Prototype-specific weathering is always a satisfying approach to freight car modeling, as Norman Wolf showed with this pair of HO scale cars (right). A print of SP 465476 was next to his model. With a 34′-3″ inside length and 13′-0″ extreme height, these 100-ton, 2,300 cubic-foot capacity cars look shorter than they are. The SP bought them for haul- ing gravel and crushed rock. Sometimes you just have to accept the graffiti. On the other hand, 50-foot RF&P 1201 is simply grimy and the roof is getting rusty. Suitable prototype photos can often be found on the Internet. There are dozens of sites, both with general car and loco photos or tied into a railroad historical group’s site. Norm is one of the sponsors of the Mid-Atlantic RPM this fall.
age spouses and significant others to at- tend for a long weekend without any schedule other than relaxing. (Very few model railroad events can really qualify as places where they might like to go, no matter what the publicity says.) Nearly a hundred presentation slots were spread over an evening and two days, and many talks were done twice. That added up to over 50 different speak- ers covering modeling techniques, proto- type and equipment history, and related railroad subjects. Selected high-quality
Clark Propst is rebuilding a Proto 2000 stockcar into a General American car as- signed to Armour Stock Express. So far, ASEX 107 (left) has had the side slats, doors and ironwork replaced, plus a new roof (scribed styrene). The rivets are Archer Transfers. Clark’s philosophy is to work from photos to capture a car’s “look.” It works!
vendors and photo sellers shared the filled ballroom. Though the hotel deck and lobby were being renovated, we lived around it and the hotel staff did a good job for us. These renovations will be done shortly. Simply put, that means we will
Steve Hile has been showing Union Tank Car Co. early-vintage cars in varying stages of construction at recent RPM’s. The Gramps cars are associated with the D&RGW narrow gauge, but they are actually rebuilt 6,500 gallon Type V, Van Dyke frameless standard gauge cars from the early 20th century. Steve’s HOn3 model (below) uses a pre-
painted MDC tank and PSC brass bolsters along with handmade and commercial details. UTL 1763 (below right) has a center sill and is a Type X, 6,000-gallon car from 1905 with the then-new Van Dyke center tank anchor. The HO model has 3-D printed walks and frame, MDC tank, Tichy and PSC parts, and Silver Crash Car Works decals.
RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN
53
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100