boogietrain94
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I want it just for S an Gs lol
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Colorado Midland Modeler
Proudly modeling the CM, MT & SL in HO Scale
I've thought about that, it's a possibility.
Also a possibility.
That would be one monstrous port-o-potty!
Colorado Midland Modeler
Proudly modeling the CM, MT & SL in HO Scale
As promised in another thread, here is Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining District 2, an early Athearn Blue Box EMD SW7 that started life as a UP engine with faded paint. Here's the before, these are the last owner's photos, as I neglected to take before photos of my own.
And here is after.
And here's more after photos with the addition of weathering on the trucks, sill, and fuel tanks.
And here is after.
And here's more after photos with the addition of weathering on the trucks, sill, and fuel tanks.
Colorado Midland Modeler
Proudly modeling the CM, MT & SL in HO Scale
Newly completed projects! First up is a fantasy engine that you may know if you're a kid at heart, (like me) or have kids or grandkids. It's my tribute to the "Oceanic Express" from SpongeBob SquarePants. This engine started out as a very battered Rivarossi Blue Goose that I got dirt cheap because it was missing the tender and had poor paint. I replaced the tender and put in a can motor and got it running again, but couldn't figure out what I wanted to do with it, so it sat like this for several years. Here's the before.
After discovering the SpongeBob Hudson, I decided that this engine would work pretty good as a tribute to it. So here, after years of sitting, is the finished engine. (By the way, that's the same roundhouse in the background)
And here's the inspiration for it.
Next up is one for my fellow SD40-2 fans. I've had this Blue Box Rail Link SD40-2 for a long time, but whoever had it before me didn't do a very good job installing the handrails, and there were a lot of glue blobs and marks on the paint around the handrails that couldn't be fixed without ruining the paint, so I decided to fix the glue marks and repaint into the "house colors". This photo was taken a while ago with a camera that wasn't as good, so you probably can't see the marks, but this is the before.
And here is the after. Not only did I repaint, but I added PTC antennae and ditch lights. They don't work yet, but when I get more LEDs they will.
Continued in next post.
After discovering the SpongeBob Hudson, I decided that this engine would work pretty good as a tribute to it. So here, after years of sitting, is the finished engine. (By the way, that's the same roundhouse in the background)
And here's the inspiration for it.
Next up is one for my fellow SD40-2 fans. I've had this Blue Box Rail Link SD40-2 for a long time, but whoever had it before me didn't do a very good job installing the handrails, and there were a lot of glue blobs and marks on the paint around the handrails that couldn't be fixed without ruining the paint, so I decided to fix the glue marks and repaint into the "house colors". This photo was taken a while ago with a camera that wasn't as good, so you probably can't see the marks, but this is the before.
And here is the after. Not only did I repaint, but I added PTC antennae and ditch lights. They don't work yet, but when I get more LEDs they will.
Continued in next post.
Colorado Midland Modeler
Proudly modeling the CM, MT & SL in HO Scale
Continued from last post. I hit the photo limit in that one.
And here she is with her Tunnel motor cousin.
And here she is with her Tunnel motor cousin.
TheXModelRailroader
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Love the outcome of "Oceanic Express"!
Colorado Midland Modeler
Proudly modeling the CM, MT & SL in HO Scale
Thank you!
Colorado Midland Modeler
Proudly modeling the CM, MT & SL in HO Scale
I seem to have neglected this thread for awhile, and as a result I have a build up of projects to show you all. Enjoy!
First up is my Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek and back passenger train, the "Ramblin' Express". I "borrowed" the name from a real world bus service to the Cripple Creek casinos.
Here's the cars for it. I'm not entirely sure of the make on them, but they are a matching set.
Next up is the engines that will take turns pulling it. Being assigned to a Cripple Creek train and keeping with the tourism/casino theme, the all have what I have read are "lucky" numbers and names to go with them.
Up first is my favorite of the three engines, No. 777, the "Jackpot". 777 is a Walthers Trainline F40PH, ex Amtrak. I've had this one for quite awhile, and for some reason the lettering was coming off, so, as part of the repaint I detailed it by adding ditch lights, crew figures, wipers, PTC antennae, and grab irons. I also added a surprise in the paint job that you may find enjoyable.
Continued in next post.
First up is my Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek and back passenger train, the "Ramblin' Express". I "borrowed" the name from a real world bus service to the Cripple Creek casinos.
Here's the cars for it. I'm not entirely sure of the make on them, but they are a matching set.
Next up is the engines that will take turns pulling it. Being assigned to a Cripple Creek train and keeping with the tourism/casino theme, the all have what I have read are "lucky" numbers and names to go with them.
Up first is my favorite of the three engines, No. 777, the "Jackpot". 777 is a Walthers Trainline F40PH, ex Amtrak. I've had this one for quite awhile, and for some reason the lettering was coming off, so, as part of the repaint I detailed it by adding ditch lights, crew figures, wipers, PTC antennae, and grab irons. I also added a surprise in the paint job that you may find enjoyable.
Continued in next post.
Colorado Midland Modeler
Proudly modeling the CM, MT & SL in HO Scale
Continuing from the last post, here is No. 888, the "Crazy Eights", an Athearn F59PHi. There was nothing wrong with the original paint on it, I just didn't like the look of it. I added the PTC array and wipers.
The final engine the trio is No. 999, "Lucky Nines", an Athearn GE P42, also ex Amtrak with deteriorating paint. I added the PTC array, and repaired the existing wipers.
I have much more to post, but I'll save it for another day. Thanks for looking, see you next time!
The final engine the trio is No. 999, "Lucky Nines", an Athearn GE P42, also ex Amtrak with deteriorating paint. I added the PTC array, and repaired the existing wipers.
I have much more to post, but I'll save it for another day. Thanks for looking, see you next time!
Colorado Midland Modeler
Proudly modeling the CM, MT & SL in HO Scale
Thank you! I got the idea for it after seeing these photos on the web, and I thought that the name "Jackpot" went well with it.
migalyto
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Colorado Midland Modeler
Proudly modeling the CM, MT & SL in HO Scale
Thank you! I figured I'd use him sparingly, I'll probably put him on a few more engines in the future. He's visible on a few rock faces across the layout as well, but this is the only picture I could find were you can see him. He's just above the 522's smokebox near the bell.
That might be true for most coyotes, but I think this guy has unlimited lives.Problem is Coyotes don't have 9 lives!
So 1 and done for him!
Colorado Midland Modeler
Proudly modeling the CM, MT & SL in HO Scale
For this installment, I repainted and slightly modified CM 29 to improve the quality of the paint and to better match its CM siblings. As can be seen in the first photo, you can see a bit of the decal edges, so I wanted to eliminate that.
I also wanted to make the cab look more prototypical of one CM's class 102s, so I blanked out the first window. I would have liked to have eliminated the Walschaerts valve gear to look like Stephenson gear, but I don't know if it can be done without opening a can of worms, so for now it stays.
Next up is the FEF3 I got several months ago to replace the 843, which lost its crankpin, and I a replacement can't be found for some reason. This one is a Max Grey brass model, I freshened up some of the paint, and renumbered it to 838. I also added crew figures.
Here's the before:
And here's after:
I also wanted to make the cab look more prototypical of one CM's class 102s, so I blanked out the first window. I would have liked to have eliminated the Walschaerts valve gear to look like Stephenson gear, but I don't know if it can be done without opening a can of worms, so for now it stays.
Next up is the FEF3 I got several months ago to replace the 843, which lost its crankpin, and I a replacement can't be found for some reason. This one is a Max Grey brass model, I freshened up some of the paint, and renumbered it to 838. I also added crew figures.
Here's the before:
And here's after:
Colorado Midland Modeler
Proudly modeling the CM, MT & SL in HO Scale
A few more.
I don't mean to "jack" your thread, but I wanted to show you these. To preface: I'm sort of a brass steam nut. Max Gray made solid models. I have two, an SP Mt-4 4-8-2, and an AC-9 2-8-8-4. Most were built in Japan by Katsumi Mokeiten (KTM), which later built for Westside Models. Some Westside steamers were essentially re-issues of earlier Max Gray imports, slightly improved with things like boiler backheads and some additional detail. I have one Westside FEF-2:
I picked this thing up for a song because it had a nasty stain on the tender, probably from a chemical spill or an attempt at stripping:
Net cost: $150.00 My blaster made short work of the stain. Looks like yours, and probably is, just that later issue. It does have the smoke ears, they're still in the box. The other one is a PFM FEF-1. It is a better though older model. As you can see it's detailed better, and the tender can be set up for coal or oil by attaching the provided oil bunker top.
Work has been started on these, the most important part. They both have new can motors and DCC decoders (non sound), and they both passed their run tests.
I'll be showing these over on my thread when I get to them. Now back to your stuff. Nice to see other people doing steam work. Not many of us anymore! You're doing good work.
I picked this thing up for a song because it had a nasty stain on the tender, probably from a chemical spill or an attempt at stripping:
Net cost: $150.00 My blaster made short work of the stain. Looks like yours, and probably is, just that later issue. It does have the smoke ears, they're still in the box. The other one is a PFM FEF-1. It is a better though older model. As you can see it's detailed better, and the tender can be set up for coal or oil by attaching the provided oil bunker top.
Work has been started on these, the most important part. They both have new can motors and DCC decoders (non sound), and they both passed their run tests.
I'll be showing these over on my thread when I get to them. Now back to your stuff. Nice to see other people doing steam work. Not many of us anymore! You're doing good work.
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