Morning All, Flash, that is a great junkyard. John and Tom, I'll be sending my engines and cars to you guys for weathering, very nice looking. Paul, nice engine. Bob, great pictures as always. I got up early this morning and just went out and ran a few trains. Took a picture or two while I was at it. A meet just outside the tunnel. F3's climbing the hill from the loop. Trying to run the IM F3's a bit to break them in. Great pictures all, thanks for posting.
Bob Great black and white photos! They really set the mood. HemiAdda2d Great shot! Paul Nice shots! The locomotive looks great! John Sing Awesome job on the locos! Chad The F# looks impressive. That is a great paint scheme!
Thanks everyone for the compliments! You would have to ask me about that one? For the longest time I hated that car. I never like the way it came out. It was one my first weathering attempts. After I started photographing it my mind changed. The car was done with a series of dry brushing and washes. From what I can remember I the colors I used were Folk Art Red Oxide, Burnt Sienna, and Charcoal Gray. The oil Stains were done by dry brushing Folk Art Licorice. The washes were Folk Art Dark Gray, and Folk Art Charcoal Gray. They were thinned with blue windshield washer fluid at a rate on 6:1. I did the car several times. I would dry brush then wash it and seal it. Then later since I didn’t like it I came back and did another set of dry brushing, washes, and sealing.
The car is an X-31 40’ Round Roof Box Car. The kit is from Bowser. According to the sheet included with the kit the cars were first built in 1933 and continued operating until the late 60s. The car I have carries a build date of 5-43. This particular car was given to me by fellow forum member, Tad.
Benchwork on the Grey and Grandure Lateral brasing will be installed tommorrow. Tools used: The red thing in the back is a level. The black thing in the front is the screw driver. It actualy has a flash light built in that poits where you are working. Note: I have very poor vision so the only powered tool is the drill. I guess I would be safe with a powered screw drive. [ June 25, 2005, 06:06 PM: Message edited by: Grey One ]
Steve: It's nice to see some benchwork going up. Have fun... Take it slow and easy my friend. Stay cool and run steam.....
Here's a helicopter shot of the Coast Guard Station, with a long hotshot freight pulling out of the yard and over the "Cape Cod Railroad Bridge" (at the far left.) I'm still trying to figure out a way to do an accurate photo map of the layout.
It's all John Sing and Tom's fault. After seen their weathering I decided to give it another go. Here are a couple of Kato SD45's I got off eBay. The previous owner had "lightly weathered" them with airbrushed tan paint. I thought I would try and add a little something. To try and cover the paint I had to make these the "Please Wash Me" engines. Still need to figure out how to get the window glass out so I can clean them as they have the tan paint on them but for now.....
Chad: You did a nice job of weathering those SD-45's. Looks like you used a wash of mud and dust on those trucks. Stay cool and run steam......
Jon, Great work on that SD-9. For a first attempt it looks great. Next week I'll try and post my HO SD 9 that I did this weekend. It's a bit more of a 1990's SP SD.....very grungy! Chad, The SD 45's look awesome. I've found that you can take some Badger Airbrush cleaner or soapy water on a Q-tip and scrub away some of the paint on the windows.
Thanks, they turned out not so bad. I used chalks and weathered the body and trucks while the units were apart during the install of the decoders. I had bought some weathering chalk kits at the LHS. For the trucks I used Dust Bowl Brown, Weathered Brown and Ash chalks. Those are their names not mine. Just brushed them on in no particular order until I thought it looked good. Since they were off the engines after I was done I took them to the layout and rolled them back and forth on a piece of cloth soaked in alcohol to clean the wheels. For the shell I used Ash, Grimy Gray, Dark Gray, Weathered Brown and Black for the exhaust. Darker colors toward the bottom of the shell, lighter toward the top except for the roof around the exhaust stack where I used black. Again no real pattern just put them on one over the other until I thought it looked okay. The fuel tank I tried to show different shades as if dust, dirt, fuel, and oil were on it. The fuel stain was made by using Oily Black paint. The chalks say that they have a self-adhesive and after rubbing to apply they will adhere to the plastic. It seems to work, as I am able to handle the engines without messing up the chalks.
Family History / Myth Photo. The story goes that this was at the head of a presidential funeral train. The engineer is my mother’s father. Can anyone give me more information even if it shows this is a myth. My mother is 74. Most likely if you show this is a myth I’ll use whatever information to enhance the myth. Larger version of picture: http://www.railimages.com/albums/K2_Pacific/aab.jpg I did Google the engine number, (3344). It is a PRR K2 Pacific. I am sure he worked on the PRR. Also please: Where should I cross post this to get more exposure?
