Weekend Update 3/19/23

[up1950s]

https://www.texastribune.org/2014/08/18/bullet-train-could-change-everything/

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https://www.pinterest.com/outoftheboxmodels/flat-car-loads/

https://myp48.wordpress.com/2018/10/25/modeling-jim-hickeys-unique-flat-car-and-load/

http://nightowlmodeler.blogspot.com/2021/08/modeling-weird-flatcar-part-1-sp-43595.html

https://www.thedieselshop.us/GE_ModelY.HTML

https://www.alaskarails.org/fp/flats/ARRC-Load-Manual.pdf

https://www.flickr.com/photos/alcomike/3430557652/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/alcomike/3357027788/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/alcomike/3330918133/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/alcomike/3430646086

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/829858668853561523/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/558798266275966669/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggyback_%28transportation%29#/media/File:Commonwealth_Railways_narrow-gauge_cattle_cars_on_rails_laid_on_standard-gauge_flatcars,_Stirling_North-Marree_line,_1955.jpg

https://www.miniprints.com/product/ed-k/

[nkalanaga]

Probably full.  I don't remember ever seeing a spool with the wood covering put back on after it was empty.

My question is, since they made the spools with two flat sides, why not load them on the flat side?  It be more stable that way.  They can't roll them off anyway, because they'll only roll a quarter turn before hitting a flat.

[wazzou]

Probably full.  I don't remember ever seeing a spool with the wood covering put back on after it was empty.

My question is, since they made the spools with two flat sides, why not load them on the flat side?  It be more stable that way.  They can't roll them off anyway, because they'll only roll a quarter turn before hitting a flat.

Probably because they’d get two less loaded per car that way?

[SP-Wolf]

I'd say - they are empty.

Regards,
Wolf

[peteski]

Probably full. 

I'd say - they are empty.

That looks like a start of a optimist-pessimist joke.   

I also suspect they are empty.  While it doesn't mean they don't exist, I don't recall seeing reels loaded with whatever they carry (usually cable) covered with wooden sheathing.  Usually the cable  is exposed.  These are probably meant to carry cable which cannot be bent to a smaller radius. You know the minimum radius thing we have in N scale too?   

[hegstad1]

More work on the Garrison coal dock.  Finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.  More walkways and platforms were added and the very tedious job of adding NBWs.  I decided at this point I wanted to start painting.  I started with a wash of black over the raw styrene followed by very thin layers of tan, burnt umber, and Panzer grey.  Next will be the chutes and associated hardware.

[Chris333]

   ^

[u18b]

Made some progress on the next Bipolar.

It takes me about 6 hours + to mask and paint the red.
All down hill from here.

[davefoxx]

I finished the laser cut diamond roof shingling job on my Seaboard Air Line station.  It wasn’t terribly difficult, but it sure did take a while.  Includes ridge caps on all of those hips and valley flashing where the main front roof meets the dormer roofs.



More on The Carolina Sandhills thread in the Layout Engineering forum.

DFF

[craigolio1]

More work on the Garrison coal dock.  Finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.  More walkways and platforms were added and the very tedious job of adding NBWs.  I decided at this point I wanted to start painting.  I started with a wash of black over the raw styrene followed by very thin layers of tan, burnt umber, and Panzer grey.  Next will be the chutes and associated hardware.

Wow what an outstanding project! The paint work looks great and I imagine it took forever getting in and around all of those framing bits.

Craig

[Cajonpassfan]

Wow Andrew, @hegstad1  that is stunning! Would you mind elaborating on the steps used to achieve the final finish? Looks wonderful
Otto

[NtheBasement]

My reaction too - Wow!

[hegstad1]

Wow Andrew, @hegstad1  that is stunning! Would you mind elaborating on the steps used to achieve the final finish? Looks wonderful
Otto

Thanks Guys.  Otto,  It's not much more involved than I described.  I used an airbrush to apply Vallejo black wash to the entire model.  I then worked it around with a brush.  I decided it was on a little thick so I spritzed the whole thing with water and let it run off.  After it was dry I oversprayed it with Krylon matte.  I then applied a very dilute mix of Vallejo Light Brown (Tan) again with the airbrush.  They same was done with Burnt Umber and then toned down with very dilute Panzer Gray.  The great part about this process is you don't have to be careful.  It is actually desirable to miss spots and not cover well so the different layers show through.  Even the raw styrene.  I should mention that I sanded every piece of styrene used to give it a bit of wood grain.  I still plan to do a little rust colored wash around the NBWs and dry brushing here and there to bring out highlights.

[Jesse6669]

That coaling dock is brilliant.     Those reels reminded me of when I was much younger a friend had furnished his apartment with a much smaller one as a table (to go with the cinder block-and-2x6 shelves, etc.)

I did another standard gauge T-scale model this week--a FM Train Master.  TGauge.com makes a 6-axle powered chassis and the truck spacing and sideframes (intended for a BR Class  23 I think) are pretty close to the Train Master.  The only issue is the hood width, but I decided I could get by with a little extra "fat" on an H24-66 because they are prototypically wider than EMD or Alco hoods.  So basically this design is a drop-on 3D printed shell.  I made it fairly well detailed with handrails, and the final product has horns (as per Lackawanna/EL) and an improved underbody/fuel tank area.  I'll eventually make a version with CCE couplers, and probably accurate FM sideframes, but this should be good for starters.  Decals I'm contemplating: Reading (late), EL (black), and SP bloody nose to go with bi-level commuter cars.

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[u18b]

I did another standard gauge T-scale model this week--a FM Train Master.  TGauge.com makes a 6-axle powered chassis and the truck spacing and sideframes (intended for a BR Class  23 I think) are pretty close to the Train Master.  The only issue is the hood width, but I decided I could get by with a little extra "fat" on an H24-66 because they are prototypically wider than EMD or Alco hoods.  So basically this design is a drop-on 3D printed shell.  I made it fairly well detailed with handrails, and the final product has horns (as per Lackawanna/EL) and an improved underbody/fuel tank area.  I'll eventually make a version with CCE couplers, and probably accurate FM sideframes, but this should be good for starters.  Decals I'm contemplating: Reading (late), EL (black), and SP bloody nose to go with bi-level commuter cars.

Jessie.   That is amazing.

You need to take another photo with that loco balanced on your finger. (or at least in the palm of your hand).
Many people would not have realized that is T scale!
1:400!