Restoration of old rolling stock
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Restoration of old rolling stock
This thread will be covering the mostly completed rebuild of three cars, one at least of which was destined for the scrap yard.
The hopper was left outside upside down almost 40 years.
The flat car will be my first rolling stock build, as I had the most fond memories of it growing up.
Cleaned off deck Added some (what i thought looked ok at the time) stake pockets. More in the next post
-Mike
The hopper was left outside upside down almost 40 years.
The flat car will be my first rolling stock build, as I had the most fond memories of it growing up.
Cleaned off deck Added some (what i thought looked ok at the time) stake pockets. More in the next post
-Mike
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Tried to simulate rivets with some drive screws
Onto the deck
Used large paintsticks ripped down on horizontal bandsaw. Drive screws attach them Sealed up It stayed like this for the rest of that season then got a second overhaul continued below.
-Mike
Doing this after the pockets was a mistake as was trying a chalk line.Onto the deck
Used large paintsticks ripped down on horizontal bandsaw. Drive screws attach them Sealed up It stayed like this for the rest of that season then got a second overhaul continued below.
-Mike
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Flat car take two.
Had built these buckeye trucks originally intended for a tender but had no tender so this flat car would be the most appropriate of my cars to use them. Well that doesn't look right sitting that high, maybe a fishbelly would help.
Decided my stake pockets were too crude so I cut them off first. Onto the fish belly modification. Bodyworked with new drive screw pattern and stake pockets. Much better.
-Mike
Had built these buckeye trucks originally intended for a tender but had no tender so this flat car would be the most appropriate of my cars to use them. Well that doesn't look right sitting that high, maybe a fishbelly would help.
Decided my stake pockets were too crude so I cut them off first. Onto the fish belly modification. Bodyworked with new drive screw pattern and stake pockets. Much better.
-Mike
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Finished paint/decals with load.
-Mike
Ive since stolen the trucks for another more appropriate car, so there will be an update on this soon about going back to bettendorf or modern trucks. As well as the modifications required to do so.-Mike
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Tank car part one. Before pic again
I have a set of barber s2 trucks for this project designed and cast by my late grandfather. This influenced the choice to go modern. Starting to add detail.
I wanted all of the ladders to be kind of durable to passing feet and grabby hands so I opted to weld them all out of steel instead of using scale bolts and softer metals. As I was going to repaint the whole car over winter i decided to just touch up the new parts and existing damage with spray paint for now. -Mike
Decided since it was pretty plain jane tank with no detail except straps, I'd start by converting it to a modern tank car.I have a set of barber s2 trucks for this project designed and cast by my late grandfather. This influenced the choice to go modern. Starting to add detail.
I wanted all of the ladders to be kind of durable to passing feet and grabby hands so I opted to weld them all out of steel instead of using scale bolts and softer metals. As I was going to repaint the whole car over winter i decided to just touch up the new parts and existing damage with spray paint for now. -Mike
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More pictures of the temporary and permanent details.
-Mike
Done till fall comes.
Paint upgrade. First thing I did was remove the valves that stand out and scream air compressor tank.
Sand blasting starting.-Mike
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Paint part one.
-Mike
Better (still not great) rear deck wallway.
Good coat of black.
Added the satin clear.
Was looking good, untill this happened..
In the end it was my fault mixing paints but still a huge setback.-Mike
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Paint take two.
Re sandblasted. Paint mixed by local paint shop but I will be doing the spraying right after. Success. The tank used to hold compressed air for brakes, i wanted to keep that but hide it better. 3d printed lid ended up being too delicate but maybe in the future I'll machine a copy. I don't have any close ups of the lid on there but its a pretty basic 8 hex bolt pattern with grab iron to lift it.
The hinge is an oil cup from a machine cut up.
I'll try and get a picture next time im at the club.
Brake wheel and housing also designed and cast by my late grandfather. -Mike
Re sandblasted. Paint mixed by local paint shop but I will be doing the spraying right after. Success. The tank used to hold compressed air for brakes, i wanted to keep that but hide it better. 3d printed lid ended up being too delicate but maybe in the future I'll machine a copy. I don't have any close ups of the lid on there but its a pretty basic 8 hex bolt pattern with grab iron to lift it.
The hinge is an oil cup from a machine cut up.
I'll try and get a picture next time im at the club.
Brake wheel and housing also designed and cast by my late grandfather. -Mike
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More detail, Brake stuff.
This particular set uses 16 sealed ball bearings on each truck with bronze thrust washers to take the side load. floating journal boxes, and the center caps from Oakley littles modern trucks with an added 4-40 hex pattern.
Last modification was to make the cut levers actually work. More pics on this later as I only currently have a video.
-Mike
Decided to freshen up the trucks.This particular set uses 16 sealed ball bearings on each truck with bronze thrust washers to take the side load. floating journal boxes, and the center caps from Oakley littles modern trucks with an added 4-40 hex pattern.
Last modification was to make the cut levers actually work. More pics on this later as I only currently have a video.
-Mike
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Finished.
-Mike-
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The b&o hopper had been upside down filled with leaves and water, ontop of the shed my whole life.
It's going to be a challenging fix. -Mike
It's going to be a challenging fix. -Mike
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Cutting out cancer areas. -Mike