, stunning in the sunshine! I've been doing a few things around the house the last few weeks. Ripped down drywall downstairs to make room for the future layout, reorganized my "crap" room and actually have a designated work bench now! No longer have to have my living room inundated with brushes, powders, boxes, etc.  On the modeling front I've been messing with small decals and Rapido B36-7 truck replacement. Today I did some initial truck weathering on my FMC clone. I hacked off the full length ladders and added the three horizontal grab irons on the cages, but have yet to install cross platforms and lower the brake wheel. I've also altered some weathering on it, I'm close to being somewhat satisfied with that here but need to tie it all together yet. Sorry for the cell phone picture, wasn't motivated to DSLR it yet.  |
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Post by cr9617 on Nov 1, 2020 11:19:23 GMT -8
Nothing special, just some Atlas cars I weathered up. I left all the chunky details alone, it was more than I wanted to tackle right now. Added cut levers and air hoses on the tank car, cut levers and crossover platforms on the covered hopper. Ditched the trainman couplers for some Kadees.   |
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Post by Christian on Nov 1, 2020 11:45:39 GMT -8
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Post by Christian on Nov 1, 2020 11:56:23 GMT -8
A little bit of progress on my Cannon & Co. SP B70-30 kit, these are really fun kits, I'm thoroughly enjoy the construction process! I can hardly wait to start mine along with the build thread I threatened a few weeks ago. I've gotten a thrill seeing all the Cannon boxcar models that have appeared on Sunday Photo Fun's since that unboxing thread. As well as tips and advice. |
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Post by csxt8400 on Nov 1, 2020 12:35:55 GMT -8
 FOOBIE ALERT! A few weeks back I posted a thread about a project that went bad. I got lots of suggestions and those suggestions and URL's led me into a rat hole. That hole led to Foobie Nation and here we are on this fine Sunday. The car below is a composite of several that had extreme paint, rust, and weather problems. Tangent kit with some replacements as I broke parts during rough handling. The most obvious paint is the patch job done by a hapless carman with a nine-inch roller on a stick, a five-gallon bucket of house paint, and stick-on numbers. The roof weathering is from a photograph and the side is from a different photograph.   I like a good ole Foob that represents itself well against it. My Seaboard 4750 is the same way, the phase isn't correct but I wasn't dedicated enough to scratch one up. Yours fits the bill just fine! |
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Post by TBird1958 on Nov 1, 2020 12:47:36 GMT -8
FOOBIE ALERT! A few weeks back I posted a thread about a project that went bad. I got lots of suggestions and those suggestions and URL's led me into a rat hole. That hole led to Foobie Nation and here we are on this fine Sunday. The car below is a composite of several that had extreme paint, rust, and weather problems. Tangent kit with some replacements as I broke parts during rough handling. The most obvious paint is the patch job done by a hapless carman with a nine-inch roller on a stick, a five-gallon bucket of house paint, and stick-on numbers. The roof weathering is from a photograph and the side is from a different photograph. I like a good ole Foob that represents itself well against it. My Seaboard 4750 is the same way, the phase isn't correct but I wasn't dedicated enough to scratch one up. Yours fits the bill just fine! I always enjoy a well conceived Foobie, we really should have a thread dedicated to them. |
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Post by 12bridge on Nov 1, 2020 14:10:51 GMT -8
Grew really tired of the workshop being a disaster. I often like to work in the living room as well in front of the TV, and have no real way of A) organizing my most used tools, and B) moving them around. I spent a few days looking at laser cut organizers, there is some really cool stuff out there, but none of them really fit my needs. So, off to Hobby Lobby and a few bucks in material later, I built exactly what I wanted.  Doing a pair of D&M RS3's for a customer. These are club runners essentially. Not fully perfect or 100% correct. That Tru Color Brunswick Green is pretty neat, I dare say its dead on. I never realized just how bad/dated the Atlas RS3 shells are until now..  |
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Post by Artur on Nov 1, 2020 16:36:40 GMT -8
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Post by TBird1958 on Nov 1, 2020 16:43:37 GMT -8
Former Alstom SD40-3, just have to bend the railings.    Very nice, who's stanchions have you used? |
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Post by Artur on Nov 1, 2020 17:07:06 GMT -8
Former Alstom SD40-3, just have to bend the railings. Very nice, who's stanchions have you used? Thanks, those are Kaslo Shops GP stanchions, I'm assuming SD units used the same ones. GP38 Stanchions |
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Post by csxt8400 on Nov 1, 2020 17:28:08 GMT -8
Very nice, who's stanchions have you used? Thanks, those are Kaslo Shops GP stanchions, I'm assuming SD units used the same ones. GP38 StanchionsCool one, Artur. I grew up around these engines and was on the real 6918 a few times.  |
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Post by Artur on Nov 1, 2020 17:50:44 GMT -8
Thanks, those are Kaslo Shops GP stanchions, I'm assuming SD units used the same ones. GP38 StanchionsCool one, Artur. I grew up around these engines and was on the real 6918 a few times. That’s pretty cool, I chose 6918 because it’s the only one in the fleet with black lettering. |
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Post by csxt8400 on Nov 1, 2020 17:59:03 GMT -8
Cool one, Artur. I grew up around these engines and was on the real 6918 a few times. That’s pretty cool, I chose 6918 because it’s the only one with black lettering. I was going to mention that but figured the people who cared already knew! The 6901 was a half and half version.  Speaking of oddballs, the 6948 received a WC handbrake cover somewhere along the road as well, although you had to look close. This photo from RRPA shows the sliver of color in the top left corner of the cover. www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1636615 |
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Post by zephyrgray on Nov 1, 2020 18:20:40 GMT -8
Excellent work! What did you use for those ditch lights?
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Post by Donnell Wells on Nov 1, 2020 18:31:55 GMT -8
Love the TT bulkhead, stunning in the sunshine! I've been doing a few things around the house the last few weeks. Ripped down drywall downstairs to make room for the future layout, reorganized my "crap" room and actually have a designated work bench now! No longer have to have my living room inundated with brushes, powders, boxes, etc.
I'm diggin' that work table. Simple, yet elegant!
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Post by Artur on Nov 1, 2020 21:18:16 GMT -8
Excellent work! What did you use for those ditch lights? Thanks, the ditch lights I cast in resin they are scale accurate much smaller than what’s available for sale. |
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Post by simulatortrain on Nov 2, 2020 4:47:28 GMT -8
I decided I needed a model of this Union Pacific boxcar: rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2966812So I relocated the bolsters on an Atlas FMC 5077 boxcar and trimmed up the sills. I had some leftover 100-ton trucks from another project so I used them on this car. I'm still trying to figure out which decals are the best match so I haven't repainted it yet. Be sure to post when you figure it out, I think I need one of those too! |
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Nov 2, 2020 6:37:30 GMT -8
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Post by sp3205 on Nov 2, 2020 7:49:44 GMT -8
A little bit of progress on my Cannon & Co. SP B70-30 kit, these are really fun kits, I'm thoroughly enjoy the construction process! Those are great kits. Back in the "old days" before the Cannon kits, I went on a boxcar building blitz and built one from a Intermountain 5283. As a consequence of some other kitbashes, I had some doors from the Athearn PC&F RBLs, so I cut out the 8-ft doors, added some height, made a mold and cast them in resin. Thus... Elizabeth  |
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Post by TBird1958 on Nov 2, 2020 8:32:36 GMT -8
That looks fantastic, Liz! Wow!
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Post by fr8kar on Nov 2, 2020 13:15:37 GMT -8
I decided I needed a model of this Union Pacific boxcar: rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2966812So I relocated the bolsters on an Atlas FMC 5077 boxcar and trimmed up the sills. I had some leftover 100-ton trucks from another project so I used them on this car. I'm still trying to figure out which decals are the best match so I haven't repainted it yet. Be sure to post when you figure it out, I think I need one of those too! Unless anyone has a better idea I'll use Microscale 87-465 for the shield, reporting marks and UNION PACIFIC name and 87-847 beer cars for most of the data. That doesn't cover everything but worst of all the shield is going to be a real pain since the Is in UNION and PACIFIC don't line up with the center stripe on any set I have. |
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Post by sd40dash2 on Nov 2, 2020 14:02:48 GMT -8
Wow, really incredible, humbling modelling being shown here this week. Relocating bolsters? Yeesh, ballsy.
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Post by oldmuley on Nov 2, 2020 16:27:17 GMT -8
Thanks, those are Kaslo Shops GP stanchions, I'm assuming SD units used the same ones. GP38 StanchionsCool one, Artur. I grew up around these engines and was on the real 6918 a few times. I’m Jonesin’ to build one of those “SD45 killers”. |
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Post by zephyrgray on Nov 3, 2020 10:30:47 GMT -8
Artur... Thanks for the reply about the ditch lights. Scale CN type ditch lights are as elusive as an SDL39!
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