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Post by analogbeatmaker on Jan 20, 2014 12:40:44 GMT -5
Those came out really nice Taylor! I really like the oddness of them....esp. the one with the screen sides. I don't know if you have a future need but wedding veil material is inexpensive (get it at a craft store like Michaels) and is almost scale perfect for chain link fence. What are you going to use for the loads?
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Post by tjmfishing on Jan 20, 2014 20:27:44 GMT -5
As promised here are the photos with the loads, unfortunatly these didn't make the trip west last night. I decided to start with a foam core and glue the woodchips to it - but in my stupidity I chose CA which melts styrofoam. Thankfully I only did the mesh car this way and used carpenters glue for the enclosed one. All in all I think they look pretty good for some free blue box cars and a but of styrene.
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Post by iomalley on Jan 21, 2014 20:01:32 GMT -5
Very slick work Taylor!
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Post by mdtraindrvr on Jan 25, 2014 19:07:56 GMT -5
I am going to be making coal loads for my hoppers and have been told to do a 50-50 mixture of Elmer's white glue and water for the adhesive to apply the material to a foam base.
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Post by tjmfishing on Jan 25, 2014 21:06:56 GMT -5
That's normally what I'd use but due to the construction of these cars (overhead bracing) I cannot do removable loads. This means I had to add the woodchips after the styrofoam was in the car and using a runny glue mixture would have made a huge mess of things. Also, it is extremely hard to get sawdust to soak up water or glue when compared to ballast, coal, etc.
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Post by iomalley on Jan 26, 2014 20:58:46 GMT -5
What about hairspray?
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Post by tjmfishing on Jan 26, 2014 21:53:17 GMT -5
You think that would work?
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Post by iomalley on Jan 26, 2014 22:06:14 GMT -5
It keeps model grass down...maybe? I'd try it in a scrap hopper first..
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Post by chrismears on Mar 5, 2014 19:29:31 GMT -5
Those chip hoppers look really cool. Great work, Taylor.
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Post by hlcx4300 on Mar 5, 2014 22:59:53 GMT -5
Another railroad, ( I think GN or BN did a similar gondola rebuilding program for woodchip hauling but they were quickly retired. It would seem that the highside chippers were much more popular and were more economical for hauling larger quantities. They were also built with a similar mesh cage to contain the load. Your replicas are spot on! Great work my friend. ~ Daniel
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Post by tjmfishing on Mar 5, 2014 23:05:28 GMT -5
Another railroad, ( I think GN or BN did a similar gondola rebuilding program for woodchip hauling but they were quickly retired. It would seem that the highside chippers were much more popular and were more economical for hauling larger quantities. They were also built with a similar mesh cage to contain the load. Your replicas are spot on! Great work my friend. ~ Daniel Thanks!! You wouldn't be able to point me in the direction of some photos by any chance, would you?
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Post by hlcx4300 on Mar 5, 2014 23:07:26 GMT -5
Hmm, that sounds like a good challenge! I will see what I can find on those...
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Post by hlcx4300 on Mar 6, 2014 0:04:31 GMT -5
I couldn't find anything about CN's other caged gondola/woodchip rebuild which is interesting compared to the plentiful amount of solid metal rebuilds that were photographed. Nothing either on the GN/BN cars but I remember that they were small gondolas with an outside ribbing similar to the bracing on ExactRail's wood chip car but the cage construction was still simply steel mesh. If I ever come across that video again, I will have to show it to you.
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Post by tjmfishing on Sept 16, 2015 21:14:28 GMT -5
After my first modest attempts using cheap Athearn cars that were given to me, I moved onto more accurate yet not 100% accurate Proto cars. They're pretty well a dime a dozen at shows and prior to Rapido's announcement and subsequent release of their gondolas, I had been hoarding close to 20 of the CN kits for copper ore service. Now I plan to rebuild all of those kits into extended side chip cars so I can run a nice string of them on the future layout. I figure I'll need roughly five cars at each mill being unloaded and another five full cars on the way, running in a perpetual loop. I don't have a before paint photo but the process was the same as the cars I posted earlier in the thread. This is the only shot I have of all four, taken shortly after I went to town on all the cars in the photo with a can of Krylon red oxide primer. I finished the first car tonight. If I build them in batches it isn't too bad, but all the rib work is a bit of a pain. The results though are worth it.
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