Since I don't really post a whole lot on Big Blue I thought I would increase my quota with some pics of recent and ongoing projects of the Horribly Oversized kind.

First up is a kitbashed woodchip hopper used exclusively on Grande Valley trackage.



The car is a TYCO with the stock trucks with the couplers cut off and replaced with KaDee #58sThe extenstion is scratchbuilt with sheet styrene and Evergreen plastic strip stock.There are 3 more in the works ,one will look just like this one and the other two will be slightly different.

This would be perfect for our spring bash challenge

This is a Bachmann Center-Flo hopper with some mods done and some more to do.It has the origonal Bachmann trucks again the stock couplers have been cut off.The wheels are blackened metal ,but are the wrong size for now.The couplers are body mounted Kadee # 158s.New stirrups are A-line but I'm not happy with them so they may be changed.



This one is an ongoing project,which very likely will get a etched roofwalk before it is finished.

Catt Wrote:ongoing projects of the Horribly Oversized kind.

Nice!

And nice projects! And nice to see you here too!

Good to see some evidence of action, Jonathan.

nachoman Wrote:This would be perfect for our spring bash challenge

Looks great Catt!
Ralph

That woodchip hopper looks neat!

Nuther recent project



Car is TYCO body (same as Athearn) on Athearn underframe with Kadee couplers.Car is named for a friend of mine.

Second verse almost the same as the first.



Car is constructed the same way I did the first one.Both cars will be getting etched roofwalks and side ladder work to make them more prototypical.This one is also named for a friend. :mrgreen:

Ralph Wrote:

nachoman Wrote:This would be perfect for our spring bash challenge

Looks great Catt!
Ralph

I do, however, have to ask this....
Because of the very nature of wood chips, would a rotary dump car be a bit more efficient at "dumping" them, than a bottom dump?
Yeah, I know, pneumatic, or hydrolic shakers, are cheaper than a rotary dump,.................. but scenically less impressive
On the other hand.....you got all them LPB's just standin' around, who could be operatin' them shakers!!

Great work. Didja know though that there really IS a Gilbert Grains here in California? More specifically, A.L. Gilbert Feeds in Keyes, CA near Modesto. They used to roster an ex-SP Alco S-6 that was finally scrapped a few years ago.

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From my very first trainset (a TYCO no less) in November of 1978.In all that time the only part that went AWOL is the brake wheel.With the exception of body mount couplers,metal wheel sets in the origonal trucks and wire stirrups replacing the rather clunky ones ,oh and a new road number she is untouched.




She will get a new brake wheel and safety stripes (I model the present day ) and some kind of a removable load.

Nice to see the GVRT runs good straighforward flatcars - now, what load, I wonder? :|

Keep 'em coming Jonathan.

Catt Wrote:From my very first trainset (a TYCO no less) in November of 1978.In all that time the only part that went AWOL is the brake wheel.With the exception of body mount couplers,metal wheel sets in the origonal trucks and wire stirrups replacing the rather clunky ones ,oh and a new road number she is untouched.




She will get a new brake wheel and safety stripes (I model the present day ) and some kind of a removable load.

Catt, I have about a dozen of those cars, some had pipe loads and some had dozers. That is one of the best TYCO cars they made, and really easy to turn into a dandy. The weight is about right too.
Charlie

John,Nice projects!

I would have never guess those were Tyco "train set" cars.

Great job on the rebuilds!