11-01-2011, 09:02 PM
Thanks again to everyone for all the compliments. Also, thanks to Russ for filling in all the info on these cars. They are indeed still in use, I see a number of them in the yard on Mykawa Street every day on my commute. There seems to be a constant flow of potatos from Colorado to Houston.
GEC, I have a tv and a computer at my workbench - that helps to break up the monotony. Also, my enthusiasm for the project kept pushing me. To accurately model the Mountain King unloading facility and cars was my motivation. A rough guess is that I spent about 90 hours on the 27 cars, so a bit over 3 hours per car. The 10 ex-Milwaukee Road cars were weathered last, I admit it was becoming tedious. I persisted, knowing that the outcome would be the reward.
GEC, I have a tv and a computer at my workbench - that helps to break up the monotony. Also, my enthusiasm for the project kept pushing me. To accurately model the Mountain King unloading facility and cars was my motivation. A rough guess is that I spent about 90 hours on the 27 cars, so a bit over 3 hours per car. The 10 ex-Milwaukee Road cars were weathered last, I admit it was becoming tedious. I persisted, knowing that the outcome would be the reward.