As always Josta and HOexplorer did not fail to inspire. I am afraid I failed to capture any photos from last weeks Big Train Show. There just was not enough time to run the trains and do all the switching I wanted to do and take photos. Another member, Robert, did take some photos and put them into videos. [video=youtube;8AkxY_4SA0g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AkxY_4SA0g[/video] [video=youtube;7woHMJ1ecdQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7woHMJ1ecdQ[/video]
One of the campers brought his Santa Fe "Mini Super Chief" and one of my teen helpers (attended camps when younger) brought some of his locomotives.
So none have trains at home? I wonder how many get some, after building these modules? I hope a few....
That is the underlying purpose of this entire conspiracy. We are attempting to ween the kids of of all the other distractions of modern technology and infect them with the model railroader disease. Maybe the local train stores in Houston have seen an uptick in business.
Out of curiosity, I ordered a couple of interesting, although non operating, steam locomotive kits from Japan. One is a JR C62 4-6-4 and the other is a JR D51 2-8-2. Both are 1/50 scale. The boxes are huge, 21 3/4 x 12 inches!
Well, I finally got some cars finished this week, finished lettering on Thursday night, Dullcoated on Friday and final assembling on Friday and tonight. Proto 2000 PS 4427CF High Side Covered Hopper kit, substituted a Plano Roofwalk for the plastic one, painted with Scalecoat II MofW Gray and lettered with Microscale Decals. In my NYC Color Guide Vol 2, I found a picture of this car, a Despatch Shops 60' Boxcar, but one that used Stanray Ends rather than their own distinctive ends. It matched the old Robbins Rails 60' Boxcar very well except the RR Car had Plug Doors. I carved off the plug doors and made Superior doors out of Evergreen Sheet Plastic and Scale 1"x 3" Strips. Also added a Plano Walkover Platform at the end. Kept the original 41' wheelbase as that was what the equipment diagram indicated. Painted with Floquil Jade Green and lettered with a mixture of Walthers and Microscale Decals. Intermountain 60' PS Boxcar Kit, painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and Floquil Platinum Mist Paints, then lettered with Mask Island Decals. The Diamond T symbol at the end of the car meant that it was in Ternstedt service for GM. Ternstedt was the inventor of the car window crank and started his own company with the aid of Fisher Body Co. Both became divisions of GM and Ternstedt had plants in Detroit and Trenton, NJ. making a myriad of parts for GM vehicles. This car was assigned to the Trenton, NJ plant. Thanks for looking Rick J
