Rolling stock! Gives me something I can do without too much stress on my right shoulder. Recovery is going extremely well BTW.
All of these cars are from Fine N Scale models resin and brass kits except the Colorado Springs &Cripple Creek District gondola...that one is a 3-D print I bought from South Boulder Modelworks via Shapeways. The decals are from K4 Decals except for the lumber flat...those are the custom decals I had shot through Silver Crash Car Shops back when they were still in business. I know banded lumber's about 50 years anachronistic for my era but I needed weight on the flat and I had these plaster lumber loads just taking up space in my parts bins. The ore load in the CS&CCD gon is real Colorado gold mine tailings.
Years ago I picked up some secondhand parts and pieces of Roundhouse Overland passenger cars. I cobbled together enough parts to make a coach and a combine. I finally got around to finishing them. The decals are from Republic Locomotive Works.
When I first lettered this Athearn 2-8-0 for the Colorado Midland, all I had on hand were freight car decals (top), so I kind of faked it. Now that I have the Republic Locomotive Works decal sheets, I redid CMRy #51 (center) in a much more accurate scheme as depicted by CMRy #53 (bottom).
Keeping busy!
