Here are a few more cars that I have just finished! Walthers 4160CF Two Bay Airslide, lettered with Microscale Decals. I found this car in an Article in Rail Model Journal that is on the following website: http://www.trainlife.com/, they have full copies of various years of Rail Model Journal and Model Railroader magazines. I used a Front Range single door car and substituted the door with a panel side door from a Robbins Rails PS1 boxcar. Letter with Herald King Decals, I had the decals but did not know what car to use until I found this article. This is a Details West FGE RBL No. 700 Kit, painted Big Sky Blue and lettered with Herald King Decals. The cars were painted Big Sky Blue as the cars were leased by General Foods for their service as the EL was bankrupt at the time and General Foods did not want to lose the service of these cars. Big Sky Blue was General Foods corporate colors. Thanks for looking!
Here are some recently completed resin kits. first up is a JJL models dunmore caboose painted in the Wellsville Addison & Galeton scheme Next up is a Funaro & Camerlengo flat car with the DD1A containers last is an outside braced wood side boxcar in the Wellville Addison & Galeton scheme
Dan, those are some nice looking cars. There was a lot of work building the cars, then painting and lettering them. Thanks for sharing! Rick
speaking of Centercabs...Here is my Wag centercab. On a revenue run Heading into the paint shop Durring the construction phase
Great work! For me, just now I've a stock yard for my town Salina at the "drawing desk". I've already ordered stripwood, I will need quite som 1'' x 6''. Wolfgang
"The Office" I ran into this little kit from Railroad kits.com; made from Hydrocal similar to Downtown Deco kits but less of a price $29+$5 shp. Real simple to build and decorate thought I would share.
Still waiting for stripwood here's a pic from my loading chute. There will be many sheep for loading. Wolfgang
Here is my first contribution for this month. Another D&TSL 1958 CF Covered Hopper, Eastern Car Works Kit with a few added details, like wire grabs on the hatches. DT&I XLI Boxcar for Campbell Soup Service. Front Range Kit with plug doors, Ends and Roof painted Boxcar Red, Armour Yellow Sides. Champ "We have the Connections" Decals. DT&I XLI Boxcar for Campbell Soup Service, latest paint scheme with Star Herald, Armour Yellow Sides, Galvanized Roof and Black Ends, Herald King Decals. Thanks for looking! Rick
I am working on adding an open platform to one of the new Walthers UP dome observation cars to create a model of the Warren R. Henry. This is what I am aiming for.
These are cars I finished last week. This is a McKeen Models PS1 40' Boxcar, lettering from Champ Decals. This is a McKeen Models PS1 40' Boxcar, lettering from Detail Associates. This is an MDC FMC 50' Exterior Post Boxcar, added extended coupler pockets and lettered with Herald King Decals. Again this is a railroad owned by the Owens Illinois Co. (Toledo, OH) that was in their Forest Products Division. Thanks for looking! Rick
I'm busy with a 90 deg corner module. Here's one segment with 45°. It's irregular, one end 30cm wide (which connects to my Fiddletown) and the other end 40cm wide. The second segment is regular with both ends 40cm wide. You see the paper templates for the correct angle. Wolfgang
:thumbs_up: Very nice! Is there a plan for those stock pens out on the internet or is that something you came up with? I need several stock pens for my layout and scratchbuilding them is just fine with me.
I've used prototype pictures and the book from Harry Brunk, Up Clear Creek on the narrow gauge. He has a lot of drawings in his book A very good source for scratch building. Wolfgang
More Cars Finished Last Week! McKeen 40' PS1, Decals by Microscale (Discontinued) Cars were originally owned by LV then sent to US Railway Equipment Co. for rebuilding and then leased back. McKeen 50' ACF with Non Terminating Ends Boxcar, the original Railbox Car. Accurail bought the molds but have never released this model car. Herald King Decals. McKeen 50' ACF RBL with Terminating Ends. Microscale Decals. Thanks for the Birthday Wishes! Thanks for looking!
Finished two of the three cars this week, the old DTI car was one I had to fix the couplers on and found I was out of couplers. Athearn 86' Hi-Cube with Herald King Decals Athearn 86' Hi-Cube that I made into a more Thrall Looking Car by removing the cast grabs and replacing with ladders. In looking at the pictures the AnnArbor started after the first weld line rather than at the door as shown with the decal and the pre-positioned spacing of the decal sheet. So I applied each letter for Ann Arbor separately. Ann Arbors 86's were acquired second hand and consisted of both Greenville and Thrall cars, this number is a Thrall Car. Herald King decals. IMRC 40' PS1 painted and decaled in the Ferry in the Fog Scheme. Herald King decals. Thanks for looking! Rick
