Sunday Scenic Showcase February 28, 2021

Found this 2012 car on ebay and fixed it up with 2r wheels. Never knew Lionel made a 40’ wood deck flat car

The industrial area of Bellevue is evolving. Scratchbuilt a few buildings,Its a work in progress and the old church in that part of town takes time to celebrate one of its city members ,even the railroad workers paused to give a salute. The church was actually a school house in Alabama that caught my eye in a photo. Happy Sunday everyonr!!

Great job on the wheel car, Steve!  I also sort of stumbled upon the Lionel wood-deck 40’ flat cars a few years ago.  I remember being a bit surprised how nice they are!  I’ve since bought a few and put them away for future detailing/weathering projects.

Working on a couple of buildings for the harbor

All, great variety of idea filled projects in this week's Sunday Showcase.

Thanks,

Tom

These views show the tall building at the southeast corner of my 12’-by-8’ layout. It was built from a kit but I added the top floor to increase the height.

MELGAR

I'm nearing the finish line on my tunnel project. It's on the layout and the ground cover has been laid down. I printed new backdrops and blended the base with an assortment of WS clump foliage and lichens. More detailing still to do and I have to wire in the lights.

@RSJB18 posted:

I'm nearing the finish line on my tunnel project. It's on the layout and the ground cover has been laid down. I printed new backdrops and blended the base with an assortment of WS clump foliage and lichens. More detailing still to do and I have to wire in the lights.

Bob:

Could this be the entrance to a mine? I imagine a piece of 2-rail or narrow-gauge track with a mine car at the entrance, some mine workers, and darkening the interior. A possible scene?

MELGAR

@MELGAR posted:

Bob:

Could this be the entrance to a mine? I imagine a piece of 2-rail or narrow-gauge track with a mine car at the entrance, some mine workers, and darkening the interior. A possible scene?

MELGAR

That's a good idea Mel. My plan was that the road would be for access to the old tank car in the front corner. I have a couple of trucks that I will place there after it's done. The mining scene would work for sure. If I run out of things to do I could change it out one day. I have lot's of HO track and some old gondolas.....hmmmm.....

Bob

Small buildings.

Started the kit bash of MTH Bank Buildings into a "Union Station".    For the most part I have my elevation plans worked out, as well as getting all the major facade, roof and architectural features to line up (and make sense), with the new 7 inch tall ( 28 foot) columns, etc. 

Mike CT - Tar Paper? roofs look great!

Chris - Keep posting station process, looks super cool even at this point.

Very nice stuff today fellas.

Here is the standpipe with some color.

Alan - Beautiful - produce them.  I know probably not worth your time/while but if a number around $50/$75 ea unpainted was possible (time/material/worth while for you)  I suspect you could do 50 to 500 units.

Regarding the Lionel 40ft flat car: I agree they are very nice.  They have a lot of scale sized details, and the body is diecast. Not only is nicely weighted, it has a very realistic underframe. 

I replaced the scribed sheet wood deck with board by board construction. Its very easy to do. I added kadees, and filled in the gap in the ends left by the lobster claw to give a more realistic appearance.  Compare the following two photos:

And I added a coupld of EMD Flexicoil truck frames as a load:

The last photo was included because this is a scenery thread.  Everyone should be very impressed on the realism of the trees.

Getting ready to paint this small loading platform

One of my medium distillation tower designs ready to ship

Looks good Joe.