I have always found THE R.R. an interesting idea. I just let my RV go because the roof was in REALLY bad shape. I would be better off outside !!! Mine also didn't have a generator. Even at 24' I'm sure I could have done alot in it, though !!!
I've been working on a new engine for my freelance RR. Ford guys may appreciate my choice in road number.
Having finished one of the cars I've had 'semi-completed' for a bit (ATSF 64' semi-lightweight smoothside baggage), I've decided to do the same to all of the cars I have started but not finished BEFORE I start any more of the MANY car builds I have waiting for me. Here, first are 3 KATO Valley sleepers I'm modifying to 1957 appearance. I purchased these from Russell and he g=had already removed the 'Pullman' from one of the cars; I removed the 'Santa Fe' from one of the others, and still have one more to do. I'm re-lettering them with letters from the Micro-Scale sheet, which has a more correct sized font. I'm also removing the top-most and lower-most silver stripe as these were gone by my era. I'm also adding a thicker silver stripe seperating the dark and light gray, as these were thicker when repainted back into two-tone gray during my era.I'm also removing most of the skirting, but leaving panels covering certain pieces of equipment a la the prototype. Here is one sleeper with these mods done, re-lettered to "Blue Valley". I still need to completely re-arrange the underframe equipment to match the prototype-this will be the biggest challenge of this conversion, but removing the equipment from the KATO underframe seems somewhat easier than doing it on the heavyweight Rivarossi cars that I've done for the heavyweight conversions I've done so far. Here are the other two in various stages...one with skirts, lettering, and stripes removed-the other waiting...I'd like to have them both done to the first one's appearance by the end of the weekend. The other cars in the queue are the KATO CB&Q cars that are almost dead-on 'Pine' series sleepers...they need the skirts removed and/or modified...re-lettering, and the underframe equipment re-arranged as well.... I'm modifying this.... into this.... Thanks for looking, ~Bruce
Very nicely done on the varnish, Bruce. Doesn't sound like a terribly involved conversion, although I have to imagine rearranging the underbodies could be a chore. The trailers look really good, Mark...
Probably NOT a Plymouth Switcher, right ??? Let me know when you have a 250, 292, 305, 327, 350, 396, 427, or 454 !!!:teeth:
I'll play this engine (locomotive number) game, too. Here's the Mopar camp represented by Great Northern 440, although it's a 2009 pic:
Holy crap that's a nice loco!! Did you do all the details on it? Makes the stuff I do look like it came from Toys R Us.
I started working on an ex CR GP38-2 recently. There's still a lot of work left to do but it should be a pretty sharp looking loco once done.
Thanks, Ron! This is a fully-cooked, superdetailed Kaslo Shops/Southern Alberta Rail F45 kit. The whole build log (about 5 weeks of work) is here: http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/showthread.php?94331-Great-Northern-F45-kit-buildup!
Working on a KCS grey SD70ACe. using the Trainworx detail kit, have cut the frame so you can see through back vent. Needs decals and finishing detail work... just gotta find the time to finish it up
Recently, I've been enjoying building and modifying the brand new brass KMT EP-2 class Bipolar. This is a totally new model not seen before in the USA. This is FAR far superior to the old 1983 NJ Custom Brass model.
