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New supplier/Builder of 1/29th scale cars in I.L

Modeling Rolling stock
#1

I found Mike selling some cars on EBAY last year and gave him a call and placed a order for 4 cars and this is what i received. 4 cast resin cars with a great amount of detail, painted and decaled to my specs. Mike did a great job on these and he is also selling them lettered and painted to what ever you order, Also selling kits for $60.00 cant go wrong with that for a modern 53ft Gondola car. My cars came with Aristo roller trucks with metal wheels and Kadess for $130.00 each. I have no financial interest in this, But i thought i’d post a Thread on it as it is just another great resource to have in the hobby. Mike Dorsh at CJM Large scale products. Phone 1-815-886-9555 or Email at [email protected] Nickhttp://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/nicholas_savatgy/_forumfiles/396.JPG

Mikes youtube page… Sweet!!! http://youtu.be/eEN42coSkuI

#2

Seriously nice cars…And I admit I am a bit shocked at the price. Cheap considering all you get!

#3
Mark V said:
Seriously nice cars...And I admit I am a bit shocked at the price. Cheap considering all you get!
Mike did a great job on these and the PRICE was rite no dought.............

Cars can be made with truck mounted couplers as well.

#4

Nick, I talked with Mike today and worked it out for a couple of bulkheads for the 65’ gon. He like the pulpwood car also! Thanks for the info.
ron

#5

Wow! If I modeled modern stuff, that would be high on my list. Those look great!

#6

Great looking modern gondolas… :slight_smile: I do need to get a few of those…

#7

Wow, those are really nice.

#8

Some more cars Mike is putting together.

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#9

Hello All, I just signed up to this website and hope to learn from you guys tips and what have you and share what i’ve learned. Thanks Nick for this post ,you are very kind. How do you post pictures here ?

#10

Welcome Mike,
Bruce Chandler’s article on posting photos should help you if you’re using Windows.
Ralph

http://www.largescalecentral.com/articles/view.php?id=96

#11

Hey Mike, welcome.

Ralph is on the ball about the posting pictures. basically just put the URL of the image into the message and it’ll put it right in. No fancy tags.

#12

Lets see if I got it.

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#13

Okay ! Thanks for your help guys ! Heres one of your cars Nick , should be finished with the other this week.

#14

Wow,
The Rail-Gon car sure is sharp :slight_smile:
Ralph

#15

Thanks Ralph, this is one that i’ll hate to ship off but my CFO says we need the dough.

#16

Welcome Mike!
Nice work and we love pictures !!
:wink:

#17

Heres a weathered gondola i’m keeping for myself.I weather my cars with pastel chalks and alcahol. I found that if I take a piece of chalk (rust color) and scrape it over a moistened section you get a nice pitting look. This is my first car I cast. It was made with Alumalite “white” but it gets too soft in the hot sun. It still is pritty cool as you can see the sag in it when it is outside on a hot day. It still seems strong enough to put in a long train and not deform. The white is good if you mix it with the aluminum powder and it gives you a longer time to work with it to pour larger castings. I also discovered Alumalte “regular”. I also mix in 50% Aluminum powder with it and it holds up real good now in the sun.The casting process has been a learning experence as far as withstanding temperture and pot life and such.

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Working with the castings have been alot of fun and I plan on producing different modern cars in the future, maybe a 66" modern gon or a flat car . Made in the USA !

#18

I don’t know if anyone has tried this meathod in the past but I thought I would try to explain how I weathered this gondola car. I was trying to achieve that rusty pitted surface that I notice on beat up old freight cars. Putting color on it would look too much like it was just painted on rust. So since I was building these cars I had a chance to experament . I work on one side at a time . First I make a “wash” of 70% alcahol and using a 1" brush dip the brush into the alcahol and pick up the chalk color of choice and get the whole side wet. I like to use a hairdrier to quickly dry the wash and do it again and again until I am satisfied with the overall look. When I get to the last coat of wash on the car I take the chalk piece over the wash and lightly scrape the chalk color onto the wet wash.I concentrate the scrapings to the lower part of the ribs and anywhere I want and then seal it with Krylon and bingo , there it is. Anyway I thought i’d share this and maybe you’d give it a try and see how you like it.

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#19

COOL! I’ve seen this technique used but never heard it described. Looks very nice, very real.

#20

mike dorsch said:
Lets see if I got it.

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Mike, Welcome to the forum, those cars came out SWEET!!! Just as I thought they would. I cant wait to get them and thanks. Nick