I'm a little late to the party; nevertheless, I have decided to participate by constructing a feed mill.  I have a couple of photos I plan to use as inspiration.

I've spent time working on plans for the mill.  Meanwhile, because it will be rail served, I need a grain hopper.  I have several old McKean kits I picked up a year ago that were labeled "grain" hopper and I have decals for a New York Central covered hopper.



It's a pretty standard kit, but some problems presented themselves so I will highlight my solutions as I go along.

Mike

Waiting for warmer weather so that I can paint my NY&NE boxcar in my garage, I've decided to start another rolling stock project.  This time I will bash a B.T.S. 32' radial roof boxcar kit to build a 29' Merchants Despatch Transportation car.  I have a photo of the prototype as well as decals.

I started by cutting down the kit components that make up the core of this laser kit.  The width and height were correct for the MDT car but the length had to be reduced.  Progress so far:



It's a bit fragile at this point, but the floor and sheathing will stabilize everything.

Mike

So, here we go.  My first new topic, with photos.

Several years ago I started a scratchbuild of the New York & New England box car:



But I made a mistake by installing a wood roof rather than metal:



It sat uncompleted for the past nine years.

I decided to venture forth and try to repair the problem and finish the scratchbuild. The roof details had to be removed:


. . . more to come . . .