As we approach the month of May here in Virginia, it seems winter is still holding on by a thread. I've spent several evening baseball practices this month watching my boys, freezing from the wind. Looks as if we will finally be past that this week as Thursday is calling for temps near 90. The good thing is that I just cut grass for the first time last weekend! So, that gets me to model railroading. For most of us, it takes a back seat this time of year. We have so many things to do around the house after winter, there is hardly any free time. Throw in three kids 12 and under, and you time is very limited. I have not accomplished a whole lot, but mainly have gotten started on a few things. I finally have figured out my favorite part of the hobby, building locomotives. It seems that I am always in the middle of one of those projects. You will see, I am actually in the middle of several. Plus I have a few in the my storage drawers that are about 80% done! Plus with a train show just about every month, that gets me shopping and thinking of future loco projects. Anyways, on with my pictures:
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| Should have seen my work desk before I cleaned it. Just got the big stuff off. |
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| My RS3M "Dewitt Geep" project. Not happy with the color or the hand railings. I will paint this Conrail blue and patch it for VMID |
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| This a Proto 2000 chop nose Geep I got from a good friend. The hard work is done, just have to check the drive (Proto crack gear issues) and decide on a paint job. |
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| An Intermountain GP10 painted in the MidSouth scheme. I will patch this for the VMID. Already has Lok sound installed and in VMID colors |
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| Bad habit: For me, piling up stuff on unfinished scenery is a norm. As you can see, not much time in the office tends to add more piling up. I need to get the scenery done on the lower level! |
