After a few quiet summer months, my HO scale B&O Wheeling Freight Terminal sprung back into action for an operating session on late August. Charles and Val came by to move the freight.
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Decal work – 1
The last blog post ended with missing decal sets for recently painted freight cars! My list of completed resin and 3D printed freight cars ready for the paint shop leads this blog post. I needed to find all of these decal sets to keep progress moving forward.
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I know this looks like a royal mess, but I’ve noticed many paint booths have a similar appearance. I finally got into gear and got the paint booth up and working.
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A few more 3D printed freight cars of prototypes built in the Teens and Twenties are now available.
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I was alerted recently to a new publication focused on a legendary freight car builder. “Canadian Car & Foundry, Freight Cars 1900-1960” by John Riddell. This is a 200 page soft cover book published by the Bytown Railway Society summarizing the company.
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