Good morning from cloudy, mild and rainy Northeast Ohio! Evan with the Ohio State Bowling Tournament I am working on I managed to finish a couple of cars this week. First up, an Athearn PC&F RBL painted with Scalecoat II NP Dark Green and Floquil Lark Dark Gray paints and lettered with Champ Decals. The SP in the 60's created the Evergreen Freight Car Corporation to assure themselves of cars to haul lumber out of the Pacific Northwest as private owner cars had to be delivered back to their origin points rather than the circutous routings many regular cars received. Next a Rapido 5820 Plastic Pellet Covered Hopper, painted with Scalecoat II UP Hopper Gray Paint and lettered with Herald King Decals. Car was used delivering plastic pellets from one manufacturer to another to make finished products. Athearn Southern Pacific SD's and GP's hauling a general freight on the Stongsville, OH Club Layout. Thanks for looking! Rick Jesionowski
This week I have a few photos from the On30 layout that was right next to our N scale Asian layout at the Air Museum exhibit two weeks ago. I've always enjoyed the detailed scenes on these types of layout.
Cool pics. @dti406, there is a rumor circulating that all sled dogs have been recalled from furlough. Jus' sayin'. (RBL = real big and long?) Dogfish head may be hangover condition as well as location.
My most recent progress was adding brick siding to "H.H. Taylor & Son Lumber & Hardware" building in New Milford. I also added a heavy duty forklift for unloading lumber. The wrapped and stacked lumber loads in the background and on the truck trailer are commercial lumber loads. The individual plywood stacks are made from thin craft plywood I found at Michael's crafts, about 6 years ago. They are made from extremely thin veneers. I glued a couple of sheets together to get an approximate 4' N scale height and then cut 4 x 8 n-scale pieces. I used a fine, brass wire brush on the edges to try to create some texture in order to give the impression of individual sheets. Some are glued to scale stripwood, to separate the stacks and allow for forklift transport. The ones in this scene are simply proof of concept. I still need to make a lot more, add banding, and paint the ends (someday).
I purchased this custom-built La Belle Waverly 36-ft Oil Tank Car at a recent train show. I don't know much about it, other than it still appears in the La Belle catalogue. I traded out the Central Valley trucks that came with it for some Tahoe Model Works 5-ft arch bars. It has excellent under-frame detail and was obviously built by a craftsman. It was part of the collection of Kermit Baese, one of the founders of the New Braunfels Historical Railroad Museum here in South Texas. I wish I would have known him. Take Care All, Enjoy the Weekend! -Bob T.
RJ, I see we have similar tastes in tank cars! The top car is a scratch built Nn3 car and the bottom car is an HO kit I built and is similar to your beauty.
What's astonishing is that the top one is scratchbuilt in Nn3. Kudos for working and creating those tiny parts...
Great modeling everyone! My offering for today. BN 9284 & Co crossing the bridge over short river. And now crossing from MT2 over MT1 and on to the East lead. Thanks for stopping by for a look.
From 2017 on my old N Scale road, a Kato Mikado wheels across Ash Gap Viaduct. When I bought the Mike in 1996, it wasn't available in Erie, so I painted it. The small, dilapidated station below the viaduct was scratchbuilt.
I had planned on repainting this SW7 in Cotton Belt colors, but that sharp Southern scheme has really started to grow on me.
