Large Scale Central

ET&WNC Hopper

Modeling
#101

Tie the chain to the door? You must have one of those very cool surgeons magnifying headset sort of things, and hemostats!!! Usually pictures are brutal on the small details, but I can’t see a single thing not done to perfection.

#102

Beautiful detail work, Bruce… Truely amazing… :slight_smile:

#103

I see you not only got all 8 chains just like the pic, but you also spot stained the areas near the angle to match the prototype. Should we call this picture perfect. Incredible workmanship Bruce. And the texture paint really captured the prototype.

#104

Wow! Great work!

#105

One things fer sure…you got a hellova lot more patience than I got…:wink:

#106

Absolutely amazing, Bruce. You continue to out-do yourself and make the rest of us look bad!

#107
Bob McCown said:
Absolutely amazing, Bruce. You continue to out-do yourself and make the rest of us look bad!
Exactly what I was thinking :) Great job Bruce !
#108

Bruce,

Wherever did you find a picture of the inside of the hopper? Or did you document the prototype yourself?
Beautiful work!

Steve

#109
Steve Seitel said:
Bruce,

Wherever did you find a picture of the inside of the hopper? Or did you document the prototype yourself?
Beautiful work!

Steve


Im actually surprised at how many photos there aree out there of the inside of things like hoppers and gons. The N&W hopper “bible” has tons of shots of the insides.

#110

Thanks guys. Steve, I have a series of books from TarHeel Press “Along the ET&WNC” as well as a complete collection (on DVD) of the Stemwinder - a quarterly magazine about the ET&WNC. They have lots of pictures, but not always of the ones I want, such as more brake detail. There was a whole issue of the Stemwinder devoted to the hoppers.

#111

Bruce, where’d you get the Stemwinder DVD? I’d be interested in getting a copy of that.

Later,

K

#112

Kevin,
It’s here: http://cfordart.com/20yearsofthestemwinder/info.html

#113

Outstanding!
:slight_smile:

#114

Wow, you never cease to impress me Bruce.

#115

Thanks again! :smiley: I got the NB castings in stock and added the ones for the slope sheet to the side of the car.

(http://www.jbrr.com/Pics/RollingStock/Hopper/ETWNC/IMG_0007.JPG)

I also added a horizontal bar across the center. This is what a car looks like before I put in the pins.

(http://www.jbrr.com/Pics/RollingStock/Hopper/ETWNC/IMG_0009.JPG)

I added up all that I used. For EACH car, there are: - 261 NB castings - 244 pins - 16 escutcheon pins. All of the pins are snipped.

(http://www.jbrr.com/Pics/RollingStock/Hopper/ETWNC/IMG_0010.JPG)

No one ever accused me of being mentally stable. :o A bit of masking, and the first one is ready for the paint shop.

(http://www.jbrr.com/Pics/RollingStock/Hopper/ETWNC/IMG_0012.JPG)

A coat of weathered black is applied with the airbrush, and it’s starting to look more like a hopper.

(http://www.jbrr.com/Pics/RollingStock/Hopper/ETWNC/IMG_0015.JPG)

#116

Very impressive Bruce, great work & a helluva lot of hardware as well!

#117

Bruce, that really looks great.

You posted the one interior shot ‘before you put in the pins’, do you have a shot of after the pins? And what was the purpose of the inkwash prior to painting the cars?

#118

Dave Marconi said:
Bruce, that really looks great. You posted the one interior shot ‘before you put in the pins’, do you have a shot of after the pins? And what was the purpose of the inkwash prior to painting the cars?

This is one after the pins…and also after painting the slope sheets…

(http://www.jbrr.com/Pics/RollingStock/Hopper/ETWNC/IMG_9975.JPG)

I put the inkwash on for a couple of reasons - 1 - I didn’t want to paint the inside. 2 - I didn’t want a thick coat of paint outside. Sort of an experiment, I guess.

#119

Bruce??? and your donating this to what Museum??? hehehe Superb workmanship… :slight_smile:

#120

Thanks for the answers Bruce. Again superb work. I think the experiment worked well.