I like those Doodlebugs, always wanted one. A short freight rolled through recently and I just added some LEDs to another back scene - this time the end scene behind the yard
Got some new cars finished this week! IMRC 10,000 Gal Tank Car Kit, painted with Scalecoat II Black Paint and lettered with Champ Decals. IMRC 2980CF ACF Covered Hopper Kit, replaced sill steps with A-Line Sill Steps, Painted with Scalecoat II MOW Gray and lettered with Oddballs Decals. IMRC 4750CF PS Covered Hopper Kit, painted with a Mixture of Floquil EL Yellow & Roof Brown along with Scalecoat II Black, then lettered using Islington Station Products Decals. Thanks for looking! Rick J
Mike, much of your creativity, such as these scenes, reminds me why I chose NOT to retire back to New Hampshire. They're so bleak and cold, beautifully done.
Lyman Jct Yard is as grungy as a yard should look. Now the scenery surrounding the yard needs to be created with a brook and greenery to cheer things up. <gr>
Ken, good suggestion. I hadn't gotten that far in my thinking, but I now have (at least mentally) a brook coming down a rocky hillside into a pool next to and under the tracks at the far right of the yard, which will be supported with a two-bent trestle. The fisher-people, both men and women, will be teaching their pet worms to swim in said pool...makes sense to me.
CNW Fairbanks-Morse switcher 1062 spots a heavily weathered boxcar at Tucker Candy Co. The loco is a South Boulder Modelworks (Shapeways) shell on an Atlas V0-1000 mechanism.
Yes, it's N scale. Here's the link: http://www.shapeways.com/shops/sboulder. Also see the Printing a Fairbanks thread in the N Scale forum.
