i started a new custom painting project. the color has been mixed from : - milwaukee orange (polly) - ttx yellow (modelflex) - csx yellow (polly) - platinum mist (polly) the red stripe is not a decal ! tlt cp bright red btw. there will be a second red stripe underneath the windows. two red stripes on each side of every car. hints : - north america - NOT union pacific (hell no !) - afaik passenger operations only. any takers ?
pie39.... dead on ! i first tried to paint the passenger cars. a matching f40ph will follow. however, drawing and printing the decals might take some time.
Building a blacksmith and welding shop for my small-town scene. This is based on the Walthers State Line Farm Supply kit, but I'm using one of the optional rear walls on the front, instead of the false-front brick wall. I will have to modify the base and roof slightly, because the side walls are a little shorter.
Thought so. Two summers ago I visited Arizona...amazing place. And really really hot. But I watched switching with ATSF lettered geeps in Phoenix, high speed BNSF in Flagstaff, and those gorgeous F40s at the rim! I look forward to seeing more of your project!
I am with you on that Bremner. Even higher is OK. IMHO much easier to cool down rather than warm up. Carl
More work on my Dash 9. I almost don't want to dullcoat and weather it. Pics don't do it much justice, imho by far my best work. Just ordered SM LED's and a few more decals. Needs couplers, Sinclairs and Ditchlights, and DCC as well. Then I can stick a fork in her.
Here is what is on my workbench and most likely will be for a while.............. I have wanted an AC-9 to go with the KATO GS-4 and IM AC-12. I bid on at least 6 of the Key brass locos on "that place" and was out bid each time. Now, thanks to Jason, I can build my own. My B'mann EM-1 is broken in and runs perfectly. However, I plan to strip the guts out of the tender and probably add an ESU Loksound decoder and speaker. Let the fun begin. Carl
I cut the nose headlight from a separate cab and grafted it between the number boards. You should try it, it really isn't bad at all. Thanks for the compliment.
This week I got the end rivet decals applied to tool wash car BCOL 6506: Also further progress on panel track car BCOL 6510, including end and side sills, holes for trucks and couplers, and bottom plates for centre sill: Next up are rivet decals for BCOL 6508, and adding the deck and bulkheads for BCOL 6510. Tim
Carl, Baby-O-Baby! This is one I'll be following. Love that front end. Wishing you lots of smooth transitioning.
Amazing work there above...intimidating... I was asking about Caboose lighting in another thread. I found some hobby leds to fiddle around with. Here's my 1st attempt at a F.R.E.D. It's a Frankenstein of a job, but it does work. I'm not thrilled with it, and it took forever, but it's done. I do believe my next effort will be with track power instead of battery power. And I saw this N&W GP18 in an old "Trains" mag I was reading, realized it was the same as mine (with some small differences) and decided to get mine closer to prototype. This is what's gone on so far...
[video=youtube;dPaZKoQ05-4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPaZKoQ05-4[/video]And the rest of the F.R.E.D./EOT It's not elegant...but I can live with it.