Buffalo Canyon Railroad Locos and Cars

[friscomike]

Looks great Mike. Mine had a couple of threshold pieces of wood for the sliding doors. Did they short you?

Philip

Howdy Philip, thanks for your comment.  It had the threshold pieces, which I promptly broke by removing them from the peel-and-stick backing.  Those are some tiny pieces. ~mike

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

Curt, Rick, Philip, and Jeff, thank you for your comments and for following the build. It was a fun build.  I purchased a matching coach version to build in the future.

Have fun,
mike

[Larry C]

Mike great job on the combine; the whole thing looks great including the commercial decals.

[Jerry]

Mike very well done!!

Jerry

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

Larry and Jerry, thank you for your encouragement and for following the builds.

Have fun,
mike

[Philip]

Oh yeah I remember that tiny lil laser cut square of doom!

Philip

[kyle creel]

It looks wonderful Mike; I love it when a project has so much character  ... it could go to work immediately, and be right at home.......

KYLE CREEL
G&D Ry. Co.

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

I need more boxcars for the layout, so I purchased Mount Blue Models' O scale 22' boxcar with interior, #25b.  This is not a shake-the-box kit with simple ends, sides, top, and bottom, but it is crafted in Mount Blue style with loads of detail.  

Here is a manufacturer's photo of the completed car.


Breakout of the many parts.


The kit looks to be a lot of fun, so away we go...

Have fun,
mike

[PRR Modeler]

I'll be following with intrest Mike.

[Rick]

Mike, have fun with the build.
These look like very good kits.

[Larry C]

Mike nice kit; enjoy the build.

[Jerry]

Count me in Mike.  Looks to be a nice project.

Jerry

[Zephyrus52246]

Great looking kit.  Seems a bit harder to assemble than an Athearn "shake the box" one. 

Jeff

[Michael Hohn]

Mike,

I love building kits like this.  And I love watching others build them. Certainly looks like fun and should turn into a cool model in your hands.

Mike

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

Curt, Rick, Jerry, Larry, Jeff, and Mike, thank you for following the build.  I appreciate your comments.

As you can see from the parts photo, this is not a shake-the-box kit.  The frame is not one piece, but built up of individual components.  Instead of using full-dimension wood, the kit uses laminated wood to achieve the desired dimensions that need to be glued together to the final dimensions.  

The first photo depicts the frame ready for paint.


The second shows the frame painted with a weathered grey, then coated with an AI wash.


I'll finish weathering the under frame after I add truss rods.

Next up are the sides and ends, complete with interior bracing and double walls. This kit is a lot of fun to build.

Have fun,
mike