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  flatting agent for oil based paunt
Posted by: jim currie - 12-19-2025, 09:27 PM - Forum: Lower Berth - Replies (2)

i use to use talc but since the law suit it's hard to find if anyone has a suggestion it would be helpful.
Jim

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  caboose question
Posted by: jim currie - 12-11-2025, 11:40 PM - Forum: Upper Berth - Replies (9)

was packing things up as in couple of weeks were going to have a project in garage so i was putting away rolling stack and engines out of harm's way and found I have 22 cabooses of 12 different roads and was wondering how many you have.
Jim

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  Bachmann plasticville crew shed
Posted by: cnrglen - 12-10-2025, 08:49 PM - Forum: HO Modeling - Replies (7)

I got this a few months ago posted in 'upper berth' wondering what it was:

   

After finding out what it was I searched online to see if anyone had every painted/finished one but came up empty.
I decided just to paint and weather it as I figured it would have been:

   

I semi dry-brushed barn red onto the body, then painted the tarpaper patches with a grey-black. The windows were done in vintage white. I used three different tamiya wood colors on the boards.

   

I then used Tamiya's 'panel liner' in both black and brown as a wash to go between the boards and siding and add some depth.

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  FSM's kit#260 "The Chippy Hollow Hardware Co."
Posted by: Ensign - 12-06-2025, 07:36 PM - Forum: HO Modeling - Replies (7)

Hi everyone, I thought that I would share with you my newest build, another kit from "Fine Scale Miniatures".
The Chippy Hollow Hardware Co. However I changed my version of this kit into a tribute to the late great model railroader John Allen.
So the place is now called the John Allen monuments & statuary Co.
Here's how it came out looking.

   

   

   

I also added LED lighting to this structure, so here is how it looks at night.

   

Thanks for having a look!

Greg

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  Photo Fun December 2025
Posted by: TMo - 12-02-2025, 07:15 PM - Forum: Shutterbug area - Replies (14)

December already!  The recent Conrail patch job on the former Reading GP30 is on full display traveling high over the Lehigh teamed with a PC version and an EL RS2.

   

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  Dr Wayne
Posted by: Charlie B - 11-30-2025, 05:57 PM - Forum: Stop here and say "Hello" - Replies (1)

Just want to report that I have been in contact with Wayne and he is OK , but his memory is failing. I talked to his wife tonight and she was saying that she thought if someone with modeling interests were to visit  it might help get him back to modeling. 
If anyone knows someone in the Hamilton/Grimsby area that has some time to spend with a great guy let me know. I have not heard from Nutbar for a while and hope he is OK too.  
I am 250 miles away and not able to be there like I would like to be.     

Charlie

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  my current builds
Posted by: jim currie - 11-25-2025, 09:25 PM - Forum: HO Modeling - Replies (5)

been hard at work for the last week finished the Ludlow gas station and a industry for Buena vista.
sorry fir the poor photo.



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  Patched and Restencilled Freight Cars
Posted by: bdw9535 - 11-14-2025, 10:35 AM - Forum: Shutterbug area - Replies (73)

Post pictures of patched and restencilled freight cars that you have taken.  If possible, provide the name of the prior owner of the car.

I'll start this off with IATR 6403, an Iowa Traction RR box car previously owned by the McCloud River RR. Pennsauken, NJ, 9/15/09.

Bruce

   

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  New OCS Power
Posted by: LiveSteamer - 11-10-2025, 12:35 PM - Forum: US Rails - Replies (4)

Norfolk Southern has done it again, two locomotives were painted into a special livery and are now the power for the OCS train. Locomotives #1230 ( Birmingham ) & #1231 ( Atlanta ) are SD70IAC locomotives. They were seen yesterday on their first run going west on the Pittsburgh Division to head south to Alabama. If anyone got photo's of these engines please share them. Sadly I missed out on getting out to see them.

Here is a video found on facebook
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  todays laugh
Posted by: jim currie - 11-08-2025, 05:01 PM - Forum: Lower Berth - Replies (10)

my oldest sent this.
Jim



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