Weekend Update 10/25/20

[ednadolski]

Anyway, I glanced over at my Diorama and noticed the sunlight.

Looks terrific!  Do you have any pics of the dio in full sunlight?

Ed

[wazzou]

Overcast, maybe later this afternoon.   

The Sun came out.
I'm busy at work, but I grabbed a quick iPhone shot of the whole thing. 
It's not completely finished with details but it works for pictures which is why I built it.

It's 12" x 30"

[JMaurer1]

Some of you people either have too much time on your hands or are just sick masochists...

[chuck geiger]

Nah Chuck, I’m a West side of the Cascades guy.  Douglas Fir, Coastal Hemlock and Western Red Cedar for me.   

Did you make them or supplier?

[VonRyan]

Spent some of the evening on Sunday rearranging stuff in the studio to make my work table a little more user friendly.

My hobby time over the last month has been relegated to just doing a few DCC installations for customers.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

that is truly sad.
while some parts of philly seem to be rebounding into life
others are just decaying away or knocked to the ground and fenced in
sad to see


soincerely
Gary

It's funny. That awesome (to us) stuff is getting torn down, likely to build something far more productive and better for the future of the city.

But sadly, it won't involve SW1s nosing boxcars around impossibly tight curves in the middle of belgian block streets.

[peteski]

A little late to the party, but here's what seems to be a popular little experiment: an N Scale kiddie train ride...

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=49183.msg685515#msg685515

Another incredible example of modeling from DKS!  I also have to chuckle as the color and shape of the ride reminds  me of a sliced-up Nathan hot-dog, with a hint of NYC Dryefus Hudson locomotive.  Intentional?  Maybe?   

[wazzou]

Did you make them or supplier?

I make them in a couple of different ways. 

1) Furnace Filter
2) Twisted Sisal Fiber (rope)

[Tom L]

Thank you very much Thomas. 
Sorry, no article on the NP car.  It is made from resin castings of a scratch built master for the sides in combination with OEM Roof, Ends and Ladders and commissioned CDS dry transfers.

That is very nicely done!

Tom L

[Cajonpassfan]

Thank you very much Thomas. 
Sorry, no article on the NP car.  It is made from resin castings of a scratch built master for the sides in combination with OEM Roof, Ends and Ladders and commissioned CDS dry transfers.

Dang, what a great model. A must have if you model NP (or the ATSF in SoCal, with all the Northwest traffic bringing paper goods etc.). Nice work!

[thomasjmdavis]

Thank you very much Thomas. 
Sorry, no article on the NP car.  It is made from resin castings of a scratch built master for the sides in combination with OEM Roof, Ends and Ladders and commissioned CDS dry transfers.

Great work, Bryan. Thanks for the additional photos.  If you ever decide to produce those as kits, give me a heads up. 20s-30s wood boxcars are my favorite freight cars. 

[wazzou]

Thank you Thomas.
Surprisingly, these cars (750 of them) were built new to this design in 1944 in an effort to conserve much needed steel for the War effort while still filling a need for more boxcars.
They were called War Emergency Boxcars but interestingly differed in design from those of most other railroad's War Emergeny Boxcars of that same period.
Also interesting is that unlike many railroads that rebuilt theirs with steel sides and reinforced sills, the NP kept theirs as built right up until the BN merger of 1970.

I cast a couple of dozen sides during that period of interest, ultimately discarding probably half for some reason or another. 
I have 5 cars other than the one pictured, that are fully assembled without details or paint, that like many other things, I intend to complete.
It's unlikely I'd ever consider offering any type of kit, simply because if I cast a fully built boxcar, less details, I'd be offering other company's property like the OEM ends, roofs and ladders that I've used that are mated to a core that my sides are affixed to.
Not my thing.

[thomasjmdavis]

I knew some railroads had "war emergency" cars with 4 diagonals per side rather than the 6 of the IM car (I have several), and good to see them modeled.  I admit to jumping to the conclusion they were of an earlier era because of the "ARA look" of the sides.  I've seen photos of similar CB&Q cars, but don't know if they were "war emergency" or something earlier.  Oddly, it seemed like every N manufacturer made similar cars in the 70s (although quality was often questionable and accuracy, well.....the less said the better), but since then, not much in wood boxcars other than USRA designs and the IM, plus a few kits (much appreciated, but I wish there were more).

Best regards

[nkalanaga]

I have heard that part of the reason the NP, and GN, kept their wood-sheathed boxcars so long was that they both served a lot of lumber mills, and no steel mills.  Support your local industry!

The GN's "War Emergency" cars were all double-sheathed, either vertical boards or plywood.   They did have at least one series of single-sheathed cars, built in 1927, but preferred double-sheathed.  My guess is that they stayed drier inside, important for grain service.

[wazzou]

I have heard that part of the reason the NP, and GN, kept their wood-sheathed boxcars so long was that they both served a lot of lumber mills, and no steel mills.  Support your local industry!

The GN's "War Emergency" cars were all double-sheathed, either vertical boards or plywood.   They did have at least one series of single-sheathed cars, built in 1927, but preferred double-sheathed.  My guess is that they stayed drier inside, important for grain service.

True in some ways. 
I really would like to finish a GN plywood sided car I'd started many years ago and I think Archer rivets will help.
The GN did rebuild many of their wood sheathed cars with steel sides while the NP chose rather to lease 2nd hand cars, rebuilt from many former Erie, DT&I and N&W cars.

Here is an example of a GN rebuild I did.