These are really well detailed. Lots of decals, too. I'm amazed at all the printing on the sides. BTW, who/ what is "Casco?" Thanks. I couldn't seem to locate a webpage.
Does this help?: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rsPicture.aspx?id=354955 "CASCO Canadian Syrup Company" I searched using, "GATX CASCO" Based on that page I searched: "Canadian GATX CASCO" and found: http://www.casco.ca/ Hope that helps.
Workbench??? Who has a workbench? Shown are some scenes from my development of the new 2x8 roundy-roundy layout. Track laying and electrical work. This replaces a 4x12 that just took too much room in the garage. New technique for me is to do all electrical work above the platform, sink it into the foam, and never go under the frames again!
As I had posted in the being an older MRR isn't for sissys thread, I managed to severely damage the cab to one of my RS3s I was finally getting around to getting ready to strip and paint. Now fortunately I did manage to retrieve all the small parts to the top window sills that went flying when this happened. Went ahead and stripped the paint and then I managed to re-assemble all the pieces using Ambroid Pro Weld and some very fine point tweezers. Let everything set for a day or two and then went over the glued joint with a fine grit sanding stick. Then I went back to an old trick I have used before to smooth out any fine roughness. I applied a coat of Plastruct Bondene to the cab roof which liquifies the top layer of plastic quickly and causes it to flow into fine cracks. The trick is to work fast and don't touch it again for several hours. Does a nice job of filling small imperfections. And the result. Shiny one is the repaired cab.
Dirk... I've ben using ALL types of glues, for various situations, for years... All the CA (superglues)...including every new formula invented over the years... they all 'tout' some new special formula that won't fog clear parts, etc, and yada. yada. yada... considering the VERY limited surfaces where the grills adhere to the plastic shell...I knew I'd have to use a CA glue.. I'm finding Gorilla Glue brand super glue to be a Godsend for small projects...it's not too thin, takes about 10 seconds to really start to bond (gives you a tiny bit of 'wiggle room' in moving the parts, then dries COMPLETELY clear..a tough bond also... I decant a small drop onto a save djar lid, then use an Xacto-sharpened toothpic to apply the glue... It's a process... I, basically, affix one end to the body shell (after very carefully lining it up and making sure the grill is oriented correctly)...let it dry for a moment, then carefully walk the grill 'down' onto the body shell, applying tiny bits of glue, with the toothpic, just slong the INSIDE outer edges of the grill, being careful not to get glue into any of the 'slits'... The grills are VERY flexible, it makes it easy to walk the grill along the shell with this method... I find it easier to do a unit in two seperate sessions...gluing the grill in place and letting it cure, then going back later and checking for any areas where the grill may not be completely adhered to the area...the sharpened toothpic really allows you to apply just a tiny 'smear' of superglue exactly where you want it... Bruce
Lining up my projects for 2012. And first is what to do with the left over parts of some brass car sides used to build a heater car. Then there are the old PAs that have been laying around forever. Decided the fantasy Milw. scheme needs to go. And finally there is overhauling the old mechanisms. Note the slider pick-up shoes on this old Atlas PA chassis.
I did not know Atlas ever had a PA. That looks like an old Atlas E8 chassis to me. The trucks are EMD anyway.
Your right. Finally found it made in 1967 by Rivarrossi for Atlas as an E-8. How that found its way into my box of PA stuff I don't know. May have had an old E8 B unit sometime way back and it may have been under that. Have to see if I can find an E-8 shell that will fit that somewhere and turn it into a Burlington loco.
Progress continues on detailing the F units...srarting the first 3 of 7 boosters... Here, I've started the decaling of the 'openings'..... Bruce
Grills test fit... as one can see, one of the boosters has the horizontal grills from Plano (these are the ones modelled ny Kato and most F manufacturers in N scale and HO... A lot of the warbonnet-painted boosters kept the horizontal grills, when many, if not most of the F7 cab units were retrofit with the Farr vertical style at some point in their lives, certainly by my 1957 era... I wanted, at least, one booster with the horizontal grills to have more prototypical lash-up possibilities... Thanks for looking, Bruce
Well - here is my latest - several hours, not just a few, like WScenic says. Its the Sonny's Gas Station prefab kit - which means lower price, but mucho time if you are a painter and detail person. I also decided - again - that i hate dry transfers, as they almost never work, I went over to using some decals, blair line stuff, and paper reductions of other decals I own that were HO. Still lots to go. I am still unsure of the photo thing tho, since mine are small size here. And an end shot
