Large Scale Central

Bobber makeover

Modeling Rolling stock
#1

This Buddy L bobber was black and pretty ugly. A little paint, “glass” for the windows, chains and decals made quite an improvement. Ralph

#2

A bit improvement! I gotta do that to mine one of these days.

#3

Are those B’mann couplers?

#4

Ralph, that’s a very classy Bobber, great job…

#5
Joe Satnik said:
Are those B'mann couplers?
Joe, They are Buddy L couplers. Very similar to the Bachmann couplers. The bobber itself is very similar to the Bachmann bobber. Several parts are indistinguishable. Ralph

Thanks Andy and Ray.
It is a classy bobber. Real gold chains :slight_smile:
Ralph

#6

I certainly like your caboose Ralph, very sharp looking. You have, indeed, made a great job of upgrading the caboose for your pike.

#7

I like the color scheme - and the herald too :smiley:

#8

Nice improvement Ralph

#9
Jon Radder said:
I like the color scheme - and the herald too :D
Jon, The herald was obviously designed by a talented individual :) I'm waiting to see what he comes up with for the Sunny View Line ;) Ralph
#10

It’s quite snappy!

-Brian

#11

That looks great! Nice color scheme and the details make it

#12

I have a Lionel Christmas bobber I decided to paint. The Lionel Bobber is just a bit taller, wider and longer than the Buddy L and Bachmann bobbers. I didn’t really like the Lionel much at first. But I decided to keep it because of its size. I had two Aristo bobbers and they were just too small to go with my rolling stock. Here is the Lionel on the right and Buddy L on the left. The Buddy L is the same size as a Bachmann bobber.

(http://www.lscdata.com/users/cabby/_forumfiles/caboose003Medium.jpg)

(http://www.lscdata.com/users/cabby/_forumfiles/caboose005Medium.jpg)

The Lionel has single axle swivel trucks. I replaced the plastic wheels with Bachmann steel wheels. Ralph

#13

Very nice, Ralph. I like the color scheme…:wink:

#14

I just figured out what it is that I like so much about both of Ralph’s color schemes… It’s the window frames, and in the case of these cabeese, the cupolas. It’s not unusual to see contrasting grab-irons, railings and maybe even doors, but few railroads took the time to paint window frames in a contrasting color. The contrasting frames on these and the Sunny Valley coaches really make them look great. Nice Job !

(http://www.myrvtalk.com/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)

#15

They look great Ralph. That’s a good thing Jon

#16

I’ll never look at my bobber the same! Nothing like a skilled craftsman at work!

#17
Doug Arnold said:
I'll never look at my bobber the same! Nothing like a skilled craftsman at work!
No skill or craftsmanship here. Bruce, Ray, Jerry B and many others are craftsman. I'm more akin to a beautician. Hence the word makeover. Others can make a silk purse from a sow's ear. I just make a sow's ear look better ;) Thanks for the compliment, though.

And after painting all those window sashes in the coaches, I understand why the RR’s didn’t bother :smiley:
Ralph

#18

They look great. You sure have been busy painting. Watch those paint fumes they might make you do crazy things like expand the RR more. LOL