Weekend Update 2/7/16

[fcnrwy23]

At the club, I am a member of.  (MNSE Milwaukee N-SouthEastern).   We have FINALLY, decided to convert the layout's control system to entirely, DCC operation.
I had been tasked with upgrading the scenery. (I am now Chairperson of the Scenery Committee, This is what happens when you MISS a meeting.)
Anyway, I decided to rebuild some of the structures on the layout. 

Both of these buildings are a bit of Kitbash and Scratchbuilding.  I found the major parts in a bag.  And used styrene for the rest..


This is the New Enginehouse Office / Hi-Rail Maintenance of Way building.  The radio mast has some Home-made,  Microwave dishes. The large trucks were done about 15- 20 years ago, when Walthers offered these as Magueson kits.  You can see the White has yellowed a bit. But, they just needed some cleanup and they still look pretty good!...



This building is the New Yard Office building.  The hardest part was getting that blue-green glass to fit in there..
They still need signage and some more small detailing.



Jerry G

[wm3798]

Love the adaptive reuse on those DPM/scratch bashes.

[R L Smith]

Nice work again this week - love the ALCo's!

Garetashenden, is that trackplan Peterborough NH?


Ron

[garethashenden]

Nice work again this week - love the ALCo's!

Garethashenden, is that trackplan Peterborough NH?


Ron

It's based on Peterborough. With elements of Hillsborough and a few other local towns thrown in.

[amato1969]

I spent some quality time applying decal stripes this week:



Full details of the builds over in Detailing/Weathering/Scratchbuilding...

  Frank

[Roger Holmes]

I finished a building flat (sort of) that has been in progress for several months using Walthers modular wall sections.





I decided to name it "Holmes Bros." in honor of one of my older brothers who is currently in home hospice having survived pancreatic cancer for over three years.  I hope to share a photo of the structure with him when I drive north to the Chicago suburbs to visit in the next few days.

[BobRunty]

I spent some quality time applying decal stripes this week:



Full details of the builds over in Detailing/Weathering/Scratchbuilding...

  Frank

Been following these builds Frank. Great work.

Bob

[Steve Rodgers]

I finished a building flat (sort of) that has been in progress for several months using Walthers modular wall sections.





I decided to name it "Holmes Bros." in honor of one of my older brothers who is currently in home hospice having survived pancreatic cancer for over three years.  I hope to share a photo of the structure with him when I drive north to the Chicago suburbs to visit in the next few days.

Love that building Roger

[Catt]

Roger, one question.How many windows are there in that monster.By the way I think it looks awesome.

[Roger Holmes]

Thanks, Steve and CATT.  Not counting doors there are 162 windows though many go in as pairs.  Needless to say that was my least favorite part of the project.  Windows were ACC'd and the "glass" was attached with Testors clear window cement.  Weathering is Pan Pastels.

[mighalpern]

Steve:
nice job of kit bashing,  I need a large building like that.
Had not thought about building the dock walls at an angle.
really cool.

[towl1996]

FM with DD1 containers. Just need to weather these guys.
Chopped 2 scale feet from the center of a Red Caboose 42 foot car.
Shaved off stake pickets.
Sanded the sides flat.
Added styrene to fill in the end sills.
Fabricated new stake pockets from channel bracing and added a small piece of styrene on the front tops to complete the look.
Grab irons were custom bent.
Added end supports and used phosphor bronze wire between them.
Brake wheel for this style was not freestanding.
Added Archer Rivets.
Tack boards applied to end sills and car sides made from scribed styrene that was roughly sanded for a fine grain. 
Decals by John Frantz.
MTL 2004 couplers were used.
MTL Bettendorf trucks with BLMA wheels.
Containers available on Shapeways by Keith Thompson.
Deck sides were cut with a razor to rice the appearance of individual boards.
Sprayed deck with Valleho Sand/Ivory, followed by Raw Umber oil washes and gray dry brushing.
Big thanks to Douglas Nelson for doing one first and figuring the hard stuff out.

Thanks @chicken45 for the write up. That was a lot of excellent modeling and the car looks great. I'm going to be lazy for right now and hope someone eventually does one...

[Puddington]

I painted and decalled a trailer that is of absolutely no use to my era.... I got these and a few other sets of more modern decals years ago... got bored (at 0430) and decided to make a modern trailer.....



Big sucker.........

[craigolio1]

Avro!

A flat car with Arrow parts destined for a scrapper would be cool. The story was written already.

Craig

[arbomambo]

I'm not a huge fan of pre-assembled/pre-painted structures...I enjoy the modeling, and can put more detail, and weather to my taste, when building a structure from a kit, or scratchbuilding....
That being said, I needed a 'small town' theatre for my "Hutton" modules, and the old Heljan theatre is very tough to find, not to mention a little large for this particular application. I bit the bullet and purchased this Woodland Scenics pre-assembled/pre-painted theatre from MB Klein and am really impressed with the assembly quality and the paint quality. It's also pre-lit with wiring compatible with the new WS "Just Plug-it" lighting system.