Weeekend Update 5-25-2008

[John]

So, what have you accomplished this week. For me, I completed all the cork on the layout addition. Just waiting on the flex track to get here now.

[UP_Phill]

I've completed four of my 12 SP 40' Yellow Stripe Rebuilt Box Cars. They won't be quite prototypical as the replacement sides weren't exactly the best. Once decaled and weathered, they should look the part.

[Puddington]

In addition to my passenger flat car project I also finished ( well, I have some grabs to apply and a light coat of weathering) my Canadian Pacific Heavy weight baggage car. This is the one I've agonized over the panel doors and finally decided that "good enough will have to be"... besides, if I get a brainwave at a later date I can pop em out.... ;D

The Scalecoat CPR was too purple for my tastes; although as was pointed out it may be accurate for a new car; mine was to be alomist 50 year old so I darkened the car with washes of PRR tuscan and rail brown.



(Sorry for the poor picture)

While clearly not "fine scale" I guess it captures the look and feel of the prototype... oh well. moving on !

[3rdrail]

I like the "Weeekend", since it is a three day one!  ;D ;D ;D

Finished the NKP car from Des Plaines and weathering on eight other cars. See the Weathering, Detailing and Scratchbuilding forum for details.

Here's the NKP car:



Need to get back to bridgebuilding so I can complete my main line and run trains...

[wcfn100]

Still a long way to go....



Jason

[wm3798]

A little weathering for me...


A LifeLike/Industrial Rail $2.99 job.  The car was printed directly on unpainted brown plastic, so I hit it with Dullcote before attacking it with washes.  Natural light in the back yard.


I did this one a while ago, but wanted to see what it looked like in natural sun light.  Compare to a similar shot done under layout lighting conditions...


Lee

[bdeuster]

Havnt been getting much done in a timely manner, but have been doing a few minutes a week for seven or eight months to get a small portion of my diorama closer to completion. Man this sounds so pathetic...! Oh well....

Here are two photos of one of the areas that has been worked on -





Excellent work tonight! And 3rdRail and Lee, greatlooking weathering!

B

[chuck geiger]

Excellent diorama...what did u use for ground cover?

[SirTainly]

Jason, amazing snow plow! Is it a kit or a scratchbuild ?

This weekend I worked a bit more on my GP40P-2 and tinkered with a new rolling chassis for an SP F7B Snail, still work to do on this one.

[Sokramiketes]

I've been farting around with some modern stuff.





Both renumbered Kato models, some BLMA, and some weathering.

[bdeuster]

Hi Chuck,

And thanks! The ground cover is a hodgepodge of some dirt (under the grasses and ground foam), some organic stuff I ground up, some ballast (highball, I think) grasses applied with the Noch Grass thingie, some grass tufts from MiniNatur (Scenic Express), light, select dustings of ground foam and some tiny twigs and stuff.... The parking lot is an acrylic material that dries a bit like fine pumice that is then stained and "blotch painted".

Today, as the shadows grow longer, there is new activity at the Sunrise siding....








Skibbe, awesome work!!

B

[Erik W]

Well, modeling the D&RGW a few months from the end of steam operations in 1956, I needed a couple of steam locos.  The Rio Grande used 3600 class 2-8-8-2s #3609 and #3612 as helpers from Denver to the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel in October '56, the period I am modeling.  So, I bought a couple of Bachmann tenders and decaled and weathered them for the above locos.  They are permanent roundhouse scenery and imply operating steam locomotives.  Dog houses were made from a simple block of styrene.  The windows in the dog house doors were drawn on with a black sharpie.  The rear numbers were the only decals applied, no herald was put on the sides as these aren't visible.  Only the tender deck and rear part of the tenders were weathered.



Erik

[Matthew Roberts]

Bdeuster, amazing stuff on that branch line! And the lighting is pretty nice and direct, too.

Erik, that's quite an idea, and as always your layout is amazing.

[wcfn100]

Jason, amazing snow plow! Is it a kit or a scratchbuild ?

It's just a Walther's plow with some scratchbuilt details added so far.  I don't want to say too much at this point 'cause I am hoping to make this my first article for publication.  I think/hope there will enough of a dramatic change when it's done to be interesting.

At this point, I'm concerned that I won't be able to explain the techniques very well because they're pretty much trial and error (and luck with patience).

We'll see.

Jason

[TrainCat2]

Well, I got one half of the bridge structure completed. I also have all of the remaining floorbeams and posts so the second half should go quickly. Now to add all of the horizontal and diagonal eyebars.


Here is a closeup of the center box braces