Managed to finish a couple of cars this week, from two different eras. Intermountain 1937 AAR Boxcar kit with Yarmouth Models Sills Steps in place of the cast plastic ones supplied, painted with Scalecoat II Black and Orange, then lettered with Highball Graphics decals. 62' Eel River RBL, painted with Floquil Reading Green with a few drops of Reefer Yellow Added. Then Decaled with Microscale Decals. MKT used these in Coors and Miller Beer service. Thanks for looking! Rick Jesionowski
ATSF heavyweight baggage #270, markers lit, being switched to the end of a reversed passenger train. John
Candy, your skills are outstanding. I look forward to all your creations. Though, I'm not sure a sidewalk slab would sag like that without first cracking, at least across the middle.
Can't match Candy but here is my favorite SP fantasy scheme. The FVM GEVO was just finished, in fact I still have a couple of items to put on as yet. The AC4400 was done 4-5 years ago. Being an SP died in the wool man, the Black Widow has always been my favorite. Hope you enjoy, Carl
Height comparison between the Walthers Mainline 1944 AAR 10 foot-6 inch IH box and the Atlas Trainman 1937 AAR 10-foot IH box
Some interesting modeling I saw at Exporail's special event, A Great Passion for Small Trains. It's a bit of a whimsical theme, starting with some (really) early steam: IMGP12885_1840s_steam by Mike VE2TRV posted Aug 25, 2016 at 10:17 PM Any earlier than that, you'll be modeling ancient Greek steam-powered curiosities... Next, a portable layout, more than a bit of whimsy, with lots of castles and ruins, horrific grades, and an operating cableway: IMGP12879_cableway_Exporail_Aug2016 by Mike VE2TRV posted Aug 25, 2016 at 10:12 PM All that displayed among the 1:1 exhibits, last August 20th. Looking at model trains with hundreds of tons of real ones around you - priceless.
20160827_122659 by Rocket Jones posted Aug 27, 2016 at 12:39 PM Late afternoon work at the Wild Onion Mining Company.