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It's a BNSF idler car, which accomodates the overhang of a full Boeing 737 fuselage that's mounted on an 89' flat. The structure at the rear generally contains parts to the same aircraft. These trains run from Kansas City to Seattle. I only got off the one pic, as the train was moving fast, and...

Professor X, I made some killer molds back in the mid-1980's using the WS latex. I lugged home good rocks... but scrubbed them clean with a really stiff brush and soapy water, getting all the cooties and critter droppings off them. The key is leaving soapy water on the rock, and before it...

You GO girl! Looks real-er than real.

I have been shooting lots of the local early 20th Century brick buildings around town. Mostly for folks who are in a rut painting their DPM building kits. http://www.mellowmike.com/Buildings/Thumbnails_19.html I skip the ones that have had recent facelifts. These are all present day...

Jon, Do you recall what the road name was...? Is it a brown car on the outside?

Nicely done, Tom! :)

Dash, I was referring to the cars that the thread was initially about. Humorous idea - but the decaling was sub par. I believe you in regards to the Campbell's 66 company.

They're a witty idea... but the smaller lettering work is uneven. Not the kind of car you run on a layout at the train shows, that's for sure! I remember in my wargaming days I did up a pair of 1/285 Hawker Hurricanes and inconspicuously did the call letters on the fuselage T IT and A SS...

Eddie, I hope I didn't come across as too acerbic. I was just thinking that since you had gotten 3 MDC cars on the cheap... that you might have experimented more. Not sure if that makes sense... but I mean you knew you weren't keeping them, and they didn't set you back a lot... so try a...

Not too shabby, Eddie If you don't mind a little critique - I would have to say your rust patterns are repetitive. Almost to the point of being stenciled on. I only say that because you're showing all three cars off together. As for the doors... many modelers (both sellers and keepers)...

I think Rich will agree with me - that if a certain three Buyers suddenly gave up model railroading as a resolution... we would pretty much have $30 or $40 cars! Tops. There are fellows who blow me away - but fortunately they choose to not sell their creations on eBay. Gives Rich and I free...

Larry!!! rdivizio is Rich - not me! (Or are you saying this just to antagonize me) [:)]

Thanks Blake, But as Rich himself has pointed out - the cars in question were his and not mine. Speaking for my own work, I will agree that the prices I get typically reach inordinate amounts. Were I to simply do commission work for someone - I wouldn't stand a chance of getting 3-digit...

Ralph... I hope you mean a model wall. Hee hee. [:D]

Good things come in pairs... or is it bad things come in threes...? Or separated at birth...?

Looks like GRIM KWIEFY (something like WAPL ?) VAPID The car takes upwards of a week or 10 days. I do lots of washes and stuff that need to dry before the next step. Probably the most tedious is cleaning the decal artwork on the computer for printing (i.e. removing all the prototype car...

Shoot... I've never even made it to Seattle... and that's only 4 hours away! Eastern Canada??? Be serious. I'm not a big N-Trak fan, even for being an apartment dweller. Too much like a quilt of different patterns when everybody's are stuck end on end (which may be a good point to some). But...

Thanks, Arlaghan! That was the intent of the sign. To get that vintage building sign look. The decal was printed without the weathering though. I aged it with a wash, some sporadic dry-brushing, and some random spots of brick showing through. It could have been much more weather beaten, but I...

Hee hee.... what haircut? I forgot that ended up in there. That look must explain why no one ever critiqued my work! A guy with a mohawk... yikes!!! Only had it for half a year. Kind of a dare thing. Never wore it to a train show. All gone now.

You'll have to wait your turn, Ken. Seriously though, I am an N-scaler first and foremost, but all my 1/160th will stay in my own personal collection!