Detailing a Diesel part 3: The end product

Well after a long hiatus I have decided to close the book on this project. below are the final products of some of my diesel detailing projects. Not going to go into a lot of detail, just let the pictures speak for them selves.Hope you enjoy. 

British private owner coal wagon

British private owner coal wagon. 

CN #150291 Gondola

CN #150291 Gondola with load under tarp. I made the tarp from tissue paper (Kleenex)  soaked in water downed white glue. 

Detailing a Diesel part 2: Snow plow and MU hoses

Adding the plow and hoses was relatively simple. To add the plow I cut the moulded front flush, followed the instructions to drill two holes and glued the plow in place. Cutting off the moulded front did not leave a lot to work with and I also had to do several test fitting to ensure that the couplers fit and that I had sufficient clearance from the rail heads. The MU hoses required a small drill hole and some glue.

Detaling a Deisel, part 1

Hello,

I have been a little busy working on my layout as opposed to weathering cars. I participated in the January set up with Ottawa Valley Hotrak. See some of the photo's here.

Recently I was able to acquire some Walthers Trainline GP-9M's. The models were the right price, (under $40) know to be good runners and the detail is good. While the detail is good, it is not great. Grab iron's are molded, no uncoupling bar etc. I bought two of the Pennsylvania models to convert to my own railway, the Snaggletooth River Railway.

I have a bunch of super detail parts on the way but decided to get started with what I had on hand.
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One Hundred and Two. Overview of the GP-9M

 

One Hundred and Three. From the box, rear detail.

One Hundred and Four. From the box, front detail.

 

One Hundred and Five. From the box, roof detail.

 One Hundred and Six and Seven. From the box, close up of trucks.

 One Hundred and Eight.
As you can see, I decided to start with the trucks. Following the example from "Detailing Diesel Locomotives" I added the sand pipes and the line between the brake cylinders. The first one was a little rough and I brass wire got a little banged up but the second one went much smoother.

CN GP7 #4396

Ninety Seven

Here we have a locomotive that was inspired by a chance prototype sighting. The locomotive had the windows boarded up. I posted about thin in response to an article that I responded to in Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine. Here is the post. I used Balsa wood for the ply-board, weathering is done using acrylics. .

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One Hundred and One

Temiskaming & Northern Ontario 80078 36' "Old Timer" Box Car

 Ninety Four

Quick post. Some work I have done on a 36' "Old Timer". This is a older Roundhouse kit. No graffiti, some dirt and rust. One thing about this build is that I painted the car as it was undecorated.

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Ninety Six

Snaggletooth River Railway 1721"Mary Read" 4-6-0

 Eighty Seven

Here is an example of some of my weathering work that I had previously done on my steam locomotives. The engine is a Bachmann 4-6-0 with 63" Drivers.

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Ninety Two

Rust detail of the tender. 

 Ninety Three

CN 479846 & CN 479853 40' Box Cars

    Thirty Four.

These two cars started out as the same car. Both are Athearn kits that I bought second hand. What these cars represent is my early attempts at working with graffiti as well as some examples from others that did some outline work for me. "Grim" and  "Zone" are my original work while the other work is outlined by friends but gone over by me with colour.

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Again the paints used is a combination of acrylics and oils. I wanted these cars to be on the way to being very uncared for but not quite there yet. I consider these cars to be a medium to heavy weather job with heavy graffiti work.

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 Forty Three
...I really must learn how to take pictures better.

 Forty Four

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Forty Nine
As these cars were to be era wise in at least the late 70's I wanted the running boards off. I filled in the holes and re-worked the ridge work. Finished work below.

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