Thanks Hi JD, Thanks for the drawings and the link to your layout construction thread, it's a great tutorial and I'll study the whole thing as I proceed with my N scale education. I like the track plan as it seems to capture the feeling of the SP and ATSF from the bay to the valley. I was wondering why your bayside scene was so green then I read that you visited in February! We locals are used to seeing those hills golden for most of the year!! I haven't looked thru all your stuff yet, is there anything about modeling eucalyptus trees in the posts? I'm planning a module of the local cement plant and it has some big trees out front that the spur runs thru.....dave
One of the great things about model railroading is the ability to go back in time, recreate a part of history long gone. So today I was dreaming about what the Beet train might have looked like in the 50's. The dream looked something like this...... [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiLi_jrajlc"]YouTube - Lima Power[/ame]
Ha ha! That might be the Texas beet train!! I remember seeing SP steam when I was a kid but can't recall a seeing beet train under steam. The oldest ones I can recall seeing were pulled by F units....dave
Thanks to Joe DAmato making me some custom decals for the Beet train, I finished lettering the next car.
Makes my dry transfer job look pretty sad! I'll let these letters set up, then weather and dullcoat, load her up, and join the rest of the unit train.
Jerry -You may want to have Joe add another digit to that light weight. I doubt the car weighs 5399 lbs.
Yea, I was afraid of that! I'm working on another set of numbers and I'll be sure to correct that as well. Sorry. Joe MTL
Other side.... This is just the first stage done with chalks, and the bracing painted over with Floquil rust. Still going to rough up a couple lower boards here and there. Once thats done, load it, and run it!
B End..... Some day in the future I may body mound the couplers and add BLMA cut levers. But being that I am going to always run these as a unit train, it may be awhile.
Well I am really happy with the way these old dimi kits turned out. The rebuilt, beat-up look I wanted of these cars came out pretty good, and will bring back alot of happy memories of watching them in CA every time I run a Beet Train.
Jerry, Unless you're auditioning for the part of 'the Duke of Gloucester' in 'King Lear' I'm sure we'd all rather you kept your eyes in and open at train shows :tb-biggrin:
BTW excellent work once again. Your work on these and your locos has inspired me to take the plunge and I've been detailing 2 of my Kato AC4400s with BMLA parts. I've nearly finished one of them and have a little more to do on the second. I'll post photos when they're done.
