Before & After

Great Job Don.  I like what you've done very much.  God Bless, Andrew.

Lots of learning in between

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http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/4x8/

Thank you if you visit

Harold

An older project

Nice transformations guys.  It's always cool to see what people create.  

Here's one...started with an Atlas 53' plug door.

After lots of trial and error I came up with this:

Prototype:  http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1990543

Proto:  http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1578361

Not my best, but still one of my favorites.  If I were to do it all over again I'd do a lot of things differently, but learning and improving is all part of the fun.

-Kevin

Previous layout

Before:

After:

In the one photo

A pair of Athearn Geeps

Here is a Before and After

This is an old thread, but Im sure this thread can get a lot more mileage , It would be good to see more Before and After shots from some of the talented modelers out there

Kevin, I have seen that boxcar in the background of some of your stunning Diorama shots, always wanted to see what it started out like, It is an AMAZING transformation

Here is a Roundhouse boxcar I weathered

And Here is the finished model, I done this one a few years ago 

The kit in the box and my finished version

I bought 2 of the Walthers Bud Trucking to make one large warehouse

Neal

From plasticard...

...to almost...done, but not quite yet...

A fun topic.

   I like the idea of showing how to transform a scene or rolling stock.  Here's a Lionel O boxcar I turned into an S car.......DaveB

CP Woodchip Boxcar

In progress:

Completed:

Misti Mountain - before & after

Before:

After:

Module 1

Before

After (reverse angle):

@DaveB

Wow!  What a difference a pair of trucks make to bring a new sense of proportion to a model!  Between the trucks and the door, this becomes much more believable as an S scale Hi-Cube, than an O scale car.

What a difference a pair of trucks make

Hi Alan, yeah it's interesting to look for scale cars hiding in a toy train car. I did a green BN hycube too as well as a Lionel 0-27 Republic Steel gondola.  They don't represent any prototype but look plausible in a train....DaveB

GRRC mine...my first attempt at scenery...

Before and after

Wow!  Super impressive work Dave! Besides the new trucks and great weathering, the couplers are a nice improvement. 

Here are a few before-and-afters from me.  Indian Creek before:

...and after:

Bluffs Yard before:

...and after:

Atlantic before:

 ...and after (with lots more work to come):

Ravine

Hereford Sub before and afters.

Some fantastic photos so far, guys!

2005 and 2016.

A hopper car I weathered this past weekend - before and after.

Don  Great idea  and some

   Don

Great idea  and some great results. My contribution is much less artistic and more pragmatic.My layout is in several rooms.Here are before during and not yet there photos in the main room.  

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Nice module Dave. The track

Nice module Dave. The track is very realistic. Any tighter shots of the track?