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I was holding off on posting these for awhile due to the forum having issues, but now that things are better, I'll post them. (Thank you very much, Bob!) First up is the rust bucket Chum is Fum and Daffy Duck covered hopper for anyone who didn't see it in the "Share your ghost letters" thread.
Next up, we have a custom boxcar that is also a track cleaner. (It uses the John Allen Masonite pad method, but the pad was removed for the photo) This car is a combination of parody and tribute, and is identical on both sides.
I have more stuff to share, but I'll save that for the next time. Don't want to go crazy with it.
Today, I have a pair of custom Presidential units in "house" lettering. I've seen pictures of the UP 4141 on here, (both model and full sized) so I think this is ok, but, just for the record none of this is meant to be political in anyway. I figure since one is a "D" and the other an "R", it balances out. I painted these as part of my own "America 250" celebrations, along with GP18 1776, which I had previously shown on this thread.
First off is 3535, a Spectrum GE Dash 8-40CW.
Next up is the 4547, a Walthers Mainline EMD SD75M custom painted to look like Air Force One. Influenced by UP 4141. The break wheel housing was missing when I took the photos, but Walthers was kind enough to replace the part under warranty. (I bought it brand new, undeccorated)
Hope you all enjoy looking at them as much as I did painting them. I should also mention that both units were painted with nothing but inexpensive craft paint from WalMart.
Here's a couple of historic photos to give a bit of a preview of a project that's currently in the works, and will probably be the next one I reveal on here.
As promised, here is the Midland Terminal trio, engines 64, 65, and 66. All three are modified Bachmanns that run quite well, and just like there full sized counterparts, all three are built from USRA 0-6-0s converted to 2-6-0s. In terms of the engines themselves, MT 65 is the least modified from the original Bachmann design, while modeling 64 and 66 required removing the rear sand dome and changing the forward sand dome to an oval, as well as relocating the bell and dynamo. All three received an extensive (and identical) tender rebuild.
) First up is the rust bucket Chum is Fum and Daffy Duck covered hopper for anyone who didn't see it in the "Share your ghost letters" thread.
