Well, more work done so here we go. Basically more paint work tonight. I had a door window from an SD60M laying around so I hollowed out the window blank and set the window in place. It looks ok I guess, more realistic from afar thats for sure. I had to scrape some silver from the front of the cab, so the decal and paint is a bit scratched up, but after some dullcoat and weathering it will be ok. Pic of the proto I have been working from:
Ok, last post, I swear! (I should have just waited until this was done and posted all at once... oh well) Before weathering, details and paint done. And this morning, I finished this up with some Bragdon powder. Ok, back to your regularly scheduled programs...
Almost done with 2 NS tie gons that I have been working on. They were built from Walthers Seico pulpwood flats that were cut down and sides built from styrene. They also received BLMA coupler walkway platforms, stirrups, and ladders. The decals are from Shellscale.
Too cool, a few years ago NS had some heavy MOW work in town and they were plenty of tie gons, always thought they were neat.
More work on my first Dash 9 project. For those (few) that are unaware, Kato's version of the Dash 9 had the dreaded nose light leaving NS modellers with a bad taste in their mouths. So I, like many before me, decided it was time I corrected my nose light since NS has a pile of Dash 9's. I set out to work on the cab first. Big thing was cutting out and moving the nose light. I used the cab from an old NS Kato version and trimmed it to fit to my undec cab. Then I filled the nose light wit styrene. I also added all of the grabs by using a jig and .008 bronze wire. I'm not going to lie, this was so much fun and I'm so happy with the success, I wish there were more to do! It makes me want to pull out my other detailed locos and do them! Working from this proto:
Now that was on myworkbench an old Röwa Berkshire now supplied with a Digitrax sounddecoder and the video from the testrun the radius is to small [video=youtube;zb9En1GYMY8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb9En1GYMY8[/video]
Been working on one of huskern's 3D printed trucks. It's far from finished but I got the main paint work done.
Was going to model concrete pads between the inbound and outbound tracks leading to the turntable. Photos of WWII era ATSF roundhouses at San Barnadino and Bakersfield show packed sand covering that area. Bill Vasser provided a can of sand, and I made the changes. Lots of weathering ahead. Robert Before: After:
Thanks Mike! Glad to have all the sand packing behind me. May have a issue with the roundhouse model, there are several photos of both San Bernardino and Bakersfied roundhouse's may have had their exterior walls painted red during all of the transistion era. Sweetwater and Amarillo rounhouses were also cast concrete (but wood framing) and were painted red. I took this pic while working on the Santa Fe about 1973 or so. Have seen a painting of the Sweetwater RH, and it is painted red in the portrait. So looking for a conformation, and may have a touchy repaint ahead. LOL Robert
I so agree Mike. The paint color on the Amarillo was very red, but would have been soot covered during steam. But it would make for a strange looking model. The roundhouse in bare concrete would have would have been a magnet for the oily soot of steamers. And yet, I haven't been able to make myself start weathering the RH yet. Will be weathering the scenery for the time being. Robert
