Still this bridge project.

Getting closer to done, yet still so far...

@Jeff

I loathe those engines. My maiden voyage as an engineer was in an 8800 series standard cab, in the fog...

Boxcar weathering

Progress continues on my current project, waiting for the latest layer to dry. 

Ross A

Has anyone built inside one of these?

 I need ideas for supporting the bench work.and the back drop

Rocks, rocks, rocks

I'm experimenting with rock colouring. I've learnt to trial first and hopefully miss the error later.

cheers,

Anthony

Work continues on FEC Cab

I applied the sides and ends today. These are prepainted per instructions. They are peel and stick. The kit is an AMB Laser kit. Both ends are the same so I only showed one. 

Rock on!

Anthony,

Your rocks Rock! Nicely done, inquiring minds want to know how you colored them.

Ross A

Steel building?

Charlie,

Is that a Webb Steel type building?

Ross A

Hey RossA

Hi RossA,

The colours are just acrylic washes in various levels of intensity, the secret is the great molds from Bragdon, built using the cast resin method. There is a learning curve, but the results can be excellent. Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Anthony

You tell me ?

Building

Got to be O scale....  

Following

Following

Hinsdale, NH Station

Scratchbuilding Boston and Maine Hinsdale, NH Station 

Seen better days....

But unlike its passengers it returns...

OO9 hearse, GEM body, Peco underframe. Just needs couplers adjusted when I work out a practical height.

Icing

Just coming off the workbench is a Tichy icing platform.  Tichy recently had a "stay at home" 20% off sale and perishable freight has become an interest of mine so I ordered one.  Agriculture has a part in my RR's business model.  Jeff Wilson's book "Produce, Traffic, and Trains is a good reference.  The NMRA's Potomac Division published a special interest report on waybilling for perishable freight that is very informative and has quite a bit on icing:

http://potomac-nmra.org/PDnewsite/SpecialInterestReports/SpecialInterestReports.php

Just before everything closed I was in a hobby shop and bought an AK wood weathering set of three colors that I wanted to try out.  Making styrene look like wood is always a fun challenge.  This has a coat of Tamiya gray primer, then a sepia india ink in alcohol wash.  Then the dark brown wash from AK.  This was followed up by a very light gray, almost white, acrylic dry brush.  After it dried a black india ink in alcohol wash and then some more work with the other AK washes applied randomly.

@Critter....

....it’s the new Trex composite building, right?

Peter

@ archie

Your icing project is pretty interesting. I've seen some modeling efforts on ice platforms, but never saw anyone use ice blocks. Your modeling efforts and details are amazing. Looking forward to seeing some shots after it's placed on the layout.

Terry

@Archie

Very nice weathered appearance that you've achieved on your icing platform.  I especially like the peeling paint.

I too have one of those acrylic "weathered wood" kits that I purchased mainly to try to weather wood flat car decks, but I haven't gotten around to trying it yet.  Your posting has me inspired to give it a try.

Al Carter, Mount Vernon, WA

Tucker Brothers

I'm currently painting the Woodland Scenics Tucker Brothers Machine shop.

I need some better paint brushes for this detail work. Pretty happy with it so far.

@archie, @PennCentral99

The icing platform looks terrific. The weathered wood effect is right on.

The scale ice blocks shown in the photos would have weighed about 300 pounds each in real life. For prototype accuracy, it's fine to show them on the conveyor, and main icing platform, but not on the drop-down, hinged platform extensions that protrude toward a car, or on the top of a car. Dropping a full block into the ice bunker of a reefer would destroy or seriously damage the bunker. So the blocks always were broken up on the icing platform into chunks or chips, the size of which would be specified by the customer. Modeling chunks is somewhat difficult. Some have had success with bits of acrylic or glass. Using a clear gloss finish on the platform surface can simulate melted water.

Sometimes salt was added also, so bags of salt on the platform also would be prototypical.

Tabooma

Thanks, good to hear. Give it a try.

Patent

Thank you.  Much appreciated.  Good thing those are adhered with scenic detail cement.

622 is still on my workbench

But finally getting to the modelling phase!

For the blow by blow description, please visit my Wordpress blog.

Rene

Lumber Company Warehouse

I just completed this basswood structure with a styrene standing seam metal roof. There are three structures for this industry; two are completed.