Weekend Update 10/2/16

[SP-Wolf]

Making progress on my river crossing. Phase one is complete. Bridges and trestle are set. First application of ground cover is done. Next- boulders, dead trees and other debris.




Thanks,
Wolf

[Cajonpassfan]

Wolf, that's going to be a fantastic scene! I like the way you used appropriate style and type bridges for a each application (which is oftentimes not the case). Very nice. The only challenge will be the highway bridge shadow...I wonder you can play with your lighting to minimize that shadow? Perhaps is a bit of subtle LED lighting from behind the bridge onto the backdrop? Wouldn't take much.
Agai, a great scene!
Otto K.

[wazzou]

They come like that from the factory! Glossy cabs and rubber-like tires. 

Actually, you're only partially correct.  The cab comes glossy and the tires dull, true. 
On this model, I took the cab, battery boxes and fuel tanks off of a RTR chassis and fit them to a "utility" chassis from Trainworx.
In this case it required drilling new holes in the frame to position the cab in a different location, allowing the room necessary ahead of the fixed position of the dump box.
I painted the battery boxes and fuel tanks Gloss Black, the dump box dark gray and made the dump box extensions look like wood.
Finally I put Dayton wheels on the rear.

Now I can use the RTR chassis for something else to utilize all of the other dozens of spare parts. 

[Kisatchie]

On this model, I took the cab, battery boxes and fuel tanks off of a RTR chassis and fit them to a "utility" chassis from Trainworx.
In this case it required drilling new holes in the frame to position the cab in a different location, allowing the room necessary ahead of the fixed position of the dump box.
I painted the battery boxes and fuel tanks Gloss Black, the dump box dark gray and made the dump box extensions look like wood.
Finally I put Dayton wheels on the rear.

Hmm... that sounds too
much like work to me...

[bman]

Finished up a custom build of my resin Whitcomb kit of the 1944 ex-US ARMY Whitcomb that worked for many years at American Aggregates and was later donated to the Hocking Valley Scenic Railroad.   This is that Aggregates paint scheme, that I'm told, was done with spray cans of Rustoleum.    Customers father ran the locomotive.

Prototype:  http://www.davedupler.com/hvsry/HV711_0201b.jpg

The odd silver boxes on the end appear to be DIY replacement sandboxes, it was obviously repowered and the radiators moved to the ends, which would have taken out the stock sandboxes.

Model build: 


This is equipped with my favorite drive of a Kato 12V 11-105 motor mated up with a Gizmoszone 5.14:1 gearhead, quiet, smooth, and slow.

I 'think' the Whitcomb is still out at the HVSR somewhere, repainted blue.   If anybody has seen it in the last couple years, let me know.

Last time I was at the Hocking Valley was a couple of summers ago helping paint one of the cabooses.  This loco was still there and is indeed painted C&O blue.  I've no info that it has left but I'll double check next time I'm trackside with the train watching crew and advise if it has.

[bman]

Finally I put Dayton wheels on the rear.

Never thought I'd ever read where someone actually did this in this day and age.  I couldn't stand working with those back in the day. 
seriously though, those look great.  There's been a lot of cool things being done with the truck parts from Trainworx.  I've yet to dive into mix yet and order some parts.  I may want to retire someday.

[nkalanaga]

Dave:  If that's a railroad-controlled track, I agree.  Around here, if it's an industry siding, it wouldn't be at all unusual.  The railroad has to get permission to switch the track, so the industry doesn't hesitate to park on the tracks.

[up1950s]

Making progress on my river crossing. Phase one is complete. Bridges and trestle are set. First application of ground cover is done. Next- boulders, dead trees and other debris.




Thanks,
Wolf

I just had an idea , seeing that this backdrop is hung , could it be back lit ? My thoughts are that the sky is mostly brighter that the ground most of the time . Could a sky scene have defused backlighting , and would that not soften the shadows away from the camera on the ground as well as the sky .

[peteski]

Actually, you're only partially correct.  The cab comes glossy and the tires dull, true. 
On this model, I took the cab, battery boxes and fuel tanks off of a RTR chassis and fit them to a "utility" chassis from Trainworx.
In this case it required drilling new holes in the frame to position the cab in a different location, allowing the room necessary ahead of the fixed position of the dump box.
I painted the battery boxes and fuel tanks Gloss Black, the dump box dark gray and made the dump box extensions look like wood.
Finally I put Dayton wheels on the rear.

Now I can use the RTR chassis for something else to utilize all of the other dozens of spare parts. 

I wasn't trying to berate your modeling - you did a really nice job on those custom trucks.  My post was just stating that the cabs and fenders are nicely painted right from the factory and that the rubber-colored tires are also ready to use right out of factory.  I bought about $200 worth of those truck parts (the cost realy adds up fast) and I still didn't get all the pieces I needed. They sold out just as fast as other Trainworx truck offerings.

Trainworx website features several really nice custom built trucks. http://train-worx.com/truckgallery.htm

[wazzou]

I wasn't trying to berate your modeling.

No worries.  I didn't take it that way. 

[bbussey]

NH heavyweight diner progress — tablecloths on the dining room tables.

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[peteski]

Nice interior Bryan!  A lot of detail painting! Funny how thick the window material is compared to the rest of the car.  I once detailed a passenger car interior and I used 0.010" clear styrene to make the windows more scale-like.

How did you make the tablecloths?

[Chris333]

Slapped some back drop paint on the HOn30 mini layout

[wazzou]

Really nice Chris.

[bbussey]

Nice interior Bryan!  A lot of detail painting! Funny how thick the window material is compared to the rest of the car.  I once detailed a passenger car interior and I used 0.010" clear styrene to make the windows more scale-like.

How did you make the tablecloths?

The "tablecloths" are part of the FXD interior component. It was a lot of tedious painting. I think next time, I will design the table tops separately.

Regarding the windows, I had wanted to utilize the standard MTL .035" thick heavyweight windows, and the interior was designed to reflect that. But the glass isn't tall enough, because my underfloor is a brass slab and the interior floor is only .010" thick, and therefore much lower than the standard MTL floor. So I will use the milling machine to cut 6.0" x 0.4" rectangle pieces out of  .035" thick acrylic sheet.