Estate Sale Finds!

Estate Sales can be sad, but also a great place to make a deal! All these models will live on, for a while still

 

Kaolin

I’ll add this particular interest to my auto-biography. I used Kaolin in all the glaze formulas and clay bodies, I used in my ceramics.

When the huge Cantine paper mill (specializing in coaled papers) was still in operation here in Saugerties kaolin was received in box cars the same way.  It had to be trucked from the NY Centrals station on the west side of town through Main Street to the mill downtown.  Tie ups on our narrow streets were a problem.

I just completed the (Atlas) Georgia Kaolin ACF 73007 slurry tank car this morning.

 Wayne Sittner

Timmy's Bridge over Stockwell Creek

I started this project because I lost my original bridge scene when we moved the layout to its new home. Originally this was where the station and freight house were. I pulled the team track to the station, cut the foam to make a shallow creek coming down the hill.

 

Bridge abutments are laid, rock castings are placed. 

Tested fitted the double track bridge.

Different layers of paint and plaster, add rock and trees.

Tim Stockwell donated old 1970's Tyco bridge, I cut out the center half to fit the creek, to represent a single lane county bridge of the 60's with a concrete deck.

 Finished product with both bridges in place.

Rob D

Thursday Night at Frank Adamec's

Thursday Night at Frank Adamec's ...and Mr. Hickey's brass GP30 demonstrators!

 

Front End Friday!

Old school yellow box Atlas Alco's and a Railpower GP35!

 

Let's talk brick

Let's talk brick. I've been working on many different projects. I wanted to get these City Classic and DPM kits out of the box and on the layout. Shown are four different approaches to modeling brick. From left to right, first is spraying the mortar color on first and then carefully wiping the brick color over top. Second is spraying the brick color, then adding mortar color in the form of DAP wall patch. Third is sponging, multipliable colors and then adding the DAP wall patch mortar. Lastly, spray the brick color and use watered down white paint to act as the mortar.

 Rob D

NYC Transfer Caboose by Wayne Sittner

I'm still doing non-revenue equipment.  The prototype for this was shot at Croton-Harmon 7/74

I spent a week on the model finally giving it a crew. I kit-bashed it from a standard caboose.  I gave it a wooden floor to match the prototype that was built on an old flat car.  The biggest job as the railings.

Regards, Wayne

Paper Rolls for IP

Friend of ours wanted paper rolls for his IP Mill. Thanks to Dan at Yelton Models it came to life! Check out their website  Yelton Models
 

Rob D

PRR/CR Flanger by Wayne Sittner

Been working on this for 2 weeks.  During the Conrail era there was always on at the Kingston engine house. When that was torn down one sat on a siding by the yard office.

I had several prototype photos to go by (Goldilocks choices). The one from 1990 would have been fun and unique but, too late for the era I model.

PRR/CR Flanger complete!

 Wayne Sittner

What's old is new again.........

Been a few years since I've posted on the BLOG........things have changed! I moved to a new house, had to take the old layout down and reassemble it into it's new space. A challenge to say the least! The big change was folding the layout to fit....I lost a few favorite scenes but also got rid of the lift out.

This is where the station used to be. It was a diorama, so nothing was lost here, but I needed a bridge scene since I lost the old in the move.

Dry fitting the bridge and track for the first run!

Rob D
 

Geoff Wood's Mohawk Terminal Railway

My layout is a industrial switching layout with staging on each end. It is located in my attic. In my world the Mohawk Terminal Rwy. And serves several large industries and is jointly owned by the B&M and the D&H in the 1970s.