Since that's a simple Athearn car, I would disassemble the underframe and couplers from the carbody for more effective paint coverage. Micromark makes a cool little tool for painting wheel faces. Best to disassemble trucks while painting as well. ChartPak strapping tape used does NOT age well. The adhesive deteriorates over time. Use something else or glue the ends together at least.
Scraping the interior of the pipes is not making the diameter smaller. It's increasing the inside diameter by making the wall thickness thinner. Too bad there wasn't a drill bit that could have done the same thing.
Yea if you listened when I corrected myself. It “thinned it down to make it more scale”. And after building the first few pieces I tried the drill bit in 1/64 increments it was just easier to use an exacto blade.
Ilovenewyorkcentral NYC not much really a few things here and there and cleaning up. Work has been busy lately, despite of covid. But I am working on the town up in the top section.
@@Chinquapinmayor Great your layout is a huge inspiration my family lived in saluda until about 1982 as my grandfather owned a restaurant love to see it in model form
@@Chinquapinmayor it was a restraunt called the railroad house now its the apple something inn. Although we dont have any photos that I know of, my grandpa talks about seeing coal trains powering up the grade. It has been a while since my family owned the restaurant but it is still talked about trains included.
Super nice pipe loads. I’ve got 4 gondolas to fill up with pipe! Looks great.
Excellent tutorial ! Going on my build list. Thank you. Long live Southern Railway.
Much obliged
Since that's a simple Athearn car, I would disassemble the underframe and couplers from the carbody for more effective paint coverage.
Micromark makes a cool little tool for painting wheel faces. Best to disassemble trucks while painting as well.
ChartPak strapping tape used does NOT age well. The adhesive deteriorates over time. Use something else or glue the ends together at least.
for my pipe loads I use those red coffee stirrers that I get from Circle K. I paint them gray and they look like pipes.
I like your work! You are exacting and patient!
Simple method...Great result!!
Very nice! I live on the EX PLE I wish I could have been alive back then
Great job.. Many thanks..
Hallo. Very good video. 👍 🤝
Why not just use a drinking straw as it's the right inside diameter? Cheers from eastern TN
Was is your cribbing match sticks? At the end of the video, you stated you out some kind of coating over it, what was used?
Try Rustoleum camouflage brown , it’s kind of a black / brown I think you might like the effect
Nice
Very nice job.👍,what about the weight?
It’s aluminum pipe. I haven’t weighed it. But it’s not a lot.
Scraping the interior of the pipes is not making the diameter smaller. It's increasing the inside diameter by making the wall thickness thinner. Too bad there wasn't a drill bit that could have done the same thing.
Yea if you listened when I corrected myself. It “thinned it down to make it more scale”. And after building the first few pieces I tried the drill bit in 1/64 increments it was just easier to use an exacto blade.
@@Chinquapinmayor OK, thank you for your reply.
any updates on the layout love the caboose.
Ilovenewyorkcentral NYC not much really a few things here and there and cleaning up. Work has been busy lately, despite of covid. But I am working on the town up in the top section.
@@Chinquapinmayor Great your layout is a huge inspiration my family lived in saluda until about 1982 as my grandfather owned a restaurant love to see it in model form
Ilovenewyorkcentral NYC cool man what was the restaurant? You have any photos of them running on the grade?
@@Chinquapinmayor it was a restraunt called the railroad house now its the apple something inn. Although we dont have any photos that I know of, my grandpa talks about seeing coal trains powering up the grade. It has been a while since my family owned the restaurant but it is still talked about trains included.
What size and type of pipe did you start with?
I believe it was 1/4 aluminum rod from the scrap yard
@@Chinquapinmayor Thanks.
What color was that rust color. I have rust but yours looks better
Testors. Enamel “Rust” color. I don’t think I doctored it up any.
Testors enamel “Rust”