Weekend Update 10/27/24

[wazzou]

I looked up from my desk in my home office and noticed the Sun shining on my diorama and snapped a quick pic.

[NorthWestGN]

Weathered some hoppers and planned a bridge scene in my layout thread…




Brent

[vermonter_railfan]

While visiting family in Arizona I had the chance to go out along the BNSF Peavine to Wickenburg Canyon and get some good close up detail shots of the bridge that I have been modeling with some Free-moN modules

[Point353]

These are not 100% prototypical; the B&O E7's had ... larger numberboards on the nose

Really?

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I'm up to all sorts of trouble this weekend.

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[Ed Kapuscinski]

Finished up a long standing project.





More info here: https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=58678.0

Would.

[robert3985]

Got another caboose long-term project finished yesterday.

Union Pacific Freight Car Red Class CA #2408 Caboose using a MTL "Wood Caboose" as the base model.

Photo (1) - Right side of UP Class CA #2408 Caboose with separate grabs, my custom marker lamps, .003" smokejack braces, thinned running boards, Polly Scale paint, Micro Scale decals, end-window safety bars, cupola end braces, .005" clear Styrene windows, plugged cupola center windows running board end braces and subtle weathering:


Photo (2) - Left side of UP Class CA #2408 Caboose:


Photo (3) - Prototype Photo of UP Class CA #2408 in Freight Car Red. Notice the missing center windows:


Had a lot of fun with this old caboose, but I'm happy to finally get it finished.

Cheerio!
Bob Gilmore

[altohorn25]

Really?

I stand corrected about the numberboards......thank you

[garethashenden]

Would.

By "Would" I assume you mean you would slap a Conrail logo on it and add more weathering?

[chuck geiger]

While visiting family in Arizona I had the chance to go out along the BNSF Peavine to Wickenburg Canyon and get some good close up detail shots of the bridge that I have been modeling with some Free-moN modules

Please model Salome it's begging.

[vermonter_railfan]

Please model Salome it's begging.

Funny this is I have already built a 3' Free-moN module to represent the siding at Wenden. It is basically to scale as I used Google maps to figure out the size. Guess I need to get around doing it sooner than later.