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Finally got my brass sided 1938 Milwaukee Road Hiawatha passenger set painted this weekend.Built and painted GHQ's pewter F-7 Hiawatha Hudson quite a while back. Bought the brass car sides from GHQ and then got the American Limited Core Kits for them.The cars shown are three Coachs, Diner, Express Tap, Parlor, Express Baggage, RPO and the Parlor-Observation Beavertail.Had the chassies built and painted a couple months back as already also had all nine cars built.Now to bend and make all grag irons and airbrush black to install on each car, as well as painting all window frames silver.All colors used are auto base-coat solid colors that I tinted for the Hiawatha.Paints were thinned with base-coat reducer for airbrushing.After painting I applyed a couple coats of clear lacquer, after a couple hours drying time I decaled them, followed by three final coats of clear lacquer.Ernie
Thanks guys , the rear truck is light so the easiest way to apply pressure to all 4 wheels without reducing driver pressure was IMO add a thick wrap of Loon to each axle and after it set up I coated it with Krazy glue . The Loon is non-conductive on my tests . I still wanted more anti-bounce weight so I filled a tube with the Loon , drilled a hole in both sideframes , and skewered the 3 with a brass rod . The rear truck is now heavy enough . and non-restrictive do the Hippy Hippy Shake in all axises . Yeah that missing wheelset was an omission by error on my part , but actually it is better left off to reduce the wear and tear on the copper PUC's until final pre-paint shots , followed by the done shots .Max is that layout all sceniced a beautiful as those shots . Love the steam on a wooden trestle . I have a shot of a Challenger crossing one about that high .
+1 - well done............
Ernie,Nice job on the Hiawatha! The GHQ kits really make up into a great looking train but you don't often see the full train built up and running.
David, that is looking really good! I really like it. The ballast looks great. I would recommend adding some spilled coal around the tipple. The mine is suitably filthy, but the ground around it looks too clean for a coal mine. The gravel paths look very good too.
Down with the flu for ten days, but managed to drag myself back to work today. I had planned to post this when I was a little further along, but while I am waiting on some parts I figured that I would post a teaser picture. Can anyone guess what locomotive model I am working on?Michael LivingstonModelling southern Ontario in N-scale from Minnesota (Go figure, eh!)
Looks like the making of a B-A1A version of the Fairbanks-Morse C-Liner.
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Topic: Weekend Update 9/30/2012 (Read 13496 times)
