Large Scale Central

D&RGW gons

Modeling Rolling stock
#1

I had a chance to weather a few Accucraft gons for my buddy Jeff Redeker. The high side gons are for limestone service and the drop-bottoms are assigned to coal… [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/old_iron/7056762503/]

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#2

Excellent. Are the loads dummied up, or real material all the way to the bottom the pile?

#3

nice work… :slight_smile:

#4

Really Nice.

That plastic looks like wood :slight_smile:

#5

What they said…:wink:

#6

Good work.
I’m still learning the art of weathering.
But not learning enough: I still need lots of practice. :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

#7

Nice job on those gons ! Weathering makes it so realistic . Did you use a airbrush or chalks or a combination of the two?

#8

Very nice!

#9

Nice work Geoff. The weathering really sets them off.

#10

Very nice. I wish I had your talent.

#11

Nice work Geoff
:wink:

#12

[b]Whattayaknow? One of my photos just posted to Fallen Flags looks very similar to yours Geoff. :slight_smile:

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7212/7056762921_5f89b4073c_b.jpg)

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/richard_smith/Temporary/drgw-n0753-Gon-Durango-64.jpg)

Photo taken 1965 at Durango, Colorado when RR still under D&RGW ownership. Actually…yours looks better. hehe![/b]

#13
Jon Radder said:
Excellent. Are the loads dummied up, or real material all the way to the bottom the pile?
Jon, the loads are real material. The rock is dumped over a filler block of foam. The coal is a full load, as Jeff will use the hopper to store coal for his coal burner.
mike dorsch said:
Nice job on those gons ! Weathering makes it so realistic . Did you use a airbrush or chalks or a combination of the two?
The weathering is a mixed media…. Sprayed grayish brown for the interior, added interior details, brush painted wood weathering (opaque & washes) plus some powders, brush painted interior metal. The exterior was a combo of airbrush, washes and some powders. The drop bottoms, in particular, will continue to grime up from coal dust.

Richard, thanks for posting the prototype photo

#14

Now, if you want to see a really weathered example, just visit the Orange Empire RR Museum, which I did earlier this month. Who says you have to go to CO to see a drop-bottom gon?

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/petert/_forumfiles/037-drop-bottom-oerm-8.JPG)

Or a pipe gon and idler flat:

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/petert/_forumfiles/038-drgw-idler-oerm-7.JPG)

[Geoff - email my if you want the hi-res and/or more.]

#15

Those pics of yours make quite a study in delapidation, Pete! Can you imagine a modeller wanting to take things that far ! But then, I suppose stranger things have happened… :expressionless:

#16

The idler looks OK, but the others look beyond help.
A complete wood replacement is in order.

#17

John, did you ever see any of John Allen’s work in HO.? Those were in BAD shape!

#18

You’re right there, Doug! How I’d love to have seen it for real.

Lest we forget.

The Great Poobah.

#19

OKAY! Who allowed Malcome Furlow to weather those last two gondolas?

:lol:

Well, they are about as rough as the stuff he produces.

Have fun,
David Meashey