Weekend Update 3/13/22

[up1950s]

https://6abc.com/one-tank-trip-train-ride-railroad-history/10880057/

https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/new-tech-rr-cleans-up-after-itself-01-08-20.htm

https://www.lgsry.com/our-trains ..... Some modified standard passenger cars in scenic use .... put your club logo on one or more for photo shoots on other clubs layouts . Or sell them for cash money .

[hegstad1]

In WWII, the Milwaukee Road rebuilt 50' single sheathed boxcars into excess height, steel sided cars to carry bomber parts.  Following the war they were re-rebuilt back into standard height cars.  I thought I would scratch some sides to fit into the Walthers auto boxcar in an attempt to represent these.  I had two pictures and no drawings but I think I got close.

[bbussey]

Finished the Erie radial roof USRA rebuilt boxcar. In 1947, Erie rebuilt 75 USRA single-sheathed boxcars with sheet metal sides, Youngstown steel doors and radial roofs. The original cross bracing was left in place, adding to the prototype’s unique look. 

[Jim Starbuck]

In WWII, the Milwaukee Road rebuild 50' single sheathed boxcars into excess height, steel sided cars to carry bomber parts.  Following the war they were re-rebuilt back into standard height cars.  I thought I would scratch some sides to fit into the Walthers auto boxcar in an attempt to represent these.  I had two pictures and no drawings but I think I got close.

Outstanding work Andrew!

[Cajonpassfan]

Outstanding work Andrew!

Yes, truly outstanding!+1
Otto

[Dave V]

I built a Wild West Scale Models bakery kit.









To be clear, the NRA poster on the hardware store is a National Recovery Act advertisement, not the National Rifle Association. Part of the new Deal, the NRA and its ubiquitous posters help anchor my layout's era in the late Depression/early war period.

[davefoxx]

As promised, I added a TCS WOWKit (#WSK-BAC-6) to Ed K.’s HO scale Bachmann 4-4-0, to replace the mediocre stealth Bachmann decoder.  Now it’s been decaled to look the part of Central of Georgia No. 349 and sounds just as good.

About this video clip.  As if it isn’t crappy enough, this is the second YouTube video where I’ve noticed that there’s a glitchiness to the video, such that it appears that the train is surging.  That is not on the original video in my phone. 

DFF

[jargonlet]

Finished the Erie radial roof USRA rebuilt boxcar. In 1947, Erie rebuilt 75 USRA single-sheathed boxcars with sheet metal sides, Youngstown steel doors and radial roofs. The original cross bracing was left in place, adding to the prototype’s unique look. 

I could use a couple of those. Obviously you had to change from wood side to steel side but what all did you do to it? I assume that this is an Atlas car that you modified but none of mine have the proper door or roof.

[Jim Starbuck]

A few weeks ago at the Madison show a man was telling me about an SDL39 he had built many years ago then all the buzz about the new HO ScaleTrains model rekindled interest in my own build which has been languishing on my bench for over three years.
This started as a Briggs Models 3D printed kit however I found the resin parts extremely brittle and hard to work with so I started replacing them with Atlas when I got fed up with it and let it sit.
Fast forward to now and basically what’s left of the original kit is the chassis (heavily modified), fuel tank, truck side frame overlays (not installed yet) and the nice etched brass pilot overlays with railings.
The shell is a shortened Atlas GP38 on a GP15 sill assembly. The ratchet brake was relocated to the right side behind the cab and the twin stacks were shaved off and replaced with a single exhaust port. BLMA drop grabs and Trainworx lift rings were also added.
There’s still plenty to do but it’s good to see progress on this instead of dust.

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Jim

[BCR 570]

Andrew and Bryan:  great freight car builds!

Tim

[bbussey]

I could use a couple of those. Obviously you had to change from wood side to steel side but what all did you do to it? I assume that this is an Atlas car that you modified but none of mine have the proper door or roof.

The body is 3D-printed, and fitted with all of the components minus the body and doors of a donor Atlas undec USRA single-sheathed 5-5-5 model.  Micro-Trains USRA stirrups and body-mounted couplers, Gold Medal brakewheel, BLMA drop grab irons, FVM wheels in the stock Atlas trucks with the coupler pockets removed, custom decals.

[nkalanaga]

The Sinclair station in Moria, Montana.  It's been around long enough that I don't remember who made the kit.  Nothing really unusual about it, although I did a few things most people wouldn't.  Since I wanted a Sinclair station, and couldn't find decals for one (Microscale has decals, but at the time they weren't available), I printed the names, cut them out, and glued them on.  Many stations in the 70s had individual letters for their names, so it looks "right".  The island lights came with the kit, but I replaced the posts with brass tubing, and each light now has a miniature LED in it.  The shade supports are the wires for the LED.  The office interior is styrene blocks, with some printed material scattered around.  A very close look will show that much of it is old Montana maps.  Oil cans on the shelves are styrene rod painted and cut to length, no attempt to make labels.

The sign is a photo, mounted on styrene, with a 1/32 inch brass rod in the styrene.  That goes through the brass tube post, so if I ever get energetic, I can animate the sign.  Naturally, both sides have signs!  The Green Stamps sign is also from a poster.

The vehicles are a mixed bag, a F-100 from Atlas, a WS pickup (whatever it's supposed to be, there IS a prototype for it) with a resin trailer (old Road Apples?), an Alloy Forms Jeep (I wish I could still get them), and a WS junker.

In the foreground is the dual gauge spur to the freight house, and coming off it to the left, the narrow gauge lead to their engine service.  In the background is the narrow gauge mainline, climbing out of Moria northbound.

The supermarket is styrene, with Clever Models paper "concrete block" siding, scrap paper rolled roofing, and sign made from an online logo and Wordpad.  No, there are no Red Owl supermarkets near Moria, the only one I know of in Montana was in the far northeast corner.  But since I had the Athearn truck, I used it.  Safeway or Albertson's would have been more appropriate.

[cfritschle]

. . .  a WS pickup (whatever it's supposed to be, there IS a prototype for it) . . .

Great scene!  The WS pickup is based on a 1955-56 Chevy Cameo Carrier, but missing the grille.

Edit:  Without the grille, the WS pickup could also be used to represent a 1957 Cameo Carrier.  Although the 1957 Cameo had trim panels on the pickup box, which the the WS model is also missing.

[nickelplate759]

The gas station looks like  the "City Classics" kit.  https://www.cityclassics.biz/n_scale.html

[nkalanaga]

George:  Probably is.  Thank you!

Carter:  And Thank You, for the compliment and the information.  I'll assume it's a 1957 Chevy, as I model 1974, and by that time, the trim panels may have fallen, or been taken, off.  Farm/work trucks don't get much care.  I wonder why WS left the grille off?  It couldn't have been that hard, or expensive, to include.