Sailboat progress

Finally finished sanding the hull. It took about two weeks of part time sanding or around 20 hours to sand it all down.

Now that it been sanded, I brushed on a coat of Smith's penitrating epoxy. I'll let this dry for a week before coating the hull in West System epoxy.

Finished a few G&D cars

Finally finished up my G&D cars. The reefers are MDC cars, the hopper is Accurail and the two boxcar are the new 36 foot cars they released this year(2017) I took the pictures on the first of
my Quincy modules. I weathered the cars with AK and MIG washes and powders, then sealed with Tamiya flat finish.



FEC GP40-2 weathering

Just finished up a weathering project for my friend Kevin, who works at Arinie's trains. I used MIG washes and powders for this. I was going for the sun bleached look of an engine working in hot and humid Florida. Kevin will assemble the engine and add sound, that's why I've left it apart and without the handrails on.

Cardstock station

Started working on a laser cut cardstock station I bought at the narrow gauge convention in Maine last year. It's made by a chap named David Proven in the UK. David.provan@btinternet.com
The kit goes together very nicely, well written instructions with lots of photos. I added paper wallpaper and wainscoting to the interior from Clever models. I added a Grandt line door between the waiting room and office. I put in some lights and flickering fire lamps in the fireplace. Got the lights from lights4models.com

The overhead lights are from GRS.  I'll be mounting this on a small base and use battery power for lights. More soon