Rudy Garbely
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Modeling Conrail from 1976-1979 in HO scale.
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Post by Rudy Garbely on May 7, 2009 22:23:51 GMT -5
This is starting to progress to the point that it's recognizable. It's a 1910-1920's vintage wooden caboose built by the D&H. I'm scratchbuilding it.    Prototype:  |
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Post by Randy Earle on May 7, 2009 22:37:09 GMT -5
That's pretty nice Rudy. I'd like to do a wooden NKP caboose.
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Post by RunningExtra on May 8, 2009 17:54:45 GMT -5
Rudy, that is simply amazing, great job of scratch building, it is dead on!
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Smoke
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The Ski Train!!!!
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Post by Smoke on May 9, 2009 0:01:09 GMT -5
That is simply amazing!! I'm guessing its HO scale?
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Rudy Garbely
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Modeling Conrail from 1976-1979 in HO scale.
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Post by Rudy Garbely on Jun 8, 2009 21:08:23 GMT -5
I'm guessing its HO scale? Yessir, it is. |
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Post by icghogger on Jun 9, 2009 9:24:52 GMT -5
Very Nice, Rudy! What did you sue to make the rivet detail on the bracing?
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Rudy Garbely
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Modeling Conrail from 1976-1979 in HO scale.
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Post by Rudy Garbely on Jun 9, 2009 16:47:10 GMT -5
What did you sue to make the rivet detail on the bracing? I filed the tip of a needle to a rounded tip and put it in a vice.... I then laid the strip styrene out on my cutting mat and gently pushed into it to form the rivets. I then put a little Tenax on the back of the strip to soften up the dimples, and then let it dry to harden them into their final shape. The glue made sure that they wouldn't un-dimple after the strip was glued on the model. I then had to simply glue the brace onto the model. |
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Post by icghogger on Jun 10, 2009 14:53:19 GMT -5
Man, what a neat idea!! I plan to try that one for myself on the hood batten strips of a GP7.
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Post by icghogger on Jun 11, 2009 9:48:23 GMT -5
Yes, Robert, I have some of those in my parts tray, and they are very nice. However, I had already attached some styrene strips many years ago to a GP7 and I am not satisfied with the look of them without bolt head detail. I plan to cut them off and try again using another technique for the detail.
I also use Archer Transfers decal sheets of various size rivets and bolt heads (very expensive, but worth it in a pinch), and I have a home-made rivet press that is forty years old (always nice for brass but tends to distort or fracture thin plastic). That said, I am always interested in trying other folks' methods of making small runs of rivet and bolt head detail.
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Rudy Garbely
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Modeling Conrail from 1976-1979 in HO scale.
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Post by Rudy Garbely on Jun 15, 2009 18:28:03 GMT -5
I'm sure there are better ways to do it, I just used what I had on hand at the time.
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Post by pwrailfan on Jun 27, 2009 7:18:39 GMT -5
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Rudy Garbely
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Modeling Conrail from 1976-1979 in HO scale.
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Post by Rudy Garbely on Jul 19, 2009 8:37:17 GMT -5
Haven't touched it in a few months. I've been working 4 jobs and just haven't gotten to sit down for a stretch of time and work on it. Most of what I've been doing has been just superdetailing, quick paint jobs, and weathering, because most of that involves doing something for a half an hour and then walking away for an indefinite amount of time while the glue/paint/decal dries. Hopefully I'll start to find some time sometime soon.
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