Weekend Update 7/19/20

[altohorn25]

Video of my Santa Fe GFX perishable train; details in the video description:

[peteski]

Back to my core competency - modeling piles of nameless junk 



-Mark

Excellent realistic modeling Mark. Just like the rest of your layout.  Those lights do light up, right? 

[BCR751]

That diesel powered shay was a cool one off built by the logging company on the chassis of an old steam powered shay. They built another one they called a “Humdurgin” which was built to kick logs off of stake cars. It was basically a box cab that had a sort of leg that came out of the side like big Monty Python foot and pushed the logs off of the cars. The train would be pushed out onto the unloading dock at the waters edge. The Humdurgin ran on a parallel track behind the train. They could unload an entire cut of cars very quickly.

https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMN5AQ_The_Humdurgin_Ladysmith_British_Columbia_Canada

Craig.

I was Assistant Division Forester at the Nanaimo Lakes Division of Crown Zellerbach from 1976 to 1979.  I was able to score numerous rides in the company RS-3 from the re-load at Second Lake (26 miles out in the bush) hauling log bundles to the log dump at Ladysmith (Oyster Bay) where the Humdurgin worked.  It was fascinating to watch that thing kick the log bundles off the flat cars into the water.  A couple of the old timer mechanics in charge of keeping it working gave me an "instructional tour" so I could see how it was built from the Shay underframe and running gear.  Last time I saw the Humdurgin was around 2004 and it was is pretty sad shape languishing in the weeds near where the old Ladysmith museum used to be.

Doug

[grant-sar]

Been a long time since I've done anything in the hobby.  Got back at it as I've had some time on my hands lately..... 

Here's a video of the latest bit of layout work.

grant

[Frank Amato]

Been a long time since I've done anything in the hobby.  Got back at it as I've had some time on my hands lately..... 

Damn that's an awesome scene for a long train - well done!

  Frank

[dougnelson]

Weathered a BLI NYC boxcar. I used ink wash with Bragdon powders on a matte finish.

[craigolio1]

I was Assistant Division Forester at the Nanaimo Lakes Division of Crown Zellerbach from 1976 to 1979.  I was able to score numerous rides in the company RS-3 from the re-load at Second Lake (26 miles out in the bush) hauling log bundles to the log dump at Ladysmith (Oyster Bay) where the Humdurgin worked.  It was fascinating to watch that thing kick the log bundles off the flat cars into the water.  A couple of the old timer mechanics in charge of keeping it working gave me an "instructional tour" so I could see how it was built from the Shay underframe and running gear.  Last time I saw the Humdurgin was around 2004 and it was is pretty sad shape languishing in the weeds near where the old Ladysmith museum used to be.

Doug

Awesome! I love what logging outfits were able to build out of junk. Lots of Frankenstein’s monsters out there. I’d love to build a model of the Humdurgin. I was actually discussing this with @CNR5529 recently. I have a bag of parts that can build a non running Atlas shay. Hmmmmmm

[up1950s]

That diesel powered shay was a cool one off built by the logging company on the chassis of an old steam powered shay. They built another one they called a “Humdurgin” which was built to kick logs off of stake cars. It was basically a box cab that had a sort of leg that came out of the side like big Monty Python foot and pushed the logs off of the cars. The train would be pushed out onto the unloading dock at the waters edge. The Humdurgin ran on a parallel track behind the train. They could unload an entire cut of cars very quickly.

https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMN5AQ_The_Humdurgin_Ladysmith_British_Columbia_Canada

Craig.

I saw that in my searching and was very amused but did not know it was on a Shay chassis . Thanks

[philippe.whyte]

Progress (slow!) on this locomotive.  I'm detailing an Atlas C420 to represent BC Rail 631.  Big contribution to this project is the Briggs Models detail kit including correct radiator/intake louvres, filter, exhaust stack, and slug connection boxes.

[jargonlet]

Weathered a BLI NYC boxcar. I used ink wash with Bragdon powders on a matte finish.

That wash looks great. I’ve never tried washes and always wondered about them. What’s your method? Do you keep the car standing up or laying down? When you mention powders were they mixed in?

[mark dance]

Been a long time since I've done anything in the hobby.  Got back at it as I've had some time on my hands lately..... 

Here's a video of the latest bit of layout work.

grant

Great scene Grant!  Love the broad curves and all those trees...it's so good to have you back!

md

[spookshow]

Excellent realistic modeling Mark. Just like the rest of your layout.  Those lights do light up, right? 

Thanks, Peteski. And yes, they light up like crazy 

It actually took a bit of searching to find just the right kind of yard lights, but I finally them at Layouts4u (UK). They're ridiculously cheap (less than $5 US) and got here faster than stuff I've ordered stateside. Suffice it to say, I couldn't be happier with them.

-Mark

[randgust]

Another custom build on request - Sacramento Northern 712 out of an Atlas Classic.

Not the full detail load but a lot of it; mostly replacing the plastic handrails with .010 brass wire, paint & decals, BLMA drop grabs, and my own sunshades.



Always used to read about portrait painters that said they struggled most with the eyes.  On this one, the addition of the cab sunshades made all the difference in the world.

[ednadolski]

Progress (slow!) on this locomotive.  I'm detailing an Atlas C420 to represent BC Rail 631.  Big contribution to this project is the Briggs Models detail kit including correct radiator/intake louvres, filter, exhaust stack, and slug connection boxes.

Fantastic! 

Ed

[ednadolski]

Been a long time since I've done anything in the hobby.  Got back at it as I've had some time on my hands lately..... 

Here's a video of the latest bit of layout work.

grant

Some of the best N-scale work I've ever seen, anywhere!   Thanks for sharing!

Ed