12-19-2020, 05:28 PM
While the rest of the TH&B hoppers will have to wait, I haven't stopped cleaning-up a few tasks that needed attention. I'm still working on a brass Mikado for someone else, but hope to finish it in the next couple of days.
In the meantime, I finally got this shortened MDC Pullman Palace car mostly finished...
...although it still needs diaphragms and some riders, too...
This Branchline 12-1 Pullman was given to me by a friend (he had bought it at a train show, and never really inspected the contents of the original box). When I finally got around to having a look, I discovered that all of the parts appeared to be there, except for the car's sides.
Since Atlas had acquired Branchline, I contacted them and managed to get replacement sides.
The Microscale decal sheet that I had for CNR passenger cars didn't have the car name that I wanted, and I didn't want to piece together that name, as I had already had the road name decals fall apart during application, so I opted for this, in a nod to my hometown.
This Athearn Blue Box reefer was a leftover from my son's short interest in model railroading, so I added a few details and decided that it would be a good fit with the Grand Valley's GVEX refrigerator line (Grand Valley Export Limited)...
Wayne
In the meantime, I finally got this shortened MDC Pullman Palace car mostly finished...
...although it still needs diaphragms and some riders, too...
This Branchline 12-1 Pullman was given to me by a friend (he had bought it at a train show, and never really inspected the contents of the original box). When I finally got around to having a look, I discovered that all of the parts appeared to be there, except for the car's sides.
Since Atlas had acquired Branchline, I contacted them and managed to get replacement sides.
The Microscale decal sheet that I had for CNR passenger cars didn't have the car name that I wanted, and I didn't want to piece together that name, as I had already had the road name decals fall apart during application, so I opted for this, in a nod to my hometown.
This Athearn Blue Box reefer was a leftover from my son's short interest in model railroading, so I added a few details and decided that it would be a good fit with the Grand Valley's GVEX refrigerator line (Grand Valley Export Limited)...
Wayne