Looks like everyone is having some fun this weekend!
I finally started my backdrop and am hoping to get it sanded and primed this morning. If there is time I may put down some blue as well. Went to buy more hardboard but Lowes was extremely busy yesterday. I figured this would be enough to get me started.
Nice shots of the heritage units, guys. Everybody else: great photos from you.
I completed this Mather Stock Car from a Proto 200 kit I had on my "to do list" for several years. (GN stick car coupled to switcher) ...
I found an easy way to remove the fragile detail parts from sprues. I heated my number 11 Xacto blade with a soldering iron. Then it was easy to slice through the parts gates. I installed all of the brake rigging without breaking any of the parts. I was not so lucky with the tiny little grab irons. I cut them off the sprues okay without breaking them, but then they would break trying to install them in holes in the car. I drilled larger holes for a few of them, and I still broke them. Next, I made all 36 grab irons from brass wire.
I didn't realize this thread existed! I have a Bachmann flat car that I put kd's on. After that I removed the black plastic "wood" and put a wood deck on it. The wood was left over from another project. After that I weathered everything.