Sunday Scenic Showcase 8-2-2015

Steve,

I'm just getting ready to go out in the garage and start working on the Hulett Unloader. Here are some pictures of my Father-in-laws house. Since he built the house himself, I built a model of it and gave it to him as a Christmas present.

Alan Graziano

 I work as a school bus mechanic. Often times you tap the exhaust pipes with a hammer to see how thick they still are and search for any small holes. The old steel you hammer. Hits the ground in small pieces that are perfect for rusty old steel sheets that looks like they have been cut with a torch. I started by taking a new Weaver gondola out of the box. A few measurements and some foam was cut and carved to fit in the body. A good thick coat of black paint, a liberal dosing off fine cinders and I set it out to dry. I then applied a thick adhesive to secure the metal pieces. A black and brown wash to fill in the crevices, a little chalk, some dry rushed artists paint, followed by some flat clear spray. I gave the car a quick weathering job and Kadee's. Total time on this project was under an hour. Often times I do these when running trains or another project as it takes some drying time throughout the steps.

Excellent job Dave C.

Alan Graziano

I made a similar scrap metal load from a rusted steel gutter down spout. I also used a Weaver gondola. I'm not going to weather mine until I get some practice on my dumpster dive finds from my last visit to weaver

Don

Very nice scrap metal load. That is an excellent source of metal.

Don

 Don, that looks great. Amazing the free detail items that are out there that can be used with a little imagination and time.

Thanks Dave, I have also used ball point pen springs cut down, pieces of silver stranded wire as cable, and a host of other items at work and home that make for good scrap metal loads. I have posted pics before, so I don't want to load up the thread again.

Don

Busy morning at the train station with passengers coming and going.

could this be where they are coming from or going to?

Brian - Great picture!  I can feel the drama at a big city passenger terminal.  Nice job!

Art

Dave and Don,

Nice loads on those Gondolas. And Weaver made a heck of a Gondola to bad they went out.

Steve

John, you have it!

They were very nice gondolas. Another forum I belong to did a six car set in B&A livery. They may rise again under the new ownership, but it may take a while.

Don

Good Showcase! Alan, how was you house model received? Was it a surprise?

Ray,

It was a surprise and it even fetched some tears.

Alan Graziano