One of my current projects is reworking this BN covered hopper. I’ve had this car for awhile so don’t recall the manufacturer. The car only had a light weathering as shown below while on my eBay store: I decided to take it off eBay temporarily to rework the weathering on the car. In doing some […]

Next up after delivering two weathered Blackstone narrow gauge locomotives and five more HOn3 cars to a local modeler is reworking the weathering on these two covered hoppers I have for sale. Stay tuned for updates….

I recently picked up this previously weathered model on eBay, as I wanted this particular railroad and the boxcar seemed to be fairly nicely weathered. Sometimes though looks are deceiving. Upon receiving the car I noticed in starting to tweak the weathering that I’d have to rework quite a bit on the car. This I […]

Now for sale on my eBay store. This is an HO scale Intermountain 3 bay hopper with upgraded weathering just completed today. Rust and rust spots added, a thin spray of dirt on the top to tone everything down, hatch brackets/latches rusted, and what I call “texture weathering “ applied to the underside. Enlarge the […]

It’s back to weathering some more narrow gauge equipment for a local modeler and friend, in this case, several Blackstone locomotives. On this first one, I’ve faded the black paint., rusted up the couplers, sprayed a light grey over the drivers and pilot to simulate road dust, highlighted the smokebox with some gun metal paint, […]

A bit late, as I’ve been busy weathering on several projects, but here’s this week’s photo from the old layout:

Sometimes you find a great catch online somewhere, in this case on eBay. Found this car for s great price and won the bid for this guy. I didn’t quite like the whitish appearance though it had streaked down the sides from the rusted top, so I addressed this with some rust powder. I also […]

This week’s photo shows GP7 5628 leading a coal train back down the Kanawha valley towards Dickinson yard:

Grimy and worn indeed, but still soldering on, doing the job the builder EMD intended. This model of Penn Central GP9 7466 is an Athearn Genesis model I sold this past year. The model was weathered using several different mediums. Below that is my GP7 model of number 5628 based at Buckeye yard in Columbus, […]

Here’s a link to a great catch on eBay that will be another weathering project soon, which is a Tangent 1965 B&O caboose:

Just another usual day of loading coal in Hitop, WV

Two models that I previously posted on have been completed and are for sale on my eBay store, the Southern boxcar and the NYC coil car:

Today I thought I’d write a short blog post showing a car I did perhaps a year and a half ago for another friend and local modeler. This is I believe a Tangent car. The hopper is an ex-PC then ConRail car, patched for RFMX. Obviously as shown the old Penn Central lettering is showing […]

This model is now finished after final decal work and sealing, here’s both sides of the car:

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: