Haven't had much time to work on this - had a pipe break in the ceiling between the walls of my bedroom and bathroom on the lower level. What a mess - it's all dried out now, but it's gonna take 5 or 6 days for the contractor to put up new drywall, repaint, etc. Anyway, got the lettering off the Atlas Clinchfield NE-6 with Solvaset and a pencil eraser. The C&O for Progress I used is from Microscale 60-47, but it's too small. The C&O for Progress from Microscale 60-1045 is way too big - but I used the Chesapeake and Ohio from this sheet (even though it's too small). Haven't figured out what number to make it. Need to paint the grab irons yellow...
Sorry to hear about your bad luck.Hopefully no damage to your train stuff. I may have to get one of those and try and get the emblem on it.
I like the brick wall background! I'm working on the Walthers Northern Light and Power - not having a lot of luck with getting the motar right. I could use about 30 of those hoppers!
Did someone mention hoppers?? These are some Model Power and Con-Cor 4 bay hoppers I finally finished. I added some end extensions made from styrene. In order to get these to the NMRA minimum weight, the undersides are packed with powdered tungsten.
Nice hoppers, Rasputen. I have to add more weight to my Roundhouse hoppers. I have been finding a few undecorated Atlas hoppers at train shows (even though they're too modern), and have the Microscale decals for them - just need to get it done. I wish I could find a few more pre-lettered hoppers that would fit in the early 1950's era...
Not sure - I guess I don't know what the Bachmann's look like - would you happen to have a photo of one handy?
My Railimages page is here : http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/ppuser/4590/cat/500 but every image in there has been referenced in a forum somewhere.
Here are two more N-scale RSD-5s I finally finished: The C&OHS had an excellent article on these, and I noticed in many of the photos that at the forward facing door of the cab is open. I bought some extra shells and cabs from the Atlas parts department and went to work. I cut out the openings from one cab and carved away everything else except the door from another. The glazing in the open door is a film of Future floor wax. Another thing I wanted to correct was the orientation of the sealed beam headlights. The C&O units have them one-on-top of the other, while the Atlas model has them side-by-side. I cut the ends off of the spare shells, and carefully sanded them down until all that was left was a headlight housing. It took a few extra attempts before I had four pieces to install on the two units pictured. To get the light pipes to function, I carefully trimmed off the two light tubes and cleaned the mating surfaces. I saved all of the pieces I trimmed off, and as part of the final assembly, I slid them back into the holes with a drop of Future floor wax on them. Hopefully I will never have to take them back out. No. 5591 was painted at the same time. I cut the exhaust stack off of the spare shell so that I could rotate it 90 degrees. The C&O units had the exhaust stack oriented lengthwise, unlike the Atlas model. The exhaust support was made from brass wire. Visible inside the open door is part of the Atlas chassis. I added traction tires to the no.2 axle, but there is very little opportunity to add weight to these. The only places possible are some small spaces behind each set of steps, unless you completely fill the cab behind the windows. I sure wish Atlas would offer a grooved wheel set with pointed axles for these - I hate cutting my own grooves for traction tires.
