Steel Rotary Gons

smcgill · February 27, 2019, 1:07am

Ooooooo nice…(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)

Devon_Sinsley · February 27, 2019, 2:18pm

Beautiful work.

Eric_Warhol · February 27, 2019, 4:14pm

Looking great Shane!

What is the air reservoir made from? At first glance it reminded me of a pill capsule.

Shane_Stewart · February 27, 2019, 6:26pm

Thanks Guys, I’m glad you’re enjoying the progress. Hopefully over the next few days I can get some markings applied.

Eric, They are test tubes. I use them for locomotive reservoirs as well. They have a slight taper, so for the locomotive reservoirs, both ends must be the same length to get a good joint.

–> 1000 Test Tubes <–

Shane

Shane_Stewart · February 27, 2019, 9:43pm

Masking is a lot of fun with all of the ribs, but it’s worth it. (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-smile.gif)

If anybody wants my Silhouette file for the Procor logo, you can download the zip here …….> Procor Logo Zip File

Devon_Sinsley · February 27, 2019, 10:04pm

Thanks for the test tube idea. That a great way of doing it. And the fact they are polystyrene is even better. A lifetime supply for $25.00

todus2 · February 27, 2019, 11:51pm

That car looks great Shane , lots of great detail . I’m trying out the Kadee trucks for the first time too. They look like they will track really good. Now get it all beat up and rusty.

Shane_Stewart · February 28, 2019, 1:55am

Devon, you’re very welcome. I felt the same way about the “lifetime supply”. (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-smile.gif)

Thanks Mike. I love the Kadee trucks. I’ll be using them on all future projects. I got some rust on the wheels and couplers. That’s a start. (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)

Shane

smcgill · February 28, 2019, 11:06am

Shane awesome looking car …were you going to show some wear on the inside ?

I really think they came out great… How many did you end up making ?

Eric_Warhol · February 28, 2019, 3:52pm

Shane-

Great looking car! Will you add brake piping detail underneath the car?

Shane_Stewart · February 28, 2019, 5:46pm

Thanks Guys.

Sean, my car shops are full, so there will be seven eventually. One problem I’ve run into is I keep running out of parts. There is also a squirrel on the shops for days that I need something different. The insides of the coal cars have a glossy black coating, with coal dust covering the lower areas. I mimicked it with gloss and flat black, but it doesn’t show at all in the photos. Maybe if I take it outside it will show. The sulphur cars have a light yellow/cream coloured coating. As the coating wears, it will show some rust stains, but they were pretty good about taking care of the insides. Corrosion was a major concern on the sulphur cars, so they were well cared for.

Eric, the main brake line is installed, but is well hidden. I’m not sure how I’m going to handle the brake rigging. I’m considering making it entirely from brass, and then using epoxy to attach it to the aluminum channel.

Shane