Allied Chemical on a hazy, hot day in Nitro, WV

These projects are next up. One is a continuation of the 64 HOn3 cars to be weathered for a friend. In between work and family matters it takes a bit of time to fully weather a car including the trucks, wheels, and undersides! The other project is another Railbox boxcar. This one I think will […]

Here’s another model that’s actually now finished as of this morning, after sealing everything and reinstalling the wheels:

This week’s photo shows GP9 7466 climbing the grade on its way to Morris Fork with empty hoppers:

Down and dirty is what I’m calling this next side project! This is a Walther’s Mainline series coil car lettered for NYC. I’ve had this awhile but had never touched it until now. As you can see in the photos I’ve already faded the paint on the car body, rusted the car and brake wheel, […]

Thought tonight I’d post a little blurb with a few photos of my workshop/office which is in our den:

My next side project up is weathering this newer ExactRail Southern boxcar acquired from Spring Creek Model Trains. Stay tuned….

This week’s photo shows PC GP7 5628 getting ready to work the Union Carbide mine at Hitop, WV:

Here we go with this week’s layout photo: a view of Dickinson yard on a hazy, smog filled morning in the Kanawha Valley

While finishing up my personal projects, I’m still working away on my contract of 64 narrow gauge cars. Below are photos of six more recently completed:

Below are s few photos of this Walther’s car which is now finished. Completed the trucks and wheels yesterday and installed the ACI plates this morning. Car was done with acrylics, powders, and wash of rust texture. This may go up for sale on my eBay store, but undecided as yet:

This week’s photo shows off some weathering as GP7 5628 switches Spring Street yard in Charleston

Here’s this week’s layout photo, a PC hopper and caboose bring up the rear of the Nitro turn under stormy skies:

In between working on more HOn3 models, I’ve been working on this Walther’s Mainline series SP boxcar. First up was dirtying up the car sides, plus painting and weathering the underside. The car straight out of the box is shown below: After weathering up the sides and ends the car now looks like this: The […]

Although I’m currently working on one contract, I’m always looking for more work and models to weather. What happens when I do obtain work from a modeler, you go into a queue with an estimate of when your project can start. I then will provide an estimate based on the amount of weathering how long […]

Here’s this week’s layout photo:

Today I’m showing a project from I believe two years ago. This car is also a Walther’s Mainline series car purchased from Spring Creek Model Trains. It started out as a bright yellow car which was first faded. I’m posting this to show what can be done with an inexpensive model to make it look […]

Here is a quick project that took several days to complete. I had forgotten about this model until I went through one of my train boxes checking models to either keep, some to repair, and others to put up on my eBay store. I don’t recall the manufacturer of this guy, but have had it […]

I’ll be at the upcoming Spring Creek Model Train show the July 8th and 9th at the Thayer County Event Center in Deshler, Nebraska. I won’t be there as a vendor, but will have one of my weathered cars there for the store to display permanently plus plenty of business cards for those interested. It’ll […]