Re: Pipe trains and Blackstone gons
| October 14, 2009 12:02PM |
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Mark that is great 
First cut is scary? I'd think the cut along the floor level is the scariest! The floor cut was by far the hardest for my G scale conversions:
These pipe gons started out as two LGB #4073 gondolas.
Everything you see in white is the plastic I had to add. The plastic beams on the floor of the car are removable risers so the pipes won't snag the low brake wheels on the idler flats:
The idler flats started out as three Hartland flatcars. Again, everything in white is added styrene. I also added metal grabs, stirrups, brake wheels, and coupler pockets. The simulated rail bracing is a styrene I beam with some strip styrene added to simulate a rail profile:
Next step was painting:
First test run:
Still have to get some pipes for these.
Matt
Lake Forest, CA
Click Here for my model train photo website
First cut is scary? I'd think the cut along the floor level is the scariest! The floor cut was by far the hardest for my G scale conversions:
These pipe gons started out as two LGB #4073 gondolas.
Everything you see in white is the plastic I had to add. The plastic beams on the floor of the car are removable risers so the pipes won't snag the low brake wheels on the idler flats:
The idler flats started out as three Hartland flatcars. Again, everything in white is added styrene. I also added metal grabs, stirrups, brake wheels, and coupler pockets. The simulated rail bracing is a styrene I beam with some strip styrene added to simulate a rail profile:
Next step was painting:
First test run:
Still have to get some pipes for these.
Matt
Lake Forest, CA
Click Here for my model train photo website
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