While working on the X37b and the Covered Hopper Kit, I managed to finish a few cars this week. Intermountain 10,000 Gal Tank Car Kit, painted with Floquil Platinum Mist and Scalecoat II Black Paints, then lettered with Champ Decals. The Birmingham Southern railroad acquired 100 PS1 Boxcars, 50 with Superior Doors and 50 with PS Doors. I found the Superior Doors in my scrapbox and used them on an Intermountain PS1 kit, painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and lettered with Champ Decals. This is an IMWX 1937 AAR Boxcar Kit, painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red and lettered with Champ Decals. Champ's diagram shows the TC Herald on the car, but corresponding with a TC modeler he told me the Herald was only used on their hopper cars and not the boxcar. So although I like the TC herald, I had to leave it off the boxcar. Both boxcars had their plastic sill steps replaced with A-Line metal Sill Steps. Thanks for looking! Rick J
A couple of shots of what I've been working on throughout the week: First image is an aerial view of part of yard limits at Elizabeth, WV. A pair of #6 shinohara turnouts were added in front if the tower some time back, the background buildings on that spur track are AB industrial HVAC supplier and a low-volume rolling mill. Second image is more of an elevated railfan view across the tracks from the tower and yard office. The pulpwood car was used for rail alignment testing when I extended the main #1 track it is sitting on over to the, new section. I think this will be a good place for photography and videos in the future. Sent from my LG-P930 using Tapatalk 2
great stuff, fellas. I bought a Polaroid Cube video cam. For some reason when I import to my PC ,the vid gets split in half. two parts instead of one complete video. Any advice? Here's the first part, a cab ride from Cameron to just north of Haugen, Wis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOfWiSxX1ts Terry in NW Wisconsin
nice and interesting layout. but the video of the cube cam is spooky. the sky seems to 'dance' . also i don't like your track feeders. sorry. but they really pop out in the video. i soldered the track feeders to the bottom of the rail joiners. absolutely invisible.
Wortham farm now can load this year's hay harvest into the loft thanks to a new loft elevator. Truth is a fellow TB member gave me two metal conveyor kits that could be bashed into a single elevator which reaches the loft perfectly. (Thanks John)
I remember we used to ride those conveyors up to the hay loft to stack the bails and they came off the end. Was cooler to work up there than on the ground in the sun loading them on the belt.
I agree, Russ, I liked working the loft. What was more fun, actually exciting was hauling a two axle wagon piled 7 tier high behind a Farmall MD in road gear 2 miles up Vermont Route 7. I'd been told I may block some cars, but they'd stay w-a-a-a-y back. I didn't understand until I looked back at the trailer swinging side to side at 25 mph. My britches suddenly became pucker-string tight. :wideeyes:
