Intermountain, HO Scale, 50' PS 5277 Boxcar, Undecorated Kit

Assembled and ready for the paint booth.....

Not sure if I posted the underside.....

Terry

Sunday Fun

sawtooth gets a new building

Working on adding the last building to the Sawtooth module. It is on the left. Still needs some roof work but the barb wire should keep it safe for now.

New is "old"...

Fantastic Rick.  I love how when the picture is clicked on to enlarge, it get's a blacked out background.  That allows the details to really pop.  Very, very cool.  

Bravo!

Another WPF of some excellent stuff. Like the variety et al.

Yay for y'all!

Andre

FANTASTIC!

Amazing start to the week, as always!

Great work Rick

@ Modeltruckshop

Those swamp buggies are looking good!

Terry

"Mr. Truckshop"

All that green and lovely modeling looks awful nice out here in dust!

Always look forward to your photos. Total inspiration.

@ Rick Sutton Damn! There are

@ Rick Sutton

Damn! There are incredible. Can't wait to see them in their setting.

Thanks Dee

Next week might be the date! Or it might not.........I can get hung up on the smallest things, but I think that I'm ready to move on to something new. Here's hoping!

Jeff

Thanks for the comment. In all honesty I took the background out because it was my usual work desk disaster zone and it cluttered things up to the point the model disappeared!

Southwest Limited

A pair of SDP40Fs are in charge of Amtrak's Southwest Limited in 1975. A transition baggage/dorm leads a group of high-level coaches and a diner/lounge, with three single-level sleepers bringing up the rear.

This was taken during last Thursday's 'open run' night on the North American Prototype Modelers HO scale layout in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

@ Rick and Terry

Thanks Terry,can’t wait I watch your box come to life after your killer bulkhead. 

Rick, back at you my man. I really enjoy seeing your work and attention to detail. The photo buildings have been interesting to follow and educational. Beside looking good

Steve

Welcome back! Some of us

Welcome back! Some of us noticed your absence.

sawtooth gets a new building

Rick,

Your models make you the master of master modelers. It is simply the best I have ever seen -- anywhere -- and I have seen a lot of really nice models.

I love it!!!!!!!!!!

Jim  

Jim Six

Your kindness makes me blush!

 I have an affinity for buildings with lots of character and I it stems from my youth . I spent so much time around them and working inside them that I was imprinted from birth. I grew up with my grand parents co-raising me and they both had worked in the fields and packing sheds of the citrus area we were in.

This picture sits on the old desk that I work on building my models. I'm the little guy on the running board. Notice the building behind us? That's the shop my family worked out of. Corregated Steel. It's in my blood.

Until my thirties I worked in and around old warehouses and abandoned structures often trackside.........I could draw pictures in my sleep of these places. Luckily many still stand and I can get photos to start the modeling process in 1/87.

Thanks again for your encouragement. It means a lot to me.

A little photo diorama

I have just finished making a little diorama (120 x 65mm) just for taking photos of, or displaying rolling stock. Nice and easy to make, though I am still experimenting with grass and vegetation. The diorama is only long enough for any a single piece of rolling stock.

Well worth the time spent making it, and easy to take outside for photos. I think I will make a longer one so that I can photograph several pieces at once. Shown is my one and only (so far) locomotive, a scratchbuilt Russian TU7.

Hi Rick, I remember those

Hi Rick,

I remember those brooms like the one in the lower right of your photograph! There are a few advantages to being old!   LOL   Again, your building modeling is simply fantastic!

Jim

Brooms

I remember brooms like that, too--good reliable transportation!  I'm planning on putting a rack outside one of the local businesses with a row of brooms parked on it, to see if anyone notices.  Likewise, there might be a Delorean, a police box, and/or a shuttlecraft--all easily removable to get the 1920's back without the funny stuff.

Model what you know...

I have always heard of the adage of a writer writing what they know.

In other words, a murder mystery novel rings more true (and is more fun to write) if you are a police detective or know how they work.

Just like your modelling, Rick. You model what you 'get' and it shows. The love of the subject does, too.

I see too many model railroads which are just copies of other model railroads. The ones that really stand out are the ones that the builders has a love for his vision (either based on reality or whimsy or somewhere in between).

Your work shows this love for your subject. That's the difference between a 'ho hum' model and what you're doing.

Well put Lee

I see that love of subject in your modeling too. WW2 still lived inside of everyone when I was born in 1948. You could feel it and it was evident in every family in our small town.

As much as I loved trains as a youngster for my Dad they mainly brought back memories of long journeys on troop trains and how crowded they were. As many train trips that I took with family to see relatives in the mid west I don't think my Dad ever got on another train again after getting out of the army!

Your modeling brings alive a lot of the stories I heard as a youngster and the stories of lost friends and relatives that I could only fill in through fragments of overheard conversations.

Brooms

You can still buy brooms like that new - I have one in the garage.  Stiff corn bristles on a good handle like that work well for a lot of things wussier bristles fail miserably at, and they’re reasonably cheap.

As far as the modelling that is the real subject of this thread - pretty impressive stuff!  And not just Rick.

Brooms

Speaking of brooms, I just added some around the handcar shed. The brooms are made by Tichy, along with crowbars, picks and sledge hammers.