T&NO 633 leading the #5 Argonaut out of New Orleans is heading west to San Antonio from Houston and on to Los Angeles. This class were the largest Pacifics on the SP system. The model is a modified Arnold Rapido 4-6-2 that I originally bought back in 1969.
Nothing accomplished last week with my daughter in from CA for the week, but I managed to finish some cars this week. Branchline Trains 1944 AAR Boxcar with 6' Door, A-line Sill steps, painted with Scalecoat II Reefer Yellow and Black Paint, lettered with decals from Dan's Resin Casting. Branchline Trains 1944 AAR Boxcar, built in 1960 for the Wabash, one car in this class lasted until 1995 in this paint scheme. Again used A-Line Sill Steps, painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and lettered with decals from Microscale. ExactRail PS 5344 Boxcar, painted with Scalecoat Reefer Orange and lettered with decals from Microscale. The first two cars were built for use on my transition era period while when the club changes eras to more modern I used the last car with my NS and Conrail consists. See you all later! Rick J
Well, it happened again last weekend at the Big Texas Train Show in Houston. It seem that many times when I set up my Richmond, Texas modules, folks who come by that grew up there always ask, "Where is Miss Kitty's? You know the house trailer at 2nd Street and Preston." I don't know what it looked like or what went on there but I have an idea seeing as how the establishment had quite a reputation. So I decided to build a model of how I imagine it could have looked. Next time I will put it on the location on my module and see if anyone identifies it.
Here is some weathering practice from yesterday. All oil based pigments and used a brush. Fading with acrylics.
Really like the Cowlitz and the DoD cars there, and maybe next tank try one with a little less fading towards the bottom? I've noticed that the shape of tanks makes for a marked contrast between top, sides and underneath.
I certainly agree. I have seen some of the modern cars where the top half and the bottom half are so different from weathering effects that it looks like they were painted different colors. The difference is almost like a line painted around the middle of the car.
Here's a Northern Pacific tourist train departing Logan, MT heading to Yellowstone Park. Of course, there was never a real line for this trip, but freelancing gets it done.
Its all well and good until the night shift clocks in at the foundary next door! Sent from my LG-P930 using Tapatalk 2
Wow, some really nice stuff this week. Flash, those cars look great! That's the one thing that I need to start practicing, weathering.
