Weekend Update 9/30/2012

[superturbine]

      Finally got my brass sided 1938 Milwaukee Road Hiawatha passenger set painted this weekend.
Built and painted GHQ's pewter F-7 Hiawatha Hudson quite a while back. Bought the brass car sides from GHQ and then got the American Limited Core Kits for them.
The cars shown are three Coachs, Diner, Express Tap, Parlor, Express Baggage, RPO and the Parlor-Observation Beavertail.
Had the chassies built and painted a couple months back as already also had all nine cars built.
Now to bend and make all grag irons and airbrush black to install on each car, as well as painting all window frames silver.








All colors used are auto base-coat solid colors that I tinted for the Hiawatha.
Paints were thinned with base-coat reducer for airbrushing.
After painting I applyed a couple coats of clear lacquer, after a couple hours drying time I decaled them, followed by three final coats of clear lacquer.



Ernie

Looks totally sweet Ernie!!  I am glad I let you borrow my Hiawatha set!


Ha!

[mmagliaro]

Thanks guys , the rear truck is light so the easiest way to apply pressure to all 4 wheels without reducing driver pressure was IMO add a thick wrap of Loon to each axle and after it set up I coated it with Krazy glue . The Loon is non-conductive on my tests . I still wanted more anti-bounce weight so I filled a tube with the Loon , drilled a hole in both sideframes , and skewered the 3 with a brass rod . The rear truck is now heavy enough . and non-restrictive do the Hippy Hippy Shake in all axises . Yeah that missing wheelset was an omission by error on my part , but actually it is better left off to reduce the wear and tear on the copper PUC's until final pre-paint shots , followed by the done shots .

Max is that layout all sceniced a beautiful as those shots . Love the steam on a wooden trestle . I have a shot of a Challenger crossing one about that high .

No!  That one section is the only one done up that far.   I've got a LONG way to go!

[mmagliaro]

+1 - well done............

I appreciate the nice compliments.  Thank you!   I was eventually going to plant more trees down into that meadow area and bring
them closer to the trestle!  But now, from what you guys said, I may have to rethink that.

[UP4-8-8-4]

Ernie,

Nice job on the Hiawatha!  The GHQ kits really make up into a great looking train but you don't often see the full train built up and running.

     Thanks Bill !
Your right, GHQ really makes nice pewter engines and such, all fun to build.



Ernie

[davidgray1974]

David, that is looking really good!  I really like it.  The ballast looks great.  I would recommend adding some spilled coal around the tipple.  The mine is suitably filthy, but the ground around it looks too clean for a coal mine.  The gravel paths look very good too.

Thanks Dave!!  Just bought some coal at the LHS today.  Definately agree with you on the area looking too clean.  Wanted to weather the track a bit before I started adding too much.  Think I'm gonna airbrush either roof brown or RR tie brown along the edges and middle and then a coat of grimy black down the middle.  Fingers crossed I don't screw this up.

[thbguy]

Down with the flu for ten days, but managed to drag myself back to work today.
I had planned to post this when I was a little further along, but while I am waiting on some parts I figured that I would post a teaser picture.

Can anyone guess what locomotive model I am working on?


Michael Livingston
Modelling southern Ontario in N-scale from Minnesota (Go figure, eh!)

[up1950s]

LIRR unit , they didn't have DP's . Don't ask me how I now know this .

[VonRyan]

Down with the flu for ten days, but managed to drag myself back to work today.
I had planned to post this when I was a little further along, but while I am waiting on some parts I figured that I would post a teaser picture.

Can anyone guess what locomotive model I am working on?


Michael Livingston
Modelling southern Ontario in N-scale from Minnesota (Go figure, eh!)

I'd have to guess a Metro-Vick, Class 28... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_28
With an F-unit shell thrown in there to throw us off. 

-Cody F.

[GimpLizard]

Down with the flu for ten days, but managed to drag myself back to work today.
I had planned to post this when I was a little further along, but while I am waiting on some parts I figured that I would post a teaser picture.

Can anyone guess what locomotive model I am working on?


Michael Livingston
Modelling southern Ontario in N-scale from Minnesota (Go figure, eh!)

Looks like the making of a B-A1A version of the Fairbanks-Morse C-Liner. I'm guessing it's going to be a Canadian National unit.

[DKS]

Looks like the making of a B-A1A version of the Fairbanks-Morse C-Liner.

Without question. I'm working on the same unit... about a dozen of them...

[VonRyan]

I'd rather a nice class 28, but i guess thats just another loco that'll stay relegated to the HO/OO ranges, along with the class 17. 


 



-Cody F.

[lock4244]

CPA16-5... used briefly on the Super Continental before relegated to the Ocean due to the fact they they weren't FP9A's.

[R L Smith]

Fantastic work from a lot of folks, and as always very inspiring!

Wazzou, any chance you could post a "before" pic of the 52' flat?


rls