Show Us your Weathering, Detailing and Scratch building!

[Santa Fe Guy]

This is one of the loco's I weathered for a friends KCS Mexican division RR.

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[Santa Fe Guy]

And another.
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[robert3985]

Thought I'd keep this thread going.  Some really nice work here!...and some pretty good photography also!

I've posted these before, but it's been a few years.  This thread is a good place to post 'em again. 

This was an unpainted Key Big Boy, which I stripped down to bare brass (took off the brass colored paint and clear coat) ground off cast-on details and added hundreds of new and additional brass details, plus did a bit of research to get the colors right, the light weathering that was common on these often-washed and meticulously cared-for flagship engines and the correct smokebox and firebox look.

I used Scalecoat I for the "engine black" and Polly Scale for the weathering to give it that prototype shiny look with dull dust, dirt, soot, heat damage and bad water scaling.

Finally sold it to a Russian collector after the Athearn Big Boys became available and I tested 'em to make sure they ran well and reliably.  Got one on the bench right now doing the same sort of thing with it, along with a Kato FEF-3 and a couple of GP-30's getting the same treatment.

Photo (1) Here's the overall view copied from a relatively famous U.P. publicity shot taken at this identical spot, but with a lot more smoke and steam.  Yes...I need to ballast this section! 


Photo (2) Forward part of engine sitting on the Park City Branch mainline at Echo:


Photo (3) Rear part of engine:


Photo (4) Top of tender:


Photo (5) Rear tender view:


Photo (6) The 4023 at Echo Curve:


Cheerio!
Bob Gilmore

[mu26aeh]

This thread is for YOUR weathering and detailing, not pictures of the prototype

Wow 

[nscaler711]

So.... Screw me doing 3751... @robert3985 I'll need your addy... Cause I really, really want to own a piece of work from you, so I'm gonna send you my Bmann Northern Ok? 
That looks fantastic, I honestly thought it was a Athearn, with upgraded details... (had a Challenger it looked great)

[Santa Fe Guy]

Great work Bob. Nice pics too.
Rod.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I like the tender deck weathering. Subtle, great.

[ednadolski]

Fantastic work as always Bob!   Love to see that BB in motion, any chance you have a vid link?

Ed

[dougnelson]

Weathered and detailed N5 cabin car:


Scratch-bashed a trailer for DD1 containers with a 1930s Mack:

[tankcar]

I built this several years ago and decided to upgrade, backdate and weather it.

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[Ed Kapuscinski]

Whoa. That is beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

[svedblen]

Excuse my overseas ignorance, but does Ed's law apply here ?  If so, pics?

I built this several years ago and decided to upgrade, backdate and weather it.

Bobby (Attachment Link)

[Philip H]

Excuse my overseas ignorance, but does Ed's law apply here ?  If so, pics?

http://hointerchange-seaboardcoast.blogspot.com/2012/09/rail-whales-part-1-giant-tank-cars.html

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=52512

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Ed's law never applies. lol

[peteski]

Speaking of Ed's Law, I have always wondered whether it was Ed K-ski or Ed N-ski law? Or both? Just be sure not to use Reverse Polish Notation when replying to this thread.