What is on your workbench? | December 24

[Keith Hayes]

Seems rather quiet out there in the modelling world. I have been working away on my AP certificates and have spent the weekend tuning up my 12 structure candidates prior to the jury spotlight.

The passenger depot received a stove pipe at the air lock. I spied this detail recently and fabricated some styrene tube to fill the bill.

The Freight Depot got a dusting and is otherwise ready to go.

The roundhouse has seen a lot of activity: All the roof stove pipes, smoke jacks and vents are in place. There are also a couple new water barrels on the roof. And the doors can be safely secured in the open position by tying them to posts.

The Indiana Gulch trestle now has the stringers secured to the ties with bolts. The last 5% is always the most difficult. (Sorry Chris,  no timbers under the ends of the ties, yet.)

Birdseye is waiting for some ground cover and grass.

Dunn's Bunns received some foundation and roof adjustments.

The Smelter coal bin received numbers for the doors, along with door hardware and counterweights. A healthy amount of coal was spread on the ground and the two men are forever cleaning it up.

Next door,  the Assay Office got some porcelain cups and staining. Sorry Skip, I did not tear into a smoke detector to add some radiation to the sills: I don't think the NMRA gives extra points for that.

And a project that has been sitting on the bench for over a year is this 1935 Willy's Panel Van from Toys in the Attic. The models are very good and rendered at a high resolution. A light sanding removed the print contours on the roof. I looked up the color card for this model and spied this GN-PC Green. In retrospect,  it is probably more suitable for a couple. Just the same, it is something different for the layout: S scale has an overabundence of Ford products. Where are the Chevy's and Dodges?

So what is on your workbench? I know Mr. Student bought himself a new 3d printer. Jim? Jeff? John? Todd?

[Keith Hayes]

And Kokomo received a proper chimney and a cinder platform is under construction.

[Chris Walker]

Well nothing at the moment.... but I did roll this out just last month...

First minecar I've ever painted & lettered, and for my friend's lines in Nth America.
Proportionally based on the cars used at the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, to suit my 9.5" wheels vs the 12" there; I had no measurements to work with either.
Powder car lettering is homage to the C.C.R.R. No.1 Boxcar.  It just needs couplers, I'm told they're out of stock at Coronado Scale Models just now.

[Mike Trent]

OK, Keith. First of all, thanks for all the great and inspiring pictures you provided!

I'm taking a sort of side interest to build a small diorama of the C&S I grew up with. A model of the new Boulder Depot (1958), where I spent so much time as a kid is well underway, and I'm including one of my new locomotives, a modified Overland Heavy CB&Q Heavy USRA 2-8-2 #807, an engine I remember well in the late '50's. HO Scale, and only a mere 21 years after abandonment of the C&Sng mainline. So, still C&S, and I'm enjoying this.