Painted and lightly weathered some years ago is my N Scale SAL covered hopper, an Atlas model. Unadulterated prototypes of these were a common sight on CSX lines in the '80s and even into the early '90s and I just had to have one.
My LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) Train - These Atlas LPG tank cars have been around for a long time. I purchased a set of 22 of these sometime in the early 1990's from someone in my NTRAK group who was leaving the area. Over the years I have added a few more cars and now have 29. They are all either the Warren or Shippers Car Line models with one Suburban Propane. This has been one of my best trains and I have run it on Ntrak layouts up and down the west coast and even some club layouts such as Belmont Shore and the Golden State Model Railroad Museum. Recently I ran this train on my home layout for the first time and these photos are from that run. While a pair of Kato engines will normally handle this train, it took an extra engine to pull it up my helix. Both the Warren and Shippers Car Line models all come with a road number of 30000 so I printed some decals with some different road numbers in the 30000 to 30200 range and one of those is shown here.
As I had a lack of inspiration, I did not get anything finished although I did get a car and part of a structure painted, and applied a few decals. But, I am pulling out a photograph taken at the Strongsville, OH Model Railroad Club. DT&I GP38-2's with 60' Auto Parts cars, bound from the Engine Plant in Lima, OH to either Delta, OH to be on the Ford Fast to the Kansas City or Milpitas or to the Detroit area assembly plants. Thanks for looking! Rick Jesionowski
When I built my truck garage I had to do an interior or leave the doors closed. I really wanted to do an interior but I didn't have the slightest idea what to do first. I knew nothing about fixing trucks. So I hit the internet and got ideas and downloads for my walls. A friend of mine saw what I had done and made some suggestions. Pinups for the walls and some welding stuff. I found the welding stuff and it came with a welder. For the pinups I thought I'd use a picture of me in a short kawaii skirt but then again it has to be the early 1960s So another download and printing. So here is the result
I don't know much about truck shops either, but it looks right to the untrained eye. And the painting you pulled off on the 5th wheel and truck chassis looks great.
That's just crazy good. Even to what looks like a crack in the plaster. Your improving on your skills. If that's possible. Great job! Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
Absolutely excellent, Candy. Looks like one those little hole in the wall garages that can fix almost anything. You might add a lathe and a mill or drill press if you've got space in there, but everything else looks great. This stuff (link below) is about the right age for your time period (lathe is post 1952 South Bend) The Bridgeport is a little bit new, but not so most people would notice. http://www.hobbylinc.com/alexander-...MIq_ObkdXQ2QIVx0wNCh3KagzuEAQYASABEgJnSvD_BwE
Candy...I hate to be a nit picker, but having worked in a few of these establishments as a mechanic.... I don't see a tool chest... But the tire machine and hydraulic press are nice details...Gee all the details are perfect! Jim
A Japanese National Railway 81 series DMU waits in the afternoon sun sometime in the mid 60s. I don't have a fancy layout, but I experimented with focus stacking today.
Hope you didn't take my suggestion as a criticism, Candy. Just a suggestion for improving something that's already excellent with a couple of items that many of these old garages had.
