Workshop Wednesday

Wednesday again!

Over the weekend, I worked on weathering a few old Branchline cars.

This one is not super prototypical, but will be good enough for an operator car, depicting a survivor into the 1980s.

Terry LaFrance tells me that I missed the white band on the ends for excessive height, so I am working to add that tonight.

These cars did not come with numbers on the ends, so I had added with home printed decals.



Take care all,

Bob T.

 

Good Old 1216 appears in MRH this month...

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Congratulations on the feature in MRH. It's a fantastic photo.

 

Congrats!

We have yet another celebrity amongst us!

 

Not exactly a workshop item, but I found a small chunk of rail a couple weeks ago.

I found a couple bigger pieces last year during tree removal, but they are too big to bring inside.

This one is the right size for a book shelf.

 

I found a couple of those a few years ago laying alongside the BNSF tracks in Minnesota.

I had them bead-blasted and then clear coated.

They look great.

GS

 

I cleaned this piece with a wire brush attachment on an angle grinder.

I had not thought about clear coating it, that is a good idea.

 

My late father-in-law worked for the Federal Prison Service. His last post was at Lewisburg, PA, where he was chief mechanical officer.

The prison had a rail spur at that time, and knowing I was a railfan, he had the date section cut out of one of the rails laying around the prison grounds, about 7 inches worth (1909).

He painted it black, put felt on the bottom, and outlined the date in gold paint.

A gift I will always treasure, and makes a fine weight for latexing rail down to the roadbed!

 

In addition to the FRL car (see other thread), I worked on this resin car sent to me by David Husman.

I still need to add a few details including a wood interior, but coming along.

I have some decals he sent for the car for the Philadelphia and Reading.

I added the Tahoe Model Works trucks, 5-foot wheel base arch bar truck.

This seems to be a lighter duty than the Westerfield Frisco truss rod gondola.





Take Care All,

Bob T.

 

Your craftsmanship never ceases to amaze me.

Bravo!

 

Hey All,

A Workshop Wednesday.

I have mostly finished up the build for the P&R gondola that Dave Husman sent me.

Since this photograph, I added cut levers, brake line hoses, and cut off the Kadee trip pins.

I will massage the decals a bit and then clear coat and weather it.

Have a good one All,

Bob T.