I'm with them, a fantastic job on the weathering.
I can only dream......

Jack

It is always a pleasure to present my pictures to such a well-meaning bunch. Thank you for your very kind comments, but you are aware that your comments encourage me to post some more?

Tom, bad news first. I am using "Heki wild grass", but it does not seem to be available in the U.S. (at least I could not find it). Even Scenic Express (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.sceneryexpress.com/products.asp?dept=1216">http://www.sceneryexpress.com/products.asp?dept=1216</a><!-- m -->) who carries almost the whole range of Heki products, has not got my Heki wild grass (#HK1840, #HK1841, #HK1861) listed on their site. As far as I know, it is one of their latest products, so there is still hope that it will be available in the future. The big advantage of the Heki wild grass over other similar products like the Silflor lawns and pastures or the Heki decograss (Heki #HK1573 through #HK1594) is its silicone like backing that prevents glue soaking through to the top and makes working with this grass very easy. It comes in sheets of 45 x 17 cm (18" x 6.7") and the price (for the same amount of grass, not the sheet) is a bit below the Silflor grass mats.

**** EDIT: The Heki grass I am using is available at Scenic Express now. Search for "Heki wild grass": <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.sceneryexpress.com/searchprods.asp">http://www.sceneryexpress.com/searchprods.asp</a><!-- m -->. #HK1840, #HK1841, #HK1861 are among the items displayed on the first page of results. ****



Stuart, I concur with Wayne, glad you made it over here and I am really looking forward even to see the lack of your progress!

That's a great product! If it was available in the US they'd sell it by the bale!

Ralph

cnw1961 Wrote:Thank you, my friends. Here is another shot Barney took after he landed. The grass is growing pretty fast in the tropical heat .

FYI - Barney doesn't need to land to take a shot like that...! hock:



Andrew

MasonJar Wrote:FYI - Barney doesn't need to land to take a shot like that...! hock:



Andrew

That’s true, but he ran out of fuel .

cnw1961 Wrote:

MasonJar Wrote:FYI - Barney doesn't need to land to take a shot like that...! hock:



Andrew

That’s true, but he ran out of fuel .

Especially after flying all the way from Southern Ontario to Miami. Knowing Barney with the help of GERN Liquid Flux Fuel Additive he probably flew that plane 3 % further and 3 % of that distance on nothing but fumes.

MasonJar Wrote:FYI - Barney doesn't need to land to take a shot like that...! hock:



Andrew

You're certainly right about that, Andrew. When I first saw that the photo was credited to Barney, I was sure that Kurt must've posted it upside down.

Wayne

A few days ago I had this new, clean Athearn RTR boxcar in the mail ..........nice, isn’t it? .....Well, too nice for my liking , so I turned it into one of those patched AGR cars – I love patches. The Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway is only a shortline, but they seem to have more cars than would fit on their tracks the same time and you find them all over Florida. I did not want to make an exact copy of an existing car, so I chose AGR 1012, a car I haven’t seen a picture of. But I know that all cars numbered AGR 1000 through AGR 1190 are exactly the type of car I am modeling and they all have black patches for the reporting marks. So my AGR 1012 will fit perfectly into the proto-freelance scheme of my layout.







I hope, you forgive me for doing this to the nice BNSF car :oops:

It looks 100 X's better!

tetters Wrote:It looks 100 X's better!

Shame on you Tetters

Kurt, even though you patched a perfectly good BNSF boxcar, you did a fantastic job on it and i really like it!!

That's quite a skill you got there kurt, i really like the boxcars

Downright slap-awesome work, Kurt!

Nice work, Kurt: you've really nailed it with the patched lettering and faded paint - made a nice car a whole lot nicer, and no graffiti, either.

Wayne (with apologies to Deano)

Holey Moley! Another Masterpiece to roll out of the shops...wow!!

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DID THAT TO THAT BOXCAR!!!!


Just kidding.....Thats is a real excellent job.
And I probably would of done the same thing.

Kurt,
Have been following your thread and can't say anything more that hasn't already been posted, you truely do some amazing modeling. In your last post you mentioned boxcars that are seen in Fla. , this might interest you. Florida Crystals is a sugar producer from Palm Beach County.
Bruce