I had some alone time yesterday and decided to set up a carpet layout in my sons room.
I stopped by my local train shoppe and picked up a 1:43 Peterbuilt tractor and trailer. Now let's see what fun I can have with this one.
Originally Posted by Tom M:
I had some alone time yesterday and decided to set up a carpet layout in my sons room.
I stopped by my local train shoppe and picked up a 1:43 Peterbuilt tractor and trailer. Now let's see what fun I can have with this one.
"There's a right way, a wrong way, and a Skagway"
I always say that there's mortal sin, venial sin and Wiscon-sin......
Very nice Peterbuilt. Absolutely me favorite type tractors.
I finished the paint job on my white pass tractor trailer.
Here is what it started out as.
And here it is now.
I need to have some door decals specially made for it. I'll probably have doityourselflettering.com make them for me.
Here is my inspiration.
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I'm taking a break from customizing for a little bit. But I'm very happy with what I've accomplished this year. I started out with an MTH White Pass Tank car and now I have 10 pieces of White Pass rolling stock and a tractor trailer to ride on my flat car. I'm just waiting on my MTH heavy duty snow plow now.
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I've done a little more work to my bunk car.
I'm wondering if I should leave the car alone or if I should add the orange stripe along the top of the sides like I originally planned.
This was my inspiration for this car.
Anybody have any comments about this?
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I went to the Wasatch Rails train show in Salt Lake today. There was a lot of neat stuff to check out. I even met some guys from the Utah Train Collectors Association, a local 3-rail group, and I may join them.
I picked up this stock car for $13, not bad. I am thinking of leaving it as D&RGW. During WWII a lot of D&RGW narrow gauge equipment was shipped north to be used on the White Pass railroad to facilitate the building of the Alaska Highway.
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Hey, Tom
How bout, asking your friend, if he sees the Superliners every now and then
WOuld really like to see a long video, of 1 of them in action. The gentlemen with that
disease, Asp*** and the video, is on the forum I have it copied, but would really
like to view 1 in action, yes I do like your yellow and green, as it is very remote
and that is why I like the Blue and yellow, Alaska RR as it also is remote,and the O trains are quite elusive. thanks
Terry,
Skagway is quite a long distance from any part of the Alaska Railroad. I don't think I know anyone I could ask to do that up there.
Tom
Tom...I really like the tractor trailer...great job!
Alan
Love it, Tom!!!!!!
Not quite finished, but here is another White Pass caboose. I found this MTH Premiere Conrail caboose at my LHS for $20. One corner of the roof was broken and then repaired. I'm pretty happy with the results. Next will be the rotary caboose. I need to practice with 3d rendering first.
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Nice work.
Mike
Originally Posted by Tom M:
I finished the paint job on my white pass tractor trailer.
Here is what it started out as.
And here it is now.
I need to have some door decals specially made for it. I'll probably have doityourselflettering.com make them for me.
Here is my inspiration.
Who made that tractor/trailer, and is it 1:50 or 1:43?
Originally Posted by Tom M:
Not quite finished, but here is another White Pass caboose. I found this MTH Premiere Conrail caboose at my LHS for $20. One corner of the roof was broken and then repaired. I'm pretty happy with the results. Next will be the rotary caboose. I need to practice with 3d rendering first.
That caboose turned out great!
Who made that tractor/trailer, and is it 1:50 or 1:43?
John, the tractor trailer is a New Ray 1:43 1949 Peterbuilt.
The nice thing is that the trailer comes undecorated and the truck comes apart easily with a screw driver and a hobby knife. (I cut the chrome parts off from the inside for painting and then superglued them on after I was done). The only problem I have with them is that the trailer sits pretty high off the wheels and truck. I cut it down so it would look better.
1:43 is pretty big for o scale I know. But the trailer is the same size as a k-line shipping container I have and I think it looks pretty good on a flat bed.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Die-Ca...&hash=item4878cfdbe1
John, the tractor trailer is a New Ray 1:43 1949 Peterbuilt.
The nice thing is that the trailer comes undecorated and the truck comes apart easily with a screw driver and a hobby knife. (I cut the chrome parts off from the inside for painting and then superglued them on after I was done). The only problem I have with them is that the trailer sits pretty high off the wheels and truck. I cut it down so it would look better.
1:43 is pretty big for o scale I know. But the trailer is the same size as a k-line shipping container I have and I think it looks pretty good on a flat bed.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Die-Ca...&hash=item4878cfdbe1
Gentlemen,
All the White Pass stuff is definitely cool, no doubt about it, and the Caboose's
are just fantastic!
PCRR/Dave
My favourite narrow gauge railway. I have re-done some G scale stuff for a friend and what struck me during my research is that the guys doing the painting did not bother to clean up the stenciling or over sprays. Made stenciling G cars a lot easier!
Well, Paramedic School is finally over and now I might have some time to play. The only problem is that all my trains are in Utah and I'm now living in Juneau, AK. I spent the summer watching White Pass diesel and Steam trains going past my house every day in Skagway. Juneau doesn't seem to have many model railroaders but I do work with someone who is into O Gauge. I won't have my trains till at least January, but I plan to start acquiring rolling stock to customize when I get my supplies moved up to Juneau.
I have done a few cars in G scale. White Pass had some fun cars to model. The best thing about it was that I could cut a stencil and spray it and not have to go over it because half the time the painting crew did not bother to go back and remove the stencil lines or clean up the over-spray!
Here is the original prototype.
Not a perfect copy, but surprisingly close for my use.
I'm wondering what other minor modifications I could make. I'm thinking of putting in cab figures. I thought about putting in rope to the bell and whistle, but I don't know how I would do that.
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I lived in the Yukon from 1967-75. Here are two images of WP&Y taken during those years.
The car was taken at Whitehorse. The operating train at Carcross.
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Terry Danks,
It must have been awesome to see the White Pass operating freight all the way to "The Pale Pony" as some locals jokingly call Whitehorse. There is a need for freight operations today, but the golf course company that owns White Pass isn't interested. It would've been neat to see the bridge at Carcross operating and see the S.S. Tutshi in all her glory.
Does the White Pass & Yukon still offer passenger service/rail fanning at Skagway with the the Narrow Gauge White Pass & Yukon steam engine? It's on my bucket list
Yes, the White Pass has steam passenger service 3 times a week from the beginning of June to the end of August. If you go on a cruise to Skagway make sure your ship comes in to port Monday, Thursday, or Friday. And make sure they stay in Port all day. Some ships are trying to cut Skagway to half a day.
I finished the relettering and put some clear semi-gloss coat over the top of it.
Lesson learned: black sharpie (which I used for touch up around the lettering) may run when hit with a top coat. The black sharpie ran down over the lettering and I was devastated. My wife suggested using a gold sharpie to fix it. And guess what? It worked! I'm happy to have my lettering back and not have to start all over again.
And here is its new boiler plate.
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So, my next project is to make a GE Shovelnose diesel.
My plan is to 3d print the shell...
And place it onto this postwar alco diesel frame.
The 3d model will be longer than the frame. I don't know whether to lengthen the frame or shorten the body. It is going to be more toy like than actual scale. Does anyone have any suggestions or advice? I've thought about scrapping the postwar idea and going with a more modern diesel. Theses diesels have 3 axle trucks while the postwar frame has 2 axle trucks.
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Tom,
For some reason, your last three pictures are not showing up on my screen. Only see empty box with "Image not found."
Chuck
How about now?
It would be great if someone would make these GE engines. While they're narrow gauge, a three rail model would be fine. They're not small engines.
I ordered my 3D print of the GE Shovelnose. It should arrive in about 2 weeks. It is being made on a SLS printer, which I had never heard of before. Google it if you want to know more. It's pretty cool technology.
Anyway, I'm excited to get my hands on it. A little sanding and a little paint and I'm in business.
I'm headed up to Skagway for the fourth of July and I would love to take it with me to show friends at White Pass. Let's hope I can find some time to work on it.
Looking forward to seeing it.....
AMCDave posted:Looking forward to seeing it.....
Thanks Dave! I've appreciated your advice and encouragement over the past few years.
Find an Lionel 1970's or 1980's era production U36C that has a damaged shell and use the motors and frames from that after removing the handrails.
Andrew
Tom,
Great work! I am a fan of the White Pass and wish you well as you continue to model this really cool railroad.
Norm
falconservice posted:Find an Lionel 1970's or 1980's era production U36C that has a damaged shell and use the motors and frames from that after removing the handrails.
Andrew
Oh man. I wish I would have known about that engine before now. I guess I could change out the chassis. Or maybe I could just switch out the trucks...
