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In-ko-pah Railroad - Scratch-built railcar

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#61

Great Job Ray! That looks awesome! :slight_smile:

#62

I really enjoy following the quality of your builds. That is outstanding!

What is your source for the LEDs and bases? I want to to light the gold mill. I have a transformer and have run underground wires 10 feet from the mill… I need to find an underground splice for that and the LEDs.

#63

I got the LEDs from modeltrainsoftware.com. Each LED is wired with a tiny packet of electronics that limits the voltage and provides correct continuity:

http://www.modeltrainsoftware.com/bl-212.html

#64

Beautiful Ray. I wish I had your talent.

Bob help I keep getting double posts again.

#65

Wow Ray another one of your masterpieces, as always I am very impressed with your modeling abilities. your abilities of
having a vision and then turning it into a masterpiece, Thanks for sharing
Dennis

#66

Another excellent model Ray. Thanks for sharing.

#67

Nice Work Ray

#68

Very very nice. Looking forward to the video.

Tom

#69

Ray, Fantastic built, and what they all said… :slight_smile:

#70

That is really neat Ray!

#71

Masterful job Ray! That is a real beauty!

#72

I just finished the driver and front seat passenger for my Model T railbus. They are patterned after my dad and step-sister. I haven’t installed them in the railbus yet because I still need to make some glasses for my “mini-dad”.

(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/IMG_7443/IMG_7443.jpg)

Here are a couple of the photos I used for reference:

(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/IMG_6230cc/IMG_6230cc.jpg)

(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/IMG_1003cLesa/IMG_1003cLesa.jpg)

And here are some shots of the individual figures:

(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/IMG_7425c/IMG_7425c.jpg)

(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/IMG_7426c/IMG_7426c.jpg)

(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/IMG_7433c/IMG_7433c.jpg)

(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/IMG_7460c/IMG_7460c.jpg)

(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/IMG_7461c/IMG_7461c.jpg)

They’re a bit rough but they’ll do. I find that the more of these figures I do, the less patience I have for getting them perfect. I still need to make five more figures for the rear passengers, including a small child that will be on someone’s lap. That should be an interesting challenge.

#73

Those figures look great!

#74

comparing the pics to the figures: extremely well done!

#75

Ray,

The figures look great. What methods do you use to make your own figures?

#76

The figures look great Ray. Im going to start up again a make some figures or at least attempt to.

#77
Jake Smith said:
Ray, The figures look great. What methods do you use to make your own figures?
Thanks! I use Premo brand polyclay over an armature made of twisted aluminum foil. I don't have a step-by-step of the process available online, but I did have four part series in Garden Railways, beginning with the December 2009 issue.

I adapted the methods taught by Chris Walas in a tutorial that used to be on myLargeScale.com. Unfortunately his tutorial was lost when they upgraded the forum software a couple years ago.

#78

Thanks Ray. I’m familiar with the twisted aluminum foil method. Obviously you have a lot of talent for the that sort of stuff so it looks a lot better than stuff from other people (myself included).