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Malibu, I like the scenery on the Pillow Fort and Western. :D Beautiful Daylight, somehow I never get tired of seeing pictures of that engine. :)

Jabaakko, looks good. Amazing what you can find in old books.
 
Pictorial of progress on my work caboose project.

Bachmann caboose body attached to Athearn 50' flatcar. Fox trucks installed. Caboose handrail and brake wheel added. End door from a drover caboose kit added.
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Metal stakes from an Athearn kit installed.
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Wood sides sanded to 2 to 3 scale inches thick added.
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Here's a quick project. Remove the toylike wheels and axles from a Johnny Lightning bus and replace them with the wheels and axles from a Boley GMC truck and this is what you end up with.
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jeffrey-wimberly said:
Here's a quick project. Remove the toylike wheels and axles from a Johnny Lightning bus and replace them with the wheels and axles from a Boley GMC truck and this is what you end up with.
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Great swap out Jeffrey! With a more basic one color paint job and some Sheriff Department decals it would look good parked beside your prisoner road crew work detail. Some fine black or gray mesh over the passenger windows to simulate the security grilles and an old bloodhound laying in the shade under the bus.

Thanks for the inspiration!!!! I've got to do one for my Woodland Scenics chain gang.
 
jbaakko said:
Nice AC units Jerome, BLMA correct? I need to get me some of them for a few structures on my layout.

Returning to my teaser photo from Friday... People always seem to think I'm a weirdo for wanting a complete collection of back issues of the major model railroading magazines, sometimes calling it "useless dated info".:rolleyes:

This model was inspired by a recent thumbing through Model Railroader issues I recently added. This one was not that old in perspective (June 2009), however it provided inspiration and modeling help. The article, on page 41, by Lou Sassi, described how he painted a deck of a flat car to look like weathered wood.

I purchased the called for Reefer Gray, choosing Floquil over his use of Polly Scale. I painted the deck with two coats, and also did the ends of the boards. I then picked out some boards with Union Pacific Harbor Mist Gray, some Model Master Gull Gray, and another unknown Model Master gray (medium gray color, the lettering has washed off the bottle so I do not know the color's name). I then dullcoted the deck and weathered it with tan & clay brown chalks (not weathering powders). Up to this point I had pretty much mimicked the article.

I made a load using two sizes of Evergreen Styrene "I" beam, leaving the center section of the bottom row hollow, and inserting a 1.5oz weight intended for Athearn 40' boxcars. This brings the car (when loaded) up closer to NMRA spec. I painted the completed load Floquil Weathered Black, then sprayed on a super thin layer of Oxide Red to simulate very light rusting.

The load was wrapped in black Nylon thread. I noticed that steel beam loads are not really secured to the deck of bulkhead flats, rather just banded togeather. They're blocked in place with wood. I used some scrap wood strips, stained in a vinegar-steel wool mixture, which turns them more grayish. They were then CA'd to the deck, and into every other stake pocket.

The load is removable, but remains firmly in place when on the car due to the blocking and its own weight.

How do you think I did? Turns out reading back issues can provide some inspiration!:D
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Hi Josh,

Your job on the flat car and load looks very good. It's true that many of the older issues have many good articles.

Does your Model RR mag collection go back as far as 1950's or later? A friend, who is a machinist completely built Narrow Gauge #15 Shay from scratch, with the exception of the bevel gears on the drive wheels, which was on the cover along with about 6 old Box cars and a Caboose he built and photographed it in a way that made it look exactly like the real thing. He even built his own motor for it.

Ken Barnhart is his name if you should come across it.
 
jeffrey-wimberly said:
Here's a quick project. Remove the toylike wheels and axles from a Johnny Lightning bus and replace them with the wheels and axles from a Boley GMC truck and this is what you end up with.

Yeah, those are nice buses for the money, I bought 3, I've done the same thing. I picked up a bunch of Boleys a few years back at Hobby Lobby on sale for $2.99 each just for the parts, they are too new for me otherwise but I got ones with Spoked Hubs. The buses I'm making just ordinary School Buses out of them, yellow with black fenders and trim.
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Trussrod said:
Hi Josh,

Your job on the flat car and load looks very good. It's true that many of the older issues have many good articles.

Does your Model RR mag collection go back as far as 1950's or later? A friend, who is a machinist completely built Narrow Gauge #15 Shay from scratch, with the exception of the bevel gears on the drive wheels, which was on the cover along with about 6 old Box cars and a Caboose he built and photographed it in a way that made it look exactly like the real thing. He even built his own motor for it.

Ken Barnhart is his name if you should come across it.
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1954 is as early as I go, and it's not by any means complete. I have a few various issues. I'll see if I have that issue though.
 
Fresh from the paint shop at Davis Signs, Texas and Gulf Coast MP-15 #1505 (the "Port of Corpus Christi") runs a transfer across the diamond on the Sue Line:

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Some of the local foamers are about to get a talkin to...

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That's a great little pic/story there with the farmers climbing the signal tower. hahaha (cop looks in a funny position though)
 
Yeah, the cop looks to be a bit tipsy. I put the motorcycle on the other side of the signal bridge with the cop standing next to it like he's waiting for the railfans to come down, and the railfans haven't yet realized the kind of hotwater they are in.
 
Motley said:
That's a great little pic/story there with the farmers climbing the signal tower. hahaha (cop looks in a funny position though)
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naa.. the cop was leaning back chillin... he knew he would have to mace 'em and drag 'em off the tower if he didn't let them get their shot...
 
Some really nice photos. Here my contribution. Here's a Milwaukee Road switcher preparing to leave the yard and service local industries.

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santafewillie said:
montanan, do you realize that you posted this picture to a 2011 WPF?
Willie
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No I didn't. Sorry. Here's another then.

This was one of my earliest custom painting efforts. This locomotive was built for a friend of mine for his freelance layout which in theory connects with mine. It was done over 25 years ago. An Athearn blue box that was remotored with a can motor. Nickle silver wheels and constant/reverse lighting was also installed. Still running like a champ today.

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