IRON RAILS 2015 GB

Duke at least you'll have it all ready when you do have a little space. Two trains side by side shouldn't take up that much room, well, maybe it could..Terry

Duke Maddog

 

 

SprueOne

I like seeing them all linked up like that. Good job on blending the ballast on the rail bed base pieces too.  

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks. it helps to link them up like that so I can see some progress. As for the rail bases, they aren't glued together, so I didn't really do much to blend therm. It makes it easier to transport them when I keep them seperated.

 

Thanks again for the compliments. I hope to get more done this week.

 

Oh, I guess it was just an optical illusion due to image optimization. 

Yes, as Jibber describes, even at that scale, it can start taking up space quickly... 

Progress on the Transfer Caboose continues with the bottom carriage details. I wont include brake lines and other power plumbing. This build will essentially be a 'curbside'. 

The prototype locates certain details differently than the kit so some modifications were performed.

Repositioning of a few elements occured but nothing big.

The end walls were cut out and relocated inboard beyond the original Boss locations. I needed to relocate these to a position that was accessible with a screwdriver while the trucks were installed. I measured and made marks at the most outward positions that met this requirement. 

These new locations were found, measured and marked...

... drilled with a 1/8" bit

The spacers were cut from the original Bosses' positions

The Bosses were then screwed into place following the original positions that I marked earlier before removing with a razor saw. 

The end walk pieces were glued into final location first. This would establish proper lateral registration position. 

A ball of fresh epoxy putty was then stuck to all for tops of these. Then the caboose body was squished into final position over these. 

The epoxy putty secures the new location. I added more once the first batch already cured.

Now that the end walls and Bosses were relocated, the floor of the flat bed carriage is exposed revealing the old screw holes and screw for the truck. This will be addressed . . . 

Thanks for looking 

Wayne, Terry,

I going to knock out a 1/144 Dragon K5 rail gun before the end of the year, probably before Thanksgiving dinner starting Tuesday evening (for the 48 hour build). If you don't mind, I'd like to add this to your GB.

Steve

MC you're insane but sure. (NOTE i just bought the Trumpeter SMERCH MRL with 930 parts so pot.... kettle)

SPRUE i believe the original concept is to buy a model that already has all the pieces ready to assemble and build it, not take something apart to create a kit and than build it. my chiropactor's husband just got into N scale trains and he has the itch bad. doing a D&RG setup.

Hah, yeah if there was a kit of this I would have gone that route. 

N scale huh? A great scale for layouts in confined space. D&RG, is that steam era?

Wayne whats the diference between the Trumpeter and Meng SMERCH?

jibber

Wayne whats the diference between the Trumpeter and Meng SMERCH?

 

 

i have no idea. seems both have the rocket tubes as two halves. some folks think Meng is more modeler friendly but i have never built one though i have a couple and Takom too. but it costs  $80 UDS more than the Trumpeter and i have the Trumpeter box sitting in my study so.......

Ive built a couple from Meng and the engineering is fantastic, I think one of the best out there but to me the plastic is a little softer than some other companies. Thats going to be one great build. 

Terry

Wayne, Terry,
I started the K5 tonight for the Weekend Madness GB and after 2 1/2 hours I completed the building. I will start the painting a little tomorrow morning and evening.

The pictures don't seem to be loading on the forums tonight.

For some reason Imageshack isn't uploading pictures correctly, so here is what I wanted to put up last night.

I got some painting done this morning (no pictures yet) and working on the little guys.

I'm at the weathering stage. I applied a black oil wash and will let that dry before I apply some pastels.

I don't, I just was told to get some Turpenoid and artist oil paint. Burnt umber, black, even white. I thin the oils to a very thin ink conststancy (add pigment to the Turpenoid a little at a time) and either do a pin wash or wash the entire project depending on what I'm painting. It will rock your world.

Heres an example of a pin wash on a Star Ward Hover tank.

Steve

Another plus of an oil wash is that its a lot easier to apply decals afterwards still using setting solutions of course. 

Steve I still cant believe how fast that went together, trying for one in each scale?

Terry

That would be nice, but I neither have the room nor am I ready ready for the 1/35 scale monsters you and Wayne are working on

Wow, fast work, Steve!

Thanks Sprue,

Wayne, Terry

I went ahead and finished it. The wife is prepping for T-giving diner so I was up anyway.

Here is. Sorry to finish it before you blinked. It was a great little kit and would recommend it to anyone who wants a rail gun but doesn't have the room. Really nice detail and some PE which I did not install. The men and ammo are made from the rubbery plastic, but worked out OK.

Steve

waynec

 

 

jibber

Wayne whats the diference between the Trumpeter and Meng SMERCH?

 

 

 

 

 

i have no idea. seems both have the rocket tubes as two halves. some folks think Meng is more modeler friendly but i have never built one though i have a couple and Takom too. but it costs  $80 UDS more than the Trumpeter and i have the Trumpeter box sitting in my study so.......

 

a friend at my other ipms club has one and looked at mine. no bad things to say about Trumpeter but the Meng has more pe, the back may be more detailed, all the hatches to the right of the cab are separate so you can have them open. all i know for now but i may pick up the meng one with a club black friday group buy. yes i am certifiable. picked up my SA-8. that and the SS-23 are going to be fun builds too.

Duke Maddog

 

 

SprueOne

I like seeing them all linked up like that. Good job on blending the ballast on the rail bed base pieces too.  

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks. it helps to link them up like that so I can see some progress. As for the rail bases, they aren't glued together, so I didn't really do much to blend therm. It makes it easier to transport them when I keep them seperated.

 

Thanks again for the compliments. I hope to get more done this week.

 

armored trains are so cool. that is coming along nicely, especially given the manufacturer. i have to figure out separating track bases too since my K-5 could go 5 feet if i add cars.

modelcrazy

Thanks Jay, I discovered oil washes about 6 months ago and wow, what a difference they make.

 

you're hooked now. DOOG (Karl) suggested washes on my Syrian police BRDM and i have never looked back.  i have gone over older models with pin washes and filters and entered them in newer contests with good results.  and yes i'm bragging. these were good wins against more than 6 competitors.

1st in a regional. multiple color filters and final pin wash

2nd in a regional pin washes and powders/pastels

Thanks Wayne, 

And I thank you and Terry for running this GB, it was fun. This was my last entry. I don't have any more rail related subjects in the stash, and have plenty of other builds to complete before the end of the year. 

Steve 

waynec

 

 

Duke Maddog

 

 

SprueOne

I like seeing them all linked up like that. Good job on blending the ballast on the rail bed base pieces too.  

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks. it helps to link them up like that so I can see some progress. As for the rail bases, they aren't glued together, so I didn't really do much to blend therm. It makes it easier to transport them when I keep them seperated.

 

Thanks again for the compliments. I hope to get more done this week.

 

 

 

 

armored trains are so cool. that is coming along nicely, especially given the manufacturer. i have to figure out separating track bases too since my K-5 could go 5 feet if i add cars.

 

Thanks Wayne! I use the Trumpeter track bases that are also avaiable by themselves. They may not look as awesome as some track laid over some real ballast, but they really do simplify things.

Okay, I managed to get some more progress done on my two Armored trains; almost all of it was on the flatcars. First off, I finished the second short flatcar so that I had both of them done and ready for P/E:





And here's a shot of the two of them side-by-side so you can see I did actually build two:



Next, since I had three long flatcars completed to the P/E stage, it was time to finish the rest of them. I did finish up two more, to make this five finished flatcars. Here's the first one:



And the second one:



I wanted to finish all six of these, but I couldn't find the sixth one. All it needs are the upper sidewalls and end pieces too. Oh well, here are the five of them all side-by-side so you can see them all:



Next, I decided that the truck chassis for the one flatcar needed to have the upper part completed so that I could finish the truck. I assembled most of the cab; only leaving the rest off until I can paint the interior of the cab and add the windows:



Next I built the bed of the truck:



Here's what I built all dry-fit together to see how it will look:



Finally, here's a shot of all the flatcars I got to the P/E stage:



Yeah, now it's time for adding the P/E to all these train cars, flatcars, tenders and engines. That will take several days; I'll probably wait until Hobby Day to do this. Meanwhile, I can continue to build the truck, gun and tank for two of these flatcars. So stay tuned, more to come in a few weeks.

Wow, I don't think I've messed with PE at this scale yet. I'll stay tuned in for that super fine detail progress.

I measured the exposed floor area then cut styrene material (junkmail CCs) to cover this gap. I didn't like the flat look and it wasn't prototypical anyway. 

Finding the roof-walk part that was removed in the begining stages of this build conversion, I placed it in the miter box and cut to size.

It is the exact thickness as the two end walkway parts so the fit was perfect.

I've already started work on the uprights using styrene angle strips. The rails that were removed earlier were also reinstalled 

Thanks for looking...

There are objects on each end of the caboose. One looks like a storage bin and the other looks like a fuel tank. I'll make these from material cut from the kit.

The storage bin (fire fighting equipment bin?) I cut from the bottom piece earlier. Also, notice the red hand grab handles that I pulled off the model earlier. They'll be glued into place vertically into the prototypical positions. 

Fuel tank parts in the miter box being fabricated from the roof parts cut off earlier. 

The finished parts now assembled but before primer and paint. 

The 'Fuel Tank' is dry fitted into the position on the prototype. Also, I've drilled little holes and glued in all the grab handles back into prototype positions. 

Detail shot of the 'Storage Bin' on this end. 

Ready for primer . . . 

Next: the pulley system for the power generator.

This was made with parts from the parts box including cassette tape cartridge parts, a 1/72 tank road wheel and other parts I don't remember where they are from.

This will be non-op and just for looks