Weekend Update - 6 April 2008

[womblenz]

Hi Guys

Over the weekend I managed to get some lights installed into a project I'm working on







If you look real hard you can see the conduict running up the wall.



Still have a ways to go yet still working out how to paint details



Oppppps better show building  lol



Cheers Warren

[Skip]

Warren,
I recognize the LEDs, but what are you using for the shades?

[Hyperion]

They look like Ngineering's shades to me.

[womblenz]

Hi Guys

yes LED's, conduit and shades are from Ngineering.

Cheers Warren

[Skip]

Warren,

I'd bet the drill bit is too, right.

[tracksentinel]

I have been painting more of the order I recieved from Make My Model.

First we have a garbage truck painted to resemble a Waste Management unit. All I need is some custom printed tiny little N scale WM decals:





Then we have an LP gas delivery truck. This is one of two to be used with the gas depot on the layout:



Here is a day-cab truck with dump trailer:



And a 600 series aerocab:



And finally an 800 series aerocab:

[Greyryder]

Nice! Now all you need, are some trash bags for the Waste Management truck to drive past.

*has had experiences with Waste Management*

[RS-27]

Sheesh Steve, how the hell am I supposed to follow that up?

Finally got around to installing Unimate short shank couplers in my Super Chief ABBA consist (one of those sitting on my workbench forever projects):



I also installed one "half" American Limited diaphragm between each unit:



Now all I need to do is install the grabs and other cab detail and get that z-scale coupler on the front!

Also took a couple fun shots...



Overall shot:

lashedup, I don't know what you're growing but it looks good.

Bob in IDaho

[3rdrail]

I have been painting more of the order I recieved from Make My Model.

First we have a garbage truck painted to resemble a Waste Management unit. All I need is some custom printed tiny little N scale WM decals:

And a 600 series aerocab:

The top of that truck looks like it's been in a hailstorm! That's exactly the finish I've seen on autos left out in one.  The glass is usually shattered though. ;D ;D ;D

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Yeah, that's the downside to that MMM stuff. It's a shame, because it's a really cool concept, but I'm now willing to bite for any of their stuff because of it.

I have one of their things, and while it's ok, I haven't painted it yet for that reason.

[Sokramiketes]

I have been painting more of the order I recieved from Make My Model.

First we have a garbage truck painted to resemble a Waste Management unit. All I need is some custom printed tiny little N scale WM decals:

And a 600 series aerocab:

The top of that truck looks like it's been in a hailstorm! That's exactly the finish I've seen on autos left out in one.  The glass is usually shattered though. ;D ;D ;D

Someone's first post and you're pointing out flaws in surface finish?  Wow...  These are actually the best MMM models I've seen, tracksentinel obviously spent a lot of time cleaning them up.

[lashedup]

Hey, lighten up francis...  ;D

If you've never seen some of the 3D printer outputs closeup before you'd be surprised as well (unless you can afford a $60k Perfactory printer).

I agree he did a hell of a job cleaning them and painting them.

[tracksentinel]

Easy Mike. We all know each other even though this is my first post here in a few years.   >>
(wink wink, nudge nudge)  Constructive criticism is alway welcome. Especially when the flaw is obvious.

I probably should have spent a little more time on that green truck but the light angle in the photo really make it look worse than it actually is.
Some sanding with sanding sticks and even files, and a couple coats of filling primer do wonders for most of the models.

I got 12 vehicles in that order from MMM and some required almost no sanding at all where others were fairly textured like the 600. Care must be taken with handling (sanding) the tractors and they will break at the frame right behind the cab.  Don't ask me how I know this.

[3rdrail]

Frankly, I wouldn't have commented if he hadn't done such a good job on the others. But, the Norfolk Southern sales rep. out of Montgomery that covered this area had a Chevy Citation company car that was caught in a hailstorm and he had to drive it all dented up until it was time to trade it. That's exactly what it looked like.

[tracksentinel]

Frankly, I wouldn't have commented if he hadn't done such a good job on the others. But, the Norfolk Southern sales rep. out of Montgomery that covered this area had a Chevy Citation company car that was caught in a hailstorm and he had to drive it all dented up until it was time to trade it. That's exactly what it looked like.

Yeah, my dad left his brand new 1973 T-Bird parked at the Altus, Oklahoma airport for a few days and it came away with that "Hammertone" finish too.