Western Pacific 679

marty coil Aug 29, 2009

  1. marty coil

    marty coil TrainBoard Supporter

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    Although a little out of place in Spokane, it's not entirely foreign soil. At times, entire WP freights would travel from Stockton to Spokane. Here WP 679 waits for the return trip to it's home stomping ground.................

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  2. friscobob

    friscobob Staff Member

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    NIce caboose- add different paint and decals, and you would have an old KCS crummy. :D
     
  3. Flash Blackman

    Flash Blackman TrainBoard Member

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    Good weathering, too. :thumbs_up:
     
  4. WPZephyrFan

    WPZephyrFan TrainBoard Member

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    Nice cab, Marty! I have a MT offset wood cab that I want to convert to a Tidewater Southern outside braced caboose. It'll look nice with my TS RS1.
     
  5. WPZephyrFan

    WPZephyrFan TrainBoard Member

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    Hey, Marty, what did you use for the cross braces?
     
  6. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Looks great! :) Nice weathering on that hack!
     
  7. marty coil

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    The bracing is Evergreen .015 x .010 strips. The TW Southern took some effort. I've built 2 of them. For the step I used Gold Medal Heaveyweight steps (Brass) and a boxcar underframe. It took a while to do...but it's very possible

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  8. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    I like that bay window- Always nice to see the Feather!

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  9. WPZephyrFan

    WPZephyrFan TrainBoard Member

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    I was going to cheat and just add the bracing to the sides of my M-T woodside caboose. I see from your model that the wood siding goes lengthwise and on the M-T model it goes top to bottom. hhmmm.. Since it's only going to be a stand in...
     

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