Weekend Update 6/20/21

[up1950s]

http://www.caltrax.ca/about-caltrax/quality-assurance/

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[spookshow]

I bought me some sweet little traffic barrels from NScaleAddict's Shapeways store and managed to get them painted orange and glued down without hurting myself 





-Mark

[DKS]

Made some headway with the river.

[pedro]

The windsock in the yard is for hazmat incidents, so one knows which way to run (upwind!) in the event of a toxic release.

[thomasjmdavis]

I bought me some sweet little traffic barrels from NScaleAddict's Shapeways store and managed to get them painted orange and glued down without hurting myself 

-Mark

Is there a bulk discount for those modeling Michigan, who will need hundreds?

[coosvalley]

So I've been in a "modeling slump" for a couple years, and hopefully it's over now. I have no idea why, I just didn't have much interest in modeling.

Anywho, this loco has been painted and decaled for about 2 years, it just needed details and flat finishing. I may end up adding light weathering, but here it is for now:






In addition to finishing the CLP GP38, I've been working on this pair of CR, ex-PC C630s:

[Mark W]

I'm back to working on the Narrow Gauge again.

Finished terraforming and ready for scenery. 


https://i.imgur.com/KCNNmyq.jpg


Also received several new pieces of equipment, including the passenger cars above, and this beauty of a locomotive!


https://i.imgur.com/RokEAZJ.jpg

HOn3-mo thread:
https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=50675.60

[spookshow]

Is there a bulk discount for those modeling Michigan, who will need hundreds?

I'm going to be modeling the scene below in the near future, so I feel your pain 



-Mark

[bbussey]

On an RBB&B circus kick.  Designed one elephant car and three stock cars.

[Bryn]

A quick weathering job on a N scale boxcar all done with artists oil paints. First a dot fade was applied with red, white and burnt umber. After a few days drying time an all over oil wash of burnt was applied and then neat oil stippling in areas to represent rust patches.

[Jesse6669]

Working on a (rare for me) N scale model, an ex-Texas Mexican PS 5344 cu ft boxcar.  Also the T-scale version;  This was inspired by a boxcar I saw a few months ago with a heartwarming (for me) urban artwork rendered upon it's flanks.  I designed the decals and the T-scale PS boxcar, the N scale is a Fox Valley Models Ebay find, stripped with 99% isopropanol, primered, then sprayed with BN green, then masked (the patches) and sprayed with BN green plus Tamiya Dark Green to get the aged green.  It needs more decals and more weathering but I'm happy with how it's coming out.

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Some other projects completed/underway (T scale) are a PC X67 boxcar, and a Canadian Grain Board hopper with etched brass end railings/ladders.

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[peteski]

Your stuff is always so cool Jesse!

[Scott Lupia]

I am testing out some parts for my N-scale Atlas C420 fleet.  I am pretty happy with the way the parts worked out and how they look on the model.  Some small modifications will be made to the handrails and a few other things but they are pretty much ready to go.  I have been focusing on HO scale for the past few years but N-scale has found its way back into my life.

Scott Lupia

[peteski]

Open cab door in N scale?  Finely etched open radiator slats? Wow! Those are some amazing photoetched details Scott!  One thing that seems to be a bit off on that model is the stucco-like texture of the white paint. The blue seems perfectly smooth.

[Frank Amato]

@Scott Lupia really nice work!