AMT Kit S921-200

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I will have to fix that properly. I thought at first this was caused by stress, but I think I missed a fill!

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The other side looks good to me.

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Additional shot / flattened molding issue which “goes away” with overhead lighting. I’m not sure how to address this yet.

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For every two or three steps forward, there’s always something to set you back one or two... :hmm: :headslap:
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Carlos Kahn I apologize profusely! I did not see any notification for your reply; I simply missed out on some truth—sometimes you gets the bear and here the bear gets me; not fully, though. I think I can get outta this with some putty. Well I got sent Commission 3 today and I am excited to begin on it; that would be the small diesel locomotive, which kind of looks a little like this:

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So, my apologies, as I have to put the Gray Lady on hold again whilst I work out how to build this beast. I also started up scratchbuilding a tank car on the remaining disconnect; this is a project based on a very limited edition O gauge kit by modeler Thomas A. Yorke, whose work was very inspiring both to me and my late father.

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I ended up forming the cylinder from Milliput then skinning it with thin sheets of plastic card. The vertical pipe is a scrap of sprue. There is another square tank which goes beside this one and both tanks rest on stringers.

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That is really cool Bruce, I'm very interested in seeing this diesel engine finished, I also hope that working on it will bring back some very good memories of your dad.
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Thanks so much, Clint. I greatly appreciate your comments and support. One of my Dad’s abiding interests of course was trains... the other was the Civil War. I spent my morning so far researching old narrow gauge lines in Virginia; and some of those were built on the bones of old Civil War railways, others sprung up outta a discovery of coal or ore, Their names are great, too: “Dismal Swamp Railway” has to be one of the most dramatic ones; the Great Dismal Swamp is a fabled area, rich with stories!

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I have been advised to paint colorfully, so I will probably end up using at least three colors for the diesel locomotive: body color and two contrasting trim colors. I am trying to locate photo examples of the specific locomotive in use. Virginia Central Railway was an old Civil War railroad: the line was standard gauge, though. However the details for a painting scheme are interesting:

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In the most respectful manner...Dude, you is an are-teast! Wowser.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Lyle! You are too kind, but I will take the great compliment gratefully! I feel I am surrounded by artists here, including you! I would like to move the locomotive to a personal thread similar to threads others here use, and call it Foley Car Shops.
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I think that would be a great idea to show off all the great work you've done so far on these.
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Thanks, Clint. I started to paint the loco sections, but it would make more sense to set this up as a proper project than to interrupt the flow of this one.
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