Well you sure helped end my day on a good note. Excellent video with like you mentioned great top views. 1st remarks is WOW, not a lot of graffiti. 2nd was the rebar loads in the gondolas. Loved the small bulkhead ends on those cars, the left over scrap in a few of the “empty“ gondolas.
Thanks, my two favorites were the rebar in the gons and seeing the deck on the small bulkhead cars. I always wonder what's in a gondola especially when you see 3-4 in a row.
Totally agree. I have now watched it 3 times taking notes the third time. Yes, I know, I need a life but I enjoy this stuff
I came across this guy the one day doing some railfanning on youtube. I like that he was on a bridge and you could see the tops and sides of the car and what was in the open top cars. I also noticed that the radiator fan exhaust is so hot from these tier 4 engines that it burns the paint off and that they are a gray/whitish color and some have rust around the edges. I'll have to go back and redo some weathering on my engines, after all most people see the tops and sides when viewing a train on a layout. It is also helpful seeing the top deck of a flatcar to get an idea how the wood weathers, not something you see all the time.
I did a unit train of ethanol tanks cars for a client. 24 cars and he sent me pictures on how he’d like them done. Basically all 24 the same level of grime. I sent him a video from YouTube showing a train of 100+ tank cars. There were 5 cars in that train that if they weren’t freshly repainted were 1 or 2 weeks old. Of the 24 cars I did for him all I did on 1 car was reduce the glossy finish. The rest got various degrees of weathering. The video Cambria Area52 posted also shows the lack of graffiti on the train. Not all trains, (exception maybe be the LA area) are wall to wall graffiti
They all start out shiny at one point and go downhill from there.
Tank cars also drain downhill, so they get stickier and oilier earlier than other types of cars. So much so that I'll have to wash my hands just thinking about it.
And pictures!Tank cars also drain downhill, so they get stickier and oilier earlier than other types of cars. So much so that I'll have to wash my hands just thinking about it.
Gonna need...acetone, turpentine...that orange peel based sticky label remover...and, of course "Dawn" dish-washing detergent.
Going over this video I have some gondolas that need loads. I seen the rod loads and have leftover tag wire. So I'll give it a try. Still having some trouble matching metal color paint. Here is the task at hand and the model.
Thank you
I particularly applaud the 1000 vs 100 pieces buying expertise. Why not get it tenfold?
Snowman! Do you have pictures of your “quaking aspen”? I have since April been trying create a grove of them as a gift for a fellow modeler with little in my eye of success.
