Workshop Wednesday

"The red-orange problem is worse than that for Frisco fans...."

Not to those of us that saw the paint buckets.



Andre

 

I got a FM switcher in Pennsy and I thought it was black. I was going to lift the lettering (solvaset, pencil eraser) and redecal for Frisco, but when I got it under a light it was definitely green.
I don't feel too sorry for SPFs. They get just about everything.

 

They're black. I turned on into a Frisco unit by removing the PENNSYLVANIA lettering with a q-tip and brake fluid.

GS

 

Interesting Keith. I have done a few Genesis renumbers that way with no problem. Just your luck right?

I renumbered a couple old Proto racehorse E8s that probably soaked a day before they came off. But most come off quick.

 

I’ve done 5 of those same GP7s with a couple to go still. I touch them up with black and it seems to match well.

 

Worked on my grain elevator last weekend. I used my power sander to sand the sides of the ABS pipe, so it would have a rough, flat spot for the glue to hold to. I was doing it in the alley, and got a very odd look from a neighbor. He finally asked me what I was doing, so I fessed up. As it happens, he's an architect and was interested in model building, so we talked about modeling for a while. It turns out he builds 1/35 armor models.

I glued them together with plumbing cement, and let them dry on a piece of glass. I cut some Evergreen styrene 2x10s and laid them in the gaps to fill in:

I spraypainted everything primer gray and primer white, for an aged concrete look:

Need to build a loading shed and run some piping.

Worked on underframe brake rigging and painted, and did some work on the muley caboose:

Mounted the underframes in 3 Accurail Frisco cars:

Can't find corner grabs for the cupola roof--I know they're around here somewhere:

redecaled a dining car:

Spent way too much time trying (and failing) to mount a Proto 1000 motor in an Athearn frame for this Bowser FM:

and finally, welcomed this little 4-4-0 to the island of misfit toys:

Needs some tinkering, but sure looks good.

 

Lots going on there! I love seeing all your projects.

 

Good Evening Friends,

If I did not know better, I would say that there is a Do'ins a Transpirin' down by the rail yard on the Crawford and Cherokee. Maybe some shenanigans from visitors down Cape Girardeau way. They do look familiar. (sorry for the backdrop fail).



I must have spent the week somehow on the same caboose wavelength as Gary. Another Roundhouse kit getting some marker lamps. I also found my stash of microscope cover slips, so hopefully some weathering and windows to finish this one up.



Wish I had more time for the fun. Happy Workshop Day, All!

-Bob T.

 

I'm copying you. Love them blind door cabooses.

 

I planing to buy a HO 2-8-0 locomotive some time in the future, maybe three months. Between IHC, Spectrum or Bowser which one would be the best buy?

Joe

 

Roger:

REALLY like the way your psgr cars turned out! I too, love those old Athearn BB "compressed" (short) cars. I use them exclusively for my diesel era.

That blue Frisco scheme is almost the spitting image (I will be using a bit lighter shade of blue) of what I envision for my completed KC&G psgr cars!

Andre