Weekend Update 7/1/12

[rochsub]

Still need to add roof detail and window trim.

[jsoflo]

Snap, Puddy!

My weekend's effort is a 53' flat spliced from two Trainman cars of the same number, with a new deck from RS Laserkits, archbar trucks swapped out for roller bearing ones, and a wee bit of weathering.

Here's a comparison of the stretched & weathered car to a stock model (which will get the same treatment once I finish off the first one - still need to replace the stirrups and fashion new brake gear)



Pleased as punch that I have something to show this week, all the more so because someone else had a similar notion 

EDIT: also meant to say: nice article in Canadian Railway Modeller, Mike!

That looks fantastic! What era would the 53' CP GSC flats have seen service through? Perfect post for Canada Day!

[jereising]

So there's another mini project finished...

This is what you see when approaching the railroad area:



And from the rail side:



An angle view:



It's a complete foob, of course, but I think it adds a finishing touch.

[keeper]

This looks really good, like a real bridge.

Thomas

[cv_acr]

That looks fantastic! What era would the 53' CP GSC flats have seen service through? Perfect post for Canada Day!

Well they weren't built by GSC but CP's 53' flats were built during the 1950s and in service all the way up to the end of the millennium. Some of them may still be kicking around in MOW service.

The red CP Rail paint scheme of course was first used in October of 1969.

[peteski]

So there's another mini project finished...

This is what you see when approaching the railroad area:


...
It's a complete foob, of course, but I think it adds a finishing touch.

Yes, this bridge is a nice finishing touch and looks great!

One thing I'm not a fan though it the fancy script-style lettering in the center panels.  To me those don't look "industrial" enough to me (to be placed on a bridge). I would have used some simpler (non-script) type of a font.  Even better if the letters themselves were white (not the entire panels). I would have also not used white panels for both logos (just have the logos themselves placed on the dark-painted bridge panels).  I suspect that this would mean that some colors on the BNSF logo would have to be made different to keep them visible, but to me that would look more better.   As-is, the white panels to me break up the bridge in a distracting way.

[flight2000]

 

Brian

[Philip H]

Nicely played Brian!

[Leggy]

Looks great Brian 

[flight2000]

Looks great Brian 

Thanks guys.  Leggy, yours are giant BNSF pumpkins right now...soon, very soon... 

Brian

[packers#1]

Brian, I love that Santa Fe unit!
In addition to the C420, I started this photo diorama to take pics outside and also practice some scenery for the next layout.
I started with this foam:

Then shaped it to this:

And then added sculptamold:

The exposed foam on the left will have a styrene retaining wall.

[jereising]

Yes, this bridge is a nice finishing touch and looks great!

One thing I'm not a fan though it the fancy script-style lettering in the center panels.  To me those don't look "industrial" enough to me (to be placed on a bridge). I would have used some simpler (non-script) type of a font.  Even better if the letters themselves were white (not the entire panels). I would have also not used white panels for both logos (just have the logos themselves placed on the dark-painted bridge panels).  I suspect that this would mean that some colors on the BNSF logo would have to be made different to keep them visible, but to me that would look more better.   As-is, the white panels to me break up the bridge in a distracting way.

Yabbut...Never really thought about anything BUT script for some reason...and I like green...

I wanted the white to break up and draw attention to the bridge.  This is approached through a dark room, and if one was unaware of the bridge you could easily run into it.  As long as the bridge was unpainted wood, no problem, you could see it.  But painting it black kind of makes it disappear...hence the white to break it up and serve as a warning.  Guess I could have gone with da-glo orange in stripes...

Comments appreciated, Peteski!

[packers#1]

Yabbut...Never really thought about anything BUT script for some reason...and I like green...

I wanted the white to break up and draw attention to the bridge.  This is approached through a dark room, and if one was unaware of the bridge you could easily run into it.  As long as the bridge was unpainted wood, no problem, you could see it.  But painting it black kind of makes it disappear...hence the white to break it up and serve as a warning.  Guess I could have gone with da-glo orange in stripes...

Comments appreciated, Peteski!

you could also have used day-glo chevrons, or done a bit of "heritage" and used the BN tigerstripe design. Although I like the bridge, definitely a good way to introduce people to the layout, and from the other side the bridge looks really good, and that's the money side, right?

[SkipGear]

This one is fresh out the oven.



Thanks Tony for the decals! Carbon Limestone was a large quarry outside of Youngstown that supplied the steel mills.

Chris,
  Looks good but did the decals arrive that distressed or did you help them out a bit to add character?

[BCOL 747]

Not much to report this week. I did get a little more foam laid down and spent some time working on a locomotive project for the upcoming 100th anniversary PGE/BC Rail convention. I did have some fun with the new camera though.



Have a good weekend.

Chris Dittmar
BC Rail, Chetwynd Sub