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    One of the many loads seen on American rails pipes are easier to model than it may seem but as with all things it just needs a bit of time. I have made one form in the photo but I am about to make some other variants. If any one is interested I will take photos as I make them for those who would like to recreate it. Just let me know.

     
    Also practiced making some rusting spots...

     
    I over did it a bit when spraying a got a bit to much White Spirits in on spot but I managed to create this nice water stain. Have I discovered something new or is it just me. I will have to investigate further I think.....

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    Its been awhile since I have done any dry brushing as part of the weathering on my wagons. The skill is know what colors will work best, in what sequence they should go and experimentation is also key I find.
    I have a few timber topped flat cars and so using the dry brushing method seemed the best as I have more control over where the paint goes than when using an airbrush.
     
    I started with using a dark brown and then followed with a series of lighter browns made mixing a very pale grey not white. This is because timber is more grey then any other color and timber will weather a very pale beige grey color unless like here on the flat cars where the timber is exposed to oils and rust from the loads they carry they will absorb those colors too.
     
    Having done a general cover I went through and high-lighted several timbers in a beige white that is applied using a very small brush and thinned with white spirits. Depending on the look I'm after the thicker the paint will make some timber look newer than others. Having a good mix makes it look like the car's timber is repaired often which there are in real life.
     
    Next job is to finish the weathering with the air brush.
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    KFA Continued

    By cooley_boy,

    So it has been a long time since I have been doing much with my projects as life in its usual way as gone off on a tangent. Lately though I have finally had a chance to get into my scratch building projects again.
     
    Now I have been getting back into this project to make 15 KFA log carriers converted from cargowaggens. I have had the ends 3D printed and have hand built most if the stays and am now at the point of assembling the everything together.
     
    In the shots below we can see that the pints came out pretty good although they needed a lot of cleaning which was easy enough by time consuming getting all the soft resin off. Then the just get a primer paint finish.
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    And So it Begins

    By cooley_boy,

    I have been modelling Modern US railroads for many years now mainly focusing around where I grew up in Southern California. My Grandparents live just down the road from the massive Union Pacific Colton Yard, BNSF San Bernadino Yards and so have had this imprinted on me from very young.
    Over time though, I have moved my interest up to the state of Oregon when my moms side of the family is located. Up in Oregon the Railroads have to deal with heavy snow and some of the steepest grades in the country and go through some of the most spectacular wooded scenery in the USA. The state is mainly served by Union Pacific with some action from BNSF and other small railroads with lots of Lumber produced in the state and Intermodals running from LA to Portland, OR and Seattle, WA.
     
    The question is what to model.....
    There so many areas that would make great subjects to recreate in model form.
     
    1- Cascade Summit (Brookland Sub Division)
     
    2- Columbia River Gorge (Portland Sub Division)
     
    3- Blue Mountain Pass
     
    4- Willamette Valley (Brookland Sub Division)
     
    For the longest time though I have looked at all 4 locations which is no help what so ever.
     
    For the purpose of this I will start by looking at the rolling stock and the work being done there.
     
    I will also look at each of the locations individually with the positives and negatives.
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    KFA Continued

    By cooley_boy,

    Having now cleaned all the bulkheads it was time to create all the verticals of which I need 210 of them and with each having 11 parts to them that ends up being 2310 components to make!!!!.
    Its a good thing I made a whole bunch of these earlier.
     

     
    Now that everything has been made it is time to paint it all...
     


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    Shap

    By cooley_boy,

    It occurs to me that I left a few details out in what I am planning so let me add them on.
    I will be modelling in 4mm scale with a optimal layout length of 50' and width of 12' and will comprise of a folded figure 8 track plan. This will be possible as the layout will include the 1:72 gradient that Shap possesses. The fiddle yards will be under the scenic area.
    Granted the area modelled will have to be squashed a bit to get it to fit in and at present I do not have a location to build which is why I am focusing on the Rolling stock side of things. I will however work on finalising a track plan.
     
    Rolling stock wise I am working on fitting sound to all my locomotive of which I am almost there.
     
    I am working on recreating a 11-coach WCRC excursion train with Scots Gaurdsman 46115 on that duty.
    In regards to this I have modified a Bachmann BSK MK1 Coach to be the support coach for this train. Just like to really thing I have blocked up 2 windows on either side and added the roller doors to either side. Now just waiting for good weather to give it a as-close-as WCRC paint job.
     

     
    Also most of the way through creating a 15 car KFA Timber train as used by Colas.
    These just need weathering and loads which I will show through my other blog - KFA continued
     

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    KFA Continued

    By cooley_boy,

    Next step:
    Remove the factory up rights and take the wooden decks off the wagons and replace with 0.5 thick styrene sheet and spray the tops with a red brown paint to give a base coat of rusty brown for when we get to the weathering stage which will blend it all together.




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    KFA Continued

    By cooley_boy,

    Well now every wagon has had the bulkheads fixed on and the vertical struts fixed down. Next step will be weathering all of them which will hopefully be something that can be done this weekend as the weather is looking good for it.
     

     

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    Well now comes the "fun" stuff with making the finer details like the handrails that sit on the side of the bulkhead. Time to put on a good series and get the tweezers out. I found some .25mm nickel silver wire which is just about the right size for handrails in my reckoning. After making 30 of these with 2 spare I will paint them white tonight and fix them in place once dry.
     

     

     
    Also I have seen in pictures that after they added the holes in the bulkhead to allow air through that they have later added struts across the holes to prevent logs flying out. Just as well as from these photos several have been broken and bent outwards as a result of sliding logs. So looked for the smallest styrene strip I could find from Evergreen which happened to be 0.01mm by 0.25mm and cut up several lengths into 4/6/8mm lengths to go over the holes in the bulkheads. Simply gluing them onto the back where the joins will be weathered over helping loose them in the rust.
     

     

     

     

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