Weekend Update - 7-19-2009

[John]

Well, July is rolling along pretty fast .. my yard is brown, so I won't need to worry about cutting grass.

For me, wiring up the rest of the block detectors ... and mapping them into my JMRI Panel .. (which I had to redo)

Otherwise, it was a short week for me, coming back from Maine, and getting ready for my next trip ..

[up1950s]

Beaver Logging Co 150 , 155 , 160

[Caleb Austin]

Made a lot of progress on the layout this week.




First, I built this creek scene and documented it step by step here:http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/showthread.php?t=108638&page=9

Also started on the roads. I think this came out to light, so some weathering is needed for sure..

 

[daniel_leavitt2000]

Finished up a few resin vehicle kits. 84 Escort and a 94 Jeep Grand Cherokee.



The silver car is a Wiking VW Golf for size comparison.

[up1950s]

Dan do you have a link to that company ? How do we buy them ? How much ?

[daniel_leavitt2000]

No website yet, James will can be contacted at willmodels@gmail.com or on e-bay.

The kits range from $5-7, about the same as GHQ.

[John]

Made a lot of progress on the layout this week. :

Also started on the roads. I think this came out to light, so some weathering is needed for sure..

 

Fantastic work .. I need you to come over and do my scenery .. actually, I am learning a lot from you

for your roads, try a little black and white chalk, then work it in ...

[Iain]

I figured out that I CAN do a layout, and I started acquisition of benchwork materials.  Nothing to show yet.

[up1950s]

I figured out that I CAN do a layout, and I started acquisition of benchwork materials.  Nothing to show yet.

Somehow I think it will be in the shape of a row boat . :

[James Costello]

In progress shots of my mods to Kato's SD70M cabs - following a lot of slicing, sanding and drilling (32x #80 holes per cab, don't ask why one has two extra  ???):





This week I'll plug the holes to relocate the handrails and move onto installing lift rings on the long hood and detailing the pilots and maybe install the new front door. I had another go to try and get the door window slightly more round in appearance, but couldn't get real close.... so I'm hoping it won't look too bad when installed - unless I try and get one etched.....

This project has been on the workbench for years, so it's good to see it moving forward again!

[wm3798]

Andy and I collaborated on this non-train project this week...


It's a 1:24 Chevy Cameo, 1955.  According to the box, this was only available in red or white, but Andy wanted something a little more "vintage" looking, so we mixed up some Aquamarine Blue and two toned it with some Almond spray paint below the belt line.  Andy did a lot of the assembly, some of the masking and airbrushing, and most of the detail painting.



Up in the train room, I got the gumption to do some airbrush weathering (and a few bucks from a client!)



I think it turned out pretty good...  Might try blending a few colors next time.  I used the David Popp trick of building a painting jig so the drivers would spin during the airbrushing for a good even coat of road grime on the drivers and rods.

I also got a big box from my guy in Minnesota, so I'm headed up to Decoder land for the rest of the evening...

Lee

[chuck geiger]

Enviro- I can't believe you did that by hand - I thought you made a static
application unit or use the Noch Staticmaster - This rocks a$$.

[atsf_arizona]

Nice photos, everybody!


For me this week,

As the webmaster for the NMRA Pacific Coast Region, I updated the Coast Division June 2009
Meet Recap, Model Contest, Show and Tell, and Photo Contest web pages
at:

http://www.pcrnmra.org/coast/contest/Contest_June_2009.shtml

Check out the photos, hope you enjoy what you see.

Especially, this N scale super-detailed SD40-2 by Alvin Ho:



And this is a diorama that won 1st place:



By the way, our next Coast Division Meet in Santa Clara, CA, is on
Sunday, Sept 13, 2009. 
 
Guests are always welcome at our Coast Division
Meets, you don't have to be a NMRA member to come and check
us out, and *guests* are welcome to come to our clinics
as well.   

The Coast Division clinics for the Sept 2009 Quarterly Meets
are as follows, there are many
live links in the web page below to more info about the
clinicians and their topics (very interesting reading):

http://www.pcrnmra.org/coast/meet_clinics.shtml

And of course, if you come by, look me up, I'll be running the
Show and Tell / Model Contest table as always.

You can see Coast Division Meet Reports to see what
goes on at the NMRA Pacific Coast Division, Coast Division
Meets, going all the way back to December 2005 at:

http://www.pcrnmra.org/coast/contest.shtml
 
If you live in the Northern Calif San Francisco Bay area, feel free to drop by.

See how to get there, info, addresses, at the Coast Division
home page:

http://www.pcrnmra.org/coast/index.shtml

Thx,


John Sing
Coast Division Model Contest and Webmaster Chair-flunkie

[flight2000]

I spent the better part of last week finishing these foobie cars for a client on the East Coast.  He likes the colors, what can I say... :









And finally, I finished both of these about mid week for the same gentlemen.  The engines are both the same color, except the sun was out and the shade open with the U30C.  Amazing how much lighter it came out.  I really need to find some better lighting...



It's been busy, but I need a drink now.....
Brian

[SkipGear]

Just one shot of a project I have been working on this weekend. What started as an article on how to create electrically live drawbars for the new Bachmann tenders turned into a full blown detailing session. Still a few grabs and small things to detail but it is close enough to show. Hopefully paint sometime this week.
 

 
This was the first chance I have gotten to work with the Archer rivet decals, they are incredible. I stripped the tender of all verticle rivet lines to rearrange them to match the photo's better. I guess I am a true rivet counter now.