03-15-2014, 09:34 PM
Well Charlie, you can see the build for the RS-2's here_____ <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://bigbluetrains.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=6727">viewtopic.php?f=17&t=6727</a><!-- l -->. So you can see how long that has taken me.
The tower was a Christmas present that only took an hour or two to build..
The boxcar is a shake the box kit from Accurail, The only change that I did was to add the brake gear and P2K wheel sets, so that was an afternoon.
And the cement plant was started back in December, I only just started to post about it now.
The cold, snowy winter has been a mixed blessing. It has kept me in the house so I had plenty of opportunities to do some MR-ing. But, I do all my airbrushing out in the garage. With the temp regularly in the single digits, the paints freeze before they hit the models, making that a exercise in wasted time. So the big hold up is caused by mother nature. I really don't watch much TV, and I am not an armchair molder. So I spent my free time either working on my little chew chews, or at Steamtown restoring the big ones. I have a sick wife and three kids at home so my free time is limited especially when you figure in that I spend three hours a day just getting back and forth to work. If I can come up with the time to do this, than anyone can. The trick is to just get off yer duff, or on it and build something.
The tower was a Christmas present that only took an hour or two to build..
The boxcar is a shake the box kit from Accurail, The only change that I did was to add the brake gear and P2K wheel sets, so that was an afternoon.
And the cement plant was started back in December, I only just started to post about it now.
The cold, snowy winter has been a mixed blessing. It has kept me in the house so I had plenty of opportunities to do some MR-ing. But, I do all my airbrushing out in the garage. With the temp regularly in the single digits, the paints freeze before they hit the models, making that a exercise in wasted time. So the big hold up is caused by mother nature. I really don't watch much TV, and I am not an armchair molder. So I spent my free time either working on my little chew chews, or at Steamtown restoring the big ones. I have a sick wife and three kids at home so my free time is limited especially when you figure in that I spend three hours a day just getting back and forth to work. If I can come up with the time to do this, than anyone can. The trick is to just get off yer duff, or on it and build something.
My other car is a locomotive, ARHS restoration crew