Weekend Update 12/6/15

[Nick Lorusso]

Well here we are a few weeks later.

Stripped, dipped, plastic adhesion promoter, paint white, masked, white again, then colour.

The plastic adhesion promoter worked well. I had zero issues removing the masking tape.  I even got Scott L's model in there as well this time as an added bonus. Thanks for the tips everyone.

 Craig

Craig,
You can send me the Wide Cab MLW unit.

[craigolio1]

Not the weekend, and hardly an update, but this morning at a jobsite, I came across this cool hand-made toy train that belongs to the homeowner.



Then engine featured operating metal valve gear that looks like its assembled from various bits and pieces of hardware, and the ornamentation is provided by some very ordinary stuff, for instance, the smoke box door is a chrome pipe collar



And she was ready to haul some toys.  Here's the gondola...

Note that the coupler is an old shutter lock that can be pulled up with the chain.  It locks into an eye hook a the end of the next car.


A box car, complete with an added on ladder (nice detail!)


A flat car, including stake pockets.


And the Little Red Caboose brings up the markers.

It looks like the wheels are from a hardware store, too, maybe old hardened rubber skate wheels.  I'm guessing 7-24 was J.J.'s birthday...

I thought it was a cool thing to find just as Christmas Garden season is getting into full swing.

Lee

That is awesome!

[craigolio1]

Craig,
You can send me the Wide Cab MLW unit.

Haha. No way! That's one of my favorites. The one I'm really looking forward to painting is an M630W that I kitbashed by using a cab from a Briggs models M420, and one of his conversion kits for an M630. That one will be in the batch of units that I have waiting for the earlier "Hockey Stick" paint scheme.

Craig