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One of the most frustrating things when I started looking on the web was the lack of modeling info.  I hope to keep expanding this part of the site to help all the budding model railroaders out.  Listed below, by Locomotive, Freight Car, and Caboose titles are articles I have written about the projects I have done.  None are too complicated.  Try an easy one and work your way up.  I put them in the chart as how involved it is as a project, easy ones on the left, more difficult on the right.

I consider a project to be a one nighter or quickie if there is next to no painting involved and the project just needs to be assembled and weathered.  A one day project may require some minor painting or decaling and will need to be assembled and weathered.  A weekender is a project that will require painting and decaling.  Usually these projects start as undecorated kits for freight cars.  Locomotive weekenders will require some painting but usually just weathering.  3-Day weekenders require the same amount of work per kit as a weekender, but usually have 4 or more cars in the project, so an extra day is required.  4 to 5 day projects require some minor body work, painting and decaling.  Weeklong and serious projects require major body work and detailing.  Cutting and sanding projects fall into these categories.

KEY:
     = No notation means the project is complete.
*   = The page is just a shell.  The project has not begun.
** = The project is "in work".  I am currently working on these projects.

Locomotive Projects:
Weekender Long-Weekender Week long project Week long project Serious Project
Atlas Chessie B&O GP40 (#3690) Walthers Chessie C&O GP15T (#1520) Sprectum C&O GP30 (#3002) 2 Kato B&O & C&O GP-35s (#3556, 3566) Chessie Phase II GP40-2*
Atlas C&O U23B (#2324) 2 P2K B&O PhI GP30s (#6930, 6974) Athearn Chessie B&O Ph I GP40-2, (#GM50) P2K Chessie B&O SD7 Chessie B&O Slug (#139T)*
P2K Chessie C&O PhII GP30 (#3022) Atlas Chessie B&O SD35 Athearn B&O GP38 (#4813) P2K Chessie B&O SD9 Walthers Chessie WM ChopNose GP9 (#36)

Atlas Chessie Torco SD35 (#7800) Front Range WM GP9 (#5961)
Athearn Chessie C&O U30C (#3301)


Athearn Chessie B&O SD40-2 (#7619)
Athearn Chessie Phase III GP40-2


Athearn WM GP40 (#3798)*
Athearn Chessie C&O U30B


2 P2K C&O GP7s (#5778, 5794)
Athearn C&O F7B (#8501)


P2K C&O GP30 (#3042)






Freight Car Projects:
Box Car and Reefer Projects:
One night projects One day projects Weekenders 3-Day Weekenders Serious Project
Walthers 50' Waffle-sided Boxcar Bachman 50' Quasi-reefer Athearn 40' Boxcar 5 Bev-Bel 50' PS1 Boxcars Canstock Boxcar*

Accurail C&O Railbox Boxcar 2 Athearn 50' Double Door Boxcars


Front Range 40' Boxcar Walthers Fruit Growers Express Insulated Boxcar



2 Walthers Insulated Boxcars


Covered Hopper Car Projects:
One night projects One day projects Weekenders 3-Day Weekenders Serious Project
Bev-Bel Large PS Covered Hopper 2 Front Range Decorated Small ACF Covered Hoppers 2 Front Range Undecorated Small ACF Covered Hoppers 2 Walthers 40' Airslide Covered Hoppers 5 Accurail Chessie B&O & C&O Undecorated Large ACF Covered Hoppers
Accurail Large ACF Covered Hoppers Walthers 50' Airslide Covered Hopper 3 Roundhouse Small PS Covered Hoppers Ramax Small ACF Covered Hopper Athearn C&O HC-29 "Shorty" Covered Hopper


Eastern Car Works Small PS Covered Hopper 6 Intermountain Large PS Covered Hoppers


Accurail B&O HC-24 ACF Covered Hopper

Hopper Car Projects:
One night projects One day projects Weekenders 3-Day Weekenders Serious Project
Bowser B&O & C&O 100T Hopper Roundhouse C&O "XXX" Moonshine Hopper 6 Stewart Chessie WM & C&O  Hoppers Athearn 2-bay Rib Sided Hopper
Walthers Chessie C&O 40' Ortner Hopper
Athearn WM  Hopper
Athearn Chessie B&O Small Hopper



Atlas 2-bay Smooth Sided Hopper






Coil Car and Gondola Projects:
One night projects One day projects Weekenders 3-Day Weekenders Serious Project
Walthers Chessie C&O Coil Car Roundhouse B&O Railgon Gondola Roundhouse Chessie B&O Gondola Athearn WM Coil Gondola


Con-Cor Chessie C&O Gondola











Flat Car, Auto Rack and TOFC Projects:
One night projects One day projects Weekenders 3-Day Weekenders Serious Project
Athearn C&O TOFC  2 Proto2000 WM Flat Cars Walthers Enclosed Autorack*



Accurail Open Autorack



Life Like Chessie WM Flat






Safety Cars, MofW, and Passenger Car Projects:
One night projects One day projects Weekenders 3-Day Weekenders Serious Project


Athearn WM MofW Gondola
Walthers Chessie B&O Jordan Spreader


Roundhouse Chessie B&O MofW 
Hopper












Caboose Projects:
One night project One Day project Weekender Week long project Serious Project

Proto2000 Chessie WM Caboose Bev-Bel Chessie Safety B&O Caboose B&O Wagon Top Caboose* 6 Athearn W/V C&O Cabooses


LifeLike Chessie Safety WM Caboose
2 B&O C-23 Small Bay Window Cabooses


Athearn C&O Caboose
Chessie B&O C-27 Large Bay Window Caboose


Undec P2K WM Caboose


























Freight Load Projects:
Easy Kinda Easy So-So More Difficult Advanced

Coiled Steel Wire Flat Car Tarp Loads 45 Foot Trailers

Coiled Steel Hopper Toppers 40 Foot Trailers


Coal Loads



Trees

Miscelleneous Projects:
Easy Kinda Easy So-So More Difficult Advanced

Reworkig a Bowser Small PS Covered Hopper Reworking a Front 
Range Small ACF 
Covered Hopper
Reworking a Bachmann Quasi-Reefer

Reworking an Athearn WM Grey Hopper



Reworking an Athearn MofW Gondola



 

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