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:
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 |
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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 |