MISSOURI PACIFIC 951134 52' Greenville (GSC) gondola

[dR. T. dAmAgE PhD]

 I worked up this well abused Missouri Pacific Greenville gondola in 1/87 scale. This is an old E&C Shops model with detail upgrades to include Sergent EA87 scale couplers, High Tech air hoses, Hand crafted pin lifters, Kadee brake wheel, Tony Sissons etched brass brake chain, Apex style brake stand, full under frame brake rigging, IMRC semi scale 36" wheels, separate wire grabs etc.

The pipe load is removable and was created using plastic coffee stir straws shot with a flat brown primer and then overlaid with a dry brushing of wet Orange oxide pigmented oils with a final coating of brick red/black mixed pastel powders...all sealed with Dull Cote* To round off the load, I ripped flat toothpicks and cut them to length as upright dunnage supports held together to secure the pipe load with long bars created from .015 gauge wire....
















additional TWS images....  theweatheringshop.com/gmpgon.html





GaRy

[elgorahr]

Dang, that is nice work. There were moments when I thought I was looking at supporting proto photos. Super work on the car and stunning photography. I see that I'm going to have to really up my game to match this one. Thanks for sharing this one with us.
Bob

[dR. T. dAmAgE PhD]

BOB: Thank you considerably for the inspiring and thoughtful return on this post of mine. It is genuinely appreciated.




GaRy

[tankcarsrule]

Gary, your work is as good as it gets, and that's an understatement!!!!!

Regards, Bobby

[flyingsaucer]

Bad sneakers and a ooopps. Killing everywhere Gary. Love your work!

Tom

[nsc39d8]

Wonderful work Gary! I hope to one day get my weathering skills to half of what you accomplish.

[dR. T. dAmAgE PhD]

BOBBY: Coming from an exceptionally TALENTED builder such as yourself, this is quite an ideal compliment. Many many thanks my friend!

TOM: ..."And a Pina Colada my friend...." Good to see you over here too. If I did as many locomotive builds and weathering jobs as i do freight cars,...I would certainly be more involved at this forum. Thanks over here and "over there" comrade!

JAMES: I think time and persistence is the formula. I have been at this for over a decade and Lordy, you should have seen my first few attempts at weathering....HORRID! I used to express the same thing about others works back then. Stay with it,..you're on your way and many thanks for such a kind return on this post.

Thank you fellas!




GaRy