The Modelers Thread

[Jim K]

That car is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.

Jim K

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Done....

[healey36]

Looks really sharp; nice color, nice decals, nice details all around. Tell me about those trucks; they look “light” given the length and probable weight of the car, but maybe that’s just the angle of the photo (or just me).

[robert.]

This year's offering to the saint of Christmas cookie. May your belly be full of homemade cookies St. Nick.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Looks really sharp; nice color, nice decals, nice details all around. Tell me about those trucks; they look “light” given the length and probable weight of the car, but maybe that’s just the angle of the photo (or just me).

Those are 4-wheel passenger car trucks (All-Nation...) and the car is a 50' car as well. Might be the angle.......

[G3750]

The car came out beautifully, Rufus!

George

[Neil]

Lovely work, worthy of publication .

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Thanks, George!

Neil, - thanks for the kind words! Maybe, just maybe, somewhere (I try hard not to publish me )..... ..........if I get the time to sit and do a bit of writing.

In the meantime, on to the next project!

[Neil]

I heard a rumor that you published not just one but two members of this forum in a recent issue.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I heard a rumor that you published not just one but two members of this forum in a recent issue.

At least one; yes! Maybe more -- at least one that posts regularly over on OGR, too!

Okay, I do publish my own column, so there's 2 -- I just overlooked that,

Good stuff about model building and such that people write up with decent photos gets published...eventually as space becomes available.

[healey36]

Looks really sharp; nice color, nice decals, nice details all around. Tell me about those trucks; they look “light” given the length and probable weight of the car, but maybe that’s just the angle of the photo (or just me).

Those are 4-wheel passenger car trucks (All-Nation...) and the car is a 50' car as well. Might be the angle.......

Looks great to my eye. Has that ad hoc look about it which, considering its utility, seems appropriate.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Next project starts with cleaning out the misc leftovers box to see what idea/design jumps out and gets going...

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Front wall laid out.......

[healey36]

Looking good. Freight depot? Small warehouse?

Your siding material...is that some sort of pre-scribed sheets of basswood? I've got a tinplate station project in mind, but the outer walls require a cut-stone/block texture. The original was of pressed steel or tin. I'm wondering if I could hand-emboss the texture onto a bit of thin corrugated cardboard. A billion years ago, a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I used an empty ballpoint pen for a similar project. Thinking there's likely something purpose-designed, I ordered a set of embossing tools; should be a good experiment.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Looking good. Freight depot? Small warehouse?

Specialty business.........name yet to be fully formulated,

Your siding material...is that some sort of pre-scribed sheets of basswood?

Milled clapboard; available from Midwest, Kappler, Mt Albert, Northeast Scale,......available in several exposures as well for multiple scales.

I've got a tinplate station project in mind, but the outer walls require a cut-stone/block texture. The original was of pressed steel or tin. I'm wondering if I could hand-emboss the texture onto a bit of thin corrugated cardboard. A billion years ago, a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I used an empty ballpoint pen for a similar project. Thinking there's likely something purpose-designed, I ordered a set of embossing tools; should be a good experiment.

Might be able to find something from Rail Scale Models or even Chooch (Walthers...) - been seeing a number of suppliers' stuff on eBay for all sorts of siding and textures.