Randy, yes its a bit late, the red part has been painted, and the white part has 2 coats on it now. I was thinking of trying your idea, I had the same idea, but I thought that the lightweight spackle and water based primer would do the trick.
Tonight is another session in the shop, and, hopefully, I will have time to upload the pictures from the cmaera, wash them through photoshop and post them here.
The end doors have been painted.
I want to glaze the windows in the doors, so I trimmed out some of the styrofoam, and painted the styrofoam behind the windows with some charcoal coloured craft paint.
Then using the clear plastic from the box I cut the cardstock pieces from, I glazed the windows.
The window in the door facing the back porch got a curtin. It was mase from some paper that was used to wrap copier hot rollers in to protect them during shipment. I liked the pattern so I saved some of that paper.
Then I started working on the top cap. The outside is a cardboard tube, the inner round part is the end of a pen, the space between them is filled with lightweight spackle, and the hook was made from some 1/16th inch brass rod.
After putting the roofs on the end door structures, and a few coats of white paint. And of course some red paint on the top cap, I started working on the railing for the back porch. I decided to try taking pictures out in the living room, I was hoping the lighting would be better, but it was worse. So I used the flash on the camera. I dont like using the flash because it makes the pictures so stark.
And here you see my brakeman…taking a break. I need to do a little detail painting on him, and maybe put a cup of coffe in his hand.
And the top cap. You see what I was saying about using the flash?
Nice build, really captures the ‘Bobber’ Caboose theme. Will it have some bay windows for observation?
Bob, in the beginning, I toyed with adding winders, but I decided against it. If I add too many bits and bobs, people may not recognize it for what its supposed to be.
The body is done. Now its just detail parts on the deck, and the smokejack to the body that need to be added.
This weekend was kind of hectic, with the train show, having to play traxi since I have a 4 wheel drive, and helping my neighbor get her husband up off of the floor and back into his wheelchair. But my crew came through and the bobber is done.
For the front porch railing, I took some craft sticks, the same size and shape os many coffee stirrers, and made a fence.
And then I took a bamboo skewer and some more cardstock and made stirrup steps. I also took a toothpick and made markers.
Here you see a marker in place, and I coloured it with, a magic marker. It made sense to me.
Then I took some paperclips, I like paperclips, and I made the brake hangers.
And here is my Lincoln pin coupler. He started out as an N scale fireman. But with some major surgery…
and some other pictures
Very cool, David. You worked in a lot of things in a clever way. I love the hangers and markers.
Bill
genious love the little licoln pins. classic. Your literal interpretation is awesome. You spared no detail.