vehicles
Vehicles...
Don't forget about the other railroad and non-railroad
related vehicles for your layout. There aren't just trains on a
model
railroad layout.
Below are some little projects to make interesting
vehicles
for your Chessie or 70-80's era layout.
Vehicle Gallery (below):
Below is a shot of a common over the road semi-trailer
from the early 80's. This trailer would not travel on the
railroad (note lack of reporting marks to do so), it is therefore
listed here in the vehicles section. I believe it is an old
Athearn trailer. I painted the silver trim and weathered it
lightly. Don't forget to add this sort of common non-railroad
trailer on your highways. Modelers tend to forget about
other-than-railroad vehicles when the do train layouts.
Below is a pic of a pulpwood loader I plan on having
at
the Berkley Springs pulpwood yard. It is a GHQ IT18F Log Loader
metal kit and it weighs a
ton. It sells for about $20. Non-railroad industrial
vehicles are a must on any model
train layout. In particular the vehicles used at your on line
industries add great detail.
Below is a pic of 5 semi trucks I have
finished. The two on the left are Athearn's new trucks.
They are very nice and have very 70's sort of striped paint jobs.
The other three are rather old models and I don't know the
manufacturer, but are 70's era vehicles. I added license plate
decals and weathered them with a black wash and dull coat.
Below is a pic of 9 Trident vechicles I have completed.
Each has been weathered lightly and detailed with colored lights,
wipers,
wheels, etc.
Below is another truck I bought for about $2 and
have
yet to do anything with. What you need to remember when buying
vehicles
is to buy ones in the right era. For the Chessie Era (1972-1986)
buy about 90% vehicles from the late 60's up to the mid 80's.
Only
buy about 10% vehicles from the 50's. Basically there should be
no
Model Ts on a modern layout. This is one of those trucks that is
on the fringe of the time period I model. It is a late 50's
truck.
I will need to weather it to make it look older. I have
discovered
that there are very few 70's vehicles offered, so it may take some
looking.
