Westerfield car builds

While I'm waiting for my sandhouse to arrive, I thought I'd build though some of my stack of Westerfield car kits. I've probably built over a hundred of these over the years. This batch I got on eBay for around $12 a car. I like to build them in batches, as it seems to go faster.

 

I'm building a W1 B&O hopper, 2 PRR H21a hoppers and a PRR GTRA gondola.

I made a new deck for the gon using Builders in Scale laserwood. The kit had a cast "wood" floor that contains lead for weight, but I like the look of real wood. I'll paint the insides of the gon prior to assembly, that makes it easier to weather for me.

 I work on a glass table which helps to keep everything square.

Below is a pic of the engine terminal waiting for sandhouse. The white spot to the left of the turntable is were it goes.

All the main scenery is in, roundhouse installed. Man this is a lame'o picture.

However you can see my refinished floors and fresh paint on the walls. "We want train pictures!"

I'll drag this outside and take some nice pictures after the sandhouse in installed

 

 

Scenery on HOn3 engine terminal

After doing some major rework to my house, new bathroom, painting, new molding and new fixtures, I'm back to my engine terminal. Doing scenery is one of the things I really enjoy doing. It's nice to see the bare wood get covered and start looking like it's a part of nature.
First thing I did was to drag the layout outside and airbrush the track. I used different shades of grey, umbers and sienna's for colours.

I start by spraying the sides of the rails with a mix of burnt and raw sienna. I then paint the ties by spraying straight down with burnt umber. I then highlight using light to dark greys. After the paint hardens off in 20 min or so, I then use chalks and go over ties with some earth colours.

Here I'm starting the rock retaining wall

 One side is done. Used cinders for the ballast on top. Later, I also added some coal that would have spilled from the gons during unloading

 

More progress on the other side

The ground cover in place so far will have more shades and texture added. I like to build things up in layers, this includes paint, weathering and scenery. Here is a overall look so far.

Today I'll finish up the ground cover, add more colour and textures plus weeds. One building I don't have is a sandhouse. If anyone has one to sell (or donate) please let me know. (Spaceway1999@yahoo.com)