doctorwayne's New Years Resolution Challenge...

[doctorwayne]

Just to let you know that I haven't been frittering away my time for the past month, here's a photo of some of those older cars, already on the layout for some time, that needed brake gear. The details have been added and they're ready for paint:



Painted today, the cars are back on the layout - most have been seen previously, so I won't bore you with more views of them.

I've also been working on a car not included in my original Challenge plans, a tank car built around a Varney tank picked-up at a train show last Fall. The price was right (free) , so I couldn't resist. Here's the tank, along with a Tichy underframe that I'm also going to use:


The tank was too long for the frame, so I lopped-off a couple of scale feet with a razor saw:


Then, after re-assembling the pieces, I built the frame, adding the brake gear:


...and some trucks:


...and it was ready for the paint shop:


A couple of the other cars mentioned at the beginning of this thread are also in the painting stage, but I'll save photos of them until they're further along - this includes that Espee car that needed a little more work.

Up next, back-dating the eight Athearn boxcars for the EG&E.

Wayne