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Miniatures Adventure => Old West => Topic started by: Heisler on 20 July 2014, 04:40:57 PM
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I know there hasn't been a whole lot of action in Calamity of late, but I have been working on it. More miniatures are being added to the population and I have been slaving away on one of my "Hero" buildings as well. However, since that building has just about reached the assembly point I didn't want to haul it with me this weekend. Instead I grabbed four of my freight cars (kind of at random) and decided to do a little weathering work. You can follow the process on my blog at:
http://wargamesandrailroads.blogspot.com/2014/07/a-little-freight-car-weathering.html (http://wargamesandrailroads.blogspot.com/2014/07/a-little-freight-car-weathering.html)
Here is the finished project if you don't want to see the start to finish progression:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-gPMfj5BZr2Y/U8r7dkIDIuI/AAAAAAAAQ2s/vynJIToGzZg/s1152/On30.Weathering%2520Session.17.b.jpg)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-VZ8DJFLmgqg/U8r7nXHyvmI/AAAAAAAAQ3M/-nR7nc23MoM/s576/On30.Weathering%2520Session.18.c.jpg)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-UXsBRK_rrPc/U8r71MJPeJI/AAAAAAAAQ3s/h9rQIvBr1to/s1024/On30.Weathering%2520Session.19.jpg)
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Very nice.
Tony
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Very nice,I am. On the lookout for some flatbeds myself.
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Finished off a couple of Boxcars for Calamity
First up: Denver, South Park & Pacific
Where it started
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-XbRgbOd5_7A/U9X9x4_Xr1I/AAAAAAAARUQ/ZNeCsGFUsa4/s1024/Boxcar.1.jpg)
And finished
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5NzoI4dL4yI/U_VJRxSGVEI/AAAAAAAASHU/xrJlxLsfzzQ/s1152/DSP%2526P.Finished.1.jpg)
Where it started
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-3OgOuI-IPiQ/U-2cpc-Td2I/AAAAAAAAR2o/wjx7SVwHcvU/s1024/Boxcar.2.jpg)
And finished
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Fp9-CTF27-0/U_VJQRSFsKI/AAAAAAAASGk/P_Cgdcsd4LE/s1024/CC.Finished.2.jpg)
Not terribly happy with the streaking effect I tried, but I think the next set will be better. I did just need to call these done though. Here is the steps I went through.
http://wargamesandrailroads.blogspot.com/2014/08/boxcars-for-calamity-c-ry-borrows-some.html (http://wargamesandrailroads.blogspot.com/2014/08/boxcars-for-calamity-c-ry-borrows-some.html)
[url]http://wargamesandrailroads.blogspot.com/2014/08/boxcars-for-calamity-c-ry-borrows-some_14.html[/url
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Nice work.
Love the weathering, just right.
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This is timely as I really need to get to it with my train and rolling stock soon.
We played a game last night and used the train, but it looked really out of place unfinished.
::)
Soon......
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Heisler, that is some superb weathering and decal-age. I love the 'south park' logo, beautiful.
This is timely as I really need to get to it with my train and rolling stock soon.
Yes... lol
Cheers
Matt
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And finally something new to add to the roll, a private named Refrigerator (Reefer) Car. Here are the beauty shots, more pictures of the process can be found on my blog: http://www.wargamesandrailroads.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-reefer-for-c-and-calamity.html (http://www.wargamesandrailroads.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-reefer-for-c-and-calamity.html)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-NoJFriYVXZc/VHwG2xnXkvI/AAAAAAAAWg0/t5i5OJinaQY/w1043-h435-no/Reefer.Howard.12.jpg)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-YbO8tFYJXQY/VHwG3DTGSxI/AAAAAAAAWg4/ot3UCpMs30o/w1044-h463-no/Reefer.Howard.13.jpg)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yP_t0ilWJRk/VHwG3S65v-I/AAAAAAAAWhI/ziYB944hsF4/w616-h553-no/Reefer.Howard.14.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FDWZ4AyrU5U/VHwG3peUyjI/AAAAAAAAWhM/nGtILw7c-_o/w695-h553-no/Reefer.Howard.15.jpg)
Definitely not my best work, but it gets the job done.
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Definitely not my best work, but it gets the job done.
It does more than that!
Brilliant bit of weathering, sir.
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And since all my weathering stuff was out I finally finished off this caboose conversion. It started life as your more standard eight wheel caboose and now its a 4 wheel "bobber" caboose, complete with my custom decals. The weathering looks a little splotchy in the photographs, it doesn't look like that under the worklights though. I will have to go in and see if I can smooth that out a bit.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-doepiSD-oKA/VH6u4oilSaI/AAAAAAAAWo0/A_urZeP9CGQ/w1078-h691-no/C%26N.Caboose.10.jpg)
More step by step images on my blog: http://www.wargamesandrailroads.blogspot.com/2014/12/tail-end-of-train-c-adds-caboose.html (http://www.wargamesandrailroads.blogspot.com/2014/12/tail-end-of-train-c-adds-caboose.html)
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That is very believable. Wonderful work.
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Most excellent :D
cheers
James
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Nice bobber Heisler. The weathering looks cool to me. All your cars have excellent weathering.
Is the wheelbase on that bobber too short? It looks a little short and thus bumpy.
Cheers
Matt
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It's nice too see an understanding and love for a subject transfered into paint.Although to a Northern lad using something that should only be in a pint to fix your weathering .Well its wrong. Plain wrong,it might even be a sin you know.(more tham spilling a fresh one) lol
But I am Interested to see how you tackle the engine.
Mark.
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Nice bobber Heisler. The weathering looks cool to me. All your cars have excellent weathering.
Is the wheelbase on that bobber too short? It looks a little short and thus bumpy.
Cheers
Matt
It is short. It should be 9' for the prototype and this is only 6 1/2'. That's why I hesitated on converting both of my cabooses using these parts. I'm probably going to have to make my own swheel frames to get the 9' wheelbase. I have never managed to find any commercial parts to do this with. It would be really expensive to raid an On3 kit for the wheel frames.
You know after I wrote that I realized that Grandt Line makes an On3 C&S Caboose, I have been looking for the parts by the wrong name! Thanks for turning the lights on.
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An RGS boxcar for the growing fleet. I really need to get to the C&N Boxcars next. This one has a little conversion work on it. The ladders have been removed from the sides and replaced with grab irons. Compare that look to the DSP&P and CC versions.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-MgDOPxzxHiQ/VJkDKOHgZGI/AAAAAAAAXC0/rHDyxFGrIYU/w1278-h555-no/RGS.Weathering.7.jpg)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-QPtx3wJxJf8/VJkDKAL9erI/AAAAAAAAXCw/hBAzaK23rXE/w1278-h592-no/RGS.Weathering.8.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5bVmNoF-4zw/VJkDHqAu3YI/AAAAAAAAXCc/K2Nm7H2o-LM/w910-h691-no/RGS.Weathering.11.jpg)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8B0XA3utWfE/VJkDKXBGlUI/AAAAAAAAXC4/bZffvI-5RQ8/w954-h691-no/RGS.Weathering.9.jpg)