tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417115559121493202024-03-28T13:34:46.816-07:00JSSX RailwayJimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.comBlogger372125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-38419845250291838692024-03-22T19:30:00.000-07:002024-03-22T20:05:56.825-07:00Plastic Pellets Hopper<p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I picked up this new-in-box (Walthers') National Steel Car plastics pellet hopper from Craig on one of the facebook groups last weekend. With this new purchase in mind, I took a ride down to the Sarnia station and freight yard to see if I could find some inspiration for future weathering on this freight car.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvp6_9vcGNqri5mn-8GZPVqPB9bZb5LW_J-uewnV496exoWBpN2116agDl78dG0ZnFWVWM-W-BGKUOTUzRH6ltBRYfHrt6s-EKqe9dAs0nA8qUJ-Txw-lkQz_bRy4fbUeMCeb_rBpoIGaO4KsA_QFrQ-auJUcYUJmIWPYZa7X5d7GlJG1s1CQ5V1Kfb2g/s6000/IMG_2103.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvp6_9vcGNqri5mn-8GZPVqPB9bZb5LW_J-uewnV496exoWBpN2116agDl78dG0ZnFWVWM-W-BGKUOTUzRH6ltBRYfHrt6s-EKqe9dAs0nA8qUJ-Txw-lkQz_bRy4fbUeMCeb_rBpoIGaO4KsA_QFrQ-auJUcYUJmIWPYZa7X5d7GlJG1s1CQ5V1Kfb2g/w640-h426/IMG_2103.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">I'm very pleased that my new pellet hopper arrived in brand new condition. No broken or missing parts at all, although it did come with plastic wheels.</div></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9t2jDFwZJWp1v_XD6Q7ZoF0smycLR1kVhGPPMfBUYL_u73gfnQMP87bpzsmGdPWIpNu_5-Rzk0S0FJS-NtAX5ptReZ74CmGu7TSYhlGaH_y8E9KUBGqBurkUjqAHVb6jw4_QGO0mK0PJw4tI7oWivVoYByiQD0VgHFKOC1ClfXEOMEKoYiTQuIb6gAYs/s6000/IMG_2104.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9t2jDFwZJWp1v_XD6Q7ZoF0smycLR1kVhGPPMfBUYL_u73gfnQMP87bpzsmGdPWIpNu_5-Rzk0S0FJS-NtAX5ptReZ74CmGu7TSYhlGaH_y8E9KUBGqBurkUjqAHVb6jw4_QGO0mK0PJw4tI7oWivVoYByiQD0VgHFKOC1ClfXEOMEKoYiTQuIb6gAYs/w640-h426/IMG_2104.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">My last remaining set of metal wheels quickly and easily replaced the plastic wheels, and I set the pellet hopper out on the layout for a quick picture. </div></span><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I didn't see any trains actually running down by the station, as is my usual luck, but C-Yard certainly appeared to be pretty full of cars, also as usual. Besides the dozens of tank cars, I saw three pellet hoppers coupled together and took photos of them. These may not be the exact type of car as my model, but they're similar enough for me.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFn_29E6QcvSDhyZIdkIdPjaBtrPcWwFULRLVBAieOPVJlJssXfsTHfHIIKXAhpnUMkHlB1rDL4hv5IB2TAe_Lv_Z3PcoCsLT9tDBSfW25m2e1jZ_c3ua4JrC47zeYp4s1QpDjTd5PbxpggXs5JDoO8fv3rGOJuznjnUM4rcBYd5NPa7hDFovuDxG9FMo/s6000/IMG_2096.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFn_29E6QcvSDhyZIdkIdPjaBtrPcWwFULRLVBAieOPVJlJssXfsTHfHIIKXAhpnUMkHlB1rDL4hv5IB2TAe_Lv_Z3PcoCsLT9tDBSfW25m2e1jZ_c3ua4JrC47zeYp4s1QpDjTd5PbxpggXs5JDoO8fv3rGOJuznjnUM4rcBYd5NPa7hDFovuDxG9FMo/w640-h426/IMG_2096.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Sure, there's lots of graffiti on this ICRX car, but I like the rust streaks</span></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJpgB6RPqhSb6D5D8dXqp4c6ozW1AMYYYgQZND9TyB_pED2cM8C1VP4Zn-E8wvkdwINuDJ_0kuZZG0KXsgtoOC6Z8UJkqcBC_5jqDSfb6vZ0d0AaOhxdwxXsPVHNITufXoCB8yTYH2LDFAfoPE1y9_fccLpAl28NOzU8ZdXmouSOp0LW1ZX4FwMan_JU/s6000/IMG_2093.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJpgB6RPqhSb6D5D8dXqp4c6ozW1AMYYYgQZND9TyB_pED2cM8C1VP4Zn-E8wvkdwINuDJ_0kuZZG0KXsgtoOC6Z8UJkqcBC_5jqDSfb6vZ0d0AaOhxdwxXsPVHNITufXoCB8yTYH2LDFAfoPE1y9_fccLpAl28NOzU8ZdXmouSOp0LW1ZX4FwMan_JU/w640-h426/IMG_2093.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Speaking of rust streaks, this car has some that maybe I could emulate on my model</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7BUaBXXrxR93inG9pRZulalIHhMhWCLLgjz3bqDWmK5im9FRljs9KNhpA83Ec5YdyhkQluFvYDOiWaUQe-NBi_hdLFVyFe3BdeIo5W9cxgt-Y9YeD_CT-9DoRzPlKpqPrzl4Yj7vb147ZmtRtWyH-Ag8Nb5iSaFoWam36JXS86_zD5LE13oWDSlt9ps/s6000/IMG_2094.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7BUaBXXrxR93inG9pRZulalIHhMhWCLLgjz3bqDWmK5im9FRljs9KNhpA83Ec5YdyhkQluFvYDOiWaUQe-NBi_hdLFVyFe3BdeIo5W9cxgt-Y9YeD_CT-9DoRzPlKpqPrzl4Yj7vb147ZmtRtWyH-Ag8Nb5iSaFoWam36JXS86_zD5LE13oWDSlt9ps/w640-h426/IMG_2094.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Very limited rusting here, a paint patch, and a little bit of graffiti</span></div><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">And on the next track over...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJk7PsYlCX4cxN4chsC-BWiGIxXgNziR7hcz-7ISNQBLsLOtYz5ehzKLA1109zGSceCUM7M4qOEKqkQv78A48N659W2i3YDMr1Ni_E3U8-0-m18XKFdFBNBFD879mUwx59tdwd1kS8LkM_0FBBxzPEQ09KjYOgDABAtJHKov0geVTH81IrVQ238lz8j1E/s6000/IMG_2095.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJk7PsYlCX4cxN4chsC-BWiGIxXgNziR7hcz-7ISNQBLsLOtYz5ehzKLA1109zGSceCUM7M4qOEKqkQv78A48N659W2i3YDMr1Ni_E3U8-0-m18XKFdFBNBFD879mUwx59tdwd1kS8LkM_0FBBxzPEQ09KjYOgDABAtJHKov0geVTH81IrVQ238lz8j1E/w640-h426/IMG_2095.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">This one looks to be a pretty clean pellet hopper, but there are four or five darker grey patches, at least on this side.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So I found lots for me to consider when I get ready to weather my new model.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a good week. Happy modeling.</div></span></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-85272177296646545972024-03-15T15:59:00.000-07:002024-03-16T12:36:07.219-07:00JSSX 7000<p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I liked this closeup photo below and thought I should share it. The locomotive is a GP40X. The high hood at the cab end makes for a nice change on the layout. It was Sean Steele that said something to me several years ago about I should get a high hood engine for my layout.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Some might remember that I got this one a year or two ago, discovered it to be mechanically damaged, and went through some effort finding the exact trouble, then sourcing parts, and carrying out repairs. Now, it's one of the smoothest running engines that I have.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikKs4eEvwLmE6o2pDb32Fd3hWskcWewfVhq2DpiPjjAVZ3crOUMIcCdHNNGppm_t7Nyg5NDwyMeqEbfW6RSoabbVVARKO9GYtWPX0W4Ab_am35rcqHY4yztR6Dcdt7XRmpwpsrsOPbP5WBr1n8-SrHIZ0syozZ-mIJsjlKrnTkQYJCKqWJlSMceaE8_xU/s6000/IMG_1958.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikKs4eEvwLmE6o2pDb32Fd3hWskcWewfVhq2DpiPjjAVZ3crOUMIcCdHNNGppm_t7Nyg5NDwyMeqEbfW6RSoabbVVARKO9GYtWPX0W4Ab_am35rcqHY4yztR6Dcdt7XRmpwpsrsOPbP5WBr1n8-SrHIZ0syozZ-mIJsjlKrnTkQYJCKqWJlSMceaE8_xU/w640-h426/IMG_1958.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">JSSX 7000 hooked onto an ABOX type boxcar, now owned and repainted by CN</div></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWMgJzX9DH-InUzgRTQZW3W6xjKx_N20UlIJb6UpMaJfbGk7AvrMX6Fo2uugaz16_yRKxIcxIlo_LfH6KLLXzUXAzINTSciD3Oz4aoGWItvrgOnn6v8Q5GJdaDHssyGhGRUB2oT4J6-ILUP6iigaUXoCI8Q78tJGY-Lj3wXe16JEULHga-peQ2EH8RK4/s5997/IMG_2080.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3144" data-original-width="5997" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWMgJzX9DH-InUzgRTQZW3W6xjKx_N20UlIJb6UpMaJfbGk7AvrMX6Fo2uugaz16_yRKxIcxIlo_LfH6KLLXzUXAzINTSciD3Oz4aoGWItvrgOnn6v8Q5GJdaDHssyGhGRUB2oT4J6-ILUP6iigaUXoCI8Q78tJGY-Lj3wXe16JEULHga-peQ2EH8RK4/w640-h336/IMG_2080.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">A view with the 7000 as it pulls the boxcar away from the loading dock and toward the JSSX yard.</div></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjde-DiWPL5dSnpcGExh6zww0bL2scdWYhIlG0gtwhEQRL31iHMppabNL_xRZQ3VVyYXZLsNoCvV-tAdgQjlErt5ueaDSwbwGhcXkfZOb6qrhgtrI4PhMIUtv3Lpi7zA5rny08avz-iXVoc_weC0h1cSUqiKXrOjINyZ-_tLdoSWU50XEXJ80Fn73qxak/s5871/IMG_1908.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3497" data-original-width="5871" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjde-DiWPL5dSnpcGExh6zww0bL2scdWYhIlG0gtwhEQRL31iHMppabNL_xRZQ3VVyYXZLsNoCvV-tAdgQjlErt5ueaDSwbwGhcXkfZOb6qrhgtrI4PhMIUtv3Lpi7zA5rny08avz-iXVoc_weC0h1cSUqiKXrOjINyZ-_tLdoSWU50XEXJ80Fn73qxak/w640-h382/IMG_1908.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">One more look at the 7000, this time as it's switching high cube boxcars over on South Industrial Blvd.</div></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I took a quick run down to the Sarnia station this rather dreary March 15th morning, getting there just as this train was slowly approaching.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaNeKTgfKhplvtGN2mPNW-F54-m6YMVraa4A3Wq_ZSJg5r5sGS6vWYERKIqY4C4KwpWuqzUGMKdhEKu0e9eBgBm9Y_l4Fwr9UaPJc4FHcb_GfNKga87SX5f_M0C4K7kQG6srmmbY9FP3LUqdS_afV3hAM3-w5AUQqkSRyI9rHqY1Chh7kbb0Gsx78hZI/s6000/IMG_2085.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaNeKTgfKhplvtGN2mPNW-F54-m6YMVraa4A3Wq_ZSJg5r5sGS6vWYERKIqY4C4KwpWuqzUGMKdhEKu0e9eBgBm9Y_l4Fwr9UaPJc4FHcb_GfNKga87SX5f_M0C4K7kQG6srmmbY9FP3LUqdS_afV3hAM3-w5AUQqkSRyI9rHqY1Chh7kbb0Gsx78hZI/w640-h426/IMG_2085.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">A closer look at the colourful CN 3115</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwBbDt9t7_GobkypfHKYnwSMNJmkwAg_rEdKZZt5EcqVoJLXqJ6lQJ9GvEW57YN8-eLF2-xu3iUmCMhxteols3ZxBUXonDPf2Bx_uT3lg1VW0-xdrxUREBn_MeYor0bKl-dYJLBUxKeB8m-8ZLgqsSQXgSKnJHcG0YNEclzTRJpnq5a1iMDYuc11WZ1Q/s6000/IMG_2087.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwBbDt9t7_GobkypfHKYnwSMNJmkwAg_rEdKZZt5EcqVoJLXqJ6lQJ9GvEW57YN8-eLF2-xu3iUmCMhxteols3ZxBUXonDPf2Bx_uT3lg1VW0-xdrxUREBn_MeYor0bKl-dYJLBUxKeB8m-8ZLgqsSQXgSKnJHcG0YNEclzTRJpnq5a1iMDYuc11WZ1Q/w640-h426/IMG_2087.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">And a "going away" view of this General Electric ET44AC</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExa9Frq_EczLwvKjCrXBdGjOey5D9D2IDOg1cMHmYGwvYCygsBh0Y7GRrQDUP_nlLJKPAEqgTGz6evdsEEI5xGk2ga9ZR6SiuBvcfhMNdVcweWQHCQv6d3xP2S5wDAqJUWwQqBRExZBoZ5ydz51-7gL2yeu_pA2qstED2vDiMwOvFfGysBF63sdjTvGw/s6000/IMG_2091.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExa9Frq_EczLwvKjCrXBdGjOey5D9D2IDOg1cMHmYGwvYCygsBh0Y7GRrQDUP_nlLJKPAEqgTGz6evdsEEI5xGk2ga9ZR6SiuBvcfhMNdVcweWQHCQv6d3xP2S5wDAqJUWwQqBRExZBoZ5ydz51-7gL2yeu_pA2qstED2vDiMwOvFfGysBF63sdjTvGw/w640-h426/IMG_2091.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /> That'll do it for now. Thanks for looking in. Have a good week out there.</span></div></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-56853114176919632972024-03-08T17:03:00.000-08:002024-03-09T06:56:46.379-08:00This and That in March<p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I was a day late last week updating the top of the blog with a new photo for March. Sorry 'bout that. Anyway, the photo for March features my JSSX 5068, a personal favourite of mine, as it hauls a short train beneath the Gratiot Avenue overpass.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">My friend Chuck sent along this photo of that he stumbled onto while on facebook</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzk43J1mDokhvXcm4qLgsuAfPp6GNqw8uF5Y0pcb946f5ixGD-Ymc-n7dG2nWrD-Do8dRw9tc_D7sUO_pOS8XBwGIzC2n_cLknAc-9ZKg5BYq-m0MoI6JxgD6KDtDRqunM138odvVaZj1QFBFq76sQ-v0HxanUPO_iv2ap54aUU5Omo_E1RZbXdp0ubc/s2048/JSSX%20prototype%205057.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzk43J1mDokhvXcm4qLgsuAfPp6GNqw8uF5Y0pcb946f5ixGD-Ymc-n7dG2nWrD-Do8dRw9tc_D7sUO_pOS8XBwGIzC2n_cLknAc-9ZKg5BYq-m0MoI6JxgD6KDtDRqunM138odvVaZj1QFBFq76sQ-v0HxanUPO_iv2ap54aUU5Omo_E1RZbXdp0ubc/w640-h426/JSSX%20prototype%205057.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">It is a nice looking boxcar, belonging to Jersey Shore Steel.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">It's not trains, but here's a photo that I took on March 1st, 2024 down at the local government dock anyway. Lake freighter Algoma Guardian has been berthed here at the government dock for maintenance over the winter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjMoxrSGx0bJrV8lqBn1Gr0C2fPNGlgLmM9HtneIFgK8qPqWczCcBQL50v1Ujc3cwLEE0psICEfD80YUGxr0JwyGFTAqvaDWGpvGbOJ9OMhGXWDZQdWx-eFrvhACp2L3CEd2Fgb2aOT1ieXmr0obm9D7pveWNOiO6C1jW6qP64lXe70PfVDR9Sxuua1U/s5109/IMG_1998.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3946" data-original-width="5109" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjMoxrSGx0bJrV8lqBn1Gr0C2fPNGlgLmM9HtneIFgK8qPqWczCcBQL50v1Ujc3cwLEE0psICEfD80YUGxr0JwyGFTAqvaDWGpvGbOJ9OMhGXWDZQdWx-eFrvhACp2L3CEd2Fgb2aOT1ieXmr0obm9D7pveWNOiO6C1jW6qP64lXe70PfVDR9Sxuua1U/w640-h494/IMG_1998.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">With the boat sitting this high out of the water, it kind of makes me wonder how it doesn't just roll over.</div></span><div><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Less than 10 minutes after taking the Algoma Guardian picture above, I took this one of CN 4125. It was shoving a short train into the grain elevator property over on the north side of the government dock</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFm8hb9qV-eGP38IilwPqa-W_kULoM-1tFc-6SfIJsXecpd_U4kp0Du_FhuSFkjIjCdybwWBpcNLditRP84iN2P6lGMUb_bcZ9ZNndL8RdG3xA9PF9DF_b1ABPWXoalJOdrOz8jbbVTfUdyngwHyhKkhz1XPSX3_cnhYJxCCW0smITNjRZ6kYh2VVQFY/s6000/IMG_2007.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFm8hb9qV-eGP38IilwPqa-W_kULoM-1tFc-6SfIJsXecpd_U4kp0Du_FhuSFkjIjCdybwWBpcNLditRP84iN2P6lGMUb_bcZ9ZNndL8RdG3xA9PF9DF_b1ABPWXoalJOdrOz8jbbVTfUdyngwHyhKkhz1XPSX3_cnhYJxCCW0smITNjRZ6kYh2VVQFY/w640-h426/IMG_2007.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /> One of the covered hoppers that were being shoved into the grain elevator that day</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkwnRy6tW58c1ZJevFKobRKrClZMErTk5WBPlKt1tLXKfGk3qbn55eaKkMfGBO6iQX3JzgJ6keJUwPpw9RufF7MfdUplxWmDMWhUWMje3_g2t-niO0GpG4TVNizppihEMZlYwL_gLzUnGDz6bAD-4oU9Fc_1CJbXb7FHGFC_grVOHWqFcL0707SwGh8S4/s6000/IMG_2006.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkwnRy6tW58c1ZJevFKobRKrClZMErTk5WBPlKt1tLXKfGk3qbn55eaKkMfGBO6iQX3JzgJ6keJUwPpw9RufF7MfdUplxWmDMWhUWMje3_g2t-niO0GpG4TVNizppihEMZlYwL_gLzUnGDz6bAD-4oU9Fc_1CJbXb7FHGFC_grVOHWqFcL0707SwGh8S4/w640-h426/IMG_2006.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Notice that the patched reporting mark letters and numbers aren't quite straight</div></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0LBX7uBykTX9Ur2dTu8vLf0i9pfeRmQkt8Hyyl-t9A8ezDMPeHIPtj67IZVZ2LMGdFYUEeyNKGJ3K71QLice0uHVoLXwvYXhyphenhyphenwaRmZnnKk0_sgQI8Qvd-7OOypJEJVwcA_EHnf-WkiG4gW5RtMzUh1d17kduRHDn46xwfMvSElwViyl2WAorN_rXAa4/s6000/IMG_1607.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">And on the layout, I thought we'd have a few looks at JSSX 813 as it goes about switching out freight cars</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtqs0TQXTnqq8OTQb0EHqqLSk5aGso9uAvt7sLpedmVPvLiyeITrSHHFCsqVAS_3ehysZNWJEhe4zWvwgjIz649bRQlxnVSm2q0-BYumB2t-1UWtOvtf0ddtLQtEa_krw8t8s0hMzllnpXfWM8SDSployZ1oVq8e060Mwux6YjnJ52flcP8leQ4lLphbw/s6000/IMG_1607.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtqs0TQXTnqq8OTQb0EHqqLSk5aGso9uAvt7sLpedmVPvLiyeITrSHHFCsqVAS_3ehysZNWJEhe4zWvwgjIz649bRQlxnVSm2q0-BYumB2t-1UWtOvtf0ddtLQtEa_krw8t8s0hMzllnpXfWM8SDSployZ1oVq8e060Mwux6YjnJ52flcP8leQ4lLphbw/w640-h426/IMG_1607.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">JSSX 813 switching cars at a local warehouse. I've never actually put a name to this industry. Not yet anyway.</div></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn4AcZbzN2lBaGRKllPfXYR5l-4yhBAWO_nppW2Euq2ET_thE_GNZgUVjbQqEnnPE6c6dG3DLLuIDl5d1nF3ftwARPCSkrUkoc5V5YlaYrYS1IBfV_tX0jXWw3ufwShJYF8trkDH71EAcBHKHmnW430efwlaNzcV-h1tUHm0VqWDk1hUBbyPy9gwZgQWU/s6000/IMG_1934.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn4AcZbzN2lBaGRKllPfXYR5l-4yhBAWO_nppW2Euq2ET_thE_GNZgUVjbQqEnnPE6c6dG3DLLuIDl5d1nF3ftwARPCSkrUkoc5V5YlaYrYS1IBfV_tX0jXWw3ufwShJYF8trkDH71EAcBHKHmnW430efwlaNzcV-h1tUHm0VqWDk1hUBbyPy9gwZgQWU/w640-h426/IMG_1934.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Different day, same engine just down the track from the 1st picture</div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQexvSQwv7RNXL64OQZA7TZnqWMBTwh68N9Y9qvA3j497Rt1qh6d3dBMZ5yUkzVKyKnfl-GPNKdbnlC6p6zr2IQsJLC2Zp3Q_myM2SEBWt11S9gbDEKzd3B8la3_sOAx8YlaFAw-SvjSOmHP0FhKlRm28NkT6EUMqTwP1nIs6GVo02dIYIVzh1cnkUS0/s5965/IMG_0520A.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3692" data-original-width="5965" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQexvSQwv7RNXL64OQZA7TZnqWMBTwh68N9Y9qvA3j497Rt1qh6d3dBMZ5yUkzVKyKnfl-GPNKdbnlC6p6zr2IQsJLC2Zp3Q_myM2SEBWt11S9gbDEKzd3B8la3_sOAx8YlaFAw-SvjSOmHP0FhKlRm28NkT6EUMqTwP1nIs6GVo02dIYIVzh1cnkUS0/w640-h396/IMG_0520A.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Although parts of the engine are blocked from view, this is actually one of my favourite views of my 813. Maybe it's because of the location.</div></span><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">And to finish up for the week, I'll attach this link to the Truck Stop Hobbies site, which features lots of interesting and helpful details that we railroad modelers might find useful, particularly those of us that lean toward more the modern type of railroading: <a href="https://www.truckstophobbies1-87.com/" target="_blank">https://www.truckstophobbies1-87.com/</a></span></p></div></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-23035809466659712952024-03-01T12:13:00.000-08:002024-03-01T12:13:42.349-08:00ABOX Style Boxcars <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I thought we'd have a look at some ABOX freight cars that seem to show up on the railroad here from time to time. These 50 foot boxcars are easily distinguished from RBOX cars by their featured double doors: one sliding door and one plug-style.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">We'll start off with ExactRail models of the FMC-built 5277 cu.ft. boxcars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd574mqyw1Fctxmb0P0IV3-5CCwbxHq84ZLBt8Q1FmqyhnqLDit-l5rG8oDiyIRFWOXYryyIgIBJMqZDHANRrRJH7z1DNt9kJHdEh0JrSrd4RhUT_GimvPHxMVvJUxUERysykHcMhVbwYEA7MlrPq9HTIadtdX7DtL89Joy_8_h1xzYV9NhO7cN3NgIhs/s6000/IMG_2010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd574mqyw1Fctxmb0P0IV3-5CCwbxHq84ZLBt8Q1FmqyhnqLDit-l5rG8oDiyIRFWOXYryyIgIBJMqZDHANRrRJH7z1DNt9kJHdEh0JrSrd4RhUT_GimvPHxMVvJUxUERysykHcMhVbwYEA7MlrPq9HTIadtdX7DtL89Joy_8_h1xzYV9NhO7cN3NgIhs/w640-h426/IMG_2010.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">This model has less grime build-up below the door track areas. The rusty scratches are burnt sienna artist oil paint. A little wear can be seen on the red and blue arrows graphic.</span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">(ExactRail) ABOX 51108</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPNOgb1IRV_xKiLZN69UNkTob0IMWyduUfUCrKN_MepY7UjRj6GmaHswmlzSWcEOCRrKw-DT5600iy_q_XmTJMuYcWViZryToq-2Avu_QAt_K30Ub7SmgOb8FBSi_0K5MB1dTCehz_jLnxSa19efSNVg9o7sj9TCeVbZeKWI_mz5BSTWULfiFYU4WV-A/s6000/IMG_2011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPNOgb1IRV_xKiLZN69UNkTob0IMWyduUfUCrKN_MepY7UjRj6GmaHswmlzSWcEOCRrKw-DT5600iy_q_XmTJMuYcWViZryToq-2Avu_QAt_K30Ub7SmgOb8FBSi_0K5MB1dTCehz_jLnxSa19efSNVg9o7sj9TCeVbZeKWI_mz5BSTWULfiFYU4WV-A/w640-h426/IMG_2011.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Some older notices at the door and tack board, this one also looks like there has been a little more rust that has run off the roof and stained the side panels with a reddish tone.</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">(ExactRail) ABOX 51114A</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkTlrm9Zl70x6ftpaZQu76nwYWadbx-XDlRQXe8KTXtL-H2ukuIItb-aUWhJFMfmicj0qex9N3m8xJWyF9vXhN-1kL7AlVbv2Pa1ibtfZpwQ2PC1qzDQ8lSpu5U2ItD076STz_eM1T6yZN29WFooRYq9_0jSZRPeW5DdMHVlqvhCOqL3UwODer9RXPrBI/s6000/IMG_2014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkTlrm9Zl70x6ftpaZQu76nwYWadbx-XDlRQXe8KTXtL-H2ukuIItb-aUWhJFMfmicj0qex9N3m8xJWyF9vXhN-1kL7AlVbv2Pa1ibtfZpwQ2PC1qzDQ8lSpu5U2ItD076STz_eM1T6yZN29WFooRYq9_0jSZRPeW5DdMHVlqvhCOqL3UwODer9RXPrBI/w640-h426/IMG_2014.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Seen here outside of the Tri-State Paper plant, the tack board on this one is a bit worn looking, and notice the wheel spray on the end of the car. A bit more difficult to see is the grey sealant applied along the roof edge and seams.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">And ABOX 52237 is my most recently weathered model, having just come off the workbench. This boxcar is from Athearn's "Primed for Grime" series, which featured faded lettering, logos and graphics, and a "replacement" plug door in a shade of yellow that is different than the car body as it came straight out of the box.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"> (Athearn) ABOX 52237 is posing for a finished photo shortly before it lands on the rails...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-vGwLaReNjS2aLxFsKadTp5ka3k9KaBluxLWOQH6vzbzoXMOO8gc1Y3EMukPHyYMPAFLsW8i3Flq8Jcl_Ydl1MedWgo3PvQv2GM500O_3Es1Gn1oP64n4e_WpyU8vi66KrRDP3nKFNCS7MgmTfdvhdc6qpaI4v-DFN_g-To_lua6S-v3AndTgztO-mk/s6000/IMG_1985.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-vGwLaReNjS2aLxFsKadTp5ka3k9KaBluxLWOQH6vzbzoXMOO8gc1Y3EMukPHyYMPAFLsW8i3Flq8Jcl_Ydl1MedWgo3PvQv2GM500O_3Es1Gn1oP64n4e_WpyU8vi66KrRDP3nKFNCS7MgmTfdvhdc6qpaI4v-DFN_g-To_lua6S-v3AndTgztO-mk/w640-h426/IMG_1985.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Note the difference in the logo lettering on the plug door. I faded the paint using concrete grey through the airbrush, applied all of the graffiti with decals, weathered the black door with a few drops of Panel Line Brown, and of course added all of the rust. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">And a very similar angle of view of 52237 at it's first customer spot out on the layout</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMZNmEvV3tVkU0m3XalR5_AKl41DOytpZg55rYTJo4-_56ZHlAug8muBPRrHdk5TR9U73mmgCDiEsCYwIs7Hak5-GRdcmQzNrV_CDCNbwahQh-IBLJNdVqsNSKGN1I9vnEXRKcjBbWVRboZL5Vfac7z8Fv3KWHwLBm8GLw3_eOjR8g5RjFRvenUySGPY/s6000/IMG_1979.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMZNmEvV3tVkU0m3XalR5_AKl41DOytpZg55rYTJo4-_56ZHlAug8muBPRrHdk5TR9U73mmgCDiEsCYwIs7Hak5-GRdcmQzNrV_CDCNbwahQh-IBLJNdVqsNSKGN1I9vnEXRKcjBbWVRboZL5Vfac7z8Fv3KWHwLBm8GLw3_eOjR8g5RjFRvenUySGPY/w640-h426/IMG_1979.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"> A proper setting like this make it appear much more "real".</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a good week of happy modelling</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-66262633525859480982024-02-23T16:33:00.000-08:002024-02-23T16:33:41.276-08:00Maybe a Flat Car Load<p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">A look at JSSX 50 foot flatcar 11150. This one started out as Athearn's blue-box SP model, which I painted and lettered for my shortline, and then of course weathered as well.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9k94dSAvlKNDRGn9BPlbzyoRK7Lz36MCcDTrwACA947sm3dDP1csa9Gei7W0CI44CNVSnkE0mRvYHtxyx2v6Q5JUhYwWLVLccsD91ROSo-vP1KODFPWcTTFWcgFwbwbBpqf6LkQJJj6-RP1Ff3ZqH6KMSs9zgB2CFzJHTfUHebFCYXlhRyfdxwV27hv8/s6000/IMG_1759.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9k94dSAvlKNDRGn9BPlbzyoRK7Lz36MCcDTrwACA947sm3dDP1csa9Gei7W0CI44CNVSnkE0mRvYHtxyx2v6Q5JUhYwWLVLccsD91ROSo-vP1KODFPWcTTFWcgFwbwbBpqf6LkQJJj6-RP1Ff3ZqH6KMSs9zgB2CFzJHTfUHebFCYXlhRyfdxwV27hv8/w640-h426/IMG_1759.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I'm thinking of putting a short pair of rails on the deck of the flatcar and now that the hot metal car is finished up, using that as a load load for it.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxCsJJ7UTTExWuo4gpq3km15GaE8xa_K5tmAQjoSdyDShgNPYtVupXwDDxijgCbJxKUKvj8-NEKDYwLT3OxnlzoS7R7RRoy7rg5qx3DxhXxNuVmeYMtOR5M-9R07RZYw6HYSYTnSJL89TtRR9-waZTJ6vdmHmZ0x5EF3mij3v74tAzif8HOt6Ag6eAnw/s6000/IMG_1980.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxCsJJ7UTTExWuo4gpq3km15GaE8xa_K5tmAQjoSdyDShgNPYtVupXwDDxijgCbJxKUKvj8-NEKDYwLT3OxnlzoS7R7RRoy7rg5qx3DxhXxNuVmeYMtOR5M-9R07RZYw6HYSYTnSJL89TtRR9-waZTJ6vdmHmZ0x5EF3mij3v74tAzif8HOt6Ag6eAnw/w640-h426/IMG_1980.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">The hot metal car was a different little project for me. Overall it went pretty well, but I'm not so sure I like the look of the trip pin from the coupler. Looking closely you'll see short lengths of safety chain dangling from the ends of this model. I brush painted the whole car with Vallejo's Rust Texture paint.</span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwoTjfajQ41Fbu9VSvJYV8Ae1_k8GsRLdKBobn9WwID1LfaDdirXihBSNm_ZdK29kygefpse1f8nND3eK1FUhhpPhuzgcPAYs7vlv7VQ46N69NpdPTONXlmun53gWumr5RNObMH0DRqcBsCBu6ERxh6vLbxJ3DYs5gEsIBTdT5ISMj-SrD-NJi3J8b6Ig/s6000/IMG_1983.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwoTjfajQ41Fbu9VSvJYV8Ae1_k8GsRLdKBobn9WwID1LfaDdirXihBSNm_ZdK29kygefpse1f8nND3eK1FUhhpPhuzgcPAYs7vlv7VQ46N69NpdPTONXlmun53gWumr5RNObMH0DRqcBsCBu6ERxh6vLbxJ3DYs5gEsIBTdT5ISMj-SrD-NJi3J8b6Ig/w640-h426/IMG_1983.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I put a couple of patches on the outside of the tank, just to show that perhaps the at some time molten metal had burned through the fire brick that would line the inside of the tank. I've left the orange coloured piece that mimics the appearance of molten metal inside the tank, but I can't imagine that the 50 foot flat would support the weight of such a load.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I ordered some 3D printed parts from Phil's Train Layout Store in London, Ontario. I had seen his postings on facebook, and thought I'd ask him to print some outdoor surveillance cameras for me. I thought they might make a neat little detail for the outside of some of the industries on the layout. They might, but I wasn't expecting them to be as small as they are. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdciC7d6VkANS7lFeocrZnLkSk0FShoutfb62Yx6a6yjX9jK22w7IseM9oh-tqCwblIBzWoN6Gb18DPFzxaWHIoocijY3gPxvvA3klnn-FkGrskA9YK8pjN0rTKXCIThv0_N1-DAvC8imzBsUzFnfBPPw70TKAQ-sBvr9gqEYT1t8tjX23pdFsus9LxU/s6000/IMG_1988.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdciC7d6VkANS7lFeocrZnLkSk0FShoutfb62Yx6a6yjX9jK22w7IseM9oh-tqCwblIBzWoN6Gb18DPFzxaWHIoocijY3gPxvvA3klnn-FkGrskA9YK8pjN0rTKXCIThv0_N1-DAvC8imzBsUzFnfBPPw70TKAQ-sBvr9gqEYT1t8tjX23pdFsus9LxU/w640-h426/IMG_1988.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">It also occurred to me that maybe some traffic cones might be a good detail as well, so he printed a dozen of those for me as well. They turned out quite nice, and I'll get to painting them soon. Scattered in the foreground of the photo are the surveillance cameras. Painting those white could be a bit of a challenge.</span>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-89924690444202618192024-02-16T17:09:00.000-08:002024-02-16T17:09:24.587-08:00Some Street Running Views<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">A look down South Industrial Blvd as a day cab hauls a 53 foot trailer</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqP7H99z_7KSVuL2B4UlrnQad_DojzWgiQQAq-GhQ046mxncznLxwwcYBySK0RPlzdEMzTpldhUXUDV-vWKMentE0sC5YjEV7aN_RV8Q3KMm6QdjFO3FmllZmlfKwL5Tz-gWPZeukRSHFY0x03pO1RXgkIrRXcJlOuSWJpnNmW2agI93d1EdsljdCSl7c/s5848/IMG_1162.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3093" data-original-width="5848" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqP7H99z_7KSVuL2B4UlrnQad_DojzWgiQQAq-GhQ046mxncznLxwwcYBySK0RPlzdEMzTpldhUXUDV-vWKMentE0sC5YjEV7aN_RV8Q3KMm6QdjFO3FmllZmlfKwL5Tz-gWPZeukRSHFY0x03pO1RXgkIrRXcJlOuSWJpnNmW2agI93d1EdsljdCSl7c/w640-h338/IMG_1162.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">A couple of TBOX's will have to get picked up by the JSSX</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1chkw3_9Gyk0Hhf5F0RKa-dP_nKz5oYTd7zH6FVuqKPr8SgiyySCC3xtosfFxQfPKSo5-rn-ZFPCf0LHgSOvUV1KI_bm-I2z6tvHq5jKOn_nuI04MdZEp36f2kyrgp19FiRTe9ah0r_kR252bdBxUyFDEUQDGbGeJ73Ut-7GMfCzLfLGkMEBZzSqnmYA/s6000/IMG_1208.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1chkw3_9Gyk0Hhf5F0RKa-dP_nKz5oYTd7zH6FVuqKPr8SgiyySCC3xtosfFxQfPKSo5-rn-ZFPCf0LHgSOvUV1KI_bm-I2z6tvHq5jKOn_nuI04MdZEp36f2kyrgp19FiRTe9ah0r_kR252bdBxUyFDEUQDGbGeJ73Ut-7GMfCzLfLGkMEBZzSqnmYA/w640-h426/IMG_1208.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">And sure enough, the next day the high-hood GP40 happens along</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Here's another look with the 7000 on the street, with the crewman getting ready to step down</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gyG6zvJTcfcQqVezSO4HHMfAk0nxitwB3AKB2BkSBvb29CpoutS1uL_EygvdmEUOtQ6nMtztBgm5PySDN7fXSe_LS-H-w5I1aiph7kyLFv8CzNhRkHsw-9oo99s_wEVNKJGRdkMgq00as11cHkSEO3LaTrCbK94SCOWO7eUkt05JzZfy8YOOhdEC6lM/s5982/IMG_1843.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3649" data-original-width="5982" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gyG6zvJTcfcQqVezSO4HHMfAk0nxitwB3AKB2BkSBvb29CpoutS1uL_EygvdmEUOtQ6nMtztBgm5PySDN7fXSe_LS-H-w5I1aiph7kyLFv8CzNhRkHsw-9oo99s_wEVNKJGRdkMgq00as11cHkSEO3LaTrCbK94SCOWO7eUkt05JzZfy8YOOhdEC6lM/w640-h390/IMG_1843.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I notice all the equipment is black in this view. I had been trying to sell the two NW cars a while ago, but had no takers. That's fine. They look good here.</span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Former CNW GP38, now a leaser engine just entering the street trackage</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpO_uKvfMl0rkOU3lwOMtziq_Arml3AMzrwi2hUi01VF168_JKbj50Vk3o-RlQBh9-w4zTsr0RIOYxjsNsb0HQCk5yLPPe7ZAlYDkUPkOAbApZEu0CD8EQHk0xMfHfBjfSE03UHQNaYPbkDX3EhU1WGDzVe9Rr7wMQsbU0wCNgZfZ6QE423lEqO-n7WlI/s6000/IMG_0774.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpO_uKvfMl0rkOU3lwOMtziq_Arml3AMzrwi2hUi01VF168_JKbj50Vk3o-RlQBh9-w4zTsr0RIOYxjsNsb0HQCk5yLPPe7ZAlYDkUPkOAbApZEu0CD8EQHk0xMfHfBjfSE03UHQNaYPbkDX3EhU1WGDzVe9Rr7wMQsbU0wCNgZfZ6QE423lEqO-n7WlI/w640-h426/IMG_0774.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">One of my favourite models in one of my favourite locations on the layout</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">On facebook this week, I happened across this interesting view of street running in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The picture really held my attention with all the details.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9gFg9EYVZuxiQfZf6j7otX4CnX0d7AsjyF6mfyF1d8BKZpGph10wXVqEQ5Mh4JqncNv5sZfIR7OVzR7ohKNeWh1KLL7k0pMc0a1cV6k5HHFhcpgQfGmabrogPKWwlHAmE7YcQvpWxGCSeTFK3vAgjjA1dbHrozKPHAwROi8OvcHTji7JeinllUWh-3g/s960/Holyoke%20Mass%20Dave%20Blaze%20photo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9gFg9EYVZuxiQfZf6j7otX4CnX0d7AsjyF6mfyF1d8BKZpGph10wXVqEQ5Mh4JqncNv5sZfIR7OVzR7ohKNeWh1KLL7k0pMc0a1cV6k5HHFhcpgQfGmabrogPKWwlHAmE7YcQvpWxGCSeTFK3vAgjjA1dbHrozKPHAwROi8OvcHTji7JeinllUWh-3g/w640-h426/Holyoke%20Mass%20Dave%20Blaze%20photo.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Looks like a CF-7</div></span><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">And here's a video of Susquehanna in Utica, NY, street switching at the brewery. Includes views of the crew member throwing the switch that's hidden in the street. Fun to see the train emerge from and then run back inside the building again. </span></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poynJIQobEI" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff; font-family: arial;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poynJIQobEI</span></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I hope you do some model railroading this week.</span></p></div></div></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-51294334656020983382024-02-09T08:30:00.000-08:002024-02-09T16:19:59.286-08:00Along the GTW Line<p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">The GTW line here can be a fairly busy area, but on this visit there really was not a whole lot going on as far as I could tell. Just a couple of boxcars seen along here today. The building is the Tri-State Paper plant recycling plant.</span></p><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">A look at Tri-State Paper on a rather quiet day as far as rail shipments are concerned. Looks like an AOK high cube boxcar sitting down there at Door #1. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirYoRtQpjTp7biArYTFmcIx6tHk0NVujHpEgvOhYgi5892Q1RUWPi3yJaHhH7yPl8U8MiFecS2fplDmRh7w0D_v9ufE3ieKCSep6LYjx9sTnab1MEdcB1DUv8DLxAUS5hwk75VPVS_4QhNXBBud8De5bfDm78XrL2xQUKN6CMxCIChf-quzs-6SRCsy3Y/s6000/IMG_1940.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirYoRtQpjTp7biArYTFmcIx6tHk0NVujHpEgvOhYgi5892Q1RUWPi3yJaHhH7yPl8U8MiFecS2fplDmRh7w0D_v9ufE3ieKCSep6LYjx9sTnab1MEdcB1DUv8DLxAUS5hwk75VPVS_4QhNXBBud8De5bfDm78XrL2xQUKN6CMxCIChf-quzs-6SRCsy3Y/w640-h426/IMG_1940.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Bales of recycled paper are stacked up and slightly visible through the open doors.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">In this look, we can also see the rail entrance gate to a scrap metals recycler</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRi7oGZDQhbE_1WAYsR-zn6AbQjNiWg8kyGME7lo6M1i-IA2pigav-AlKr5yS6Qc6_foehtX-TRAZHKXZ8dzxdDGgwdrxdb_ASznNlMViFFxgeiR1nLoowy15GKh36LRqFim1QljPvVCDkgHrIvRwY2fmJAVBb08ZWyL0Cu4zdHUWPVx3RsCHOwjwfHw/s6000/IMG_1941.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRi7oGZDQhbE_1WAYsR-zn6AbQjNiWg8kyGME7lo6M1i-IA2pigav-AlKr5yS6Qc6_foehtX-TRAZHKXZ8dzxdDGgwdrxdb_ASznNlMViFFxgeiR1nLoowy15GKh36LRqFim1QljPvVCDkgHrIvRwY2fmJAVBb08ZWyL0Cu4zdHUWPVx3RsCHOwjwfHw/w640-h426/IMG_1941.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">The gondola appears to be loaded with non-ferrous metals</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHR1BxLX-O0qrH845hVUjdER3j7ZgMmM6GGR3NVfafCyzbTfiz55brdPSl5KD7Xgq5LwXh3mFmsaY3BNtql7fjNposW5cXpFgn5qWRON7M1EFpo-iU9AXils7IgP08aImnqceZ9f4enbOfT_Kzk-Bvbkk8LOqLIVoF3YhnmDYz4rNwhprAAQTf_15BU8/s6000/IMG_1942.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHR1BxLX-O0qrH845hVUjdER3j7ZgMmM6GGR3NVfafCyzbTfiz55brdPSl5KD7Xgq5LwXh3mFmsaY3BNtql7fjNposW5cXpFgn5qWRON7M1EFpo-iU9AXils7IgP08aImnqceZ9f4enbOfT_Kzk-Bvbkk8LOqLIVoF3YhnmDYz4rNwhprAAQTf_15BU8/w640-h426/IMG_1942.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">That green LRS boxcar is sitting off-spot, likely intended for MidWest Plastics, a plastic molding industry at the next spur</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I'm thought I'd also post this link to Lance Mindheim's latest YouTube posting, which I think he put up just on this past Wednesday. Lots of scenes of his Downtown Miami Spur layout, and narration by Lance as well.</span></div><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJz9tqfopLs" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff; font-family: arial;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJz9tqfopLs</span></a></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400;">Oh, and one more thing (a late entry, and nothing much to do with trains)...Brian sent along this photo of one of his new neighbors.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9S31g02Tsmk1nkdwrtbo8_M5ZF6g3b4IOcdtSxjhOkz04C3cNpXN1_nZ3JHuLEOgbpoG2PPJvU6KHoZ7AwVKZs1vEFYTIEA2NT8AKd5xlLywOv33HrjIy-0ajaKPe_ClLuJvjD8wjJ2czTUTJr19LVtJCvGTL_VYr28j6-88zsGSeVKh_wy926j_uVAY/s4032/Brian's%20Friend.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9S31g02Tsmk1nkdwrtbo8_M5ZF6g3b4IOcdtSxjhOkz04C3cNpXN1_nZ3JHuLEOgbpoG2PPJvU6KHoZ7AwVKZs1vEFYTIEA2NT8AKd5xlLywOv33HrjIy-0ajaKPe_ClLuJvjD8wjJ2czTUTJr19LVtJCvGTL_VYr28j6-88zsGSeVKh_wy926j_uVAY/w360-h640/Brian's%20Friend.jpg" width="360" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Be careful out there Brian.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Have a good week everyone !</span></p></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-61493941608669220332024-02-02T19:44:00.000-08:002024-02-02T19:44:28.072-08:00Hot Metal and Auto Parts<p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Top of the Blog for February will be this older view as a pair of GTW GP38-2's as they switch out the MidWest Plastics plant before I relocated the entire structure module. This location is where Tri-State Paper sits. I can trade the two facilities back and forth if I want to as they're assembled on the same size footprint. To do so takes about 5 minutes...well, maybe 10.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">The Pollock hot metal car is coming along. A bit slowly perhaps, but I have made a little progress.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTmrW6PaHK9PhSXLcccg5iHD8iret2t6g9E5t_1qWtuFBv0x0YBjnCEIyGNp-QKOWLdIwojdJNba3Qn_3wdcuKwK_P6EwPYf8eMk1EkiD3Qsf10KHvnrf0rhXQ9FG_mcmSX2Vny8G4IvarUPTNMGiKjrNqI40wtJKocD72qdNmLn5J8linOL_w4CrD7w/s6000/IMG_1925.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTmrW6PaHK9PhSXLcccg5iHD8iret2t6g9E5t_1qWtuFBv0x0YBjnCEIyGNp-QKOWLdIwojdJNba3Qn_3wdcuKwK_P6EwPYf8eMk1EkiD3Qsf10KHvnrf0rhXQ9FG_mcmSX2Vny8G4IvarUPTNMGiKjrNqI40wtJKocD72qdNmLn5J8linOL_w4CrD7w/w640-h426/IMG_1925.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I've painted most of the car. I used a flat brush to apply Vallejo Rust texture, which due to it's gritty texture simply won't flow through an airbrush. This is 3 coats of the Rust Texture.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhdYr0JAqJPj00yim68psHR0zbrvnoXJp5CL8Wd1miPat3LX6fLI13uWF_DJoTBJTgiYE9Rd9IOngcFe3HKQCxgYl97I_7V90UYcyry81WD8iQt4M_GVE0DTDFXYlPQ9Fg-tUiqhm1ixBMWnzLLHoMKlhVefKxfgpc3IiYx7-ItlbCfNMQ9b4FsXpiNkw/s6000/IMG_1927.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhdYr0JAqJPj00yim68psHR0zbrvnoXJp5CL8Wd1miPat3LX6fLI13uWF_DJoTBJTgiYE9Rd9IOngcFe3HKQCxgYl97I_7V90UYcyry81WD8iQt4M_GVE0DTDFXYlPQ9Fg-tUiqhm1ixBMWnzLLHoMKlhVefKxfgpc3IiYx7-ItlbCfNMQ9b4FsXpiNkw/w640-h426/IMG_1927.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">The tank sits just loosely on the frame. And the top ladle portion is only press-fitted into place, so it can be easily popped off and the orange "liquid metal" filler removed if desired. The brake wheels (there's one on each side) and the pins (in grey) need to be painted. Still several more details to be added as well, plus the trucks and wheels of course.</span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">My JBOX 86 foot auto parts car is finished up now, and here it is out on the wilds of the layout. I ran into a bit of a snag with some of the decals, but CMR Products really came through big-time for me, so it's all done now.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjU6Lw6QuqL81_Mv1kGhSa3SRmPFTkyRqzySRRefSuWbd2MIzDmIuIlzcdU4fKMB4VUUsMox6ptzBlLcAFgSPg0dOS2zvorZlb0_yUvynXQOXXqnS6qlGH1SgtFOGiysy5OkDitqseWw94GSXlPI6KdCZtaRcjZRE81_LZscIJ8Qynz9sLi-PM8lASj0/s6000/IMG_1928.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjU6Lw6QuqL81_Mv1kGhSa3SRmPFTkyRqzySRRefSuWbd2MIzDmIuIlzcdU4fKMB4VUUsMox6ptzBlLcAFgSPg0dOS2zvorZlb0_yUvynXQOXXqnS6qlGH1SgtFOGiysy5OkDitqseWw94GSXlPI6KdCZtaRcjZRE81_LZscIJ8Qynz9sLi-PM8lASj0/w640-h426/IMG_1928.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">This detail shot at one end of the boxcar shows decals used from Microscale for the patch and lettering, PDC decals for the RailBox logo graphics, and CMR Products decals for the data</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipA3f10rI-nRHqZSlqNnfgZOe2NE-buQhs9MatY7ySxdlrFnk9BsYZhrr4J3QCRbSOMgYQY71-Yfi5aSKbs3ZWIicCYOyIVC1bj200c43_n-nk0tXO6-3OUeEduLMCb62edVkF_5wR7u17Uj72jB57CdNAxl9yb1KlcP-4JK0n0WcqCRh2YRN6n73_Sx0/s6000/IMG_1916.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipA3f10rI-nRHqZSlqNnfgZOe2NE-buQhs9MatY7ySxdlrFnk9BsYZhrr4J3QCRbSOMgYQY71-Yfi5aSKbs3ZWIicCYOyIVC1bj200c43_n-nk0tXO6-3OUeEduLMCb62edVkF_5wR7u17Uj72jB57CdNAxl9yb1KlcP-4JK0n0WcqCRh2YRN6n73_Sx0/w640-h426/IMG_1916.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I'm really happy with the way the rust turned out.<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Well, I say this car is complete now, but truth is I may very well add some graffiti to the boxcar as well. And reflective striping too.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtlDTmHekUXZMJ0-xJuDUUZutBIasCjB2RbZhC6rcQk8_sp-CfzMLNu0J-e8o2aumL3oSUCji00Ywhg9o7Gt5vR_e34Kn_Fi9oE41I9najKCnfjxv5Y25brYOi0DUbJ4gp23P7eoRMnvsPy7R4848xuNSDFHjLF-ADQ2svTtZkEPq6scPkqrpEmNoBmP4/s6000/IMG_1929.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtlDTmHekUXZMJ0-xJuDUUZutBIasCjB2RbZhC6rcQk8_sp-CfzMLNu0J-e8o2aumL3oSUCji00Ywhg9o7Gt5vR_e34Kn_Fi9oE41I9najKCnfjxv5Y25brYOi0DUbJ4gp23P7eoRMnvsPy7R4848xuNSDFHjLF-ADQ2svTtZkEPq6scPkqrpEmNoBmP4/w640-h426/IMG_1929.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">That's about it for now. Happy February everybody.</div></span><div><br /><div><p> </p></div></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-25780140318117995782024-01-26T18:00:00.000-08:002024-01-27T08:04:54.684-08:00Pollock Hot Metal Car<p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Have you ever bought a model that you really probably shouldn't have ? I did that - once again - a few weeks back when I went to my local hobby shop (Broughdale Hobby in London), which is about 60 or so miles away.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">This just caught my eye as something different and I thought that it might be interesting to put together. I haven't started to do that just yet, but I soon will.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIgKaOxtevVeD44n5SdHJLk-JZuB0W0eSqqP6bNRHikIfTKVtjzswvRc5FfWTLZ7BaT3O6UnkRUSpwqqsZznRJtQO0CSc7sdXISTRO_BYN6lI6rMXYcv4twDw5ORf9ziuyVUbaEc2YHJJcDoEK3wqscu4FVHtJukDaB-KLbBHjbCk3MknPJIGAq-mgHM/s6000/IMG_1894.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIgKaOxtevVeD44n5SdHJLk-JZuB0W0eSqqP6bNRHikIfTKVtjzswvRc5FfWTLZ7BaT3O6UnkRUSpwqqsZznRJtQO0CSc7sdXISTRO_BYN6lI6rMXYcv4twDw5ORf9ziuyVUbaEc2YHJJcDoEK3wqscu4FVHtJukDaB-KLbBHjbCk3MknPJIGAq-mgHM/w640-h426/IMG_1894.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">This is a Pollock Hot Metal Car. The model is made by State Tool & Die in Ohio. Since buying this model, I've looked for and seen quite a number of photos of such cars online. I'll have lots of reference material as I go about painting and assembly.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">One photo of similar model had the finished car as a load atop a flat car, so maybe I can go that route with mine. Or maybe I can find someone modelling a steel mill that might like to have it. I thought I was going to model a steel mill at one time, but sold off all of the models I had that were related to that industry.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQy3rzEW1Mpg3dkaxrLy27UmFmY-5h3sHTkhVMMa8t7UDe9vjVND8dWdjmppQsAkYTTtvcOYK7-srPugTDADC0kicwD6cqQ7voyVhp_eIW_4TqSRvejTzIVu-QLDfPPghEVy5SfaRo1GPpCJPBKCynkWEwz61JzHTgDM2bU-Sq4_JNJuwPutJ-3TZ_bkc/s6000/IMG_1897.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQy3rzEW1Mpg3dkaxrLy27UmFmY-5h3sHTkhVMMa8t7UDe9vjVND8dWdjmppQsAkYTTtvcOYK7-srPugTDADC0kicwD6cqQ7voyVhp_eIW_4TqSRvejTzIVu-QLDfPPghEVy5SfaRo1GPpCJPBKCynkWEwz61JzHTgDM2bU-Sq4_JNJuwPutJ-3TZ_bkc/w426-h640/IMG_1897.JPG" width="426" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">The model comes with this exploded diagram assembly sheet, as well as step-by-step instructions too.</span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Here's a look at the model parts laid out on the workbench. Fingers crossed, but it doesn't look terribly complicated. That said, it'll either be fun or frustrating.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0U6LoQ5SXyLyn0R4vPNx4ihUuzEt5ybuUjjJKq10CRYAOD6wRdg5yi1qDOx8ntan8zOBRMTfXvMFo0-4rGgW3Kiuzf-7K5ozA3A0GbsglLt23cTmREeAa3vOh5Q9ZUAqGJ7s-qZUVPb1Yxj02ycVEiIA5FQEIHR8W-o4jsoChvufWpQRYw-TqsLhNFc/s6000/IMG_1895.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0U6LoQ5SXyLyn0R4vPNx4ihUuzEt5ybuUjjJKq10CRYAOD6wRdg5yi1qDOx8ntan8zOBRMTfXvMFo0-4rGgW3Kiuzf-7K5ozA3A0GbsglLt23cTmREeAa3vOh5Q9ZUAqGJ7s-qZUVPb1Yxj02ycVEiIA5FQEIHR8W-o4jsoChvufWpQRYw-TqsLhNFc/w640-h426/IMG_1895.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Not crazy about the plastic wheels, but Kadee #58 couplers do come with it. There are metal steps or grab irons, a length of chain, and a plastic sprue of 4 small hooks. The orange piece in the car comes right out, so I could leave it in to look like the tank is full of molten metal, or very simply remove it to show the car as empty.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">And below, as I went looking for a bit of modeling inspiration for another model one day last week, I googled "weathered boxcar photos" and found this example of my own weathering on the internet. I always find it surprising to find my own work posted on some other random website.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXmcdS_kBT1gnFmFUjEPT6BCVfVzgFZ4PyH8RulWpp05-NASuZgFBVoTyB9vLx7Z10eH4WT4GVQYScl0u2E1Sp6eIYuq-yN5fuvBUhI7k8gu8E-jdn8Iq2HA7BBxXiswRNacYQ7Cre3X2cDGeDQzvIIqmeIPqNwzU3gbqtS2QVtx5decs0r3nK8tzH9c/s1600/DSCN6372.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXmcdS_kBT1gnFmFUjEPT6BCVfVzgFZ4PyH8RulWpp05-NASuZgFBVoTyB9vLx7Z10eH4WT4GVQYScl0u2E1Sp6eIYuq-yN5fuvBUhI7k8gu8E-jdn8Iq2HA7BBxXiswRNacYQ7Cre3X2cDGeDQzvIIqmeIPqNwzU3gbqtS2QVtx5decs0r3nK8tzH9c/w640-h480/DSCN6372.JPG" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: left;">This boxcar belongs to and was weathered for Brian Smith. Pretty nice looking boxcar I think.</span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">One more thing...Does anybody know what happened to the "Michigan Interstate" blog ? </span><span style="text-align: left;">I used to check that blog quite often, but there hasn't been a new post on there since October 2018. </span><span style="text-align: left;">Did the blogger just quit blogging, maybe quit the hobby, maybe suffer some personal health issue? Anybody know ?</span></span></div></div></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-5862222532450618042024-01-19T17:05:00.000-08:002024-01-19T18:14:58.771-08:00Weathering my JBOX car<p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Some readers will remember this boxcar that I painted years ago, that I've now realized falls under the category of hypo-typical. That's a term I've only just recently heard used, a combination of the words hypothetical and prototypical.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">And you probably know that I like my 86 foot boxcars. I've shown this one on here a few times over the years, and I bring it out for a run on the layout occasionally.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQG9cfpidHlt6m0kQtY5KsvOOCyIsIxjLgifdz0e858N_HdnK0tlrXQeFD6FvZTwi6Nv13dNl_CG6lMvRKfn1HLIFOg3VQffhLaUs0l9dZcBhbPUcDGB_6MmkSJO75CXkAg3PB2cPz43Wpe9-xnrsKUNN6Z5rsga-Tbfvq6WboJVn3ttz6mV_TBCQV6Y/s6000/IMG_1794.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQG9cfpidHlt6m0kQtY5KsvOOCyIsIxjLgifdz0e858N_HdnK0tlrXQeFD6FvZTwi6Nv13dNl_CG6lMvRKfn1HLIFOg3VQffhLaUs0l9dZcBhbPUcDGB_6MmkSJO75CXkAg3PB2cPz43Wpe9-xnrsKUNN6Z5rsga-Tbfvq6WboJVn3ttz6mV_TBCQV6Y/w640-h426/IMG_1794.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">An old Athearn blue-box car, with a couple of upgrades to help it operate a little better on the layout, I had always wanted to see what such a car would look like in the Railbox scheme.</span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I'll be keeping the JBOX reporting marks, because I like it and it's my boxcar and my idea. They already have RBOX, TBOX, and FBOX. I went with JBOX mostly because J is my initial, but also given the large dimensions of the car, the J can stand for Jumbo boxcar.<br /></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdEFozQ19kr2G3XM8gxR9aXBTuR4oEWonaFHHQ3bIX3bZL89pDbGZjNNx1967n42XkjHn4HZEhQg4m03_5fenHurSolhrNTNmNzneTWya-AiPktw5UVhriaik_c43NYqWrN4BV_1qWH-qFwT1OK196i-eAY5QobHuYIoeIflpVnKZnXBAnThZq3L7C9U/s6000/IMG_1799.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdEFozQ19kr2G3XM8gxR9aXBTuR4oEWonaFHHQ3bIX3bZL89pDbGZjNNx1967n42XkjHn4HZEhQg4m03_5fenHurSolhrNTNmNzneTWya-AiPktw5UVhriaik_c43NYqWrN4BV_1qWH-qFwT1OK196i-eAY5QobHuYIoeIflpVnKZnXBAnThZq3L7C9U/w640-h426/IMG_1799.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">It's just so clean and new looking, that it doesn't really fit well among my other auto parts cars. And I'm finally getting around to doing something about that.</span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I removed all of the decals, and doing that kind of made it necessary to repaint most of the car, which I really didn't want to have to do. Here's a look at how far along I've gotten so far, with most of my weathering completed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4BHyjBMsZSvaZaOuIEH1WmXhgUGNqujgEjsxCPmbGyxf9RG2owKZJ22VAELTY3dlkiWaxvoc84w9CxWGepfUN9CfRtdiLPRAXCNJlhmcxLYq5tF_65o7Z3_YE2ITdJUhFPLsY9AmilfQhU7RYOeEPopMZQK6kP8UDDQViYuh5cWm-rvslr7D8l8HfAg/s6000/IMG_1885.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4BHyjBMsZSvaZaOuIEH1WmXhgUGNqujgEjsxCPmbGyxf9RG2owKZJ22VAELTY3dlkiWaxvoc84w9CxWGepfUN9CfRtdiLPRAXCNJlhmcxLYq5tF_65o7Z3_YE2ITdJUhFPLsY9AmilfQhU7RYOeEPopMZQK6kP8UDDQViYuh5cWm-rvslr7D8l8HfAg/w640-h426/IMG_1885.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">The faded RBOX decals are made by PDC <a href="https://www.pdc.ca/rr/catalog?fbclid=IwAR3aCg7yUE53s2YYpxNUefRF3I2zEUE3qFlBntFu-p_P4Ou5oVbpbl2QxeM" target="_blank">www.pdc.ca</a> . I hand painted, with a very fine brush, some small areas with weathered black onto the yellow lettering in an effort to make them look like a bit of the black lettering had not yet peeled away.</span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBYyqgvQCu8JCVN1LPzU14A8zSWXGTc5QpAYRpHDEO3NNHnygS2fi8v1P5XoPkOlAx-NqHWShueGjHer_I65jeCIGD7KRSu1C9LtqZhyphenhyphenwfIlWcSi801E8YFLcATUscm8-KwPpmzdxDwbxET3pCXGWyVOgMYuPCE3EX3Vy-ZFUb_r6K5kaxzK6eps4ezA/s6000/IMG_1887.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBYyqgvQCu8JCVN1LPzU14A8zSWXGTc5QpAYRpHDEO3NNHnygS2fi8v1P5XoPkOlAx-NqHWShueGjHer_I65jeCIGD7KRSu1C9LtqZhyphenhyphenwfIlWcSi801E8YFLcATUscm8-KwPpmzdxDwbxET3pCXGWyVOgMYuPCE3EX3Vy-ZFUb_r6K5kaxzK6eps4ezA/w640-h426/IMG_1887.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I air brushed over the black doors with the weathered black to age them a bit as well. The scratches and rust are water mixable Burnt Sienna and Burnt Umber artist oils.</span><div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Disregard the road name of this decal set that I've ordered. I need the 86 foot boxcar data stencils done in black, and these ones fit the bill. I'm waiting for them to arrive from CMR Products <a href="https://www.cmrproducts.com/" target="_blank">www.cmrproducts.com</a> located in Pennsylvania. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qZ8ltuDLbIXpQLaBh-fB3KFLbYxc8P2G1dq5xBdwTZTfctsdTZpN_Iqaxa78-RgHjeV-z_zOQWcDlf2osxtejleSl6cY9mPMgMp7iNcR0sE0u5S7toCPwipOmWeFgoSpjiHjpHVFRXFSBEze-suhCeLJH08mLdeOJrppVdvE-EDZzvoiBSstEDeKoBk/s721/CMR%20Products%20ICG%20Decal.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="721" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qZ8ltuDLbIXpQLaBh-fB3KFLbYxc8P2G1dq5xBdwTZTfctsdTZpN_Iqaxa78-RgHjeV-z_zOQWcDlf2osxtejleSl6cY9mPMgMp7iNcR0sE0u5S7toCPwipOmWeFgoSpjiHjpHVFRXFSBEze-suhCeLJH08mLdeOJrppVdvE-EDZzvoiBSstEDeKoBk/w640-h220/CMR%20Products%20ICG%20Decal.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Maybe I'll use the old bar code labels included in this set too, but probably not.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I'll post more about this once I get it finished up and out on the layout. Meantime it's cold outside, so stay inside, stay warm, and if you can, do some modeling.</span></div></div></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-80668663678903448672024-01-12T17:59:00.000-08:002024-01-13T07:08:29.284-08:00Whalebelly Tank Car<p> <span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Things were looking unusually quiet today along South Industrial Blvd. on the JSSX...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1phZsEgD2D7V9Y0b6NvDSIpT97OrI9T9IYcbplgAxBZGLlogSwkAZNXwn6uC54Cd-gC0eT7MHraiTBOde_j-XeaaJkHe0I6cUfAJCua1JCdfYddMGYRUKeVgfXxpR8DY6anbr1rTaPcaS0SYrLvgXdqEEjh6RNNFrQeYOMDKDhAzG895UUGedvYLWfk/s5907/IMG_1588.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2924" data-original-width="5907" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1phZsEgD2D7V9Y0b6NvDSIpT97OrI9T9IYcbplgAxBZGLlogSwkAZNXwn6uC54Cd-gC0eT7MHraiTBOde_j-XeaaJkHe0I6cUfAJCua1JCdfYddMGYRUKeVgfXxpR8DY6anbr1rTaPcaS0SYrLvgXdqEEjh6RNNFrQeYOMDKDhAzG895UUGedvYLWfk/w640-h316/IMG_1588.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">No boxcars at the warehouse, and nothing happening on the street either. So, with not much going on there, I went to the storage cupboard and found myself a quick railcar upgrade project to do.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">This Atlas tank car made it's first appearance on the JSSX in quite some time this week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksZJYtqNykjuUACIysUYaB1STXOikVMmmRqPVWNd-M8repkWg-0QYGHHjkHPlLNqS4hCPCHRQ_YCie6NCgK6dI1ScJmuZtBlNrfw7AO-w_rkRbW6goQEBMBHSGp9OWbslqOnvNy6WmUMHjTk-1sb26pjlMicxtL9MLrHwXqlTshyq-ek5fisBgYx-Hcc/s6000/IMG_1875.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksZJYtqNykjuUACIysUYaB1STXOikVMmmRqPVWNd-M8repkWg-0QYGHHjkHPlLNqS4hCPCHRQ_YCie6NCgK6dI1ScJmuZtBlNrfw7AO-w_rkRbW6goQEBMBHSGp9OWbslqOnvNy6WmUMHjTk-1sb26pjlMicxtL9MLrHwXqlTshyq-ek5fisBgYx-Hcc/w640-h426/IMG_1875.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">This dual-diameter, or whalebelly, tank car certainly looks like it's been out in the weather. These tank cars were removed from the prototype railways some years ago, but it is a nice model to have.</span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I had trouble coupling this tank car into a train that was on the layout, so I brought it over to the bench to have a closer look. It appeared that the Accumate brand couplers that were on it didn't match up well with the smaller and closer-to-scale Kadee #158's that I have on that particular boxcar, as well as having them on a great many more freight cars.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">So, I decided it was time to change from the Accumate couplers...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhldDdp6HMThHJ3PKQE_NA3B28nmPE01L8CaV09nK8Ay6EJKkEeTrOfmlU5HUj8lhGUNrgTNQ4V5VEcKjyVaP0wqybiJ8-Ys2uZOM0Q8IZKP1UO5Ue_lySDM23BSJW5JT1at_igiPSEJvEpgKSViP8bmOwEyJbIMkHkq9itwlusvVcb6VJYwmxaJsRZNUw/s6000/IMG_1884.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhldDdp6HMThHJ3PKQE_NA3B28nmPE01L8CaV09nK8Ay6EJKkEeTrOfmlU5HUj8lhGUNrgTNQ4V5VEcKjyVaP0wqybiJ8-Ys2uZOM0Q8IZKP1UO5Ue_lySDM23BSJW5JT1at_igiPSEJvEpgKSViP8bmOwEyJbIMkHkq9itwlusvVcb6VJYwmxaJsRZNUw/w640-h426/IMG_1884.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Here we have the 2-piece Accumate couplers on the left, and the replacements I decided to go with, Kadee's "shelf" style couplers on the right. I don't know the part number of the shelf couplers. These were given to me by Brian Smith.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I don't think that the process of replacement could have gone much smoother. I had it done in about 5 minutes, and very remarkably didn't break any of the more delicate parts on the tank car in the process.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvMJcKcZinNtYNAbVwlahrrGh6GhpKHY4VtwzKvuA_Kn_Q4hFP7DKzI4peW2Ogn-7v3d8hCH307N6GLyrs4a4vBEj7Yl4BOd67QsPR6E9xsWslOLlB63FA2owCXHeFeHYD8gOMsC-89wbnVyshsiclimwTK_2rBSw-cK2kZCR4gcd1mpmIOjpVmtPjJf4/s6000/IMG_1876.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvMJcKcZinNtYNAbVwlahrrGh6GhpKHY4VtwzKvuA_Kn_Q4hFP7DKzI4peW2Ogn-7v3d8hCH307N6GLyrs4a4vBEj7Yl4BOd67QsPR6E9xsWslOLlB63FA2owCXHeFeHYD8gOMsC-89wbnVyshsiclimwTK_2rBSw-cK2kZCR4gcd1mpmIOjpVmtPjJf4/w640-h426/IMG_1876.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: center;">With t</span>he shelf coupler on the tank car, we can see the piece that sticks up above the coupler that is designed to prevent couplers from riding up overtop of each other and possibly piercing the actual tank in an accident. I still need to paint the couplers, and I'll probably snip off that bottom trip-pin as well.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Another look at ACFX 17440. Here, it's coupled between a plastics pellet hopper and a kitbashed extended height boxcar.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJNJNy-4oa0odjH__SFCFnV2BnERhWrqU61kAXkAmniW2IT6jwPzJh_hB52ML1vhWqtyn1TDJLTjgKpqe1WyELyLfUawe6b4AfPM1eyFnVNUsClFhDUWqZENfP8DxMc8nebHDEm1Ek7JKydccD2aG23iN-_os73fkKPTrNGDX1sJMc3y6s98NfuuiD1E/s6000/IMG_1883.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJNJNy-4oa0odjH__SFCFnV2BnERhWrqU61kAXkAmniW2IT6jwPzJh_hB52ML1vhWqtyn1TDJLTjgKpqe1WyELyLfUawe6b4AfPM1eyFnVNUsClFhDUWqZENfP8DxMc8nebHDEm1Ek7JKydccD2aG23iN-_os73fkKPTrNGDX1sJMc3y6s98NfuuiD1E/w640-h426/IMG_1883.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /> </span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">In other news, check this out when you might have a few minutes. I found that YouTube has a new railcam set up at the very busy Blue Island in Chicago. Here's the link to that railcam:</span><div><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmhU6GRp7x0"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">🔴 LIVE Trains | Blue Island, Illinois PTZ (youtube.com)</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Happy modeling everybody.</span></p></div></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-40589074853102635442024-01-05T18:44:00.000-08:002024-01-05T19:30:40.290-08:00CN Gondola Finished Up<p><span style="color: #ffa400;">I</span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">CRX 570428, my version of it anyway, is an ordinary plastic pellet hopper and is at the top of the blog for January. I like this picture.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I explained last week that I created the dents in the walls of the gondola by going out to the street in front of my house and running a wallpaper roller over the styrene. Brian Smith called me the next day, to say that he was wondering just what the neighbors might have thought I was doing out there. I can't say for sure, but he may have had a point. The guy down the street runs a local newspaper, so I'm kind of glad and maybe a bit lucky that there wasn't a photographer out there at the time.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Here's a look at my newest CN gondola, as it finished up...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg26z59BTCVwCNUDHkjsZNbEvIDJ15m6aAYkUJwE7RtuyvpdGCmj2hDnF22WEJhyh52VDYTt3pzgQ8Op0sm5OW2LGhhyvKuaZHovVbCfcpSqDVYd4gH82S3pSehdrCRkkGLvohuE_iW_DpEjskBN6VJnesCAsZ0kIy9BBrqbm5LKQNmmguzJZ42alEEsBk/s6000/IMG_1854.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg26z59BTCVwCNUDHkjsZNbEvIDJ15m6aAYkUJwE7RtuyvpdGCmj2hDnF22WEJhyh52VDYTt3pzgQ8Op0sm5OW2LGhhyvKuaZHovVbCfcpSqDVYd4gH82S3pSehdrCRkkGLvohuE_iW_DpEjskBN6VJnesCAsZ0kIy9BBrqbm5LKQNmmguzJZ42alEEsBk/w640-h426/IMG_1854.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">The dents made with the wallpaper roller show up very nicely in the view. I think that they stand out quite well</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRKvRGX00obMxVMfq3gKYsiImbU5gAtXFtvuPelWmcZCHuGD9WeXOjASR7zs3-Rw_O7HXCv9IZwNACgaaiOr4K739k37FTMW1TNK9ADrgDDPL31cGMsnKUa1GVrCy_REy_oq4MBLuN6utOfrH2pMnXwmwURaGXA_Rw9tpJBEoL4ZTUSqOJU_bA1DHZjQ/s6000/IMG_1852.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRKvRGX00obMxVMfq3gKYsiImbU5gAtXFtvuPelWmcZCHuGD9WeXOjASR7zs3-Rw_O7HXCv9IZwNACgaaiOr4K739k37FTMW1TNK9ADrgDDPL31cGMsnKUa1GVrCy_REy_oq4MBLuN6utOfrH2pMnXwmwURaGXA_Rw9tpJBEoL4ZTUSqOJU_bA1DHZjQ/w640-h426/IMG_1852.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Graffiti added to the other side is mostly, but not all, decals</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCowCtir0ftwZUF9ywf-EufAeIPGLGG8WSd_cop2v4ByB9uB3ggmBgW_WPyUrtniUtxlHXi2Qykrs21yl9uPXHNnU7W6DmPemMr6s4NhVlF0pJkzAaYGBTJa0K9k_q3_fVMtgrXhn01AF-gDd1mOJDj1Gn0rCCfFAfDeklbQn2Khp3nJSE-cjkbbGG1Q/s6000/IMG_1855.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCowCtir0ftwZUF9ywf-EufAeIPGLGG8WSd_cop2v4ByB9uB3ggmBgW_WPyUrtniUtxlHXi2Qykrs21yl9uPXHNnU7W6DmPemMr6s4NhVlF0pJkzAaYGBTJa0K9k_q3_fVMtgrXhn01AF-gDd1mOJDj1Gn0rCCfFAfDeklbQn2Khp3nJSE-cjkbbGG1Q/w640-h426/IMG_1855.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Looking down at the floor of the gondola where I used a variety of washes and powders.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUx1rIochNnP9VvGPbqVKWcF5sHr807GHeuAKwqdWmpG0bLr1y47A_psAs2LUKF9FhS1ZhkKyFE_4BXT6KV_T0Xcfc3Yb2vXckt60TsHJJ3-lkVKcVWQ7TP0jQLM3sKiGmzm9OmzKNJWnc0JTNQLXY6G3byb5XQyXRwEpA57zzEZqe0m1Pn59ckeFv1U/s6000/IMG_1858.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUx1rIochNnP9VvGPbqVKWcF5sHr807GHeuAKwqdWmpG0bLr1y47A_psAs2LUKF9FhS1ZhkKyFE_4BXT6KV_T0Xcfc3Yb2vXckt60TsHJJ3-lkVKcVWQ7TP0jQLM3sKiGmzm9OmzKNJWnc0JTNQLXY6G3byb5XQyXRwEpA57zzEZqe0m1Pn59ckeFv1U/w640-h426/IMG_1858.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Off the bench and out on the rails. The pipe load is one that I made to fit another gondola of this same size gondola a long time ago</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCaji_RGimYPTAiCcMTBJ9NqWpzqWUccILm2CtK9f10EepJAe0YFO8ZhI6K0HN84i_NJ7cXkcboVU7XQ-27mQBDgp-gM7i7TvToUcOaA4yklucGdUEmtzgaZ3O7PX7o_tRgGw1hlXv_7wgsb4efotIYdlj5YfzZZxyaF6dF4vI4XLnroS5u1vsFbPXEd4/s6000/IMG_1860.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCaji_RGimYPTAiCcMTBJ9NqWpzqWUccILm2CtK9f10EepJAe0YFO8ZhI6K0HN84i_NJ7cXkcboVU7XQ-27mQBDgp-gM7i7TvToUcOaA4yklucGdUEmtzgaZ3O7PX7o_tRgGw1hlXv_7wgsb4efotIYdlj5YfzZZxyaF6dF4vI4XLnroS5u1vsFbPXEd4/w640-h426/IMG_1860.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">And another look at the "clean" side. A fun project completed.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">If you've ever considered the idea of including a helix on your layout (I haven't), here's a link to a little inspiration for you...</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/100032496845283/videos/783808420245814?idorvanity=358056297614371">https://www.facebook.com/100032496845283/videos/783808420245814?idorvanity=</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Have a great week</span></p></div></div></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-15054587806663358782023-12-29T18:01:00.000-08:002023-12-29T18:01:24.981-08:00CN Gondola<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I picked up this Walthers CN gondola for $10 at the Woodstock train show this fall. I already had another like it, but two is better than one, right?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZHOWmP2xNggIvkvf4DtlIFS5x8a-9MFRoQTdV2Mw0auJ7th4rVSkvt8RqXYcxoxZwfu3UmjE9LELwFgmhsLcGhAUE15H2DoSfsmdxQxZ5e9aBcAZBTYJiFwwCCEMdJQHFhVdMC88fiH9TZI_k3Xl3pnBE83olCQltx_8jSQqZjNGakzgs3i0GJJlOx8/s6000/IMG_1559.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZHOWmP2xNggIvkvf4DtlIFS5x8a-9MFRoQTdV2Mw0auJ7th4rVSkvt8RqXYcxoxZwfu3UmjE9LELwFgmhsLcGhAUE15H2DoSfsmdxQxZ5e9aBcAZBTYJiFwwCCEMdJQHFhVdMC88fiH9TZI_k3Xl3pnBE83olCQltx_8jSQqZjNGakzgs3i0GJJlOx8/w640-h426/IMG_1559.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">The gondola had slight damage, but nothing too serious. Once the repairs have been completed, I'm going to make it look a lot worse anyway.</span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisf1_wAun0N_jK8tUMxv71A6j4mvpwyJbv13Wms6ruhyyN7p6mm6aS4FzHzVqnjdr9LZ-Ewu3N1QFUzEpBo4I7YXmXXHdp5NXqz2Hwr604rXM4S0-etzojtnlieWsqAUb8ypjBdIdYWVKZysj4SvAQpXK_9SHtW2PMgkUM37xAfvHcaSuoFwIBiQwBn2E/s6000/IMG_1561.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisf1_wAun0N_jK8tUMxv71A6j4mvpwyJbv13Wms6ruhyyN7p6mm6aS4FzHzVqnjdr9LZ-Ewu3N1QFUzEpBo4I7YXmXXHdp5NXqz2Hwr604rXM4S0-etzojtnlieWsqAUb8ypjBdIdYWVKZysj4SvAQpXK_9SHtW2PMgkUM37xAfvHcaSuoFwIBiQwBn2E/w640-h426/IMG_1561.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Repairs are done, and this gondola is just too clean to fit in to the surroundings</div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhp-GfWBjmoa2a97LYKDV53K-G6ig-wHEUQc2iMfwT_A0ifr0N6Zd5kQfcmlL_unNHCZsKg3p9Yfir7TDDnAcJv2MnHQmcqRdpdHy4M7t2yK3qDuVDOkpF9Gkd87bEb2JKu0ftxvQxjzvnXx92_qcUzv9lbBoNy8rYRsfFQoj581HQ-7-vmN_VmQNEE0o/s6000/IMG_1562.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhp-GfWBjmoa2a97LYKDV53K-G6ig-wHEUQc2iMfwT_A0ifr0N6Zd5kQfcmlL_unNHCZsKg3p9Yfir7TDDnAcJv2MnHQmcqRdpdHy4M7t2yK3qDuVDOkpF9Gkd87bEb2JKu0ftxvQxjzvnXx92_qcUzv9lbBoNy8rYRsfFQoj581HQ-7-vmN_VmQNEE0o/w640-h426/IMG_1562.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">I ran the gondola in to the scrap recycler spur anyway.</div></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">So here we go with the weathering / aging...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1mcWTmkSK9c_-lojMbj166aUk6dqr6rOufbw2nieFe1X-QH_qmgO7WK-tPNiOjK19MySNuGXLhQtHDy5bi_fK7K0d7x8lZflXOP-PEMZi69b8Xpckg_gJ64jAgbuOPAT-hnPcJv5GwuDhugOHybdV3jTlAzf02GJ5CgKciZFYcuAgEaspdAPawqx6nU/s6000/IMG_1832.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1mcWTmkSK9c_-lojMbj166aUk6dqr6rOufbw2nieFe1X-QH_qmgO7WK-tPNiOjK19MySNuGXLhQtHDy5bi_fK7K0d7x8lZflXOP-PEMZi69b8Xpckg_gJ64jAgbuOPAT-hnPcJv5GwuDhugOHybdV3jTlAzf02GJ5CgKciZFYcuAgEaspdAPawqx6nU/w640-h426/IMG_1832.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">That's .005 styrene, cut to fit between the car's ribs. I laid the styrene down on the street in front of my house and ran an old wallpaper roller over it to emboss dents into it. I have done this before with some success.</div></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMELZO4E9aofcGHCX8cKORcqnyrfIc6brDE7tqLD-F-KsmHe8gAodg3lkMf8B4C3po2eKPede88HBLQYSs9CMprJdsIWiKKYvQZ8LiYpyqmwF6PCIC1TG7EL6-KieqdRjn-gLgPKWdpnuR5uBbAmgMFBHrebzfMmeDk_L0PyHz8n0581ocoNxx3e0hCQ/s6000/IMG_1833.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMELZO4E9aofcGHCX8cKORcqnyrfIc6brDE7tqLD-F-KsmHe8gAodg3lkMf8B4C3po2eKPede88HBLQYSs9CMprJdsIWiKKYvQZ8LiYpyqmwF6PCIC1TG7EL6-KieqdRjn-gLgPKWdpnuR5uBbAmgMFBHrebzfMmeDk_L0PyHz8n0581ocoNxx3e0hCQ/w640-h426/IMG_1833.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Here's the gondola after a coat of grey primer is applied.</div></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">And after painting of the colour coat</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACQjQqSTgEw3AmVVfYugL0Sef2dFK6Bo1ipXUlqA_AiDcPHXTmU9RazzN4QMyRGeVVp6RlXI0A1rZf9UyhHAtTAWnYZgHWkfvjZWY19L5dveLuh-bRa9SM-fIbqPmn7C6pBPaRUnIOv1OxjaOCOK83GU0DSOMOktFS6MdHuuXDJ7XJWaw3jau263LYBc/s6000/IMG_1836.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACQjQqSTgEw3AmVVfYugL0Sef2dFK6Bo1ipXUlqA_AiDcPHXTmU9RazzN4QMyRGeVVp6RlXI0A1rZf9UyhHAtTAWnYZgHWkfvjZWY19L5dveLuh-bRa9SM-fIbqPmn7C6pBPaRUnIOv1OxjaOCOK83GU0DSOMOktFS6MdHuuXDJ7XJWaw3jau263LYBc/w640-h426/IMG_1836.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Compared to the other gondola that I already have, the paint colour is a little more red than I would have liked, but I'm going to go with it as I think it will darken down somewhat when I get to the final weathering.</div></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">That's as far as I've gotten for now with this, with decaling, probably graffiti, and weathering still to come.<br /></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">In other "news", I found this interesting...</span></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I've thought this type of tank car kind of interesting ever since the first time I saw one down at the yard in Sarnia, maybe 3 years ago or so. Any time I see them makes me wonder if anyone would release a model in HO Scale.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jDnHii_PxuUlntEUECqRwuCB_IwsHeOru3lXJT_UxCmJtSUHrQZGDakYUIbaMVOgUmu9IIAbaDx93a_98rkKehJH80_beRUo6eK_9lL88BcyA3ENhA2Nybyt-NjvR1Ra-aUcp737uTAQHePeJMiRGtwtSlPnFrGSjYKeRHXYmDwmuh1hN0uB5YlzERE/s6000/IMG_1597.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jDnHii_PxuUlntEUECqRwuCB_IwsHeOru3lXJT_UxCmJtSUHrQZGDakYUIbaMVOgUmu9IIAbaDx93a_98rkKehJH80_beRUo6eK_9lL88BcyA3ENhA2Nybyt-NjvR1Ra-aUcp737uTAQHePeJMiRGtwtSlPnFrGSjYKeRHXYmDwmuh1hN0uB5YlzERE/w640-h426/IMG_1597.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">And now, it looks like Roka is doing it !</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLv4IN4xx5cRdviWfxhrPJ9QEygG7AP5CWJ44GW9hUVeNyxPAJ9y_Bple5z4JTvEEb_oCPeNumbTjROrYBsygKWzdCH1xQ15uRirEpv8MfPzmELgkz9b-1xO6ly96GlyGAun0Irf40tk22DmlsUs1eDAlXpvrd9qW28J_5_tYZ09jKM-8KJamRYSbcao/s2048/spiral%20wound%20tank%20car.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1610" data-original-width="2048" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLv4IN4xx5cRdviWfxhrPJ9QEygG7AP5CWJ44GW9hUVeNyxPAJ9y_Bple5z4JTvEEb_oCPeNumbTjROrYBsygKWzdCH1xQ15uRirEpv8MfPzmELgkz9b-1xO6ly96GlyGAun0Irf40tk22DmlsUs1eDAlXpvrd9qW28J_5_tYZ09jKM-8KJamRYSbcao/w640-h504/spiral%20wound%20tank%20car.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I haven't seen any indication of the pricing or release date</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Have a Happy New Year !</span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-20842190142986098142023-12-22T16:23:00.000-08:002023-12-22T17:58:02.322-08:00SWeep 7104<p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">This kitbashed guy had been back in the storage cupboard for quite a while, but made it's way out of there and onto the layout this week. Built from an Athearn Blue Box SW 1200 and GP9.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcMOPOIvG4gLxc4YjTcMFfd8pXiXdR6KrViZEfLGi46YO6A-wgLxFWxky3UF2igzxhs7eam74cTwDzaGj3NN1UiXgaHcWLbNUVYBw7PPvfWy22xPSX55XjRcPiWHcQweIaUTM557gpgj0yzxzbJxk2SEx30zOBgerdz-k_p_mSGY_x6xnXE0Za1xzDYo/s6000/IMG_0789.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcMOPOIvG4gLxc4YjTcMFfd8pXiXdR6KrViZEfLGi46YO6A-wgLxFWxky3UF2igzxhs7eam74cTwDzaGj3NN1UiXgaHcWLbNUVYBw7PPvfWy22xPSX55XjRcPiWHcQweIaUTM557gpgj0yzxzbJxk2SEx30zOBgerdz-k_p_mSGY_x6xnXE0Za1xzDYo/w640-h426/IMG_0789.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">7104 sits outside of the maintenance shop after it had wheel cleaning done before really heading out onto the layout</span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7F8i0MLD7T9WxUobEXxX5QpZOa-EXfRm-K8yeHtzQuIO_AoS26GuKWMMPMlUYQIuXU0h4Sy_rf09DhQCIdcmIFbZGfJ3jcqzTNYATJKpbCEFZFODYSrlMHhWYHlsBDLVQpDMQdq010OaynWxV11EprVi4Eu5Rq7pjmqOTBFNi4eROrmK7v97Io_x2Q8/s6000/IMG_0796.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7F8i0MLD7T9WxUobEXxX5QpZOa-EXfRm-K8yeHtzQuIO_AoS26GuKWMMPMlUYQIuXU0h4Sy_rf09DhQCIdcmIFbZGfJ3jcqzTNYATJKpbCEFZFODYSrlMHhWYHlsBDLVQpDMQdq010OaynWxV11EprVi4Eu5Rq7pjmqOTBFNi4eROrmK7v97Io_x2Q8/w640-h426/IMG_0796.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">7104 is passing beneath the Gratiot Avenue overpass.</span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh02RHut61LMeCQ_xTJl5OjnfMFWG1co-HmCK9M_6bV8ZAaXi7Or_GzVHU9E_WIotUIvGu6xGnoV79Y3yepsNL0N9zE1NZ5dJ0AmztDPPYdbJCwnQ-qfCp5qZy8edt3kKx0kgl5Gu152pHAgQYapexU03l_mQSGbSZLXN-plbHvcpq0ujsgeML_tveCviU/s6000/IMG_0793.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh02RHut61LMeCQ_xTJl5OjnfMFWG1co-HmCK9M_6bV8ZAaXi7Or_GzVHU9E_WIotUIvGu6xGnoV79Y3yepsNL0N9zE1NZ5dJ0AmztDPPYdbJCwnQ-qfCp5qZy8edt3kKx0kgl5Gu152pHAgQYapexU03l_mQSGbSZLXN-plbHvcpq0ujsgeML_tveCviU/w640-h426/IMG_0793.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Side view</span></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLcXmO_oEZlr635IsgNcXlFSSuXib9KE_QZmCUOxlBpiPD8z4Ol8WOcw5_c8uDIrsrBQpvLQq9iTJTWvXe0zvCmRKLRa8q8dzVbPHY9HKbIpKqnjCxjY6seySIFQM_xpIM9YK9IdHBHOg9cK66cVR4ZZKxF5gbilRlMg89H7kGckDO7qAUtDHCe9qo1w/s6000/IMG_0790.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLcXmO_oEZlr635IsgNcXlFSSuXib9KE_QZmCUOxlBpiPD8z4Ol8WOcw5_c8uDIrsrBQpvLQq9iTJTWvXe0zvCmRKLRa8q8dzVbPHY9HKbIpKqnjCxjY6seySIFQM_xpIM9YK9IdHBHOg9cK66cVR4ZZKxF5gbilRlMg89H7kGckDO7qAUtDHCe9qo1w/w640-h426/IMG_0790.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The cab end view</div></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Brian Smith sent along these 60 foot high-cube boxcar photos, taken at Auburndale Yard, down in Auburndale, Fla.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoOebM61E_sSAZnSQXPK9VeAa0AaX9s9esnXuktDvmE8LnZyD8NL5Bo3sQrqnmkWvDtNnYFazRttBHQoUCM5FA6ka8gaIGZpAYpMfdWYxfb_uMmXAfg2nkx-IZ0qsj06kknLFnUfw-8Ch6s1rKi3V8KXLZvX7Nel13zI085FkeCmP0N6YWRvRU-xTej8/s4032/TBOX%20%20889332%20Brian.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoOebM61E_sSAZnSQXPK9VeAa0AaX9s9esnXuktDvmE8LnZyD8NL5Bo3sQrqnmkWvDtNnYFazRttBHQoUCM5FA6ka8gaIGZpAYpMfdWYxfb_uMmXAfg2nkx-IZ0qsj06kknLFnUfw-8Ch6s1rKi3V8KXLZvX7Nel13zI085FkeCmP0N6YWRvRU-xTej8/w640-h360/TBOX%20%20889332%20Brian.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1YtqhTbtWKEvKR8comzzKoxd8VmRYZphYVCuxPvX3VI4xmxzTwM5xaCA_PQTfk6oIMQxpIRM8rIkh5jOfuJOwxNv1shRrl91uwhHqgaWfEEVDzJWZnq2tTXqU1c1LtD1Yipwo77Ds2y8Z4ascBJMVMrSzwOJBneYndepM9o_zowj_T7ae-l2SAfa69E/s4032/TBOX%20665876%20Brian.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1YtqhTbtWKEvKR8comzzKoxd8VmRYZphYVCuxPvX3VI4xmxzTwM5xaCA_PQTfk6oIMQxpIRM8rIkh5jOfuJOwxNv1shRrl91uwhHqgaWfEEVDzJWZnq2tTXqU1c1LtD1Yipwo77Ds2y8Z4ascBJMVMrSzwOJBneYndepM9o_zowj_T7ae-l2SAfa69E/w640-h360/TBOX%20665876%20Brian.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">With fewer posts / panels, this NS car is a bit different from the other two</span></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcv-XA5mTSoybX-V44_opBev2ZGBjc4UGqqbhdrrV9EqOdIN6aSjYxrOJRMwL7048NefweqAfBydJr9pwlPCETYiJV9vdwkAXrKkqmIG5DPZPMR0EFuvztlgCrjEViH6tkVnbAgghM4p4OLR3RvrgPb-y344cDNJ1g4Liol4MYIxX9yy0cWziyErZw-8/s4032/NS%20471347.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcv-XA5mTSoybX-V44_opBev2ZGBjc4UGqqbhdrrV9EqOdIN6aSjYxrOJRMwL7048NefweqAfBydJr9pwlPCETYiJV9vdwkAXrKkqmIG5DPZPMR0EFuvztlgCrjEViH6tkVnbAgghM4p4OLR3RvrgPb-y344cDNJ1g4Liol4MYIxX9yy0cWziyErZw-8/w640-h360/NS%20471347.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Thanks Brian for sending these</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><br /></span></span></div>Thanks for checking in, and I hope everyone has a</span> <span style="color: #990000;">Merry Christmas</span> <span style="color: #ffa400;">and</span> <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Happy Holiday Season</span></span>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-7564383383242300712023-12-15T18:22:00.000-08:002023-12-19T19:15:22.489-08:00A Common Pellet Hopper for the Layout<p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I know that they're everywhere, but here in Sarnia, plastic pellet hoppers are ubiquitous. CN's C-Yard here might very well contain a couple hundred of them as you're reading this. There's so many of them, that it kind of gets a bit boring. Plus, the many private rail yards around here have even more.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">On my layout, I have Mid-West Plastics industry, which has room to hold 1 to 3 pellet hoppers, plus spots for a single boxcar, as well as a tank car on it's spur track.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I found this pellet hopper down at C-Yard one day this fall, and thought the graffiti on this one was quite different looking, so I took the photo thinking that I'd try modeling it as best I could.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwbfUg0NBVsz761pbgRFLGTyDSAuG-QTTpf7At5P-QUoJI340uRQ3desgpwVjuXwhUT5wso3LJ-30UoJa7eepzZxiryoNsl7onuOpoaWSdvBVjdBmHDuAziRVJ151T5X3grReZQmjuZQwrqnlC_dy-gONkafBBc9x-iiLxPHuSTLSq5XnZANXKiaglPY/s4641/IMG_1634.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1373" data-original-width="4641" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwbfUg0NBVsz761pbgRFLGTyDSAuG-QTTpf7At5P-QUoJI340uRQ3desgpwVjuXwhUT5wso3LJ-30UoJa7eepzZxiryoNsl7onuOpoaWSdvBVjdBmHDuAziRVJ151T5X3grReZQmjuZQwrqnlC_dy-gONkafBBc9x-iiLxPHuSTLSq5XnZANXKiaglPY/w640-h190/IMG_1634.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">This Walthers car (below) has seen only occasional service as new on the layout, but seems quite similar to the prototype car, so I'll use it for this weathering project.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6peAx-FH-tVGLeyWjokZh24m_LgAuDEkWjCnrxD4ORFFwm2Hdl7rvnVl8LcvtLKyXVATLt9OVym7u3chk8IeJGI1UL8BX_PFA2mSjoyK5Ge2FXwQe8vMk7dxJZdOmkCswqgO9vNS_VgqLfoGPzrVzT7aJzsbL_0DIzt0LcqeKA41EZ3Hs2MFSlXxGDQ/s6000/IMG_1802.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6peAx-FH-tVGLeyWjokZh24m_LgAuDEkWjCnrxD4ORFFwm2Hdl7rvnVl8LcvtLKyXVATLt9OVym7u3chk8IeJGI1UL8BX_PFA2mSjoyK5Ge2FXwQe8vMk7dxJZdOmkCswqgO9vNS_VgqLfoGPzrVzT7aJzsbL_0DIzt0LcqeKA41EZ3Hs2MFSlXxGDQ/w640-h426/IMG_1802.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">First step was to remove the Dupont reporting marks, and then to mask the areas for the graffiti. Masking took me a little while to get right.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tdSlCgQSCu06l8rNt1ZXLXqiVcPMTVMqwOxGqZijHZRFkDPGqpqYdzZRAIuQorOd_0PATBN6kLl8iANX03I1p3BUshM8z-9kC2fvqtrFP58UnWYW-ofvV-ZaFLvuAEaLMwfCrO_c_nXhd170FQv90Fh7Eq511VrvKeuYgfvH8W1n_wE6WN2kwrVsq9c/s6000/IMG_1803.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tdSlCgQSCu06l8rNt1ZXLXqiVcPMTVMqwOxGqZijHZRFkDPGqpqYdzZRAIuQorOd_0PATBN6kLl8iANX03I1p3BUshM8z-9kC2fvqtrFP58UnWYW-ofvV-ZaFLvuAEaLMwfCrO_c_nXhd170FQv90Fh7Eq511VrvKeuYgfvH8W1n_wE6WN2kwrVsq9c/w640-h426/IMG_1803.JPG" width="640" /></span></a><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">The white patched areas for the reporting marks were done with white trim film. I didn't have an exact match for the reporting mark decals, so I used some modelers license, and went with a stencil set instead.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4i_oyJB2gn4PzAD6l_KEErkj5hFJzuw_CrtQ6nFbFJWLzc3FPQhkGPMosXPG9k03onzNn7n2mPgWJxlqjJWVKxxIJSq60tbWpRBD_YwgTjvgxW4ClG1F-_sR0WvK7nhus5qp-QGjCTQhQ2_jNf_1RV2kJm61Rh3nBRhK3mgD6OJNhXcnItOqBc0-ZIRY/s6000/IMG_1826.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4i_oyJB2gn4PzAD6l_KEErkj5hFJzuw_CrtQ6nFbFJWLzc3FPQhkGPMosXPG9k03onzNn7n2mPgWJxlqjJWVKxxIJSq60tbWpRBD_YwgTjvgxW4ClG1F-_sR0WvK7nhus5qp-QGjCTQhQ2_jNf_1RV2kJm61Rh3nBRhK3mgD6OJNhXcnItOqBc0-ZIRY/w640-h426/IMG_1826.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Those sort of vertical rusty areas are rust coloured acrylic paint that I applied with the corner of a makeup sponge. I added the reflective stripes, which are made by Smokebox Graphics</span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheR1mLsw_8RHpzRZ_Hkv_v_XMOIKM3rcIGq0GFNtsiynLOaUKe-_0KHpGZkk7gFMccLYiGjC3-I2lUWkHuu8_roD6lxWtom_OwTJ6dtL1SnJFbll_1iRto0ExsXyPgz0OobHJdDs1MRxoUEk_pmgFF9CaT7TEeQ3Eu60QCdcr-oBB_b5OxaEYCj6Ov060/s6000/IMG_1829.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheR1mLsw_8RHpzRZ_Hkv_v_XMOIKM3rcIGq0GFNtsiynLOaUKe-_0KHpGZkk7gFMccLYiGjC3-I2lUWkHuu8_roD6lxWtom_OwTJ6dtL1SnJFbll_1iRto0ExsXyPgz0OobHJdDs1MRxoUEk_pmgFF9CaT7TEeQ3Eu60QCdcr-oBB_b5OxaEYCj6Ov060/w640-h426/IMG_1829.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Being shoved down along the GTW on the way to it's destination</span><div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdJ5H6wqDyWcfqJx2hchy_P-58-fr6qAvlIXYw79Hh3UW_JoikZXb9AxWoD9QEu6tuk0M-h3hdIi4nKwqvgCv4nb5hIO7d3otkVPcwtWLDAkcrYh7UMx1e5AUHJaiZ6O17m4Pe0kcyW68wq1SnlZGm-17CVE0Awtzmgo6dauBN-4C2dXSLF06qne-tFw/s6000/IMG_1827.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdJ5H6wqDyWcfqJx2hchy_P-58-fr6qAvlIXYw79Hh3UW_JoikZXb9AxWoD9QEu6tuk0M-h3hdIi4nKwqvgCv4nb5hIO7d3otkVPcwtWLDAkcrYh7UMx1e5AUHJaiZ6O17m4Pe0kcyW68wq1SnlZGm-17CVE0Awtzmgo6dauBN-4C2dXSLF06qne-tFw/w640-h426/IMG_1827.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">My ICRX car being shoved toward the car spot at Midwest Plastics</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXm9860FM9UelahI2S215_hgjViWWD-tymfFXFSAxQOXIpbgkheiIdBthsOXlFt6dGN34IJoAZ9_a-r5bSAru_byPvAzZOb5DjBI2E7I27lGDBGZ7U5OC_rdepQOQpvYbgIgKkRpZDFgbOjNEAlhe_5h2SqcXBknYAzurfZzciLn8-6XeaK1nR2qGd4hg/s6000/IMG_1828.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXm9860FM9UelahI2S215_hgjViWWD-tymfFXFSAxQOXIpbgkheiIdBthsOXlFt6dGN34IJoAZ9_a-r5bSAru_byPvAzZOb5DjBI2E7I27lGDBGZ7U5OC_rdepQOQpvYbgIgKkRpZDFgbOjNEAlhe_5h2SqcXBknYAzurfZzciLn8-6XeaK1nR2qGd4hg/w640-h426/IMG_1828.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">A closer look to show that I didn't forget to change the reporting marks on the ends of the car as well.<br /></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /> I didn't have photo of the other side of the prototype car, so I kept the weathering simple, with just some light rusting and a couple of unexplained paint patches on the side of the car.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdfYMIk4SfYP5B-sb_IW4rTIXbkW6DnGDi9D5_FYDDiM2x1N_u8vIk-9NPz1Tv6vPin-XIBIpD0-a7DDX7epGAYoQMZWHR-TXB1cVd8oHDGS2t9Woqi5wpVCd9Ey4idKSRqe9Gp8B9NDOKll3_7oiD1dp7JtQAcxyQKMgr4wSeVEyux3dhDcJff0OQRY/s6000/IMG_1831.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdfYMIk4SfYP5B-sb_IW4rTIXbkW6DnGDi9D5_FYDDiM2x1N_u8vIk-9NPz1Tv6vPin-XIBIpD0-a7DDX7epGAYoQMZWHR-TXB1cVd8oHDGS2t9Woqi5wpVCd9Ey4idKSRqe9Gp8B9NDOKll3_7oiD1dp7JtQAcxyQKMgr4wSeVEyux3dhDcJff0OQRY/w640-h426/IMG_1831.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Seems that the roof and walkways should have a little weathering added, but I haven't gotten there yet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQlTj5QtmMoV_0aMRGlR4XcKlXqrWsraHCsOIqDqW8XYzrfN1RL4y9scPSRWthgRoPW8kGr3bZp95PpPAUHFEdyOAwYc5LMNIPO7WnacxcyDa0wcS-LCYOVvCdYpH0CDlwP06NLgduinrpe3Jn5EzyMhmgknXnCfzjMBPVA0h7TaTHb55HpFy57byumlA/s6000/IMG_1830.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQlTj5QtmMoV_0aMRGlR4XcKlXqrWsraHCsOIqDqW8XYzrfN1RL4y9scPSRWthgRoPW8kGr3bZp95PpPAUHFEdyOAwYc5LMNIPO7WnacxcyDa0wcS-LCYOVvCdYpH0CDlwP06NLgduinrpe3Jn5EzyMhmgknXnCfzjMBPVA0h7TaTHb55HpFy57byumlA/w640-h426/IMG_1830.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">This pellet hopper will blend right in on the layout.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a good week</div></span>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-65239322089638131412023-12-08T19:51:00.000-08:002023-12-09T06:52:30.544-08:00JBOX 149500<p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I pulled this boxcar out of storage this week to give it a little time out on the layout. When I say "a little time", it's likely to be a few weeks.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">This was painted and lettered by me several years ago. I had wondered for a long time before that just what one of these might have looked like if there ever had actually been one in the 1:1 world. This is of course an Athearn model, as Tangent wasn't around back then.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHQbD1OSkqSF6jFpATYbQw1oC0wdc0rrzlYgTP_bj73RUv0aAmf2CNJYFt9uSzYxllGkNgPPq_3wsRAGKWwLPsrM0DgQGU7gOnfBP7AOdOaptNJO-RnLdl1B9wTlpxTtK3tUO2e9fyHTS__4M6dCbvLTdSEnniZgT3fbt_q_pEvX4K_dpWtq74k9-_TI/s6000/IMG_1794.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHQbD1OSkqSF6jFpATYbQw1oC0wdc0rrzlYgTP_bj73RUv0aAmf2CNJYFt9uSzYxllGkNgPPq_3wsRAGKWwLPsrM0DgQGU7gOnfBP7AOdOaptNJO-RnLdl1B9wTlpxTtK3tUO2e9fyHTS__4M6dCbvLTdSEnniZgT3fbt_q_pEvX4K_dpWtq74k9-_TI/w640-h426/IMG_1794.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The JBOX reporting marks were dreamed up by me. The J is my first initial, but on the boxcar I like to think of it as for "Jumbo" for the size of the car. Those letters and numbers, as well as the RailBox graphic are Microscale decals.</div></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxAy5aKM0LqflypabOrgqZsQjU4ehlxrZ8nNVTEWPr5l4nL6tkXyDP4yAIh16fz4u0l5c1FTQmvJRBKvIB1tajKDrOOHlUr0BeydkveKIJjo7KH5kgB0tuvfXtDwTZKIHmS1Tk9WuMKrmxJbntaEU4zLby8gviruCZDANWMZs7SQ6SFbm0OI_2sSu4Wc/s6000/IMG_1795.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxAy5aKM0LqflypabOrgqZsQjU4ehlxrZ8nNVTEWPr5l4nL6tkXyDP4yAIh16fz4u0l5c1FTQmvJRBKvIB1tajKDrOOHlUr0BeydkveKIJjo7KH5kgB0tuvfXtDwTZKIHmS1Tk9WuMKrmxJbntaEU4zLby8gviruCZDANWMZs7SQ6SFbm0OI_2sSu4Wc/w640-h426/IMG_1795.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">The car number I used is taken from the "CAPY" number of the car.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2X56aFYqE2FGmQ18lwiiK6N9pP1V1Toa1lxCqc3TYIKzGAwVohyr0yZZXGptHVL4a0AEUUO7zWJS6kVTVuEFJkPn9_S1Ko4dKhJ80cHa3mUBSCRFZJvC-afDIfgbuaujhkZabs_h-GgduDKwraSddvtsI0YIUcTC2uM_9tPIwIe81zzRE07XKxzER8Sc/s6000/IMG_1796.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2X56aFYqE2FGmQ18lwiiK6N9pP1V1Toa1lxCqc3TYIKzGAwVohyr0yZZXGptHVL4a0AEUUO7zWJS6kVTVuEFJkPn9_S1Ko4dKhJ80cHa3mUBSCRFZJvC-afDIfgbuaujhkZabs_h-GgduDKwraSddvtsI0YIUcTC2uM_9tPIwIe81zzRE07XKxzER8Sc/w640-h426/IMG_1796.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I had a hard time finding the boxcar data decals in black lettering. I eventually found some from somewhere in Michigan, or maybe it was Illinois.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEMEglPJ2kEGZDjgACWXl9xPVf2y-RKyMmgPNjXgcy3qvcnAeMxug2o49SVFe7CRDacdepnKtqd4N1K9HqnSp9Zl0EQLiWmzMSREVj0ijKS2n7zIBCrv3nOmqK5x4MBX1AlfTVBMg8gbHX_QAaHSjPdDpvKH0L495LR_gNpMx2C1FXHgivNjGJ14-QKA/s6000/IMG_1799.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEMEglPJ2kEGZDjgACWXl9xPVf2y-RKyMmgPNjXgcy3qvcnAeMxug2o49SVFe7CRDacdepnKtqd4N1K9HqnSp9Zl0EQLiWmzMSREVj0ijKS2n7zIBCrv3nOmqK5x4MBX1AlfTVBMg8gbHX_QAaHSjPdDpvKH0L495LR_gNpMx2C1FXHgivNjGJ14-QKA/w640-h426/IMG_1799.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Obviously unweathered, this boxcar does stand out when it's on the layout. So I'm thinking that some weathering may be in order for this boxcar. I'll update things as that happens.</div></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Switching to the real world now, this is the kind of day we had here last Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. There was a derailment of two cars down here the day before, and I think these two tank cars are them, but I'm not sure.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZAGtzfvBkRQ5E0bjyB85yMhdpOoxJZoGFEslUKd4wDP46ixfejPMworM0DqNqbYUP4okWXEJrtzlCYs5zsu3liMumzIh1Ehflako6NIoui2abFqGuhr0pfqkjKFWhne00yd3YpUOwXDBEhUdybF6ZtXMjifxk8atwFHaRqM5XHqncEpgpdh1a-nmsAQE/s6000/IMG_1771.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZAGtzfvBkRQ5E0bjyB85yMhdpOoxJZoGFEslUKd4wDP46ixfejPMworM0DqNqbYUP4okWXEJrtzlCYs5zsu3liMumzIh1Ehflako6NIoui2abFqGuhr0pfqkjKFWhne00yd3YpUOwXDBEhUdybF6ZtXMjifxk8atwFHaRqM5XHqncEpgpdh1a-nmsAQE/w640-h426/IMG_1771.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The orange flame of the refinery flare, if you can spot it in the distance, adds a nice touch to the scene once you see it.</div></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Have a good week. Do some modeling. And some Holiday shopping.</span></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-82697641622428179262023-12-01T18:01:00.000-08:002023-12-01T18:01:27.789-08:00Wisconsin Central Boxcars<p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">GTW 5931 is at the top of the blog for December. Seen here, the SD40-2 is pulling a string of empty 86 foot auto parts boxcars that are bound for the parts plant just a couple of minutes down the track.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">A while back, I weathered a Wisconsin Central boxcar for Jamie, and now I've done another for him. And one for myself as well. Here's a few looks...</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">This first one is done for Jamie...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRsAAw9xx52YVqDef3vfowUsJk59L_u6vO1NDfhWikXSDpLwi9tcMoyhZXpFmqXNI-u5eWF-OLhWaI-oY56NQOlDDjSOWogauthmr1_TaXGKTu1jFR2nPB1DVfrzc44R4VI61ghQqqdYLSDkQbxbJh-E4sjpCjum6lXP0ETOWIkgiR1hMhjDHYU-rsdu8/s6000/IMG_1744.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRsAAw9xx52YVqDef3vfowUsJk59L_u6vO1NDfhWikXSDpLwi9tcMoyhZXpFmqXNI-u5eWF-OLhWaI-oY56NQOlDDjSOWogauthmr1_TaXGKTu1jFR2nPB1DVfrzc44R4VI61ghQqqdYLSDkQbxbJh-E4sjpCjum6lXP0ETOWIkgiR1hMhjDHYU-rsdu8/w640-h426/IMG_1744.JPG" width="640" /></a></span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial; text-align: center;">As the boxcar looks (well, looked) fresh out of the box. The reporting marks came already patched like this.</span></p><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVItyYraMCRVXEvV5gbLWLmr-Qv4w24TtyBb0-AZm8Rb_6OrRdn71NuF1IgXCLiDSXhVaeH0y2Br0xz_1CzQ0-ZPjx90QFHtIOBg_nO_pY2zK1OK48NfeBVZ33IHsHrAa1fTgrjlmCCvKGGJSUmXBf4EjXPoSVbALe5_CqOZ1XM8S8Rg5WtGzJBq8tyxE/s6000/IMG_1745.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVItyYraMCRVXEvV5gbLWLmr-Qv4w24TtyBb0-AZm8Rb_6OrRdn71NuF1IgXCLiDSXhVaeH0y2Br0xz_1CzQ0-ZPjx90QFHtIOBg_nO_pY2zK1OK48NfeBVZ33IHsHrAa1fTgrjlmCCvKGGJSUmXBf4EjXPoSVbALe5_CqOZ1XM8S8Rg5WtGzJBq8tyxE/w640-h426/IMG_1745.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Here it is masked up for paint fading, done similarly on the other side</div></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbJTgKW5d3FFopNUoKpNtDVzXl7Dp9sABuC0Wdjopl8k_TYeyrkcD_Zaz6B4cqk1KkA2V65CXsQhQwIgmo-HBhPyQXy1pDvKKQK6URCbCrYYMQV5qsRK98U0R_X6PIZM8kOBzLa-IBeHB3ijQjH8-h5IvmdWIhDmoPOj0QZwllLrZ19VfOvPyD2URHgg/s6000/IMG_1777.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbJTgKW5d3FFopNUoKpNtDVzXl7Dp9sABuC0Wdjopl8k_TYeyrkcD_Zaz6B4cqk1KkA2V65CXsQhQwIgmo-HBhPyQXy1pDvKKQK6URCbCrYYMQV5qsRK98U0R_X6PIZM8kOBzLa-IBeHB3ijQjH8-h5IvmdWIhDmoPOj0QZwllLrZ19VfOvPyD2URHgg/w640-h426/IMG_1777.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Faded with my usual concrete grey airbrushed, and some rusting</span></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibvxrtDrlL2GV5d-8eISuJU8dqq08_Urr-aNRYD6fRGDX-pPokJu_w6SivdJOTCVFsGDkw30e-ywKvKUS_tzm-cCadedWQIpQoV5KWp4GBCDTZYO2JExMOiHCyuE2fOBdhwgCVk1ItE4DpCUyrfnr_sDwqTS6c0oyebLPbARHZiPuRSdz3_54YGMM8Z_M/s6000/IMG_1776.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibvxrtDrlL2GV5d-8eISuJU8dqq08_Urr-aNRYD6fRGDX-pPokJu_w6SivdJOTCVFsGDkw30e-ywKvKUS_tzm-cCadedWQIpQoV5KWp4GBCDTZYO2JExMOiHCyuE2fOBdhwgCVk1ItE4DpCUyrfnr_sDwqTS6c0oyebLPbARHZiPuRSdz3_54YGMM8Z_M/w640-h426/IMG_1776.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Some graffiti on one side as well, mostly done with decals from Blair Line. The white graffiti scribbles by the ends are made by me with a white paint pen.</div></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /> And this next car is mine. The process for this boxcar was done pretty much the same way.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpLiOQKtlO0fTFCgkvQGD9BFv4SoWyDceix9bgjNvgxmnoIGaLXBDw2XgADwMRNyvz3AhM-Drw3Suq-6dW87cOYp6sk5VCQVMkBNzKpxe3MlIbl67AwaT6Du_nFcEQaeafT23TFgRcEFs7Z6ft5-uSxvaHP32qZeqiOPiMNL22BxejR4vmngpR6XNmmr8/s6000/IMG_1773.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpLiOQKtlO0fTFCgkvQGD9BFv4SoWyDceix9bgjNvgxmnoIGaLXBDw2XgADwMRNyvz3AhM-Drw3Suq-6dW87cOYp6sk5VCQVMkBNzKpxe3MlIbl67AwaT6Du_nFcEQaeafT23TFgRcEFs7Z6ft5-uSxvaHP32qZeqiOPiMNL22BxejR4vmngpR6XNmmr8/w640-h426/IMG_1773.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">And the other side</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdiI_AViDEFB_XEE37zzCLUK1_7wR-Bi9RiBuMoiOWdry-eCPuJr31DHupAVkld-RTozdVlmAp54uytmWcEl8kFJXNT_p2GI2mWQUF-M1FnS4rXMBjooF5Cgk5rhd9qAiI50O6RSsbFpnrQgopjyYd6sTPrxIXj-9I1h8vdhZBv5Fp6vexZ8ZqwiS1qWg/s6000/IMG_1774.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdiI_AViDEFB_XEE37zzCLUK1_7wR-Bi9RiBuMoiOWdry-eCPuJr31DHupAVkld-RTozdVlmAp54uytmWcEl8kFJXNT_p2GI2mWQUF-M1FnS4rXMBjooF5Cgk5rhd9qAiI50O6RSsbFpnrQgopjyYd6sTPrxIXj-9I1h8vdhZBv5Fp6vexZ8ZqwiS1qWg/w640-h426/IMG_1774.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Again I used Blair Line graffiti decals, and the white paint pen.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7I5sFLlwT8RbtxR_r6tZr3fnypuO3V7NfHuhwBklKl8oxRaGPhuaJt79tculnoAp_5yfURIC66ZypQ21oJg_54Ze4halhmZMd_QP0t74p3TK1II161B8-oUpddA240Uk6mgForeLRKRgYvWKVqqo1-Aq67PKrOBskpPwuLq8GhPJq09M0zLnmYj22LU/s6000/IMG_1775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7I5sFLlwT8RbtxR_r6tZr3fnypuO3V7NfHuhwBklKl8oxRaGPhuaJt79tculnoAp_5yfURIC66ZypQ21oJg_54Ze4halhmZMd_QP0t74p3TK1II161B8-oUpddA240Uk6mgForeLRKRgYvWKVqqo1-Aq67PKrOBskpPwuLq8GhPJq09M0zLnmYj22LU/w640-h426/IMG_1775.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">A view of one end. The couplers are rusted as well.</span></div></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEgsYxXVuanQ1hDtN5v6ETB-nKTph10AjemcmBsbyqjdAVigLIhVc_YupBlEdoRKeocVgb8MxaIWu85i1okwRTx4Vd-yD3gXYmpCB-dKfpAVbQQWBnri2GU2t2JvppFFmbIbH8CIRT6Cp29dC56msym7b8fNFHbBAw3r00sixLWdlM6riJ9RVT647zlxE/s6000/IMG_1778.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEgsYxXVuanQ1hDtN5v6ETB-nKTph10AjemcmBsbyqjdAVigLIhVc_YupBlEdoRKeocVgb8MxaIWu85i1okwRTx4Vd-yD3gXYmpCB-dKfpAVbQQWBnri2GU2t2JvppFFmbIbH8CIRT6Cp29dC56msym7b8fNFHbBAw3r00sixLWdlM6riJ9RVT647zlxE/w640-h426/IMG_1778.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Here's my boxcar finished up and out in the wilds of the layout.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Happy Railroading</span></div></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-76442504150465810372023-11-24T18:25:00.000-08:002023-11-25T10:08:53.857-08:00Along the GTW <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">GTW 6252, an SD38, is pulling into the siding to allow 5931, which will be approaching along the main line from the opposite direction, to pass.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTYplcBkYzmtookNtmETaMUvj36u4qB-pFRLAK4mavXn5SDOgnXsXLo_qrXo12nzeWSlgUMBKm8wLKkUIpSZyA7IVBiAPaoA6K25QrSVdYMhfPMjmBW-DV6sslFg7cvVCBCW9xbog8tmOQG9angco8Eg28QpMFNRICp0TDVLaZiQsWr0BZLk_6pZ0W78/s6000/IMG_1720.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTYplcBkYzmtookNtmETaMUvj36u4qB-pFRLAK4mavXn5SDOgnXsXLo_qrXo12nzeWSlgUMBKm8wLKkUIpSZyA7IVBiAPaoA6K25QrSVdYMhfPMjmBW-DV6sslFg7cvVCBCW9xbog8tmOQG9angco8Eg28QpMFNRICp0TDVLaZiQsWr0BZLk_6pZ0W78/w640-h426/IMG_1720.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">5931 with auto parts cars is rolling by the Mid-West Plastics plant.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaxh49ogZdF98_lW_a9JXcQXvCzFWYAtFcUxc_4L2Wf7dYtN3EWTd7y0JXlw0CcKjcEyUejtlGe2JFuNBJvyurLOIrGACuQslAXdpAmb8yI1kvXb_-AhxS4Nkd-z92O1jMfU4201H_W7z5phEnVvnLOaAs4epw3evHe59TsZmNim3T1pyncdc46ciT0h0/s6000/IMG_1750.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaxh49ogZdF98_lW_a9JXcQXvCzFWYAtFcUxc_4L2Wf7dYtN3EWTd7y0JXlw0CcKjcEyUejtlGe2JFuNBJvyurLOIrGACuQslAXdpAmb8yI1kvXb_-AhxS4Nkd-z92O1jMfU4201H_W7z5phEnVvnLOaAs4epw3evHe59TsZmNim3T1pyncdc46ciT0h0/w640-h426/IMG_1750.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">A closer view of the 5931</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuyqKOT65iP4_3GQ2_hmfHb-xlpqDC03z9-GLr39YwPJZzOlysH_IOhLmilVM4XJpLttRib_EEVrlKoyQsbx3uCe-XoCJZzwqV-H3qX1ivpdoO3W3KIuPsEDXFozO4bqkVBYAjFe4uXos1YH-0cTGpS7tJWLdCyE_kF_Lku4n3d-utwPkLmzXm1YvreNQ/s6000/IMG_1751.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuyqKOT65iP4_3GQ2_hmfHb-xlpqDC03z9-GLr39YwPJZzOlysH_IOhLmilVM4XJpLttRib_EEVrlKoyQsbx3uCe-XoCJZzwqV-H3qX1ivpdoO3W3KIuPsEDXFozO4bqkVBYAjFe4uXos1YH-0cTGpS7tJWLdCyE_kF_Lku4n3d-utwPkLmzXm1YvreNQ/w640-h426/IMG_1751.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">I was a bit disappointed to miss out on buying another one of these CN/GTW SD40-2's in the North America scheme a few weeks ago. </div></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">A look at the GTW line, to include a view of some of my poorly executed trackwork.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHrbrSMsZ2XOXnYzuDadvgwlr-Rn7SXX5uOdCY5-1lUoO08PfT2bkpUuzw3Jul3k-EQJc3N-gsp0o6o7mDZmiGA_CUqJDqHQMveANgV-peYig6NAZvHn11nd2ztLVTAQl-TCB560RoeT6nShXM0d-MlW-BpFMC2ZnUHcxQ5mnriRs1k-uBSUkCOUCBSjM/s6000/IMG_1755.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHrbrSMsZ2XOXnYzuDadvgwlr-Rn7SXX5uOdCY5-1lUoO08PfT2bkpUuzw3Jul3k-EQJc3N-gsp0o6o7mDZmiGA_CUqJDqHQMveANgV-peYig6NAZvHn11nd2ztLVTAQl-TCB560RoeT6nShXM0d-MlW-BpFMC2ZnUHcxQ5mnriRs1k-uBSUkCOUCBSjM/w640-h426/IMG_1755.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I didn't do a great job laying the track, but I kind of like the way it looks anyway. And fortunately, I don't think I've ever had derailments around here.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"> I stumbled across this The Far Side cartoon by Gary Larsen, so thought I'd add it in here.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYucdfYnpA-owdXDm3eyG3xIStgszOY4BeZK4YSdZjwYi-AfGYQ6PahSUmeICn_EsfOjJjfkkqeRXM4yJk2NqhYQFV6_sahuj6J4DSPc9dJpe2Hko1jCFlxtMqjdFGkxN7LX0Shg4-daoqP_sTHuIGwSCdGTqCEpdg9TNubUWFEXV9WO4YZeSwqrvSsQ/s1005/Live%20Long%20Day.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="735" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYucdfYnpA-owdXDm3eyG3xIStgszOY4BeZK4YSdZjwYi-AfGYQ6PahSUmeICn_EsfOjJjfkkqeRXM4yJk2NqhYQFV6_sahuj6J4DSPc9dJpe2Hko1jCFlxtMqjdFGkxN7LX0Shg4-daoqP_sTHuIGwSCdGTqCEpdg9TNubUWFEXV9WO4YZeSwqrvSsQ/w293-h400/Live%20Long%20Day.jpg" width="293" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I'll leave it at that for this week. Have a good one.</span></div></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-9820896588858913812023-11-17T17:29:00.000-08:002023-11-18T16:58:41.393-08:00Boxcar Re-paint<p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Just before we get to the boxcar re-paint, I want to say that I was finally (somehow) able to get logged in correctly to Google, so now I can reply to any comments left in the comment section at the end of the blog posts.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Regarding this boxcar, Luc had asked if I could paint, patch, and weather a model to look like this prototype boxcar for his friend Radisson. They were wanting the car to be lettered for Radisson's railroad, the ACRR. So that's what I've spent much of my modeling time doing recently.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeN2SbXKk4lLyJzT8SgdhZ4r7VBX3Y7Qcpc6NOargcZv8dXm7AebaNDVWa38vZt345gA1UVVX58IG6ix02Skz-M770m2k2w2HYnDRIQU3ESD2VE-f5XfXUwx8zKsWw4f1SB0fh7YBckIu_g2b6xEsSt1LgMTgXEQmZzyEF83lMw0ySPg57sxrUDgb4eFU/s2090/LRS%207623.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="2090" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeN2SbXKk4lLyJzT8SgdhZ4r7VBX3Y7Qcpc6NOargcZv8dXm7AebaNDVWa38vZt345gA1UVVX58IG6ix02Skz-M770m2k2w2HYnDRIQU3ESD2VE-f5XfXUwx8zKsWw4f1SB0fh7YBckIu_g2b6xEsSt1LgMTgXEQmZzyEF83lMw0ySPg57sxrUDgb4eFU/w640-h326/LRS%207623.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Luc and Radisson provided me with this Exactrail model as the victim...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtsfVzemkP_ztZm5Saktew5Gz2AnbwOj7XV_UOVNzs2eUF27nEoEqRZajH4sZodrXCV1tJO49smyQ94qDuAuVdtHNGj8SvUN7Gj-IkLJOcLn80UvSCGJL7W5rywS-ven_d1SICpnJij_HmX3jkNDJ_Y3CvU85uk_xUpNlWDOUcHaBqbTriaHkkWJzbIA/s5711/IMG_1713.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2416" data-original-width="5711" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtsfVzemkP_ztZm5Saktew5Gz2AnbwOj7XV_UOVNzs2eUF27nEoEqRZajH4sZodrXCV1tJO49smyQ94qDuAuVdtHNGj8SvUN7Gj-IkLJOcLn80UvSCGJL7W5rywS-ven_d1SICpnJij_HmX3jkNDJ_Y3CvU85uk_xUpNlWDOUcHaBqbTriaHkkWJzbIA/w640-h270/IMG_1713.JPG" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: center;">A nice looking Exactrail model of a PS 5344 boxcar</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkh9Yf0Gh-ZME3eKtwScF7bTuZV1me89YNjH-VnAXI3V8ruBZXb6gPLa-9Wu5XbirzRrmKQFtpy1lI39FbQ7i7HYNXjJ1a3u2-B4s42NC-u86KqCz4xfv0AI1z-VzirwPleWCsJT3ID6W1ydbWUckfqL59aFwBKSdxepmzfdfy59prq5q4OCxCCtLpWU8/s5711/IMG_1721.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2416" data-original-width="5711" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkh9Yf0Gh-ZME3eKtwScF7bTuZV1me89YNjH-VnAXI3V8ruBZXb6gPLa-9Wu5XbirzRrmKQFtpy1lI39FbQ7i7HYNXjJ1a3u2-B4s42NC-u86KqCz4xfv0AI1z-VzirwPleWCsJT3ID6W1ydbWUckfqL59aFwBKSdxepmzfdfy59prq5q4OCxCCtLpWU8/w640-h270/IMG_1721.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I removed the original logo, etc., using Solvaset, cotton swabs, and round wooden toothpicks. The toothpicks were dampened with water to soften them a bit so as to not scratch the model.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Next step was to primer the boxcar to cover the bits of Exactrails's original pad printing that wouldn't come off.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ONTZe_fRslIK5n6bCjkfwfuooASY4Xag2SLD_j0a9tum9hmHa-dG8ET2rFunLWWfVPVzHmLx9InqSfei5mlk8dIO0oZBQ0Zahm0Kmneg37VhTG1G6xKZ7qskOAFTUD7jvyvAzI1nmgRqPdwqu5buwQItGxUDTSyR7L8f38RZF0FSwUlveVQnqNdv5z0/s5424/IMG_1722.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2416" data-original-width="5424" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ONTZe_fRslIK5n6bCjkfwfuooASY4Xag2SLD_j0a9tum9hmHa-dG8ET2rFunLWWfVPVzHmLx9InqSfei5mlk8dIO0oZBQ0Zahm0Kmneg37VhTG1G6xKZ7qskOAFTUD7jvyvAzI1nmgRqPdwqu5buwQItGxUDTSyR7L8f38RZF0FSwUlveVQnqNdv5z0/w640-h286/IMG_1722.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">In hindsight, I wish I had used a lighter colour for the primer. That would have helped to show the brightness of the final coat(s) a bit better, and maybe fewer coats of paint.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Here's the boxcar after the colour coat(s) have been sprayed on. Long ago, Luc had given me a bottle of Mission Models Red Oxide paint, I thought would be a reasonable colour match. He also gave me Smokebox Graphics decals to be used on the boxcar.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwl9xN_0B90c_gLhYc0NtCYtBSXLHNovrcjyuARnuidNnNKbkJBEIIg1XBPTCy5y_4bFJfZ_iEjPvTrlynqwh7O1GZ7FO1X3JUIN31_3KxhGCb0C6aEMHkHNyR4CYRL6BbhSzjsp4sKlE4yiMsGdZXoMbIxtE3U7tavK5BLpt4-GAidRUJKfjBMq-55M/s5077/IMG_1723.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2217" data-original-width="5077" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwl9xN_0B90c_gLhYc0NtCYtBSXLHNovrcjyuARnuidNnNKbkJBEIIg1XBPTCy5y_4bFJfZ_iEjPvTrlynqwh7O1GZ7FO1X3JUIN31_3KxhGCb0C6aEMHkHNyR4CYRL6BbhSzjsp4sKlE4yiMsGdZXoMbIxtE3U7tavK5BLpt4-GAidRUJKfjBMq-55M/w640-h280/IMG_1723.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">The colour looked to be about right when it was in the bottle and while it was still wet on the model, but it actually dried to appear quite brown. To counter that, I've sprayed thin and light coats of SP Red overtop, and the result turned out rather well.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Luc had said to me that I could do paint overspray on the roof if I wanted to. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCDQTcY9sHaXlf0b_ykogK8U2EybHHAemIpbepLQ_p7g9Fq5R0-OfIp-JXfo4JVAjRSK6oLGfTv9DWqaeRRaaRy1agvPM13QVt-uabMuNQAlpqIHjEkh3-GGHAOFAB_UK_s4X3OOATC8PRYiPbIPjfQ_Ej6rLWDz162LIHNbgdmpdzy-AJAFfzVPcMIFw/s6000/IMG_1743.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCDQTcY9sHaXlf0b_ykogK8U2EybHHAemIpbepLQ_p7g9Fq5R0-OfIp-JXfo4JVAjRSK6oLGfTv9DWqaeRRaaRy1agvPM13QVt-uabMuNQAlpqIHjEkh3-GGHAOFAB_UK_s4X3OOATC8PRYiPbIPjfQ_Ej6rLWDz162LIHNbgdmpdzy-AJAFfzVPcMIFw/w640-h426/IMG_1743.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I hadn't actually done the roof overspray before this. It's a subtle detail, but I think it turned out rather well. That dark area at the lower corner of the picture is just a shadow</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Here's the boxcar, all finished up: re-painted, patched, and weathered. I had sprayed a gloss coat before applying the decals of course, but I also added another coat of gloss on top of the decals. I think htat helps hide any outline of the decal edges. Then I covered the whole boxcar with Tamiya Clear Flat to eliminate the shine. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIuRKO9ptqhCUshXYVxkLuy_60twj-e4k0ONOZQqoiN_ySW6EH2imcYb0HWvbuIV4XaR56kwbDC20TkcyhOnOaPK3FKoLaJ8bv1j-uQPBaqdF2vwVccoaPNDO3295o-qCLLu8UlGS1PlPwNtJupQdORmAv_YhTX5jSz1TmoBI-xPUsW35gqLPv_nLouGA/s5724/IMG_1732.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2275" data-original-width="5724" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIuRKO9ptqhCUshXYVxkLuy_60twj-e4k0ONOZQqoiN_ySW6EH2imcYb0HWvbuIV4XaR56kwbDC20TkcyhOnOaPK3FKoLaJ8bv1j-uQPBaqdF2vwVccoaPNDO3295o-qCLLu8UlGS1PlPwNtJupQdORmAv_YhTX5jSz1TmoBI-xPUsW35gqLPv_nLouGA/w640-h254/IMG_1732.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">If we include the patches, the graffiti, and the old notices by the doors, I think that there are a total of something like 78 separate decals applied to this boxcar. (And after cutting all those decals, I still have all my fingers.)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Here's a final look at ACRR 5455, along with sister car 5450 out on my layout</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1zjtVC-gNwP-2Vq30iCglQGQQk0-kHw-TbJCluExZ7dlQfdX4IrzKjptCspVv6kkK_Q8a0TpVmMB343o2Y_h0E3tH-tYOwYrZbkKkSp04obYLhHqZuNQZ-ZxFOPo5ZMoK9wgDqywyFyVCotQgkXl4EY6JULoEmmswETe3RxsGPfZtEiSb9mVVIpRmtw/s6000/IMG_1741.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1zjtVC-gNwP-2Vq30iCglQGQQk0-kHw-TbJCluExZ7dlQfdX4IrzKjptCspVv6kkK_Q8a0TpVmMB343o2Y_h0E3tH-tYOwYrZbkKkSp04obYLhHqZuNQZ-ZxFOPo5ZMoK9wgDqywyFyVCotQgkXl4EY6JULoEmmswETe3RxsGPfZtEiSb9mVVIpRmtw/w640-h426/IMG_1741.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I think this project turned out to be quite successful</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Have a great week. And go do some modeling.</span></p></div></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-46282408483752281162023-11-10T17:28:00.000-08:002023-11-10T17:28:10.737-08:00A Bit of Roadwork<p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">5708 is stopped here on South Industrial Blvd., as there has been an intermittent, but ongoing situation with the roadway. That section of the street has been popping up and out of place from time to time, and causing derailments and just not looking very good. Time to replace that piece of the road.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGlHKCP6w-hoCDvv6LLi2kGS8P4BydKODDb6ehEqVs2i_EYTz_yV4xatRAT1DWj6VXKpmWvx4A3uGlSSHMqwyUMYCKCddjVUJetnmI4IMF5Lx4JuKl4b3Mo-sTDxYm0HrubdzICikGm7VHrYrdFiegJoiZMvdmvFW90GXpxGjeLJjOVUuIR9139RPawo/s6000/IMG_1706.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGlHKCP6w-hoCDvv6LLi2kGS8P4BydKODDb6ehEqVs2i_EYTz_yV4xatRAT1DWj6VXKpmWvx4A3uGlSSHMqwyUMYCKCddjVUJetnmI4IMF5Lx4JuKl4b3Mo-sTDxYm0HrubdzICikGm7VHrYrdFiegJoiZMvdmvFW90GXpxGjeLJjOVUuIR9139RPawo/w640-h426/IMG_1706.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">This piece of the street trackage has caused derailments and caused trains to stop if it happens to catch on the engine's truck.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">That section of the road is made of a piece of .040 styrene, cut and filed to size, and press-fitted into place.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_cnIy-skGGsYZBPoeqgFyLj5f3sOKxuUS9Y6eYEOAVDgxic3PBL5e7akTtDMBzazTlhmpXpu-6crWbo6cMW3WXrDGSw1Q_BGD-X7p-E3igEz9jzmDTnmFFdERYM2OnJuvRx6v7mTAb1E5fP1TxcihNkshjmuKvoFxzuT5j2mVIdTf9Jt8vnakSaNrto/s6000/IMG_1708.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_cnIy-skGGsYZBPoeqgFyLj5f3sOKxuUS9Y6eYEOAVDgxic3PBL5e7akTtDMBzazTlhmpXpu-6crWbo6cMW3WXrDGSw1Q_BGD-X7p-E3igEz9jzmDTnmFFdERYM2OnJuvRx6v7mTAb1E5fP1TxcihNkshjmuKvoFxzuT5j2mVIdTf9Jt8vnakSaNrto/w640-h426/IMG_1708.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">I easily lifted out the old piece, and traced around it onto a clean piece of .020 styrene. Then I cut it out just a little bit bigger than the original, and carefully filed the edges down until it fit into place correctly.</div></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I scored a couple of lines into the styrene to represent concrete sections with the back of my Xacto blade, and then painted the styrene with a beige coloured acrylic craft paint to represent aged concrete.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOh8P50L7nAC4wQ5z50265uOTQQECevNuWYODRXfFpe1zPMj8ys_nPcTXgd1fc6G45haNOanJcoEi6PkU64XRvmNznw4uNXslqvtkpGhq7kWIvKtfaxug8Eacidzn9liUNhaL1lldSal1XKMoFaOtLnpaBE9ZjmVBrCFmNxMoutQsbzOPWW0cAFY3fYKg/s6000/IMG_1729.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOh8P50L7nAC4wQ5z50265uOTQQECevNuWYODRXfFpe1zPMj8ys_nPcTXgd1fc6G45haNOanJcoEi6PkU64XRvmNznw4uNXslqvtkpGhq7kWIvKtfaxug8Eacidzn9liUNhaL1lldSal1XKMoFaOtLnpaBE9ZjmVBrCFmNxMoutQsbzOPWW0cAFY3fYKg/w640-h426/IMG_1729.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Random cracks in the concrete are simply drawn on with a .003 black artist's pen. I need to colour in those whitish areas, particularly between the rails. They have been caused by me when cleaning the rails, as I've inadvertently scraped away the paint.</div></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Over on the other side of the layout, along the GTW line, I took this nice photo of 6252 (an SD38) just as it's about to pop out from beneath the Gratiot Avenue overpass.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemzs5WccW7k-OIzYCU23g7hID0eX7YJLFLpw3avk8hnHWyObpgVt4GQ8HArL_WWQpTMeBqaaU4BB9vN2-OjGWn7SB9ZM91Hg5l9_SrCEZGYtWfxwtduAWM4V5mLfWHoTOJ3u2LgjrI_CMfDNTY4nRmEIwBtMC46LXdOpQaf9UX-MmUFiSj81IEdFZ35Q/s6000/IMG_1719.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemzs5WccW7k-OIzYCU23g7hID0eX7YJLFLpw3avk8hnHWyObpgVt4GQ8HArL_WWQpTMeBqaaU4BB9vN2-OjGWn7SB9ZM91Hg5l9_SrCEZGYtWfxwtduAWM4V5mLfWHoTOJ3u2LgjrI_CMfDNTY4nRmEIwBtMC46LXdOpQaf9UX-MmUFiSj81IEdFZ35Q/w640-h426/IMG_1719.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Have a good week</span></div></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-29393501858125650732023-11-03T15:19:00.003-07:002023-11-05T05:31:42.569-08:00JSSX 5068 Working<p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I took the picture of the CN boxcar this week, and liked it enough to post it and leave it up at the header for the month of November. It's an Exactrail 50 foot combination door car, graffitied and weathered. The building where the boxcar is spotted has been closed down for a while, so it's a bit surprising to see a boxcar there. </span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Down at the other end of the JSSX yard, a crewman is seen just climbing aboard Dash39-B 5068 as it begins to pull it's short train out of the JSSX yard.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgiDYLB1UWYm5d0wDOqKynJkr_DQea1xuqHpF2JHzBGLz0gv0g_8eUagNmPLK1Z8eHXNrjur37-MXYiP1UuQT3lKcpnMBCEMjg6CHFQTWwardeZne4cRu56Thg8m8S5V19Pi3asZ98geCS3BEqsZmBeiHLJRwmupLJhb9WQ_BSunV4ChZL2hzJgoXpqw/s5827/IMG_1685.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2791" data-original-width="5827" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgiDYLB1UWYm5d0wDOqKynJkr_DQea1xuqHpF2JHzBGLz0gv0g_8eUagNmPLK1Z8eHXNrjur37-MXYiP1UuQT3lKcpnMBCEMjg6CHFQTWwardeZne4cRu56Thg8m8S5V19Pi3asZ98geCS3BEqsZmBeiHLJRwmupLJhb9WQ_BSunV4ChZL2hzJgoXpqw/w640-h306/IMG_1685.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">5068 will be heading for the South Industrial job today.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gobqFr9pSVg_nzs0jzc2k3Rj6Bc6wcNU9YVf1umnaDk0JO8BmjRxhL-aht-ijiX7V-Q9kEvOzLiabqKuMhW6tG-4IEigOTYoC_sRKFApOCTR8SmE7s_is94zO95X8mvi2s_c9krgIVFPLQ4CXcz-e5mL8R1QfwI6siWVRXXcskRoknD5Fb3qnoujlys/s5445/IMG_1640.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2569" data-original-width="5445" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gobqFr9pSVg_nzs0jzc2k3Rj6Bc6wcNU9YVf1umnaDk0JO8BmjRxhL-aht-ijiX7V-Q9kEvOzLiabqKuMhW6tG-4IEigOTYoC_sRKFApOCTR8SmE7s_is94zO95X8mvi2s_c9krgIVFPLQ4CXcz-e5mL8R1QfwI6siWVRXXcskRoknD5Fb3qnoujlys/w640-h302/IMG_1640.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The 5068 from the other side</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhODqe0yy6-HUEUnFwG2OWWvlLgnnI0athw3A0RRM09gu9CtMAeDT1XdNYTGoII_tCamOKhuDWLbitxGRH0vkv4SyZbu9B7qEw0JHL4m9NuFx3VpO8l17eR6_bkKE5A5_3hTjouX8vpV5E6wA7B7iq1ipWyntp4_nqKn3m7cB0FuEd28G0cGE1-qkzR0o0/s5986/IMG_1704.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3896" data-original-width="5986" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhODqe0yy6-HUEUnFwG2OWWvlLgnnI0athw3A0RRM09gu9CtMAeDT1XdNYTGoII_tCamOKhuDWLbitxGRH0vkv4SyZbu9B7qEw0JHL4m9NuFx3VpO8l17eR6_bkKE5A5_3hTjouX8vpV5E6wA7B7iq1ipWyntp4_nqKn3m7cB0FuEd28G0cGE1-qkzR0o0/w640-h416/IMG_1704.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">And here, 5068 has just taken the diverging track on it's way to South Industrial Blvd. There's the old closed down and burned out Gulf Oil gas station in the background</div></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLvHEP7yN6XxU_6_GtE0aoSWLDmG7ldlwLvhuPhgNiZU1zVlgnR7nYBaCmqJEgTkzPWlpeWWYP1x68pRMVLCpN-RdVWBg2rL1GldKu75Ta65HytsiMV6RW4ZyXWOa6i3_Pnd8nAITiRZg9MDchCciFtFWYcRu1_oS5DljaukLHstZM3JjZiiA4mhns8Q/s6000/IMG_1705.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLvHEP7yN6XxU_6_GtE0aoSWLDmG7ldlwLvhuPhgNiZU1zVlgnR7nYBaCmqJEgTkzPWlpeWWYP1x68pRMVLCpN-RdVWBg2rL1GldKu75Ta65HytsiMV6RW4ZyXWOa6i3_Pnd8nAITiRZg9MDchCciFtFWYcRu1_oS5DljaukLHstZM3JjZiiA4mhns8Q/w640-h426/IMG_1705.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">And speaking of closed down, there's the boarded up tower that used to control the diamond that the train is just about to cross. The drawbridge in the background is a cut out of a photo I took from Water Street in Port Huron, Michigan, of the former GTW bridge over Black River.</div></span><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Brian Smith sent along this photo of CN's 2755, a former CitiRail ES44AC, a couple of weeks ago.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYgkT_rnGo6Lp6mZtEvEsyd7qXY1roltWhsUOiF0yGiwuatQFiGEUtdloXBYhsIpHfeadOJbovokVdQ5VUGVXIzhNNJ9Vv7ip_D3EsRhhyphenhyphen0wZAFIBWbg10f2pSmCc46DITkJa4esGNHEVwhLllG-gaJxnR2-DYUlnx9yOjV3xzEXWADrXGZ2-JvuE01k/s4032/CN%202755.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYgkT_rnGo6Lp6mZtEvEsyd7qXY1roltWhsUOiF0yGiwuatQFiGEUtdloXBYhsIpHfeadOJbovokVdQ5VUGVXIzhNNJ9Vv7ip_D3EsRhhyphenhyphen0wZAFIBWbg10f2pSmCc46DITkJa4esGNHEVwhLllG-gaJxnR2-DYUlnx9yOjV3xzEXWADrXGZ2-JvuE01k/w640-h360/CN%202755.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Brian noted that he liked the stenciling on the cab, but I think there was some sarcasm to his comment. A Citirail/CN ES44 model would be oversized for my layout here, but if I did have one, I think I might kind of want to model this stenciling.</div></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Have a good week everybody.</span></div></div></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-26924844761578208032023-10-27T15:59:00.003-07:002023-10-27T15:59:22.763-07:00Locomotive "Asset Rationalization"<p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I sold off this Dash8 39-B locomotive recently, through the Facebook group "Canadian railway Modelers Buy/Sell". I think the railways or other big businesses would call it "asset rationalization". I simply didn't run this engine much anymore, and thought that maybe someone else would.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I recall that I had bought this Atlas locomotive at the train show in Woodstock from Bjarne Hansen, but I really don't remember how many years ago that was. Bjarne had patched it from BC Rail to HLCX and done the light weathering with his airbrush.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I do remember however that Sean Steele got me a new handrail set for it, as one or two of the handrails had been broken. Anyway, I thought I'd post a couple of views of the locomotive.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3oIV9H2ccwT_Ggnu7CXAyrL9bRiTzbRlECtT8DyvAtCrw4QW1fuXpsPbrKGp93FBAFj0K8dJ3rvyT5XJe-i2kdNizsesx_Bz07aMmsIsLErPhEwkCZbtLw2LpG0v11LuPm-M7gb8Uz6Crqv4CzZnDJCwHjUl6Pe7JIZ6ckNPpdUkq45Yei4hcCt54ow/s6000/IMG_1637.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3oIV9H2ccwT_Ggnu7CXAyrL9bRiTzbRlECtT8DyvAtCrw4QW1fuXpsPbrKGp93FBAFj0K8dJ3rvyT5XJe-i2kdNizsesx_Bz07aMmsIsLErPhEwkCZbtLw2LpG0v11LuPm-M7gb8Uz6Crqv4CzZnDJCwHjUl6Pe7JIZ6ckNPpdUkq45Yei4hcCt54ow/w640-h426/IMG_1637.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Outside the shop at the JSSX</div></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCbFGlrtYs5h7N_NhPjNDdfRASONJoTXl9-66EUmjRz9t89km6KiwMq9HnwRWfjgp18j3Ekf0uZwIhc_7zfe43PKxM8ouLIoK4IBpgAhSWk3wVolaIxCgUjIYR4ncOmB2-da8MkrOwlaQcNSMIQxg175uZwS818OVbg9a1r97xKqoh7O9cLO5EaZuOXo/s6000/IMG_1629.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCbFGlrtYs5h7N_NhPjNDdfRASONJoTXl9-66EUmjRz9t89km6KiwMq9HnwRWfjgp18j3Ekf0uZwIhc_7zfe43PKxM8ouLIoK4IBpgAhSWk3wVolaIxCgUjIYR4ncOmB2-da8MkrOwlaQcNSMIQxg175uZwS818OVbg9a1r97xKqoh7O9cLO5EaZuOXo/w640-h426/IMG_1629.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The lights are non-functioning, as they are jewels</div></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_IJDhyphenhyphennqBL8m0CNOJxoGy09EmA0dn7ZlS5YmuRkxuXW7wkBTjE2ZLfnIihgBOVJYcXSytnr-NrLPLE1guXY-nlbCkquSw2Fz018lqKLQ-CX9hjW6MFxTp9ajT_3kVunicuiDEHWuk3j9XB00NctSJ4YYWFWyOeuKEgNAcxMgEAlTPJo_ml94GX5URWU/s6000/IMG_1628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_IJDhyphenhyphennqBL8m0CNOJxoGy09EmA0dn7ZlS5YmuRkxuXW7wkBTjE2ZLfnIihgBOVJYcXSytnr-NrLPLE1guXY-nlbCkquSw2Fz018lqKLQ-CX9hjW6MFxTp9ajT_3kVunicuiDEHWuk3j9XB00NctSJ4YYWFWyOeuKEgNAcxMgEAlTPJo_ml94GX5URWU/w640-h426/IMG_1628.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">A look at the conductor's side. I always thought that the silver trucks and fuel tank looked real sharp on this engine</div></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZOwPK2uNHiOoE_GaQk6Fa3LKYfY7R7to2LG1grHHznVrS2svM3JDkGp3vkBzfHgT8pOkGkybq8TChx3DuM2znFA3tKrwzuuxRRTlMRR8tRGAfCQxUK9v7ddFtlS1uiiMAwwH605C4dnhZmmL1J7Bwm3ISg84yT3i8or9kbZvbfchIts9CEOlSoWlm-l8/s6000/IMG_1632.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZOwPK2uNHiOoE_GaQk6Fa3LKYfY7R7to2LG1grHHznVrS2svM3JDkGp3vkBzfHgT8pOkGkybq8TChx3DuM2znFA3tKrwzuuxRRTlMRR8tRGAfCQxUK9v7ddFtlS1uiiMAwwH605C4dnhZmmL1J7Bwm3ISg84yT3i8or9kbZvbfchIts9CEOlSoWlm-l8/w640-h426/IMG_1632.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">And a drone view showing some soot and grime</div></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Switching gears a little bit, I'll include this nice photo of a FMC 50 foot combination-door boxcar sitting at the seldom used warehouse on one of the transload spurs (there are two of them) on the JSSX.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6CZmQCPDrI6S8bLYqPHHA3n9fQe5zdaJPQ_tJn8L1g1r-C0BldEee5vCOkc8PEYYP8Pm8yBUWnvhXZLf9KBK8cvHTNKX-GPdfKw-zX8at3kKD-5ztMgmZGEulk9agafvDZaTzCV-2gdLC3J3rvHjAscyjVj2Yb4QCcPlH3lF2wPHDlr2AKj7D_RDL3k/s6000/IMG_1701.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6CZmQCPDrI6S8bLYqPHHA3n9fQe5zdaJPQ_tJn8L1g1r-C0BldEee5vCOkc8PEYYP8Pm8yBUWnvhXZLf9KBK8cvHTNKX-GPdfKw-zX8at3kKD-5ztMgmZGEulk9agafvDZaTzCV-2gdLC3J3rvHjAscyjVj2Yb4QCcPlH3lF2wPHDlr2AKj7D_RDL3k/w640-h426/IMG_1701.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I did the weathering on this car. The graffiti on the door and to the right of the door is a decal. When I put such a decal in that location, I slice it horizontally into 3 pieces with a sharp blade. One narrow piece goes below the door track, a <i>very</i> narrow slice goes <i>on</i> the door track, and then the large piece of course goes on the car's door and side wall. Road grime is sprayed on after everything is all settled.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Have a good week, and happy modeling !</span></div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-37196425333647213962023-10-20T16:20:00.006-07:002023-10-21T16:37:39.305-07:00A Bit More Scenery, Plus a Boxcar<p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I had picked up these small packs of Vallejo's static grass clumps a few weeks ago, and thought it was about time to try to spread a few pieces around the layout.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbYQW4rdyIXTke5z315ZjL_RM95gUP5AbYRLDSl5OlXFu5nDIIip-Q70OAbuucbXlGc2eoKIzXHDcBRIyZjzXKqkLvKPeKjoCup3YNqUkLs6xEISSSzxwivP7cJ8GkZKqApC8Oq_xUNIPvs9V-bUNqk8DrvilUSO6EUOqhQArHbrU_mXsEssv2PL02CI/s6000/IMG_1462.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbYQW4rdyIXTke5z315ZjL_RM95gUP5AbYRLDSl5OlXFu5nDIIip-Q70OAbuucbXlGc2eoKIzXHDcBRIyZjzXKqkLvKPeKjoCup3YNqUkLs6xEISSSzxwivP7cJ8GkZKqApC8Oq_xUNIPvs9V-bUNqk8DrvilUSO6EUOqhQArHbrU_mXsEssv2PL02CI/w426-h640/IMG_1462.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">I found a better photo of the Vallejo static grass clumps, so I removed the picture that had all the glare from the lights and put this one in it's place.</div></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkybLr-GbcSxAGgwFq4JqRxfD3g3ayyG4ejQsZ6xVahVoRWqMwVueyhLXc1EsyIz8PZw_-L6mscqJNHu_5CF2u7X4u7z1BuuP4lwxnqThr8T4itIXIxgar4Gx2sTOM_U_B3Y32AFuEXFUCJssqMt2L8HdJODcw6gd8H_IpKKwMMc8TLaqgUpEERGJNMw/s6000/IMG_1684.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkybLr-GbcSxAGgwFq4JqRxfD3g3ayyG4ejQsZ6xVahVoRWqMwVueyhLXc1EsyIz8PZw_-L6mscqJNHu_5CF2u7X4u7z1BuuP4lwxnqThr8T4itIXIxgar4Gx2sTOM_U_B3Y32AFuEXFUCJssqMt2L8HdJODcw6gd8H_IpKKwMMc8TLaqgUpEERGJNMw/w640-h426/IMG_1684.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I tried to spread the clumps around randomly in the same general area that I had just recently added the ground cover</span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh58hDFBBNsnGZe_mm7i78bQOkdgqnurTSv5vYPScFmT5jDYUrovb7GvZcyQOTPSQ_nwQz7ENbmqr5V7cLQIsFjdsC-uQIuS0hYHm4owIxxxZh2W11uZ8ULjFYREJMvJPVcfumKnfsLdwGT1PPPzjWIDhmimKEL_hNcBmw5nG2f9dsSq1at0bEvbb_SEw/s6000/IMG_1683.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh58hDFBBNsnGZe_mm7i78bQOkdgqnurTSv5vYPScFmT5jDYUrovb7GvZcyQOTPSQ_nwQz7ENbmqr5V7cLQIsFjdsC-uQIuS0hYHm4owIxxxZh2W11uZ8ULjFYREJMvJPVcfumKnfsLdwGT1PPPzjWIDhmimKEL_hNcBmw5nG2f9dsSq1at0bEvbb_SEw/w640-h426/IMG_1683.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">There's one of the Caboose Industries ground throws that I had found. I've painted them with Rust Texture before I installed them on the layout. they look pretty good, I think.<br /></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Or do they ?</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6HurBpv5sNTcq3KH6_zr5MVKcfBpAvkjq_XvF2Z1J1xHNzylfc_3w6iLY80thBMQXrro47Gou5g8POluHT0IjW6oQQrwyasRGZ14F7sUiA0YgvtTZza2mANWmeTQMI_IYo9PUtPr9g-QYMJHi6MHMRySSnEy_knBtRoRlRIG3simhdiYlIv14-p85l8/s6000/IMG_1687.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6HurBpv5sNTcq3KH6_zr5MVKcfBpAvkjq_XvF2Z1J1xHNzylfc_3w6iLY80thBMQXrro47Gou5g8POluHT0IjW6oQQrwyasRGZ14F7sUiA0YgvtTZza2mANWmeTQMI_IYo9PUtPr9g-QYMJHi6MHMRySSnEy_knBtRoRlRIG3simhdiYlIv14-p85l8/w640-h426/IMG_1687.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">This ground throw looks to be wildly out-of-scale compared to the crew member that's just behind it. I had never realized how big these things are. I think that I might have to figure out a "Plan B" as far as ground throws go.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Also, over the past week or ten days, I weathered this Wisconsin Central boxcar for Jamie. It's the drying time for some of the blisters and scratches that take the longest. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rFMGJFRtmR6a73EA0uvZQAOIJKYGcjVNw3nNHzdWoOzoOgIkaVkXjctbMrUdOBHN4JbmaPx8LPDHtmtslHHxx12agOOWWUnlTb6FGo-X65PIHEM7wRHRIiq5Skw9-pMQnY-W8l0_Y_bFMNnOSWiS_k7B3NYGLZs-sJ__i1VDtQkAEijz-b-sUFmbAW4/s6000/IMG_1668.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rFMGJFRtmR6a73EA0uvZQAOIJKYGcjVNw3nNHzdWoOzoOgIkaVkXjctbMrUdOBHN4JbmaPx8LPDHtmtslHHxx12agOOWWUnlTb6FGo-X65PIHEM7wRHRIiq5Skw9-pMQnY-W8l0_Y_bFMNnOSWiS_k7B3NYGLZs-sJ__i1VDtQkAEijz-b-sUFmbAW4/w640-h426/IMG_1668.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Just out of the box this is a nice looking boxcar</div></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOgnEfZEPGzaXZhSylZ3CDWiCsvvSt1RSAbWEjtPFFsUZhKCgQxAIbmSLgvVmsvBUd3dkw6qwP5sbxGidSrivC6JrQIl5uF8KC_BpTSd1BMbVEPkHEWuc9IPx9XdZTRjSBTaffsYuW7OdUtx4Kaj-ieXuSQCy52W6BvkvQ8zJDDUQz3AYt-wNpictH5SI/s6000/IMG_1675.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOgnEfZEPGzaXZhSylZ3CDWiCsvvSt1RSAbWEjtPFFsUZhKCgQxAIbmSLgvVmsvBUd3dkw6qwP5sbxGidSrivC6JrQIl5uF8KC_BpTSd1BMbVEPkHEWuc9IPx9XdZTRjSBTaffsYuW7OdUtx4Kaj-ieXuSQCy52W6BvkvQ8zJDDUQz3AYt-wNpictH5SI/w640-h426/IMG_1675.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Faded the paint colour down with Concrete Gray and a pink coral colour craft paint, and then masked around the door before painting it white.</div></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYU6Wg8V-4vZoHErQagqGuYIgoRGztHyeS8QItopUlhnf82lxV0N7cn1cyBzWXUu13yPnlXkjVD7ldUwZ_USzq3qUt6cv6vGQ8HtO1wdqOpv2J5ATwh74jkPiakR5wAfTPYOVtv4KpMKhyphenhyphenselarB8E2M3bo-x4TClnHfefn7zJ_K4ik0ccJsW48UYelbc/s6000/IMG_1676.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYU6Wg8V-4vZoHErQagqGuYIgoRGztHyeS8QItopUlhnf82lxV0N7cn1cyBzWXUu13yPnlXkjVD7ldUwZ_USzq3qUt6cv6vGQ8HtO1wdqOpv2J5ATwh74jkPiakR5wAfTPYOVtv4KpMKhyphenhyphenselarB8E2M3bo-x4TClnHfefn7zJ_K4ik0ccJsW48UYelbc/w640-h426/IMG_1676.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The reporting marks have been patched with black trim film and stencil lettering from Microscale. Some scratches and a few rust blisters added too.</div></span></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-72462943216278424742023-10-13T19:17:00.003-07:002023-10-13T19:17:39.692-07:00Some Scenery Improvement<p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I finally decided that it was time to do a little improvement type work on the layout. I haven't done much of that in quite a long while, so it will make for a nice change for me.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">This is the general area that I've decided to spruce up first:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XA5t5aKtLVi2crJG7RksM7LIt2Esi7MdKGs4FqbEZGCoeJgeLaFl-ilwKFZVLStsKO5OzwgASC5tssGWniPgtT8UyLjNyLIPJINemayVi5yXPWGi1IqElmpBwVMRmGznznCExHl4TIB2jux8dBzqM4b6Jljj3BuirYASEjddzHUhqKFicbDEfMhouuk/s6000/IMG_1653.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XA5t5aKtLVi2crJG7RksM7LIt2Esi7MdKGs4FqbEZGCoeJgeLaFl-ilwKFZVLStsKO5OzwgASC5tssGWniPgtT8UyLjNyLIPJINemayVi5yXPWGi1IqElmpBwVMRmGznznCExHl4TIB2jux8dBzqM4b6Jljj3BuirYASEjddzHUhqKFicbDEfMhouuk/w640-h426/IMG_1653.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">This is the GTW line across the back of the layout. You can see the need for some ballast and vegetation growth on the far side of the tracks where there is none.</span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEied9sKJ6q-r9C31IWCF6pWULL6AZUmkemmAOlnrUImnJcFWjCJeBeiEcqlCJ7E0HkEw9XCCLJ8jvJE5L3KgNP_Hoe_IwbWY_3eNjMOfy7hhMjQxKtqHPlTGzy4iRRQkGXrvAnfL-9QzPmDiAgGxlZRKgdsFyvhu4_5DcYIgCMoNygZecV30mlUSrCS-bA/s6000/IMG_1659.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEied9sKJ6q-r9C31IWCF6pWULL6AZUmkemmAOlnrUImnJcFWjCJeBeiEcqlCJ7E0HkEw9XCCLJ8jvJE5L3KgNP_Hoe_IwbWY_3eNjMOfy7hhMjQxKtqHPlTGzy4iRRQkGXrvAnfL-9QzPmDiAgGxlZRKgdsFyvhu4_5DcYIgCMoNygZecV30mlUSrCS-bA/w640-h426/IMG_1659.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Not really a ton of progress so far, but it does look a little better. I'll continue on with it.</span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">While getting the ballast and ground foam containers out, I happened across this package of Caboose Industries ground throws that I'd forgotten I even had.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfyEFr8xvCe1n4c1XODNruluTEWwvV8vDzZLF1RqYGw6XTMJCq_aLnt7SmGVaZvxt7AWD8gSDJyuehrX8Y1V8HK4S7UDjNUv2kk98TU3k0Me7Ov3ABjHL8yseJIPlL7ATg2WTjqhw3z5iwTUd0m59N2UoU6mYNfZKrzYVJqjKH-VY70vTj3gEvXE11Ks/s6000/IMG_1661.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfyEFr8xvCe1n4c1XODNruluTEWwvV8vDzZLF1RqYGw6XTMJCq_aLnt7SmGVaZvxt7AWD8gSDJyuehrX8Y1V8HK4S7UDjNUv2kk98TU3k0Me7Ov3ABjHL8yseJIPlL7ATg2WTjqhw3z5iwTUd0m59N2UoU6mYNfZKrzYVJqjKH-VY70vTj3gEvXE11Ks/w640-h426/IMG_1661.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I'll paint and install these on those two spur switches on the GTW line in the next day or two.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Here's a depressed centre flatcar that I've been weathering for Brian. He hasn't even seen it yet. Until now anyway...<br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZuezrTXiAXzOZnEA7bT9Vpr9njm2wTOi7bZZJQBDzuzSV0v1MkpAt21JBF4z0ER6OuVmhFlQOFBoTES42dt-Kn3E21BK6Ojbf7SPMKFVKaKBGBScSkp_4iimUUrgi9_I-9yzK8ZZnl36gGdnbrI9T80viFVYOb93Xf7u_whJ7WiYqmsF-5tB1Fl7VAMA/s6000/IMG_1657.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZuezrTXiAXzOZnEA7bT9Vpr9njm2wTOi7bZZJQBDzuzSV0v1MkpAt21JBF4z0ER6OuVmhFlQOFBoTES42dt-Kn3E21BK6Ojbf7SPMKFVKaKBGBScSkp_4iimUUrgi9_I-9yzK8ZZnl36gGdnbrI9T80viFVYOb93Xf7u_whJ7WiYqmsF-5tB1Fl7VAMA/w640-h426/IMG_1657.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I didn't take a picture before I started, but when the car was fresh out of the box the decks were a fairly glossy black.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIa6-d6PnCLTKEvSKL27nj1y_yczRJoP1BIhz7tr_crjNLDVuf0wH73mpxbJ0gftX6qhM6rHOeVqHmpDx-MnIV4rjiRaBxOL2UJMNP1oDvGjG34uhO6xSjRFZRhUZDAP9GA_jX5d1uiPPU7Shdl4gPR_SFTQ5WDbkbDmNjI5HyqjZfp_n4PMqa_AA2DQY/s6000/IMG_1658.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIa6-d6PnCLTKEvSKL27nj1y_yczRJoP1BIhz7tr_crjNLDVuf0wH73mpxbJ0gftX6qhM6rHOeVqHmpDx-MnIV4rjiRaBxOL2UJMNP1oDvGjG34uhO6xSjRFZRhUZDAP9GA_jX5d1uiPPU7Shdl4gPR_SFTQ5WDbkbDmNjI5HyqjZfp_n4PMqa_AA2DQY/w640-h426/IMG_1658.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I brush painted the decks with Vallejo Rust Texture, and then added some powders in rust and silver-grey colours. Hard to see, but there's also some rust streaking down the curved slope white areas.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKioPP1UpJVbNPBWQ_DmM-riQYq97hqi6p57fT9BIo4k9Mzd8pWjt8JJaKn1D2GLOpt7d8Yhbf1oL4O7ccT3nyncWgemnT-llte23k7wBnXwhLU2ZlqLlDrtE3qp5JAeV7EX4gLaJFFR0uf59tS2qURxMXpRRT5hqnvG2F40NaApLeJPO5czIr-t9-Ebw/s6000/IMG_1656.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKioPP1UpJVbNPBWQ_DmM-riQYq97hqi6p57fT9BIo4k9Mzd8pWjt8JJaKn1D2GLOpt7d8Yhbf1oL4O7ccT3nyncWgemnT-llte23k7wBnXwhLU2ZlqLlDrtE3qp5JAeV7EX4gLaJFFR0uf59tS2qURxMXpRRT5hqnvG2F40NaApLeJPO5czIr-t9-Ebw/w640-h426/IMG_1656.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">A side view of the flat car. I flattened down the yellow with a bit of Tamiya Panel Line brown.</span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">A bit of clear flat added, and it's all finished up for you Brian.</span><br /><div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141711555912149320.post-80725774614467232792023-10-06T13:07:00.004-07:002023-10-06T13:40:42.413-07:00Birds Aren't Real<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">This is a view of my scratch-built billboard as taken from the Gratiot Avenue overpass between the JSSX and the GTW. I thought the message fit well with the urban industrial theme that I've been going for here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2zz91TSRdAry_jdK7AnCf2UW1MbyqPnvFq1xIQ6ngJ_AihN18oosdkXG6HkXnk2VGT8i_7LF63sUgtZzrOOn2O0Wh2-4SgFq0kyPTrMTIeVKEVhese3p0o-OCNQqCQrx9QR7tx03OHjppXTyfsHITqhever_57sRS7hXw023XUvOILdgtPA2lWvQYp8/s6000/IMG_1638.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2zz91TSRdAry_jdK7AnCf2UW1MbyqPnvFq1xIQ6ngJ_AihN18oosdkXG6HkXnk2VGT8i_7LF63sUgtZzrOOn2O0Wh2-4SgFq0kyPTrMTIeVKEVhese3p0o-OCNQqCQrx9QR7tx03OHjppXTyfsHITqhever_57sRS7hXw023XUvOILdgtPA2lWvQYp8/w640-h426/IMG_1638.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Changes on the layout can turn out good, or bad I suppose, but regardless, I decided it was time to change up the message anyway.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdHGVfsOv-VphhZwN9bc0m0vu6R3i-tBYy8n1MGkvNQLUFx6koTHM6TSq53rtoEajTPUtl7Ox7_bQLyA1wQZHcChqpQAW0l_xnCf5eAqDLLRdNwqaMDeNIVlL4jEHwDwIufakP5qqFQNa6-9JAogxi-dzWOioYUFZeMZmLvK4ADkhbugBNHSMWDkHxgg/s6000/IMG_1639.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdHGVfsOv-VphhZwN9bc0m0vu6R3i-tBYy8n1MGkvNQLUFx6koTHM6TSq53rtoEajTPUtl7Ox7_bQLyA1wQZHcChqpQAW0l_xnCf5eAqDLLRdNwqaMDeNIVlL4jEHwDwIufakP5qqFQNa6-9JAogxi-dzWOioYUFZeMZmLvK4ADkhbugBNHSMWDkHxgg/w640-h426/IMG_1639.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I found the original picture of the sign message on the internet, and printed it out to the size of my billboard. I just had to adjust the perspective a bit and crop the image to the proper size using my Paintshop program. The "Birds Aren't Real" meme is a parody of the recent abundance of government conspiracy theories. It was started a couple of years ago by a college student.</span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">And here's a view of 5068 hooked onto their train, still waiting for 813 to get back to the yard so they can start out on their own assignment</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGqo_58R81pTdT29_Dk_5P-65rkDojaGS3Xn3JShhwSbp2gsbOAnvdW9rC_Ug-a0iVngnIsI8txjmwiaoxQqxkyLsX-QlCcOC3hyphenhyphenKKnf79BvKDt6KzFfYwi1Iiudpmcj-fED_YXIxaM-FP7p82fv-K1kGVocNrO0aGyNIPt0hKoroGm41CvpnjH9EfDw/s5509/IMG_1640.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2740" data-original-width="5509" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGqo_58R81pTdT29_Dk_5P-65rkDojaGS3Xn3JShhwSbp2gsbOAnvdW9rC_Ug-a0iVngnIsI8txjmwiaoxQqxkyLsX-QlCcOC3hyphenhyphenKKnf79BvKDt6KzFfYwi1Iiudpmcj-fED_YXIxaM-FP7p82fv-K1kGVocNrO0aGyNIPt0hKoroGm41CvpnjH9EfDw/w640-h318/IMG_1640.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Looks like at least one of the crew is enjoying the wait by staying out on the front of the engine <br /></span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">I made a quick trip down to the Sarnia freight yard in the early afternoon on Monday. Not much going on down there (again) as there was no sign of any main line trains coming or going.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">There's almost always a freight car or two that I find to be at least a bit interesting.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hTDbttDj34QkiKrw4Jt3Y2bG76ZErfXfa7fU4GB2WXtymFHe_Jm_289jZ6V4FEZJXokLoi8dHxpoqaLdM-xyMWSZyT4Bf9yEuHCqjP65OUsAE0J0nbrfWOhi5XmstfNf2lGXffo6PhKsriDcAenBmpxpZ0kB3zujoSjxfNVS6Rbl5YE7HTCqbgXKVxQ/s6000/IMG_1634.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hTDbttDj34QkiKrw4Jt3Y2bG76ZErfXfa7fU4GB2WXtymFHe_Jm_289jZ6V4FEZJXokLoi8dHxpoqaLdM-xyMWSZyT4Bf9yEuHCqjP65OUsAE0J0nbrfWOhi5XmstfNf2lGXffo6PhKsriDcAenBmpxpZ0kB3zujoSjxfNVS6Rbl5YE7HTCqbgXKVxQ/w640-h426/IMG_1634.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">This example is ICRX 570428 (Island Creek Corporation). Looks like the reporting marks have been patched from something else at some point, but I find the various painted areas to be interesting, and the pattern to the rust is interesting as well. Would make for a nice weathering project some time.</span><p></p></div>Jimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797105142361657172noreply@blogger.com0