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Weekend Update 3/8/20
« on: March 06, 2020, 07:24:43 PM »
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Re: Weekend Update 3/8/20
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2020, 08:05:35 PM »
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something about the front end looks like a VW van from the 60's


1:1 Kit Bash
2 VW Vans with rear ends cut off and mated together


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Re: Weekend Update 3/8/20
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2020, 11:23:31 PM »
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While the railroad is in hiatus with pending renovations, the paint shop at the CSX Hanover Subdivision has been busy this week. 

First up, CSX C44-9W #9016 and 9022 were painted a few weeks ago, but I soon found out the decals were wrong size, and wrong color, that MS had done.  Some investigating found that MS had revised the set but never listed it as such on their website.  So I ordered a new set.  They finally arrived last week.  Here they are, still need warning label decals and such.  I have hit decals with more setting solution so they do look better then in photo.



Next up, LTEX GP15-1 #1452.  This unit is currently working on the G&W YorkRail.  I am in need of the angled LTEX logo for the long hood (have an ISO post in the Trading Post area of the forum) as I don't want to have to buy an entire sheet for just 2 decals.



And while here, I took a family portrait of my YorkRail fleet.  Only one missing is #1444, currently in North Carolina getting lighting work done.



And finally, I got started on Maryland Midland/G&W 2061.  I have a couple extra Atlas Maryland Midland GP38s, so I'm going to renumber one of them to 2060 (MMID heritage unit, but I needed 2061 to go with it.  Decals can still be found since GW sent out a cease/desist letter a few years ago, maybe some producers came to an agreement or are sliding under the radar.  The height of the stripe is off just a little bit but overall I'm happy with it. Very hard to get everything lined up when the stripe goes all the way around, and you have to incorporate a logo into the center of things.




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Re: Weekend Update 3/8/20
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2020, 01:18:25 AM »
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We're set up and running trains at the Rocky Mountain Train Show this weekend in Denver.

We even got our own forum room, which means we get to play with lighting!
If you're in the area, hope you'll stop by and say hi!


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Re: Weekend Update 3/8/20
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2020, 01:24:19 AM »
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Finishing up some odds and ends...

Cascade Station









and a selection of metals sheds and tanks for Nelson Yard.









Lastly another Hedgecam experiment...



Have a great weekend!

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Re: Weekend Update 3/8/20
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2020, 03:13:56 AM »
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Gary:  A VW van/bus was my first thought as well.
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Re: Weekend Update 3/8/20
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2020, 05:22:59 AM »
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My first post-diagnosis modeling project is Flemington Cut Glass. I'm not after a board-for-board representation, but rather a loosely-in-the-same-ballpark approximation. FCG got started in an old sawmill in 1908, and grew to become one of the country's largest glass manufacturers, until it went bankrupt 100 years later. The buildings below stood across the street from the CNJ South Branch station until they were razed in 2015 to make way for condos.





For the original showroom (above left) I chose Branchline's DuBois Store, and for the original production building (above right) I blended Branchline's Creamery and Caldwell Tool & Die kits. Since I had no color reference images from the 1980s, I just chose random-ish colors: Floquil Concrete for the walls, and Reading Green for the doors, windows and trim.





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Re: Weekend Update 3/8/20
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2020, 07:37:29 AM »
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Quote from: glakedylan on March 06, 2020, 08:05:35 PM
something about the front end looks like a VW van from the 60's


1:1 Kit Bash
2 VW Vans with rear ends cut off and mated together


Gary

That’s what I thought too!! 
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Re: Weekend Update 3/8/20
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2020, 08:50:27 AM »
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@mu26aeh where did you find the G&W decals?
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Re: Weekend Update 3/8/20
« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2020, 12:53:37 PM »
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Re: Weekend Update 3/8/20
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2020, 01:24:39 PM »
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Working on a Skytop Models RPO shell for my Olympian Hiawatha.  Added gold metal models steps the the shell.  Paint is done.  I still may add the black lines between the orange and maroon with decals.  I need to add the rest of the window glass, but I won't do that until I get all the decals done.  The round window glass you can use right off the donor car (kato olympian hiawatha baggage/dorm).

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Re: Weekend Update 3/8/20
« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2020, 01:35:12 PM »
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Quote from: DKS on March 07, 2020, 05:22:59 AM
My first post-diagnosis modeling project is Flemington Cut Glass. I'm not after a board-for-board representation, but rather a loosely-in-the-same-ballpark approximation. FCG got started in an old sawmill in 1908, and grew to become one of the country's largest glass manufacturers, until it went bankrupt 100 years later. The buildings below stood across the street from the CNJ South Branch station until they were razed in 2015 to make way for condos.





For the original showroom (above left) I chose Branchline's DuBois Store, and for the original production building (above right) I blended Branchline's Creamery and Caldwell Tool & Die kits. Since I had no color reference images from the 1980s, I just chose random-ish colors: Floquil Concrete for the walls, and Reading Green for the doors, windows and trim.







I love the “doors to nowhere” that you see on the upper floors of old buildings. It adds a lot of “age” to the look of a repurposed building.
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Re: Weekend Update 3/8/20
« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2020, 01:51:30 PM »
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I broke out the airbrush and applied the base coat to my Precision Scale Co HOn3 D&RGW caboose kit.  I still have a dwindling stock of Polly Scale acrylic railroad colors left.  I used Polly Scale Rock Island Maroon, Black, and Reefer White.  White has got to be the biggest pain in the butt to brush paint, even on small details like grab irons.  To get full coverage, it will look globby and too thick.  I made the decision then to thin the paint enough so that it was easier to apply evenly, even though the one coat I brushed on wouldn't cover fully.  I kept it to one coat so it wouldn't appear too thick.  My thought was I would rather have thin looking white details, than too thick an application of paint.  Once the model is weathered it won't matter anyway.  I also dry brushed the maroon roof walks and end platforms with first Polly Scale Dirt and then a lighter Model Master Acryl British Gulf Armor Light Sand to simulate paint warn away down to bare wood.  After decaling and another gloss coat these areas will be further treated with a light gray wash made from Turpenoid mixed with oil paints and then Bragdon weathering powders.







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Re: Weekend Update 3/8/20
« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2020, 02:03:28 PM »
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Just look what Plymouth's up to now!



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Re: Weekend Update 3/8/20
« Reply #14 on: March 07, 2020, 02:30:37 PM »
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