You bet. And I’ll be adding fake rust anyway, so… 
That’s how I paint small bits as well. I use blue painters tape, it releases the part easier.
Finally did final assembly on these today. The cars still need final brass blackening, misc. touchup and weathering, but I think I’ll let that slide intil integration with the diorama.
There’s been a lot of guesswork on these, and mistakes in execution. But for a prop that I doubt will be analyzed (except by the brilliant thinkers and modellers here, and I mean that and appreciate you all), I think it’s ok enough.
Fortunatly. most of my remaining models for these dioramas will be “simple” 3d prints. These ore cars have been special to me, since they are mostly wooden, and were used thoughout the Comstock mines, which I’ve studied since I was a teenager.
Thanks for looking,
Cliff
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Great job there Cliff my boy !
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Ok, it all makes sense to me now. Here I just thought you were dropped on your head as a baby.
Nice work as always!
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Those look awesome. Nice work!
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Thanks Sean!
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Much appreciated, Jon, thanks!
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Thanks Rooster.
And yeah I did get dropped on the head, but let’s not talk about that…
Beautiful work, as usual. I love how detailed you are in your builds, Cliff.
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Looking great, Bill.
I used code 125 rail (for O scale) to roughly represent 25lb rail (.135 at F scale).
Bill,
Do you have a build log on this and if so is it a Wiki Page?
Ha! Funny you should ask Rooster…
No build log yet. I want to see how Cliff formats this build and his bridge build, on the wiki page.
I hate to admit I am quite inexperienced at cutting wood into miniature lumber, and find myself now with decent tools to give it a try. So I thought I’d experiment and slice up a pallet then do a proof of concept then build out of jarrah and Tasmanian oak.
So far, so good… but I am thinking this will be the final iteration once done. It’s taking a lot of time to upskill. I kinda think I now need a router and more clamps.
As for the Wiki…
Wouldn’t these be great Wiki topics?
Cliff do you have a shot of your “people” pushing or standing by an ore car? Im having difficulty finding O scale track locally. I’m wondering if HO would be off putting.
Bill, the cars came in many sizes, and the ones I’m using were on the largre side.
Gauge and rail weight varied a lot as well, so HO would be fine. Here’s an operating 1:24 car I did years ago that ran on HO track.
