Weekend Update 11/3/24

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Oh man, those are all beautiful.

[R L Smith]

All of these are HO.

One of the Bessemer layouts is a massive multi-deck affair, still at the bench work stage. I'll add photos of that one the next time I am at my laptop.

[nkalanaga]

Ed:  Seaboard is eastern enough for me.  I guess they just didn't make it to the Northwest.

As I said, I was surprised I hadn't seen any.  I wasn't questioning the V&O car, it looks good, and there's no reason an eastern road shouldn't have them

[Cory Rothlisberger]

My 7883 is one of my favorite locomotives.

But you gotta blacken those walkways!

[arbomambo]

Trying to get this T-TRAK single into the home stretch before the Cordele Railfest this Saturday, but there’s so much left to do!

[wazzou]

Nicely detailed scenes Bruce.
Are the two O's in Root Beer upside down?

[arbomambo]

Nicely detailed scenes Bruce.
Are the two O's in Root Beer upside down?

No, I just created all the custom artwork for the drive-in, and printed them on Testors decal paper.
The signage for the Sinclair station is all from Microscale.

[thomasjmdavis]

@arbomambo -  Is the Sinclair station from a kit (or kitbash) or did you scratch build it?  Very nice work either way.  Also, the gas pumps- are those commercially available, or did you 3D print those?

These T-track modules of yours are always impressive, and bring back memories of my trips out west decades ago.....

[Ed Kapuscinski]

It's not dirt. They were actually painted (with a mop). I got this info right from the source!

[wazzou]

It's not dirt. They were actually painted (with a mop). I got this info right from the source!

The mop?

[Cory Rothlisberger]

Early Conrail repaint. Probably lucky they didn't use the shop cat to paint them...

[peteski]

@arbomambo -  Is the Sinclair station from a kit (or kitbash) or did you scratch build it? 

Looks like a Walthers kit.

[arbomambo]

@arbomambo -  Is the Sinclair station from a kit (or kitbash) or did you scratch build it?  Very nice work either way.  Also, the gas pumps- are those commercially available, or did you 3D print those?

These T-track modules of yours are always impressive, and bring back memories of my trips out west decades ago.....

The gas station is a Walthers kit… the roof-mounted sign was bashed from plastic card and supports from a Blair Line kit. The gas pumps are included in the kit.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

The mop?

Believe it or not, yes. In the CRHS collection is a mop caked in black paint that had a sign "for walkway use only". lol.

Ok, maybe not, but it was in talking with a guy in the motive power department who managed the guys who did the painting.
This is a draft of the article I did for the Conrail Quarterly on it: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18MyRStDgZkdmRrS038rk__dfka32OkJa/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103328750375507168249&rtpof=true&sd=true

[thomasjmdavis]

The gas station is a Walthers kit… the roof-mounted sign was bashed from plastic card and supports from a Blair Line kit. The gas pumps are included in the kit.

Oh, of course.... with all the detailing and the Sinclair signage, I didn't recognize it. I think I still have one of those in a box- so I know where my Sinclair station will come from.

 Superb job in any case.