Beat-up, rusty Railgon

[analogbeatmaker]

Here's a gondola I just finished. I edited the model pics a little because they seemed a bit washed out.
Here's the model I started with:

Here's the proto:

Here's my attempt:

Just to show undercarriage details.

Back to tha flicks!








Natural color pics:

[upguy1981]

Wow that looks great

[analogbeatmaker]

Mar 7, 2013 17:56:36 GMT -5 upguy1981 said:

Wow that looks great

Thanks upguy1981!

[icghogger]

Excellent!!

[sgoti]

I feel like I need a tetanus shot just from looking at it- Great job!

[gnsteve]

Nicely done. You really captured a well worked gondola.

Steve

[analogbeatmaker]

Mar 7, 2013 20:16:45 GMT -5 icghogger said:

Excellent!!

Thanks icghogger!

Mar 7, 2013 21:08:13 GMT -5 sgoti said:

I feel like I need a tetanus shot just from looking at it- Great job!

lol Thanks sgoti!

Mar 7, 2013 22:49:25 GMT -5 gnsteve said:

Nicely done. You really captured a well worked gondola.
Steve

Thanks for the kind words Steve!

[Canadian Atlantic Railway]

Terrific work on the gon

[dave]

really good job you did, i see these things here in Knoxville by the dozen! Also I loved the details uch as the tires in between the tracks!

[analogbeatmaker]

Mar 8, 2013 20:50:12 GMT -5 Canadian Atlantic Railway said:

Terrific work on the gon

Thanks railnet!

Mar 10, 2013 14:31:58 GMT -5 dave said:

really good job you did, i see these things here in Knoxville by the dozen! Also I loved the details uch as the tires in between the tracks!

Thanks Dave! The dio was made from just leftovers and scrap so adding little details like that was about all I could do. Just curious, I'm in Nashville and there is only one small train shop here...and it's only open 3 days a week! Do you guys have anything decent in Knoxville?

[dave]

You're best bet is HobbytownUSA in Farragut.It's very pro-Model Railroader (one of the managers I think is a Modeler himself) and being a National chain they will have more competitive prices.

[CP_8530]

Beauty of a gon! Did you use the ol' soldering gun method to ding the sides?

[dale]

Wow! Does that car have a sway to it, if so how did you do it?

[analogbeatmaker]

Mar 10, 2013 19:56:18 GMT -5 dave said:

You're best bet is HobbytownUSA in Farragut.It's very pro-Model Railroader (one of the managers I think is a Modeler himself) and being a National chain they will have more competitive prices.

Thanks for the heads-up Dave. Probably too far to drive just to check it out but if I'm ever headin through there I will....unless you think it's worth a drive?

Mar 10, 2013 22:08:50 GMT -5 CP_8530 said:

Beauty of a gon! Did you use the ol' soldering gun method to ding the sides?

Thanks mrdan! I actually did not use a soldering iron. I thinned the walls from the inside (also to represent dents) with a Dremel first. Then I would hold a lighter up very close for 1-2 seconds immediately followed by pushing the blunt end of a small screwdriver into it from the inside.

Mar 10, 2013 22:36:31 GMT -5 dale said:

Wow! Does that car have a sway to it, if so how did you do it?

Are you talking about a "sagging" in the middle? If so, yes it does. I used a hair dryer on high blowing into it back and forth (very closely) to heat it up. Then once it felt hot I would hold it and bend the entire car while quickly switching to pulling the side walls outwards repeatedly. It took a while but looks great. Be careful not to get the dryer too close in the same spot for too long...it will melt the car.

[dale]

Great thanks for the info. I have a speedwhich resin low side gon that developed it's own sway when the a/c went out in my big truck, I had the kit with me to work on in my downtime, car came out good though.

[m a y o r 79]

Great job on the gon. Ive always wondered how you guys manage to do the dented sides and all. Now i know. Sounds like a good idea to try on an old scrap shell first though.

[analogbeatmaker]

Mar 11, 2013 22:32:50 GMT -5 dale said:

Great thanks for the info. I have a speedwhich resin low side gon that developed it's own sway when the a/c went out in my big truck, I had the kit with me to work on in my downtime, car came out good though.

Ya...no worries!

Apr 7, 2013 14:53:50 GMT -5 m a y o r 79 said:

Great job on the gon. Ive always wondered how you guys manage to do the dented sides and all. Now i know. Sounds like a good idea to try on an old scrap shell first though.

Thanks mayor79! Yes...try on a scrap gon first as it is a very touchy technique and can ruin the model easily.

[lajmdlr]

Curious about the Consolidated Stencil on your car. Usually the top part is two boxes w/ white line dividing them. Left side is for air brakes & right side for lube data.

[analogbeatmaker]

Apr 9, 2013 9:58:35 GMT -5 lajmdlr said:

Curious about the Consolidated Stencil on your car. Usually the top part is two boxes w/ white line dividing them. Left side is for air brakes & right side for lube data.

I really don't know much about those. I just tried to match the proto as best I could. As you can see in the pic of the proto it's stencil is one box with a white horizontal line dividing it from a smaller box. I just picked the decal I had that looked the same.

[Tank]

Great job! I like how it even has the oily greasy sheen most of them seem to have. Very well done