3rd Rail PRR Brill Doodlebug

Norm,

  Very nice. Thanks for posting. Did 3rd Rail's version only have the powered car and not a trailer/coach to tow with it? Either way, it looks fine with the baggage car. 

Tom 

MNCW posted:

Norm,

  Very nice. Thanks for posting. Did 3rd Rail's version only have the powered car and not a trailer/coach to tow with it? 

Tom 

Correct. 3rd Rail only offered the doodlebug and in brass too!

The baggage car is a GGD model. 

Looks good Norm. But I know you will fuss with it. Fuss on.

Jim

Nicely done.  Any idea what sound set is in that?  Doesn't quite sound like the gas engine.  Was it custom for 3rd Rail?

I think it's the ERR Sound Commander (non-RS). It's cute but I may change it out for the gas electric sounds if they ever become available again from 3rd Rail.

BTW, here's a nice link with 4666 info: http://www.trainweb.org/oldtim...ns/pennsylvania.html

Sounds like the old Sound Commander, I have a BEEP with the same sounds, and I think I also have the same sound module in an Interurban K-Line set.

sinclair posted:

Nicely done.  Any idea what sound set is in that?  Doesn't quite sound like the gas engine.  Was it custom for 3rd Rail?

Norm's 3rd Rail Brill 660 #4666 was delivered in 1930 with a gas Brill-WH 660 415hp engine.  In 1942 it was dieselized with a Hamilton 425hp engine.  In Norm's video it sounds like the diesel engine.

It is a diesel in that sound board Ron, it's the old Sound Commander.

The PRR dieselized their gas electric doodlebugs following a wreck in which  43 of 46 people riding doodlebug 4648 died in a gasoline fueled fire.  For more on the incident see  PRR Doodlebug wreck

Nice job Norm - I need to weather my 2 rail model - just doesn't look right in my 1950's era looking pristine.   Masking all those individual windows must have been a P.I.T.A. Do you have any tips to speed the job that you are willing to share 

Aw man that doodlebug disaster was gnarly! 

Thx Ed, I just masked it off with blue tape. I cut strips with a straightedge to match the height of the windows, laid them in and trimmed the other edge with an X Acto. Notice I didn't do a perfect job. A couple PBRs seemed to help speed things up a bit.

Weathering was a light coat of MM flat clear acrylic, followed by an acrylic black wash. I then puffed a bit of Grimy Black onto it with a bit of RR Tie Brown on the running gear and some Rust on the couplers. It is sitting here with flat clear/wash treatment in this pic:

Norm,

I just never get tired of your photos and videos. You are my scenic bench mark.

Ron H

Norm,

Another great job Norm!  Just beautiful! Thanks for all the tips on the paint.

Billy C

Thanks for sharing your approach to weathering Norm.  Much appreciated.

I got the ERR gas electric sounds from 3rd Rail:

Norm,

Not a slight on Sunset or your modelling, but the chain links on the vestibule barriers look oversized.  Maybe it's my new glasses.

Bruce

Great looking doodlebug.  And the layout is a stunner, too.

TRRR