Boxcab aka the Bobbercab, ala the Aaron Loyet method After reading Aarons thread I did a quick survey and to my surprise I had both a spare Bobber body and the Aristo drive brick.
The brick was on a model bash that just didn’t work out at all so it got scrapped, I did reuse the base chassis.
Not too bad, luckily I was able to find doors for the sides, that’s a Piko window w/ screen mesh as radiator, basswood pilots, next up filling the cupola gap.
More to come
You gotta ghetto that thing up !
I need to paint it first! Almost done: Test run on the pizza for clearances: A-OK
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Still need headlights
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Next, paint shop.
Very Nice Vic! It looks great! Will it be wearing the traditional Borracho springs colors?
It’s v. cool! This may seem strange, but it’s given me the inspiration for a heavy-duty crane car of all things, bashed from a similar caboose… Now I just need to find out if they had self-propelled crane cars - I bet they had.
John;
An acquaintance of mine used to operate a 250 ton capacity steam crane for the Reading Railroad. He could travel to a wreck site at 35 mph with his crane, plus tow the crane tender car.
I think wreck trains allowed the equipment to arrive at the site quicker, but many cranes could travel on their own.
Yours,
David Meashey
Most crane cars were self propelled, so they could follow work along the track under their own power.
Aaron, not sure on the silver and black yet, might go all black or something …different. Mostly depends what I find in my supplies.
That is a neat little build and what is the best part you created something interesting from scraps. Just like a real backwoods RR would.
Do post a photo wheen you get it painted up.
Good job.
Todd
PS Recently I saw like 8 bobber cabooses in various states of neglect sell on Ebay for a BIN of like $25. I knew I should have jumped at them. A boxcab and a crane cab are both good ideas for them.
Dave Meashey said:
John;An acquaintance of mine used to operate a 250 ton capacity steam crane for the Reading Railroad. He could travel to a wreck site at 35 mph with his crane, plus tow the crane tender car.
I think wreck trains allowed the equipment to arrive at the site quicker, but many cranes could travel on their own.
Yours,
David Meashey
John The self propelled Burro cranes were used everywhere , check the link for photos
http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?locomotive=Burro%20Crane
“Be interesting to see what kind of weirdness you could make of one of these cabeese, Dave, for that strange world where your Railroad lives.” John; I’m not sure whether the folks of Middle Earth would bother building a steam crane. I’d guess they would train one of those “oliphants” to do the lifting. Those things resemble an elephant that has been on steroids since it was concieved, so I’m not sure whether a mechanical crane would be needed to fetch rail equipment back to the track. I would like to build something beefier than these someday for the Geneva & New Bern Railroad. That is my line that is supposedly “somewhere” in the Rockies.
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Presently I am still working full time, and just accepted a new position with my employer, so I have a full plate - with trains taking a back seat for the time being. I have collected a lot of bits and details for building a nice little verticle-boilered steam crane. Just need a chunk of time to do it. Best wishes, David Meashey
The G&NB stuff is very nice, Dave… Don’t work too hard!
That is sweet Vic.
Update, out of the paint shop, ready for decals, the dark patches are glossy paint where the decals will go.
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Finished weathering, think I over did it…
Just at the point when it looks great, that’s the time to [color=#FF0000]STOP ! ! ![/color] And don’t nag it any further. Not a jot or a tittle. Because from here on, it’s all downhill. I’ll repeat that, just in case you missed domething [color=#FF0000]STOP ! ! ![/color] . P E R I O D !!!
This rule applies to many artforms, not just weathering.
Oh, and if you’re in any doubt, did I say “[color=#FF0000]STOP ! ! ![/color]”? Immediately? OK. All done.
I think I have too much ink in my latest batch of inkwash, it usually dries a lot lighter but this time its pretty heavy. Looks verrrry grimy. It went from brand new to looking like a condemned block of flats. pics later
I do my weathering in thin layers of transparent colour, a very little at a time. Acrylic paint. At the very end a little drybrush on the highlights. This drybrush may even be pure white. But all done very slowly, very subtle. I believe the best weathering is subtle. The big idea is that people notice there’s something very real about your model, but they just can’t quite put their finger on it…
By coincidence I just saw this loco on Ebay a couple of minutes ago. I consider this to be very good example of heavy weathering, but not ruined. It is further towards neglect than I would normally go personally, but it is very well done all the same.
It’s really VERY easy to overdo the weathering. Ask me how I know this…
Re ebay: I dont think that’s weathering, I think its dust :0 
