Sunday Scenic Showcase Mar 1

Really nice looking scene, Bill. Thanks for starting this Thread this week. I always enjoy it.

Hi Bill • The photos show the importance of well done scenery.

• Cheers from Michigan

Nicely done Bill

Water done well Bill!

Started working on a hillside area over a tunnel.  Here's a before and after look.

 

- Mike

 

 

 

 

Bill,

The river scene is coming along very nice.

Alex,

You have the Korber buildings down. Nice work.

Mike,

Very nice job. It looks great.

Here are some propane tanks and a couple of spheres that I constructed for the upcoming TCA convention show in June.

 

Alan Graziano

 Those are all terrific, but I especially love these!!  

Just getting started on new structure project - Borden's Dairy. Will be a combination of two Cornerstone Brook Hill Farm Dairy Kits.

 

Just finished doing the mortar on the bricks and have it placed on my shelf layout to get a sense of size and location.

 

 

Clifford

 

Very nice work.  Where did the curved trestle come from?  I would like to do something similar on my new layout

 

Al

 

Thanks, some excellent work displayed today.

Yes I agree! Some Fantastic work indeed!

PRR MOW Service #936

 

 

Thanks for starting this week's SSS thread, Bill...I really look forward to it!  This week's project was to assemble, detail and weather an "old" Atlas (Bev-Bel) 40' D&H boxcar kit that I recently purchased for cheap $$ on eBay.

 

I replaced the standard Atlas plastic trucks, couplers & wheels with Weaver die-cast ones, and added some weights, as these cars are very light.  I also shaved off a few of the molded-in grab irons and replaced them with brass ones from Tichy.

 

I wanted to model a car from a group of 40' boxcars that the D&H dedicated to flour service, so while I was at it, I figured I would build several "flour sack" loads on pallets.  Of course I just HAD to weather the car to look like a few flour sacks have burst open over the years.  I had a lot of fun with that!!

 

The graveyard shift kept complaining about the lack of light along the concrete work platform at the service facility, so the Terminal Superintendent finally had some lights put in for the employees.

 

 

 

I couldn't find anything on the market that fit in the era so I had to make them. It's wood dowels, Plastruct shades, SMD LEDs, and Plastruct tubing cut in half for the conduit. There's a finish nail in the bottom so they just sit snug in a nail hole.

Great job on the hopper, as always Steve.  I also have to say that I love those LI ALCo's sitting in the background...they are COOL!!

What a great scene!  You really have an eye for the details, the lights look fantastic. 

 

Thank you, Steve.  Believe it or not, I used mint snuff pouches to make the "flour sacks"!  Think of them as Skoal Bandits, but these are a non-tobacco alternative...and a lot less expensive. 

An added benefit is that they smell and taste good, so I like to pop one in my mouth while working on projects like these!  Maybe I'll do a "how-to" thread later this week showing how I made them.

 

That auto shop is awesome!! 

Hi Al, thanks for your compliments! The trestle is completely hand built from 1/2" plywood, 1/8" Masonite, and wood glue. I'll send you an email detailing the " how to" this week. Here is another view. Clifford

Billsrr,

I made all the tanks that you see in the picture from scratch.

 

Alan Graziano