I got a couple of things done this week, been a little slow going what with getting ready for the bowling season this last week. A Couple of views of the Converted ex-Wabash Hopper cars turned into a pseudo covered hopper by the Anderson's. Anderson's added an extension and canvas cover to the ex-coal hoppers and used them to haul grain from the elevator in Maumee, OH to the docks in Toledo, OH. This is the 5th car I have done of the 10 I purchased years ago. It is a Tichy Kit with all the airline piping and details attached, painted with Model Masters Aluminum paint with a few drops of Green, the Extension is painted Floquil Reading Green and lettered with kit supplied decals. Athearn Genesis 60' Hi-Cube Berwick Boxcar kit, painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and White, along with Floquil Platinum Mist for the Roof. Car lettered with Oddballs Decals, nice that the buzzsaw was printed as an oval shaped so when applied over the rib it became a circle. The prototype car was assigned to the Ford Parts Warehouse in Melvindale, MI and sent to assembly plants with parts. Another picture of my C-430's in the background with the wharf area at the Strongsville, OH club layout in the foreground with a Freighter and Car Float in the docks. Thanks for looking!
I posted a photo of this before, but this is a better photo. It's a Micro Ace Rap:t train that runs from Osaka to Kansai Airport. This is probably the strangest train in my collection. I love the way it looks because it reminds me of something out of a Jules Verne novel.
Candy, I'm always blown away by your modeling. The first thing that caught my eye in your first photo? Not the young lady with her new skirt - but the chip missing from the corner of the window sill at the upper right. And your junk yard is fantastic. But that yellow thing is a bit too clean, unless they just installed it and it hasn't had the time yet to get dirty. John, that Japanese unit does look odd. Jules Verne, maybe. Old Flash Gordon serials, definitely! The front of it looks like it could swing up to open (though I know it wouldn't).
Inside the enginehouse in East Hannah Vista with some workers burning the midnight oil awaiting their next assignment as the welder works on the passenger car air conditioning unit in the background, and an (kitbashed) UP SW10 idles patiently outside the enginehouse.
This is the boxcar I will be reprinting for the train board exchange program in the HO forum Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Candy, that proud girl looks very much like a self-portrait. None the less, your talent leaves the rest of us in the dust. Josta, your engine house is excellent. Though I'm curious why the floors are so clean. Apparently your engines rarely need repair...
I too, painted a box car this week. And once I get the decals on it...it can be photographed and run on YOUR layout!
