JamesOLeary
Master at Arms
Logistics, The Rolling Stock Update April 5, 2018
Wow! That locomotive looks awesome, especially the cabin.
Cheers,
James
Wow! That locomotive looks awesome, especially the cabin.
Cheers,
James
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Logistics, The Rolling Stock Completed April 18th, 2020
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Logistics, The Rolling Stock Update April 5, 2018
Thanks Piet!
Bob
The weathering looks real GOOD on the locomotive
Thanks Piet!
Bob
Logistics, The Rolling Stock Update April 5, 2018
Thanks Jeeves, still some more to go on the cabin!
Bob
Thanks Jeeves, still some more to go on the cabin!
Bob
Logistics, The Rolling Stock Update April 5, 2018
Thanks Paul,
It's one of those model that the more I do to it, the more I see is left to do! It's far from being finished!
Bob
Thanks Paul,
It's one of those model that the more I do to it, the more I see is left to do! It's far from being finished!
Bob
phantom II
Master at Arms
Logistics, The Rolling Stock Update April 5, 2018
Just an awesome machine Bob and your weathering is amazing
Thank you for explaining the process
Now lets see if some of that can be translated to a night fighter paint job .
Cheers, Christian B)
Just an awesome machine Bob and your weathering is amazing
Thank you for explaining the process
Now lets see if some of that can be translated to a night fighter paint job .
Cheers, Christian B)
Logistics, The Rolling Stock Update April 5, 2018
Thanks Christian,
I would love to do an airplane!!!~ Those 1/32nd B-17s and the upcoming B-24s are calling to me, but I can't until I finish this!
Bob
Just an awesome machine Bob and your weathering is amazing
Thank you for explaining the process
Now lets see if some of that can be translated to a night fighter paint job .
Cheers, Christian B)
Thanks Christian,
I would love to do an airplane!!!~ Those 1/32nd B-17s and the upcoming B-24s are calling to me, but I can't until I finish this!
Bob
NyteScrybe
Member
Logistics, The Rolling Stock Update April 5, 2018
I don't claim to be an expert...or even knowledgeable...in dioramas or even WWII vehicles...but Poppy's figures and tanks look even better in person. Photos don't do them justice. :Hiay Just sayin....
I don't claim to be an expert...or even knowledgeable...in dioramas or even WWII vehicles...but Poppy's figures and tanks look even better in person. Photos don't do them justice. :Hiay Just sayin....
Logistics, The Rolling Stock Update April 5, 2018
Thanks Gail,
I'm pretty sure most people's models and dioramas look better in person than in photographs!
Pop
Thanks Gail,
I'm pretty sure most people's models and dioramas look better in person than in photographs!
Pop
Logistics, The Rolling Stock Update April 5, 2018
Sounds about right to me Dave!
Got almost all the PE and other parts on and it is ready for the final painting and weathering. I used a lot of PE, but it is mostly Eduard and it doesn't contrast as well as brass PE. Anyway, next step is finishing it. That shouldn't take long at all!
I made some changes. There were 7,800 of these made and not on an assembly line. Each was a kind of one off. Therefore they were all different in anywhere from minor differences to major ones. When I originally bought it, I intended to paint the running gear red, however, after a lot of research, I have learned the BR-52s as well as all other marks, did not have the red undercarriage during the war years! A pity as I think that could have added some color to the diorama.
Here's where it's at now!
Thanks for looking in!
Bob
Sounds about right to me Dave!
Got almost all the PE and other parts on and it is ready for the final painting and weathering. I used a lot of PE, but it is mostly Eduard and it doesn't contrast as well as brass PE. Anyway, next step is finishing it. That shouldn't take long at all!
I made some changes. There were 7,800 of these made and not on an assembly line. Each was a kind of one off. Therefore they were all different in anywhere from minor differences to major ones. When I originally bought it, I intended to paint the running gear red, however, after a lot of research, I have learned the BR-52s as well as all other marks, did not have the red undercarriage during the war years! A pity as I think that could have added some color to the diorama.
Here's where it's at now!
Thanks for looking in!
Bob
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Logistics, The Rolling Stock Update April 22, 2018
How sensational is that? Oh wow! I love it!
How sensational is that? Oh wow! I love it!
White_Wolf
Master at Arms
Logistics, The Rolling Stock Update April 22, 2018
Super inspiring stuff Bob
Imagine a locomotive repair shop diorama somewhere in France or Germany WW2.
How cool would that look, with a few locos of different kind at various stages of repairs, plus some carriages, plus machinery and a lot of figures and 100 tons of details?
Plus a section showing some office space, some trucks delivering stuff, adjacent buildings, some trees, a stone bridge close by, snow and ice outside, endless possibilities, really
I have the Bismarck to finish first though
Laurence
Super inspiring stuff Bob
Imagine a locomotive repair shop diorama somewhere in France or Germany WW2.
How cool would that look, with a few locos of different kind at various stages of repairs, plus some carriages, plus machinery and a lot of figures and 100 tons of details?
Plus a section showing some office space, some trucks delivering stuff, adjacent buildings, some trees, a stone bridge close by, snow and ice outside, endless possibilities, really
I have the Bismarck to finish first though
Laurence
Logistics, The Rolling Stock Update April 22, 2018
That deep weathering, really just sets it off. Looks great!
That deep weathering, really just sets it off. Looks great!
Logistics, The Rolling Stock Update April 22, 2018
Thanks Duke!
Bob
Damn, You almost got me :Laurence!
When I saw that photo, my mind began to work out the details! I love the idea! It would be awesome!!!
But then, reality set in. Who's to do it? Not me I'm afraid. That's a job for some younger dude like Laurence Maftei!
I'm just hoping I can finish this one. Then, if I manage that, I have three more waiting in the wings. I already have all the kits and accessories. The 1/35th Dora is a diorama in itself, especially with scratched gantry cranes assembling the monster. Then the Pacific beach battle scene I promised Dave Harper before he passed away. And, lastly, a 1/32nd scale wild west town, A Tombstone or a Dodge City with a main street, train station, The "General" locomotive and passenger cars, Bars, Hotels, General stores, Sheriff's office, a gunfight in the middle of the street, stagecoaches, and so on.
Sigh, so many models, so little time!
When I laid out the museum, I kept places open to fit those three in and even then, it will be as packed as a sardine can!
It was a nice dream, but, you go ahead and start gathering the locomotive kits and figures. Pruneau and i are getting up there and I'd love to see somebody pick up the mantle of the super dioramas. You've got everything you need Buddy. Go for it!
Bob
Thanks Duke!
Bob
Super inspiring stuff Bob
Imagine a locomotive repair shop diorama somewhere in France or Germany WW2.
How cool would that look, with a few locos of different kind at various stages of repairs, plus some carriages, plus machinery and a lot of figures and 100 tons of details?
Plus a section showing some office space, some trucks delivering stuff, adjacent buildings, some trees, a stone bridge close by, snow and ice outside, endless possibilities, really
I have the Bismarck to finish first though
Laurence
Damn, You almost got me :Laurence!
When I saw that photo, my mind began to work out the details! I love the idea! It would be awesome!!!
But then, reality set in. Who's to do it? Not me I'm afraid. That's a job for some younger dude like Laurence Maftei!
I'm just hoping I can finish this one. Then, if I manage that, I have three more waiting in the wings. I already have all the kits and accessories. The 1/35th Dora is a diorama in itself, especially with scratched gantry cranes assembling the monster. Then the Pacific beach battle scene I promised Dave Harper before he passed away. And, lastly, a 1/32nd scale wild west town, A Tombstone or a Dodge City with a main street, train station, The "General" locomotive and passenger cars, Bars, Hotels, General stores, Sheriff's office, a gunfight in the middle of the street, stagecoaches, and so on.
Sigh, so many models, so little time!
When I laid out the museum, I kept places open to fit those three in and even then, it will be as packed as a sardine can!
It was a nice dream, but, you go ahead and start gathering the locomotive kits and figures. Pruneau and i are getting up there and I'd love to see somebody pick up the mantle of the super dioramas. You've got everything you need Buddy. Go for it!
Bob
Logistics, The Rolling Stock Update April 22, 2018
Thanks son,
I gotta tell you, when I was doing it, I had no idea what I was doing. I started experimenting, and the next thing I knew, I sat back and looked at it, and it was like, "Damn, did I do that"?
Sometimes things work out when you have no idea what you're doing!
Dad
That deep weathering, really just sets it off. Looks great!
Thanks son,
I gotta tell you, when I was doing it, I had no idea what I was doing. I started experimenting, and the next thing I knew, I sat back and looked at it, and it was like, "Damn, did I do that"?
Sometimes things work out when you have no idea what you're doing!
Dad
... anxious to see the final rsults!
jeaton01
Well-known member
Logistics, The Rolling Stock Update April 5, 2018
Well, Dave you must still have young eyes. That capability starts going away at about forty, and by the time you are in your 70's it's gone and you have trifocals! F-40 and 8 seconds is how I see the whole thing clearly!
Well, Dave you must still have young eyes. That capability starts going away at about forty, and by the time you are in your 70's it's gone and you have trifocals! F-40 and 8 seconds is how I see the whole thing clearly!