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Post by Christian on Apr 10, 2022 14:58:54 GMT -8
Come on guys! Surely not all of you are in the model building slump that seems to have captured me. Here's what I need to finish as of New Years. That's New Years 2021.  |
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Post by sd40dash2 on Apr 10, 2022 15:26:27 GMT -8
^ More photos of the Mitsui OSK Lines container, please.
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Post by danpik on Apr 10, 2022 15:32:31 GMT -8
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Post by ChessieFan1978 on Apr 10, 2022 17:01:43 GMT -8
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Post by simulatortrain on Apr 10, 2022 17:24:02 GMT -8
Not me! I started this model of B&O 5607 a few days ago and have been making great progress since.  I also test printed some new trucks yesterday- all still have some tweaks to be made:    The truck on the left is a 100 ton Scullin high tensile Barber S-2 with a nearly flat top, and the right is a Tangent. Showing the subtle differences between the two. I mainly made this one to try out printing a truck to accept the Tangent wheelsets with rotating bearings (thanks Ryan!) |
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Post by jbilbrey on Apr 10, 2022 17:47:06 GMT -8
I finally more or less finished a small barn for my future layout that started out as a Dyna-Models kit that was likely as old as me. The wood was stained using Min-Wax Driftwood stain prior to construction. A red colored pencil was used to simulate the faded red paint on some of the boards for the small addition. The cardstock and shingled roof for the main barn and the open shed (not seen) was ditched for a roof made from Campbell corrugated siding. Shingled roofs are rarely if ever seen on barns around where I live in Middle TN.  HO Dyna-Models Barn by James Bilbrey, on Flickr Besides this barn, I have been working on lettering a BLI Mikado (waiting on a set of decals to finish the tender before weathering it) and a Tichy 10K tank car. |
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Post by Christian on Apr 11, 2022 1:15:26 GMT -8
^ More photos of the Mitsui OSK Lines container, please. Nope! It's really ugly since it was a test bed for weathering with water color pencils. I did it an hour after opening the pencil package. The weathering doesn't follow any prototype and is a prime example of how not to weather something.  |
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Post by schroed2 on Apr 11, 2022 6:01:29 GMT -8
I also test printed some new trucks yesterday- all still have some tweaks to be made: that is the Chrysler truck used under some General American RBLs, right ? I need a LOT of those... |
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Post by peoriaman on Apr 11, 2022 6:31:35 GMT -8
Besides this barn, I have been working on lettering a BLI Mikado (waiting on a set of decals to finish the tender before weathering it) and a Tichy 10K tank car. One can never have too many Tichy tank cars...  |
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Post by TBird1958 on Apr 11, 2022 7:02:54 GMT -8
Here's a few recent things.... An Atlas Evans car upgraded with Moloco draft gear, new steps and cut bars.  The NADX car  A Rapido B-100-70  |
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Post by jbilbrey on Apr 12, 2022 4:02:26 GMT -8
Besides this barn, I have been working on lettering a BLI Mikado (waiting on a set of decals to finish the tender before weathering it) and a Tichy 10K tank car. One can never have too many Tichy tank cars... Nice job on your Tichy Tank Car. I haven't found it to be much harder to build than a similar P2K or Red Caboose kit and probably could have had the build part done if I had been a little more diligent or had a little more free time. The hardest parts were getting the dome to fit right and wrapping the bands around the tank. I certainly want more (both the Tichy kit and tank cars in general) for what I am planning. |
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Post by captainwetrock on Apr 12, 2022 5:09:49 GMT -8
I also test printed some new trucks yesterday- all still have some tweaks to be made: that is the Chrysler truck used under some General American RBLs, right ? I need a LOT of those... Correct on the GA RBLs ! The very cool Green GACX 50` sliding door leasing cars in PRR/PC as well ! |
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Post by csxt8400 on Apr 12, 2022 11:48:10 GMT -8
Good stuff, everyone. I've been chipping away at multiple things as usual, today I put the walkway supports on my Rapido NSC 3800 build.  |
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Post by cemr5396 on Apr 12, 2022 15:34:15 GMT -8
Good stuff, everyone. I've been chipping away at multiple things as usual, today I put the walkway supports on my Rapido NSC 3800 build. Looks good CSX! Lately one idea I have been rolling around in my head is trying to figure out how close dimensionally the 3800 is to one of these:  They were made of aluminum to save weight on branchlines and 300 cuft larger, but at a glance they look pretty similar. It wouldn't be perfect, but I could tweak a couple things and certainly get it far closer than the garbage Model Power cars or the foobie IM and Walthers 4550s painted silver we have been getting shoved down our throats for the last couple decades...I have been campaigning Rapido to do them, but so far it's been crickets. If they can sell those wierd ore cars that only ran in Southern Ontairio (and apparently they did, very well) and the chlorate hoppers which are only in two paint schemes (I believe they will sell a ton of those too) then they could make these. They were a staple on the Prairies from the 80s until the early 2000s. |
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Post by csxt8400 on Apr 12, 2022 18:57:28 GMT -8
Very cool cars. I have long enjoyed the cylindricals of all styles, and that one you've posted is certainly of its' own flavor. Looks like the biggest challenge would be the top of the side sheets, with the overhang "L channel" and the unique supports. One of my bucket list cylindricals are these plain-janes that the WC inherited, I would have to do the opposite of your stretch job and cut down an IMRC/PWRS/Walthers.  |
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Post by Gino Damen on Apr 13, 2022 12:02:01 GMT -8
Last weekend upgraded the landscape on another of the segments from my 90 degree curved Fremo module "Summerville".
The segment in the sun after the last stray fibers are blown away. Most of the Woodland Scenics fine turf is now covered with various lengths of static grass.
Adding also some detail especially people. In this case beehives with two beekeepers at work:
Having a drink while waiting for a customer:
The other three segments already got their grass treatment but the people and also some rubbish has stil to be added. But till the convention is still a bit over a month so that should be doable.
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Post by ChessieFan1978 on Apr 13, 2022 13:26:14 GMT -8
Last weekend upgraded the landscape on another of the segments from my 90 degree curved Fremo module "Summerville".
The segment in the sun after the last stray fibers are blown away. Most of the Woodland Scenics fine turf is now covered with various lengths of static grass.
Adding also some detail especially people. In this case beehives with two beekeepers at work:
Having a drink while waiting for a customer:
The other three segments already got their grass treatment but the people and also some rubbish has stil to be added. But till the convention is still a bit over a month so that should be doable.
Is that the same guy that told the Bandit "If we had anymore Diesel we'd have to join that OPEC". ? LOL |
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Post by flexivan68 on Apr 14, 2022 17:13:49 GMT -8
I finished these three this week    Those look nice |
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Post by cp6027 on Apr 15, 2022 11:52:58 GMT -8
Good stuff, everyone. I've been chipping away at multiple things as usual, today I put the walkway supports on my Rapido NSC 3800 build. Looks good CSX! Lately one idea I have been rolling around in my head is trying to figure out how close dimensionally the 3800 is to one of these: They were made of aluminum to save weight on branchlines and 300 cuft larger, but at a glance they look pretty similar. It wouldn't be perfect, but I could tweak a couple things and certainly get it far closer than the garbage Model Power cars or the foobie IM and Walthers 4550s painted silver we have been getting shoved down our throats for the last couple decades...I have been campaigning Rapido to do them, but so far it's been crickets. If they can sell those wierd ore cars that only ran in Southern Ontairio (and apparently they did, very well) and the chlorate hoppers which are only in two paint schemes (I believe they will sell a ton of those too) then they could make these. They were a staple on the Prairies from the 80s until the early 2000s. I agree as I could use a bunch of the 70-ton aluminum CNWX 4100 cuft cars. They'd be perfect behind the A1A GMD-1s and GMD-1As previously offered by Rapido. It is probably only a matter of time before we see these from Rapido or PWRS/NARC, or some other random Canadian importer (like Prairie Shadows with their Trenton Works 5250). A total of 2,424 of the aluminum 4100s were built by NSC from 1975-77 and they lasted until 2009 or so before being scrapped. Although intended for the light-weight prairie branches and the line to Churchill, these cars roamed further afield, particularly after the final weight-restricted branches were abandoned around 1996-97 and the line to Chruchill was opened to higher GRL railcars. There are two versions of the 4100. Most had a shorter trough with three hatches that doesn't run the length of the roof (similar to the 3800), while some had a longer four-hatch trough that runs the full length of the car. In addition to the base scheme, a version could be offered with the large green logo for the "Census of Agriculture" applied to the bare aluminum portion of the middle of the car. In terms of dimensions, the 4100 interior length of 46 feet is four feet longer than the 3800 and two feet shorter than the 4550. The 4100 cross section appears to be closer to the 3800 compared to the 4550, and it also features the vertical ends found on the 3800 while the 4550 lean/taper slightly outwards at the top of the car. The cylindrical body on the 4100s is composed of nine evenly-spaced body panels, which doesn't work well with the weld seams on either the MIL or NSC version of the Rapido 3800. The MIL version with six even panels might work best as a starting point; it would take some creative slicing and dicing to wipe out the middle weld seam while splicing in an extra 16 inches at three locations to spread the four hopper bays out appropriately. Then the walkway supports would all need to be respaced. The brake setup along the side sill is also different than that on the MIL 3800s. The brake linkage on the NSC 3800s are closer but have a more difficult weld seam pattern to work with (if that is something that matters to you) unless the whole cylindrical body was sanded smooth to begin with. It would be quite the project! |
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Post by cemr5396 on Apr 15, 2022 19:51:58 GMT -8
In terms of dimensions, the 4100 interior length of 46 feet is four feet longer than the 3800 and two feet shorter than the 4550. The 4100 cross section appears to be closer to the 3800 compared to the 4550, and it also features the vertical ends found on the 3800 while the 4550 lean/taper slightly outwards at the top of the car. The cylindrical body on the 4100s is composed of nine evenly-spaced body panels, which doesn't work well with the weld seams on either the MIL or NSC version of the Rapido 3800. The MIL version with six even panels might work best as a starting point; it would take some creative slicing and dicing to wipe out the middle weld seam while splicing in an extra 16 inches at three locations to spread the four hopper bays out appropriately. Then the walkway supports would all need to be respaced. The brake setup along the side sill is also different than that on the MIL 3800s. The brake linkage on the NSC 3800s are closer but have a more difficult weld seam pattern to work with (if that is something that matters to you) unless the whole cylindrical body was sanded smooth to begin with. It would be quite the project! that's what I was afraid of, and why I wanted to do some digging before I gave it much more consideration. all that hacking and slashing is way more of a project than I have either the skills or the time for. I still might take an as-is 3800 and paint and decal it, maybe with a couple minor tweaks to make it look a little more convincing. It would be a foob, but a less obnoxious foob than a silver 4550, at least IMO. I wouldn't do it as long as I have other, prototypical projects on the workbench, but if I needed something to do I might. I do seem to have an ability to continuously create projects for myself though, so I doubt I will run out of things to do any time soon. |
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