MODELING Weekend Photo Fun February 20, 2015

r_i_straw Feb 20, 2015

  1. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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  2. HOexplorer

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    Maybe this will warm things up?

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  3. dti406

    dti406 TrainBoard Member

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    I only got one car done this week, but here are a couple of views of it.




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    The Illinois Terminal Railroad had two 60' Boxcars, they were assigned to the Amoco Oil Company refinery for the shipment of refined oil products.


    The ITC leased these cars from Evans, and there is no history on who the manufacturer was but the cars were very similar to the Greenville and Thrall cars of the period.


    Since I had a number of Robbins Rails Greenville cars in stock, I removed the plug doors down to the car sides and made a door out of Evergreen Sheet Plastic and then used Evergreen 1x3 strips to make the doors themselves along with the upper door track. In addition I changed the wheelbase from 41' to 46' to match the prototype. I added a Moloco Hydracushion Assembly to the frame and Plano Coupler Walkways over the Details West Extended Coupler Pockets.


    Painted the car with Scalecoat II Reefer Yellow along with Black for the underframe, then used Floquil Platinum Mist to represent the galvanized roof. Car was decaled with Mark Vaughn's decals for this car. (The other car did not have the slogan on it.)

    Rick J




     
  4. Eagle2

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    Nice bit of atmosphere there, Russell.
     
  5. GrampysTrains

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    F7's viewed from Roaring Creek.

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  7. Ironhorseman

    Ironhorseman April, 2018 Staff Member In Memoriam

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    Love that scene, Grampsy! Water always adds to realism when done correctly. Thanks for sharing! :)
     
  8. GrampysTrains

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    Thanks, Bill, I also like water scenes.
     
  9. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Oooo. Many neat things to view this week!
     
  10. UP_Challenger3985

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    Rick - this car looks great - nice work!
     

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