atsf-surfline.blogspot.com
Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division: Yet another Tank House
http://atsf-surfline.blogspot.com/2016/08/yet-another-tank-house.html
Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division. Friday, August 19, 2016. Yet another Tank House. After I had finished my John Krohn Tank House, which consists mainly in one single structure, I wanted to build yet another one, a little bit different. While browsing the net for pictures of tank houses, I stumbled over the Stanley Ranch Tank House that's actually part of the Garden Grove Historical Society. S Stanley Ranch Museum Historical Village. I assembled the timber bents as per the instructions, using th...
atsf-surfline.blogspot.com
Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division: Building a Tank House (Part 2)
http://atsf-surfline.blogspot.com/2016/03/building-tank-house-part-2.html
Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division. Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Building a Tank House (Part 2). Well, I started this project last summer already and due to other "obligations", it rested for some time. When I finally got back to it, I wasn't happy with what I had already accomplished on the tank house. The supporting structure wasn't trapezoidal enough, compared to the pictures and there were also other flaws in the construction of the roof etc. So finally I decided to start all over again. While ...
atsf-surfline.blogspot.com
Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division: January 2015
http://atsf-surfline.blogspot.com/2015_01_01_archive.html
Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division. Monday, January 19, 2015. Reworked Lighting and Upper Valence. Some time back, after I had installed and painted my backdro,p I also installed lighting on the ceiling all along the layout. The layout room has an overall height of 2,50 meters (aprox. 8 feet and something) To get the layout framed in conveniently I had to install a valance extending down roughly 60 cm (2 feet). When I visited my friend Pit Karges' HOn3 Lodores and Silvertown. I drilled 8mm holes ...
atsf-surfline.blogspot.com
Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division: December 2014
http://atsf-surfline.blogspot.com/2014_12_01_archive.html
Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division. Friday, December 12, 2014. LCVP's enroute for San Diego. In an earlier post I contemplated about mounting an LCVP on a flatcar. The 1/72th LCVP fits nicely on a 57'6" flatcar. Bob Chaparro forwarded me a picture of an LCVP on a flat car sitting in the Pacific Electric Dolores Yard in California during WWII. As you can see, the side overhang is identical to the one of the model. (Metro Tansportation Library and Archives Flickr. The schematic above shows the wood...
atsf-surfline.blogspot.com
Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division: September 2014
http://atsf-surfline.blogspot.com/2014_09_01_archive.html
Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division. Friday, September 19, 2014. Preparing for the first operating session. After my summer vacation I decided to prepare for a first operating session on the layout. In fact I did not run that many trains on it and I want to be sure everything works fine before I continue with ballasting track and adding more scenery. I also want to know if the operating scheme that I figured out would actually work, and that can best be checked out during an ops session. On the wa...
atsf-surfline.blogspot.com
Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division: August 2014
http://atsf-surfline.blogspot.com/2014_08_01_archive.html
Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division. Monday, August 4, 2014. Growing weeds on the depot. As the tower would be completely covered with weeds I only carved the dome and bell tower from a chunk of balsa wood, just enough for the shape. Then I covered the roof with Plastruct Spanich Tiles using the kit templates. I painted the roof with a red brick color. To cover the tower and dome I chose Woodland Scenics bushes (Clump Foliage). I applied weathering powders on the remaining roof and the walls.
atsf-surfline.blogspot.com
Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division: Building a Tank House (Part 4 and finish)
http://atsf-surfline.blogspot.com/2016/03/building-tank-house-part-4-and-finish.html
Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division. Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Building a Tank House (Part 4 and finish). Just in time for the World Water Day, I finished my Tank House. I placed it in an appropriate surrounding for the photo, although this is not the final emplacement. But to this step, there were still some other to do first. Then I glued the posts in place, taking care to keep everything straight. While the glue was setting, I turned to the roof. I covered the styrene roof panels with double...
atsf-surfline.blogspot.com
Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division: March 2016
http://atsf-surfline.blogspot.com/2016_03_01_archive.html
Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division. Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Building a Tank House (Part 4 and finish). Just in time for the World Water Day, I finished my Tank House. I placed it in an appropriate surrounding for the photo, although this is not the final emplacement. But to this step, there were still some other to do first. Then I glued the posts in place, taking care to keep everything straight. While the glue was setting, I turned to the roof. I covered the styrene roof panels with double...
atsf-surfline.blogspot.com
Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division: July 2015
http://atsf-surfline.blogspot.com/2015_07_01_archive.html
Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division. Friday, July 31, 2015. Modeling an orange grove (Part 4). The weather forecast announces frost for the night. Time to inspect the orchard heaters and fill them up with oil. The smudge pots were developed after a disastrous freeze in Southern California in January 1913 wiped out a whole crop. The citrus growers needed a lot of workers to keep the pots burning. Photo from a brochure. The ground between the rows of citrus trees was regularly plowed and disked to s...
atsf-surfline.blogspot.com
Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division: April 2015
http://atsf-surfline.blogspot.com/2015_04_01_archive.html
Modeling the ATSF 4th District LA Division. Saturday, April 4, 2015. Ford AA 1934 Leach Refuse Getter. Inspired by another photograph on ClassicRefuseTrucks.com, I challenged myself in scratchbuilding one of these garbage trucks. The picture above shows the unpainted model. I have a couple of 1/87 scale Ford 1931 AA truck kits from Con-Cor with different body styles which I could easily swap against a new refuse body. After one side had dried, I glued the opposite side to the floor also. Using a "Curvogr...