Morning all,
Sunny and headed to 81 degrees today.
Finally finished the last two cars. These were tough. The gondola had no weights, but I found a couple in the stash. Some of the grabs broke and were replaced with Tichy metal ones, which needed painting. Lots of glue spots so a spray of Dullcoat needed. I did do a wash of thinned black over the car (these were used in coal service by the Q) to cover some other boo boos. I didn't intend to paint the trucks, but though it would look odd otherwise. The reefers yellow is the plastic (not painted), and I don't like the starkness, so it may get weathered as well.
Here's a pic of all the repaired and new cars from my recent rolling stock binge. Time for some layout work
Jeff
Howdy.
Last full week of August. Time flies.
Saw this cool yellow truck at the cars and coffee this past Saturday.
Time to get to work ;D
Later.
Afternoon all,
Busy morning today. The afternoon is mine. I'll hit the workbench shortly.
Have a great one!
Moderately well behaved traffic S bound thru the mitten state today. Temp in low 60s leaving the lakeside. Now Upper 70s 45-50 miles N of Lansing.
Had a good week, will head back mid-Sept if all goes well.
First ops session since May is this weekend.
Enjoy the day.
Afternoon all.....