Shay #6 in the high country

Shay #6 in the high country.

Bill Beverly

Recycling

Had a few free minutes for a speed modeling session this morning, and a couple lonely bulkhead flats that needed loads. Slapped together some craft wood sticks into cribbing with super glue and raided the scrap box finding two Branchline Blueprint cars I had poorly assembled and weathered years ago.  Now they’re off to the scrap yard.  20 minutes, zero dollars, two loads.  Not a bad way to recycle!  Will get around to tie down straps later

Jeff

Hey Ugly

Very cool. It took me a few looks to find the flats! 

When I saw the cribbing where the trucks would have been.........lightbulb moment!

First Trip

The Agawamuck Creek's brand new 45 Ton switcher makes its first trip down the line on a dry summer day. The ACRR still operates this engine today, albeit in a more rusty and faded form...

--Sean M.

Almost there

Ballast touch up and then adding the LP will finish the pulp yard.

All Shay All The Time

Who doesn't love a Shay? And since the last couple photo weeks seemed to feature them, I thought I'd add to the show. This old PFM-United brass 25 Tonner operates for the Lincoln Lumber Company, whose sawmill is up there in back and billboards the late President himself (found on a bandaid. I couldn't resist.) Alex

Cement job

Former Conrail U23B shifts Buzzi UniCem.

Dead end street

Lumber

Been working on some O scale lumber loads (both fresh cut and well weathered):

@ BillObenauf

That sure is some mighty fine looking lumber, Bill'..

this week

Caboose leaving Stonehammer

@BillObenauf Love those

@BillObenauf

Love those knots in the lumber. Superb work.

Railfaning

I managed to snap this photo of a nice mixed freight

@ Tez

Nice shot, good looking cars there.

good ol weekly photos

@ Modeltruckshop    , Thanks Steve,  your Trio of Frisco locos looks great on that Dio

@ Bill B, the Shay looks good on the beautiful trestle

@ Bill O,  that lumber looks spot on, knots in the wood is a nice touch

Tez 510

Thank you!

Thanks for the comments about the wood and the knots. It’s pretty simple to do. The boards are colored using rubbing alcohol and chalk (raw umber and gold ochre chalks). I smear the chalk and alcohol into the wood trying to get a heartwood and sapwood look. Ultimately, I want subtle color variety and to eliminate that stark white appearance of raw basswood:

Next, using a wood burner dialed down to low heat, I try to “toast” the edges and a few other areas so they appear darker (heartwood). I switch to a needle-point tip and add the knots. Low heat once again with a goal of brown dots.  Too much heat and the “wood knots” look more like black circular burn marks. While it takes some extra effort, only the top 5 or 6 boards need this much attention. Just a few will convey the idea that the entire stack is knotty pine:

For MRH

Bill, I'd like to see your lumber detailing tips appear in MRH.  Joe, what say you?

Lumber

Bill, those boards look great.

Brilliant wood making idea

Thanks for sharing your method. This is a great hobby where we encourage others to try what works for them. Great looking pine boards. I can smell that fresh cut wood. 

Great shots this week,

Great shots this week, everyone!  The kitchen table is occupied with my current kitbash project -still very much in progress, with lots of details and weathering left to do.  

Heisler No 2

Heisler No 2 heads back to the mill.

Bill B.

BM GP38-2 H0

Proto 2000 Geep in the 'sun'.

Great work on here and lots of variety

Sure!

Sure, we'd love to see an article from Bill on making this great looking lumber.