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Workshop Wednesday

Discussion in 'General' started by yardmaster, Nov 15, 2017.

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  1. modeltruckshop

    modeltruckshop Member

    Thank you guys. Glad you enjoy it.

    Steve
     
    modeltruckshop, May 1, 2019
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  2. meteor910

    meteor910 2009 Engineer of the Year Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Wow Steve! Wonderful realistic detail.
    K
     
    meteor910, May 1, 2019
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  3. modeltruckshop

    modeltruckshop Member

    Thanks Ken! Brad gets a lot of credit. He supplied 3 of my 5 pictures.
     
    modeltruckshop, May 1, 2019
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  4. geep07

    geep07 Member

    Excellent!
    Can you put in some kind of a shrink machine and make it HO scale! That would look great on my layout.

    John
     
    geep07, May 1, 2019
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  5. modeltruckshop

    modeltruckshop Member

    Thanks John! Sylvan makes that cab in HO as a matter of fact. I kinda thought about an HO version.

    Steve
     
    modeltruckshop, May 1, 2019
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  6. Joe Lovett

    Joe Lovett Member

    Steve, watch out, you may have volunteered to do fifteen trucks!!! lol

    Joe
     
    Joe Lovett, May 1, 2019
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  7. modeltruckshop

    modeltruckshop Member

    Hahahaha hope we all live that long!
     
    modeltruckshop, May 1, 2019
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  8. Sirfoldalot

    Sirfoldalot Frisco.org Supporter Frisco.org Supporter

    Steve -- I have no words that are worthy of your talent!
     
    Sirfoldalot, May 4, 2019
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  9. modeltruckshop

    modeltruckshop Member

    Thanks Sherrel, I appreciate the kindness. I could not land a jumbo jet full of people though!! :D
     
    modeltruckshop, May 4, 2019
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  10. modeltruckshop

    modeltruckshop Member

    For the first time in a month it did not rain today! I took some pics while it was possible for fun. I did a quickie job on some ballast cars for my dad. He hasn't seen them so I hope he doesn't log in tonight! HA
    Here is a couple loaded headed out and a little less horsepower bringing the empties back. Enjoy, Steve

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    modeltruckshop, May 5, 2019
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  11. gjslsffan

    gjslsffan Staff Member Staff Member

    :D:D:D:D
     
    gjslsffan, May 6, 2019
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  12. modeltruckshop

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    Thought you’d like them Tom. Ha.
    I think I am going to permanently connect them so I can have the MU lines, air lines etc. connected. I also want to have the drop steps down and chains in the walking position that way. I need to decide on cab to cab or hood to hood to do it though.
     
    modeltruckshop, May 6, 2019
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  13. gjslsffan

    gjslsffan Staff Member Staff Member

    Here is my offering for this Wednesdays Workshop. These cars are from RJ Thomas, he was kind enough to give them fwd to me. Theye were in the Kansas City power and light paint. And well that was no use to me, as usual they gots modified a bit. For the QA&P. I know shocker right? I took some scalecoat black paint and went over the reporting marks and a few other things, I then masked and used scalecoat SP scarlet, to paint the rotary ends, numbered them to fall behind the other 55-60 coal cars in service. Decaled them up a bit and into service they go. I can never get these images in focus or the right color it seems, I try changing modes white balance, light metering, Macro and all. Oh well.

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    gjslsffan, May 8, 2019
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  14. modeltruckshop

    modeltruckshop Member

    Those look great Tom!!
     
    modeltruckshop, May 8, 2019
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  15. gjslsffan

    gjslsffan Staff Member Staff Member

    I forgot to mention this. 25+ years ago, I was a Conductor, sitting at a load-out, watching the mind numbing process of loading a 105 car coal train. Now bear in mind I used to work, underground at this mine as a underground mechanic. So, I knew these guys. There is a bond among underground miners that cannot be explained, other than a great deal of respect and admiration.
    I as a consummate modeler, and a bit of an over achiever, I wanted real coal for my loads.
    All of these loads are the molded loads, painted glossy black, and sprinkled with the fines from a real coal load-out.
    What was the greatest, is I left with a gallon bucket, no questions asked, with the best coal fines I have ever had, right off the belt.
    Nothing looks like coal, other than coal.
     
    gjslsffan, May 9, 2019
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  16. modeltruckshop

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    Tom I enjoy your brand of over achieving. Kinda funny it does not surprise me at all you kept real coal.
    I have several pieces of coal for the same thing I liberated from a WV mine. I also save rust off old car parts and super fine metal shavings out of the metal saw at work. Just never know right? Ha
     
    modeltruckshop, May 9, 2019
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  17. William Jackson

    William Jackson Bill Jackson

    The QA&P boys woulda passed out, for day's
     
    William Jackson, May 9, 2019
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  18. gjslsffan

    gjslsffan Staff Member Staff Member

    LOL Bill thats funny! Then they woke up and saw this, and back into the abyss. A CSX repurposed auto rack.


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    gjslsffan, May 10, 2019
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  19. William Jackson

    William Jackson Bill Jackson

    Those QA&P guys was a little on the explosive side. I think that was Hugo, their was a glass case on the wall full of QA&P keys. I told those guys I would really like to get one sometime and they got mad telling me it was a honor to have one. Guess a lowly Frisco guy just didn't make the grade. A bunch of them was forced off the boards and into Hugo, it was like going to hell. What a crappy place. The big deal, was when you retired, your key went into the case.
    After laying rail from lakeside to Hugo, I called a work train to load the machinery, well you know how that goes, they thought we called them too early. Whah! Whah! After we loaded, the second car hit the ground, then they exploded, it was all my fault. They would only move about 3 MPH, so the hog's got EM . Was I ever glad to leave there. At Bokacheti we tore out Main Street crossing on the 4th of July. Here came the parade, the fireworks got going pretty good and the guys called me. Well I didn't go to jail, but we let the parade go. Some big deal.
     
    William Jackson, May 11, 2019
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  20. rjthomas909

    rjthomas909 Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Great work there Tom. A much better life than sitting on a shelf in my garage!

    -Bob T.
     
    rjthomas909, May 12, 2019
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