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gondolas - kamerad47 - 12-15-2013
Had some snow today so no work on the layout ,so i did some work on my gondola fleet . Here is a pic I took ( not great but you get the idea ) of what I'm going for , there hauling old roofing shingles from a C&D recycler & some of mine.
Re: gondolas - tomustang - 12-15-2013
Nice work..
Re: gondolas - lajry - 12-15-2013
Can't image a class one RR like NS doing a "patch" job that bad. Must have been done by a stoned hobo cause even a tagger couldn't do one that bad, even stoned
LOL
Re: gondolas - Brakie - 12-21-2013
lajry Wrote:Can't image a class one RR like NS doing a "patch" job that bad. Must have been done by a stoned hobo cause even a tagger couldn't do one that bad, even stoned
I've seen patch jobs that was cruelly hand written in the days following the split of CR. Neatness wasn't the order of the day.I've seen slanted road names and initials on freight cars.
Perfection is what modelers do.
Re: gondolas - up_x3985 - 12-21-2013
Good Job on the gons! Years before I have seen photos of that "bad" patch job from a class 1 railroad.
Have fun and Happy Railroad gons!
Marco
Re: gondolas - jwb - 12-21-2013
When I make suggestions, I almost always try to include photos showing what I mean. It'd be great if other guys did the same, except here maybe photos might go the other way.
I believe ELS is a GE short line, with its cars maintained by GE. In this day and age, we can probably consider GE an honorary class I.
Re: gondolas - jwb - 12-21-2013
Here's a true Class I with a sloppy patch job:
Ah, to be an armchair "expert".
Re: gondolas - adsbnsf - 12-21-2013
Great Work!!
Re: gondolas - Sumpter250 - 12-21-2013
I'm no expert where "armchairs" are concerned, but I have seen enough prototype aberrations to know that just about anything can happen, and that brains of solid rock are not limited to "government". "Dumb things", happen !!! 
Re: gondolas - Ralph - 12-21-2013
What did you use for the screen cover on the red Burlington gon?
Re: gondolas - kamerad47 - 12-22-2013
Ralph ,what thet use at the yard to cover the loads are pieces of orange construction fence tie together ,so I used painted (orange) tulle fabic!!! Here is another pic not pacthed out yet!!!
Re: gondolas - Ralph - 12-22-2013
Clever! Looks right to me!
Re: gondolas - Sumpter250 - 12-22-2013
OK, now I know what the orange color on top of the prototype Gon in your first posted photo was.....pieces of orange construction fence tied together !
:o Another quick visit to the sharp leading edge of a learning curve
Re: gondolas - Rscott417 - 12-30-2013
You know you can buy it orange right? Unless you like painting it, whatever works for you. It looks good though, good idea.
Re: gondolas - gbwdude - 01-07-2014
jwb Wrote:I believe ELS is a GE short line, with its cars maintained by GE. In this day and age, we can probably consider GE an honorary class I.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but the ELS is the Escanaba and Lake Superior which is a privately owned railroad up in my neck of the woods (literally, way up nort der eh in north east Wisconsin and the Upper Penninsula of Michigan). They're quite a popular road, using lots of good old equipment to include a few Baldwins.