Weekend Update 2/18/18

[Chris333]

I think the real thing is closer to 45 tons. It was made to move steel and the frame is soild steel all the way through. Never seen anything like it.

Edit: looked it up. When built it was 93000 pounds ran on 200 psi and had 16700 lbs of tractive effort. It's why he calls it "the rolling ingot".

[Cajonpassfan]

Bryan, I like the finish, but the brickwork itself is excellent. What is is?

John (@Lemosteam), love the progress on the ATSF Dynamometer! Of course, I want one!

Otto K.

[Sokramiketes]

Rapids series Skytop from Kato parts. Did my best to keep as much Kato orange and maroon as possible so it blends in.

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[jmlaboda]

It appears that the long hood is where the changes are necessary.  The handrailings on the short hood appear to be the same as the stock.

Actually they are not.  One of the earliest changes made to the detail of the ALCO RS3 was to change the handrailing arrangement on the short hood end of the carbody, which went from having to stanchions on the catwalk/deck while a third was on the battery equipment box.  This was changed to having just one on the catwalk/deck while two were placed on the equipment box, an arrangement they stuck with through to the RS32/36s.

Ideally someone making brass handrail stanchions for ALCO RS3/11s would be the way to go but doubt that there would be enough demand for someone to do such work.  On the outer surface double etching could be employed to create a line at the bottom between the angle brace and the stanchion itself (as well as creating a peg or two for mounting).

At least we can dream...

[brokemoto]

One of the earliest changes made to the detail of the ALCO RS3 was to change the handrailing arrangement on the short hood end of the carbody, which went from having to stanchions on the catwalk/deck while a third was on the battery equipment box.  This was changed to having just one on the catwalk/deck while two were placed on the equipment box, an arrangement they stuck with through to the RS32/36s.

This makes me wonder if I should buy an RS-11 handrail or deck piece from Atlas or look for an A/K RS-11 and see if the deck piece will fit.  I have one A/K RS-11, but the handrails are damaged.  I do not run it much, as it is out of my era, although I did letter it for a phantasy P&LE passenger scheme.  I fashioned a crude replacement for damaged sections of the handrails.

The photographs on Elwood's site of #197 show  the handrail arrangement that you mention.  The battery boxes on the fireman's side of #197 appear longer (to accommodate passenger equipment?) as they are on PiperGuy's cab/short hood piece, thus it will be necessary to drill something to accommodate a stanchion, anyhow.  The battery box appears to be the same on the engineer's side on the photograph, the Atlas stock and the PiperGuy piece, but, the stanchion is on the battery box.  I could move it or leave it.

Do you know if the dynamic brake grid remained on top of the long hood on these?  I would think not, but I can find no clear prototype photographs and the model photographs conflict.  I would like to find a clear photograph of the top so that I can see where the filler was for the water tanks.  I understand that the only surviving hammerhead is the Penn/LV, but I can not find a clear photograph of the top of the long hood of it, either.  That might at least give a hint as to the filler for the water tanks, as I am assuming that the water tanks were suspended under the long hood of that one, as well.

[brokemoto]

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[randgust]

Finished the circus stock car this week.

You know you're old school when you really enjoy an all-wood kit.   The kit is Detriech's.  I added wire grabs, etched ladders, brakewheel, etc.

I did my own decals; I'm doing the Cole Bros. World Toured Circus as best I can for 1915-16 when it was run by J. Augustus Jones, from my hometown of Warren, PA (yes, the flatcars not only came from there, but I'm all but convinced he designed them).  There's a picture of him in "The Circus Moved by Rail", too.   The irony was that he was fatally kicked loading horses into a stock car in 1916.  So to tell the story, you just have to have one of these cars.

[nkalanaga]

Chris333:  Then the model, at the same density, would weigh about 2.25 oz, still not very heavy. 

[Lemosteam]

Is this a shapeways project?

@CBQ Fan , I will be offering this as a craftsman kit when complete. It is a wood sided car and shallow grooves have been added to simulate this, and there is more detail to be added to the frame.

I'm guessing around 20% more to do.   The trucks are unique to this car.

[Scottl]

I have not done any modelling in the new year, but worked on finishing some cars this weekend. 

2018-02-18 14.56.39 by Scott L, on Flickr

[CBQ Fan]

@CBQ Fan , I will be offering this as a craftsman kit when complete. It is a wood sided car and shallow grooves have been added to simulate this, and there is more detail to be added to the frame.

I'm guessing around 20% more to do.   The trucks are unique to this car.

Very interesting. I have not done a wood kit railcar. Maybe time to try one.  Shake off some rust!

[Lemosteam]

Very interesting. I have not done a wood kit railcar. Maybe time to try one.  Shake off some rust!

@CBQ Fan , sorry if I misspoke, it will be a craftsman Shapeways kit made of FUD.

[CBQ Fan]

@CBQ Fan , sorry if I misspoke, it will be a craftsman Shapeways kit made of FUD.

No less of an interesting kit!  I probably missed the details trying to read the posts on phone!

[unittrain]

First time working with super trees, going to paint the trunks and branches, then the leaves and then replant after I do some more underbrush and static grass.

[narrowminded]

First time working with super trees, going to paint the trunks and branches, then the leaves and then replant after I do some more underbrush and static grass.

That's looking excellent!