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Post by af3020 on Jul 20, 2024 18:03:07 GMT
harborbelt70, starting around 1930 Marx offered trains which look like this one. Those engines and cars were maroon in color. This set is postwar and dates from around 1950. The box labels for the set did not change when Marx changed the litho treatment in the post-war period.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Jul 20, 2024 18:22:08 GMT
harborbelt70, starting around 1930 Marx offered trains which look like this one. Those engines and cars were maroon in color. This set is postwar and dates from around 1950. The box labels for the set did not change when Marx changed the litho treatment in the post-war period.
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Post by healey36 on Jul 22, 2024 18:57:14 GMT
Getting ready to start the next railroad project (I'm still looking for easy ones at the moment, but soon only tough ones will remain). In the meantime, the shipyard's been busy:  I visited Historicon this past weekend and picked up light cruiser Rostock from my friend/neighbor; the other two ( Elbing and Stettin) are my work. Gotta keep up with what the other guys are doing.  |
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Post by harborbelt70 on Jul 23, 2024 7:55:09 GMT
Getting ready to start the next railroad project (I'm still looking for easy ones at the moment, but soon only tough ones will remain). In the meantime, the shipyard's been busy: I visited Historicon this past weekend and picked up light cruiser Rostock from my friend/neighbor; the other two ( Elbing and Stettin) are my work. Gotta keep up with what the other guys are doing.
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Post by healey36 on Jul 23, 2024 11:02:04 GMT
I wrote a brief article a couple years ago (O Scale Trains, July/August 2022, "The Basics of Painting Figures") detailing my methods for model railroad figure-painting, an adaptation of those used for mass-painting wargame figures. I should update that at some point as my technique has changed somewhat since then (it's ever-evolving, if I'm honest).
It's a bit of an obsession, really, one that likely could stand a bit of intervention, lol.
I'd be interested to see photos of your ships, especially the ironclads. I have a few 1/600-scale ironclad kits here I've not touched, mostly due to a lack of good resources/references.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Jul 23, 2024 15:26:51 GMT
I wrote a brief article a couple years ago ( O Scale Trains, July/August 2022, "The Basics of Painting Figures") detailing my methods for model railroad figure-painting, an adaptation of those used for mass-painting wargame figures. I should update that at some point as my technique has changed somewhat since then (it's ever-evolving, if I'm honest). It's a bit of an obsession, really, one that likely could stand a bit of intervention, lol. I'd be interested to see photos of your ships, especially the ironclads. I have a few 1/600-scale ironclad kits here I've not touched, mostly due to a lack of good resources/references.
 The Cairo was sunk not long after it was commissioned but has been salvaged as far as it could be and partly reconstructed at a facility in Vicksburg. I haven't actually seen the reconstruction but obviously it's on my bucket list.
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Post by healey36 on Jul 23, 2024 19:19:33 GMT
Those are pretty fabulous models; they are museum quality, for sure. Even at that scale, there are plenty of fiddly bits, the true test of the builder's ability. I've always considered deck-railing a good measure of how serious/capable the naval modeler is. These look exquisite. Are they still in the family?
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Post by harborbelt70 on Jul 23, 2024 19:24:02 GMT
Those are pretty fabulous models; they are museum quality, for sure. Even at that scale, there are plenty of fiddly bits, the true test of the builder's ability. I've always considered deck-railing a good measure of how serious/capable the naval modeler is. These look exquisite. Are they still in the family?
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Post by healey36 on Jul 23, 2024 19:31:33 GMT
Those are pretty fabulous models; they are museum quality, for sure. Even at that scale, there are plenty of fiddly bits, the true test of the builder's ability. I've always considered deck-railing a good measure of how serious/capable the naval modeler is. These look exquisite. Are they still in the family? It's only the one model and the rest is the reflection of it in the mirrors! It's still in the family. Oh yeah...the reflection/mirror on the right threw me off.
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Post by atsda on Jul 25, 2024 20:36:10 GMT
harborbelt70, healey36, great entries. Your interests / skills are indeed far-reaching. Keep it up. Alfred
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Post by healey36 on Jul 26, 2024 20:06:54 GMT
On the road tomorrow, so I'm jumpin' the Saturday post time. A friend sent me a Lionel MPC beater in a load of other stuff...I've been wanting some rolling stock to line up behind the Lionel 41 that came in the pile, so I made this (before and after):  Found a repro cap for the top in the bit-box, and picked up a set of K4 decals. A bit of a scrub to get the old decals off and some steel wool to roughen up the faux chrome finish, then some flat black rustoleum and an overspray of clear satin lacquer.  Noticed the front coupler on the 41 is messed up...gonna need to look at that. |
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Post by heavyduty on Jul 27, 2024 3:25:07 GMT
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Post by ron045 on Jul 27, 2024 11:46:54 GMT
Here was just a fun project. I purchased an inexpensive MTH RailKing PS2 steamer to rob the electronics for my sons Premier Atlantic whose board bit the dust. Not wanting a steam engine with no electronics and in boring paint, I installed a RailPro system and repainted to a custom fantasy scheme. It serves as the local excursion train on our layout.   VID_20230929_171626947.mp4 (5.26 MB) |
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Post by harborbelt70 on Jul 27, 2024 11:56:12 GMT
I was about to remark that's a very fine photo of a Lionel Legacy Veranda in a livery I have not seen before - but on checking I don't see that Lionel did this version (they did a blue Alaska) AND anyway on looking closely I see that this and the background cars are on two rails! So I guess that this is a custom scheme in HO, correct? Also the paint finish is not Lionel's usual semi-gloss but more realistic. A very nice job whoever did it and thanks for posting it.
In any case it gave me an idea for my own contribution this week which I will post later.
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Post by heavyduty on Jul 27, 2024 12:48:06 GMT
I was about to remark that's a very fine photo of a Lionel Legacy Veranda in a livery I have not seen before - but on checking I don't see that Lionel did this version (they did a blue Alaska) AND anyway on looking closely I see that this and the background cars are on two rails! So I guess that this is a custom scheme in HO, correct? Also the paint finish is not Lionel's usual semi-gloss but more realistic. A very nice job whoever did it and thanks for posting it.
In any case it gave me an idea for my own contribution this week which I will post later.
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