Rudy Garbely
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Modeling Conrail from 1976-1979 in HO scale.
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Post by Rudy Garbely on Dec 28, 2009 13:10:55 GMT -5
This is a model that I'd weathered a while back, but while I was working on my Chessie GP40-2 last night, I dug this out and fixed a few things I didn't like about it. Original:  Fixed:  |
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Post by Randy Earle on Dec 28, 2009 16:20:21 GMT -5
Looks good, I remember hanging out at the Ashtabula Harbor Yards while driving for D&T. You could look down and see the tops of the locomotives and almost every Conrail unit had a red oxide looking covering all over the tops of the hood and cab. Never quite figured out where that came from.
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Post by Randy Earle on Dec 28, 2009 17:21:08 GMT -5
If I remember correctly the red grime from the type of brake shoes Conrail used. On the roof? I always thought it was from the iron ore elevators they went under. |
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Post by Randy Earle on Dec 28, 2009 23:08:24 GMT -5
If anyone finds out for sure let us know.
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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 Dec 29, 2009 8:52:11 GMT -5
According to the Conrail Encyclopedia (www.crcyc.railfan.net), the red dust is from the iron brake shoes that Conrail used. Also, since it was iron dust, it caused anything it landed on (such as locomotive hoods and walkways) to rust very rapidly.
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Rudy Garbely
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Modeling Conrail from 1976-1979 in HO scale.
Posts: 1,073
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Post by Rudy Garbely on Jan 12, 2010 20:28:50 GMT -5
She got a mate!  |
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Post by sd45longhoodfoward on Aug 16, 2010 18:44:09 GMT -5
rudy ! excellent weathering very well balanced! i give it an 11 out of 10
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CIOR
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Post by CIOR on Aug 16, 2010 19:29:10 GMT -5
Its CONRust, from the brakeshoes.
There are a few stories about this stuff and peoples vehicles in Conrail yards
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Post by stewarttrains98 on Aug 25, 2010 8:49:00 GMT -5
nice looking units there, also very nice on the weathering
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Post by m a y o r 79 on Sept 8, 2010 13:06:32 GMT -5
Lookin good Rudy. The CONrust weathering is a nice touch  |
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Post by diesel on Oct 5, 2010 0:37:30 GMT -5
nice, looks great!
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