I got this a few months ago posted in 'upper berth' wondering what it was:

   

After finding out what it was I searched online to see if anyone had every painted/finished one but came up empty.
I decided just to paint and weather it as I figured it would have been:

   

I semi dry-brushed barn red onto the body, then painted the tarpaper patches with a grey-black. The windows were done in vintage white. I used three different tamiya wood colors on the boards.

   

I then used Tamiya's 'panel liner' in both black and brown as a wash to go between the boards and siding and add some depth.

Hi everyone, I thought that I would share with you my newest build, another kit from "Fine Scale Miniatures".
The Chippy Hollow Hardware Co. However I changed my version of this kit into a tribute to the late great model railroader John Allen.
So the place is now called the John Allen monuments & statuary Co.
Here's how it came out looking.

   

   

   

I also added LED lighting to this structure, so here is how it looks at night.

   

Thanks for having a look!

Greg

December already!  The recent Conrail patch job on the former Reading GP30 is on full display traveling high over the Lehigh teamed with a PC version and an EL RS2.

   

Just want to report that I have been in contact with Wayne and he is OK , but his memory is failing. I talked to his wife tonight and she was saying that she thought if someone with modeling interests were to visit  it might help get him back to modeling. 
If anyone knows someone in the Hamilton/Grimsby area that has some time to spend with a great guy let me know. I have not heard from Nutbar for a while and hope he is OK too.  
I am 250 miles away and not able to be there like I would like to be.     

Charlie

been hard at work for the last week finished the Ludlow gas station and a industry for Buena vista.
sorry fir the poor photo.

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Post pictures of patched and restencilled freight cars that you have taken.  If possible, provide the name of the prior owner of the car.

I'll start this off with IATR 6403, an Iowa Traction RR box car previously owned by the McCloud River RR. Pennsauken, NJ, 9/15/09.

Bruce

   

Norfolk Southern has done it again, two locomotives were painted into a special livery and are now the power for the OCS train. Locomotives #1230 ( Birmingham ) & #1231 ( Atlanta ) are SD70IAC locomotives. They were seen yesterday on their first run going west on the Pittsburgh Division to head south to Alabama. If anyone got photo's of these engines please share them. Sadly I missed out on getting out to see them.

Here is a video found on facebook
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17TBkGR...tid=wwXIfr

my oldest sent this.
Jim

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WPMA-61 with cars for Railport.

Bruce

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my grandson in his early 30's was helping a rancher put some hay in a shed the rancher said sure glad it's in bales  grandson ask me  what other way is there to but up hay I said when I was young my great uncle lose mowed hay as you can guess it led to a lot of questions after explained it to him he said that must have been a lot of work '
Jim