El Jeffe ?? The Boss? The local Mexican eatery has a burrito called the El Jeffe and it has chicken, Bar be Q sauce, rice and french fries in it. YUM.
One of my ideas that I floated past Dave T for this years challenge was we build something, anything but it has to be on its last legs and beaten to heck.
I didn’t know how to create that look and here is Doug showing us how.
What a neat build Doug, will you also put wobbly wheels on it?
Wow Doug that is so cool.
I will be following this for a future project
I had totally forgotten about El Jeffe until I saw him on Doc Tom’s an Vic’s cars. I wish I had the skill to recreate him. Something to think about!
This is an evolving project and those other postings have gotten the gears to grining!
Todd Haskins said:
El Jeffe ?? The Boss? The local Mexican eatery has a burrito called the El Jeffe and it has chicken, Bar be Q sauce, rice and french fries in it. YUM.
…Todd, I think the character El Jeffe also had all that food in him and a lot more besides. Doug, Doc: so glad that there are some other unabashed John Allen fans around here. I expect to hear from you guys that you had The JAM Breakfast on July 2!
Doug- I know now why you PM’d me about John’s methods! I’m following your build with a great deal of interest, and wishing you every success!
Doug Arnold said:
I had totally forgotten about El Jeffe until I saw him on Doc Tom’s an Vic’s cars. I wish I had the skill to recreate him. Something to think about!
PM Sent.
The flatcar got two coats of stain. One is Puritan Pine and the second is dark walnut. The duck came from the 99-cent store earlier this week.
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Wow Doug that is some crazy twisted up flat car. What will be going on top a chicken/ duck coop ??
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It was the Sorfeetz brothers I was thinking of. Be fun to find a G scale type figure, unfortunately all I can find are repros in HO above.
The load for the flatcar is currently in the design stage. This might actually be done with a couple days to spare! So far I’ve spent $0!
Hooter, the chief inspector for the Dirty and Dusty, expressed his approval of the restoration work on the brakes and new steps for the flatcar that will be loaned to some of the Silver Onyx townspeople. But what will it be used for?
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What are you using for the greasy look. I usually use artist oil paints but that has a good look.
The aged look for the flatcar was a three part process.
The first thing I did was “beat it up.” That didn’t come out as good as I hoped.
The second step was using Minwax Puritan Pine.
Then it was time to age it. I have a can of Minwax Dark Walnut that I used after the Puritan Pine had dried for a day.
I put the dark walnut on in a splotchy fashion and let ut dry for a couple days.
I’m really happy with the distressed look and I think the oily finish came from not trying to even it out.
What’s next? Some of thew townspeople have taken possession of the flatcar and have started building an “entertainment center!”
well it really look like greasy old oil. So nice job
I’m still looking for clues as to what it will be
The “most active” part oif the entertainment center is done. These two are patiently waiting for the first production.
This will remain a mystery until I find out how to upload pictures from the Mac.
When I open a picture in Freight Shed I no longer get an address I can post. It worked fine last week.
What happened?
The world is ok. A few clicks and all is well!
Looking good Doug!
Doug, try right clicking the picture. (two fingers instead of one on mac’s track pads) Then select “copy link address” in the menu that pops up. You can paste that right in the “insert image” box to add the picture.
Two of Charlie’s girls and 
several others joined the celebration with cowboy singer Waylon Joe to celebrate the completion of the entertainment car. The attendee with the large tankard is trying out the first batch from the still.
