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Randy May
Crew Chief
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 Posted - 02/01/2012 : 11:32:37 AM
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Hey Anders,
pretty cool idea,good creativity,
I really admire resourceful modeling,
good job! |
Are we having fun yet? |
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Ensign
Fireman
Canada
3702 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2012 : 11:37:27 AM
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Looking good so far Anders!
Keep at it, now that you are on a roll. 
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Randy May
Crew Chief
621 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2012 : 11:44:40 AM
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"THE HUB OF THE COMUNNITY"[:-doggy]
well I got the sub roof on & the corners of the building trimmed,
store keep is ready for business!
Randy |
Are we having fun yet? |
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Schoolmaster
Fireman
USA
1581 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2012 : 11:57:43 AM
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masonamerican
Crew Chief
Sweden
529 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2012 : 4:35:14 PM
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The progress has been a little slow but yesterday I received my decals so I put aside the La belle box car and continued on my Wagner car. I didn't paint the whole car as the decals will supply much of the decoration. I only masked off and primed all the corners where decals will not be applied. I first tested with a piece of decal on a surface primed with black and white to see what looked best. The decals undercoat of white was a bit translucent so I decided to try to prime as much of the surfaces with white.
Decals, some of which has been applied.
How the primed body looks before the side decal
One of the side decals applied. I'm not entirely happy as it now looks very colorful but hopefully it will improve with the clear coat and some weathering. Also the yellow stripes/decoration looks to yellow so for the next project I see if I can find a more golden hue. It is difficult as the decal printer sometimes makes changes and I don't know the results until I have the decal in my hand.
I also made a mistake of not clear coating my roof so the decal glue has made a lot of deposits on it. Hopefully I can whipe most of it off. If not I have to mask and give the roof a new coat of grimy black.
After the decals are applied I'll use some decals softening to get the decals to adhere properly. Then off to touching up and clear coat.
To be continued.....
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Frederic Testard
Engineer
France
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Posted - 02/01/2012 : 4:49:59 PM
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Nice and fast work, Randy!
Great painting scheme, Håkan. |
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Mike Hamer
Engineer
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George D
Moderator
USA
9904 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2012 : 6:25:43 PM
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The building's looking good, Randy.
That's a very colorful car, Håkan. I'm anxious to see how it looks when you're done.
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mecrr
Engine Wiper
USA
224 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2012 : 6:38:31 PM
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Håkan,
great looking car
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A Maine Expatriate living in the valley of Northern California - Modeling in HO.
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Glen Haasdyk
Crew Chief
Canada
774 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2012 : 12:31:21 AM
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Håkan, that's some decal job, makes for a very eye-catching car.
Now that the slab-side hopper is done and waiting for it's paint job I've started to work on my part 2.
I had two Canadian Pacific wood sheathed caboose kits from Juneco. One had been almost finished and the other was untouched in it's box.
I decided to build the kit up to the point that the other was built, then finish both off.
This is how they both stand now. I built the frame and added to walls and roof to the kit and am now bending wire to form the grabs for the end.
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Dutchman
Administrator
USA
23230 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2012 : 08:41:03 AM
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Randy, I haven't mentioned it yet, but I really like the angled loading dock.
Håkan, that is a great looking car.
Glen, I love the old wood and metal kits. Have a blast building it. |
Bruce
Modeling the railroads of the Jersey Highlands in HO and the logging railroads of Pennsylvania in HOn3 |
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Anders Wirten
Engine Wiper
Sweden
271 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2012 : 09:50:03 AM
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The result of the past 24 hours of efforts!
Sorry ’bout the poor photo quality.
iPhone, winter & bad lighting indoors.
Furthermore almost up by the arctic circle, so there’s not much light anyway this time of year.
(I hate it!.)
Anders
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NE Brownstone
Engine Wiper
USA
353 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2012 : 10:35:59 AM
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Sir Nick-O,
A Foo-mobile?
Gotta love the weird and wacky. Very Métal Hurlant. |
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NE Brownstone
Engine Wiper
USA
353 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2012 : 10:38:34 AM
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Oops, sorry. Forgot to reference the photo.
Same answer.
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Originally posted by NickO
Here is the first shot of my contribution to this challenge .
Can you tell what it is yet ?
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NickO
Fireman
United Kingdom
1703 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2012 : 12:28:00 PM
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Yup , you guessed it . One of Fichtenfoo's latest creations . http://industriamechanika.com/blog/
The flying boat Remora .Now I realise that it is not a boat as is conventionally thought of , but I did ask the question at the beginning and was given the OK , so here it is . I shall give more information on how I intend to display it at a later date . Needless to say there will be trackwork involved !
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10th Anniversary Build a Model in 2 months Challen
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