HO scale "Whats on your workbench?"

I am starting the process of mating an Athearn FP-45 chassis with a Rivarossi E8 shell. I may remotor it with a NWSL motor, which is hanging around the workshop waiting for something to do.
I'm also finishing up converting an old Bachmann 89' auto carrier into two 44' auto carriers. The 89' carrier was truly waiting around for something to do for several years, being so unwieldy looking on 22" curves and generally looking like an orphan among a host of older 50' auto loaders.
And rounding out the workbench are several passenger car projects, mostly taking some IHC fantasy paint jobs and turning them into something closer to prototypical examples.

 

I'm in the middle of replacing the factory-supplied speakers with Railmaster speakers in my four Intermountain ES44s.

 

Bill,
Which speakers did you buy for that project? I want to do the same, but he has multiple round sizes.

For my stuff, finally installed the couplers on the F&GC boxcar, so it's now completed.






Also working these projects:

- Converting a Union Pacific SD40-2 to a GATX lease unit
- Conrail SD50 to an LLPX paint out
- FEC GP38-2 that is getting a full detail job, ditch lights, and working strobes

Brian

 

Ooops, I see we have two threads going of the same title now. Thought I was seeing double there for a minute....

Brian

 

Finally working on my GP18,Brought a Bachmann Erie RR GP-7w/dcc last year,finally decided to rebuild into a Seaboard Coast Line GP18.New fans installed,changes to side sill & detailing done up to paint,which will be done today,will probably get #1058.Going to replace factory decoder with a tsunami sound decoder,nice in that engine has speaker enclosure already in her fuel tank.This will be my first attempt at installing a decoder,but looks as if it won't be too difficult.

 

Hi,
this is my first post on this forum. I'm form Babimost in Poland (near Wolsztyn, I think you know last active steam roundhouse in Europe). I build models of many polish locomotives because no producers make it. I make my models of metal (brass and new silver), of course with driving gear, lights, DCC and sound, scale H0. Under I present some photos. If you are interested in it I can write new thread and show more.

PS. My English isn't perfect, but I hope you uderstand what I write.

 

That is some incredible detail! Not only are the locomotives works of art, but that drive gear/chassis you have pictured looks like it would pull a house. Would like to see more of your work!

 

Added some guard rails. Actually, Phil Rawlins did; I just helped.

Before and after:

 

Here's what's on my workbench, along with a number of projects that would be hard to do without this. Sure is a pain getting older.

 

It SURE is!!!
That's Nice though!

 

Your work is incredible. Please show us more, and with as many construction details as you please.
Thanks very much for sharing your work with us.

 

I have started on a kitbash to build a P&LE Breadbox Coil Gon, per the drawings in a 60's era Model Railroader. The AHM model is wrong in a number of places and the basic gon body will be kit-bashed with a Walthers Coil Flat to come up with a more representative model. One of my club members has got his 95% complete and I am following in his footsteps to build my model.

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These are the two models I am going to take apart, cut and kitbash to come up with a better representation of the P&LE Gon.

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I don't know if you can see how the bracing under the AHM car does not conform to any prototype, the frame should be straight like the coil flat as the depressed section of the gon sides gives it the strength and not the frame.

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This is the interior of the AHM gon and the coil flat. As you can see the AHM car is not realistic at all, and the ends of the gon are angled down toward the center and not flat like the model.

The first part of this project is to cut out the interior of the AHM Gon, just leaving the sides in order to insert the coil flat center portion and frame into the car. More pictures will follow with the next steps.

By the way, I take off my glasses to do the close up work, I can't seem to model with the bi-focals.

Rick J

 

34' Box Car

Ready for the paint shop. Getting squirted today. 34' LaBelle Boxcar Kit HO-48, to be labeled an old favorite...

 

Building the workshops.



I can't get straight rail to the righthand side, so I'm turning it into truck access with a ramp to a mezzanine area, cutting the gable end section for the short wall with the truck door. This meant the walls were no longer tall enough to reach the ground because they're meant to be added at the gable's lowest point, but I might be able to avoid having to build them up because the ramp may well disguise it.

 

Better pic of my WIP SP&S GP9 #150. First bash ever I might add.