Current Projects

[ngauger]

That looks Neat!!!! 

[tompm]

Nice job. Looking good!

[LiveSteamer]

Thank You Mikey & Tom. Eventually I want to figure out how I can power it. It may happen and it may not happen. It sure will be a conversation piece as you don't see to many of these on model railroads.

[LiveSteamer]

I think the hardest part of this model was getting the little f's on the front of it to designate which is the front of the critter. Other than that the rest of the model was actually pretty fun to build. I would definitely build more of this type of Conrail had more. I know they had others but not as easy as this one. If I'm not mistake I think one was in Conway, Enola, Selkirk and one other yard but I can't remember which one.

[jim currie]

great work looks like the scratch building bug has really bitten you welcome to the group. the only thing I can still think of for power on the critter is a gadydancer that you still might be able to find. Though Tenshodo has one in the c notr range.
Jim

[LiveSteamer]

great work looks like the scratch building bug has really bitten you welcome to the group. the only thing I can still think of for power on the critter is a gadydancer that you still might be able to find. Though Tenshodo has one in the c notr range.
Jim

Thank you Jim. I will have to look into that.

[jim currie]

great work looks like the scratch building bug has really bitten you welcome to the group. the only thing I can still think of for power on the critter is a gadydancer that you still might be able to find. Though Tenshodo has one in the c notr range.
Jim

Thank you Jim. I will have to look into that.

looked at add again the wheelbase is 27.5 mm wheels are 10.5 mm.
Jim

[LiveSteamer]

Conrail RS3M #9950 is moving along now at a decent pace. Everything is painted black now and the decals are being added. Next I will add the handrails to the front and I think it will be completed. I'm hoping to get the handrails on tonight at some point. Below is what I have done so far today. I still have to get the numbers on the other side of the cab but for the most part it is almost ready to roll.

   

   

   

   

[LiveSteamer]

Since only having one working leg for the past 6 weeks, I have been making some purchases to keep my mind busy on top of all the projects I have going on. I bought 2 Conrail Era 3D printed signal boxes. The details on these are really good and they are lightweight also. Yes I did purchase them off of eBay but I did some research on there and theses were decently priced. $10.00 for two of them and I plan to go back and get more. I have also taken the signal bridge apart and super glued it back together, also removed the signals off because I put the wrong signal mileage on them. Ah well, it's a simple fix. I also added the walkway on top of the bridge so the men and woman have a safe place to walk. Now just to construct a ladder for the side.

   

   

   

   

[LiveSteamer]

Yesterday I took advantage of the nice weather and got outside. I took the two Conrail Era Signal Boxes out with me and set up an area to paint them. I know most are against using spray paint but since I don't have an airbrush to do so, I did what I could with what I had. I used grey primer paint to get the look and feel of the color I was going for. 

   

I think they turned out pretty good in my opinion and the details on these 3D models are amazing. I am thinking of purchasing a 3D printer and starting to 3D print my own models especially railroad freight cars. If everything works out and I am able to purchase one, I have plenty of freight trucks and freight wheels to give me a decent size fleet of freight cars. It's amazing what you accumulate over the years.

   

Now I just need to paint up some polystyrene Conrail Blue, get those numbered, cut out and then glued onto the boxes.

Next we have a small project I decided to start at 11:30 last night after looking at more of Conrail's MOW equipment. I forgot to take a before picture of the boxcar before I made the cut but here we go. I found this boxcar last night since I want to build up my MOW fleet that way it is out of the way and that is one less thing to worry about. There may be a few slight differences between the real deal and the model but I am working with what I have.

   

Here we have the door in place before being glued. When I was cutting the door frame out I didn't take notice until after I had cut the door frame that I went a little to far with the cutting wheel. After I seen what I did, I had to pull out the joint compound and fill in the gaps that I made. It was a real simple fix and I was going to paint it today but mother nature had other plans. I guess we needed some more rain even though we have gotten a lot of it lately.

   

Here it is altogether after I fixed my little mistake. I think it looks pretty good and you can't even tell where the mistakes were made. Ah well, we all live and learn but that's the joys of this hobby.

   

Picture below is what I am going for or trying to at least.
   

[ngauger]

Looks good from here!

[LiveSteamer]

Looks good from here! 

Thank you Mikey. 

[TMo]

9950 looks great, Matt - that was a really nice project to capture a piece of Conrail history.

I for one think that the rattle can of spray paint certainly has its place what it comes to modeling and your cabinets look great, but I also like my airbrush for having really good control of paint (despite being much more painful to clean up and maintain). My compressor came from Harbor Freight - always good to check their add for a deal. Glad to hear you're mending and have had some opportunities to work on some things while you've been laid up.

[LiveSteamer]

9950 looks great, Matt - that was a really nice project to capture a piece of Conrail history. 

I for one think that the rattle can of spray paint certainly has its place what it comes to modeling and your cabinets look great, but I also like my airbrush for having really good control of paint (despite being much more painful to clean up and maintain).  My compressor came from Harbor Freight - always good to check their add for a deal.  Glad to hear you're mending and have had some opportunities to work on some things while you've been laid up.

Thank You. 9950 just needs the grab irons added which I have them sitting here and she will be completed. I really enjoyed that project and there is more to come as you can see. I will have to check harbor freight and see what they have to offer.