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5: Jerry Krueger posted this photo of his weathered Rio Grande
covered hopper on a recent Weekend Photo Fun thread. Jerry
perfectly captured the look of a hard-working in service car.
Jerry says, “This is an Atlas O scale single bay Airslide covered
hopper. It has been weathered using a combination of artists oil
paints and weathering powders. I airbrushed it with 'mud' along
the underside to bring out the details, then applied a light wash
of weathered black as a final coat to blend the weathering and
to tone down the weathering contrast on the stark light gray car.
“I typically model in HO scale, but I saw some O scale rolling
stock that I like, so decided I wanted to try my hand at some O
scale for a change of pace."
We think your change of pace shows excellent work there, Jerry.
Nice job, and show us some of your HO modeling too!
Yes, it’s a model - 3
6 and 7: It's hard to have enough superlatives to describe the re-
alismof the modeling in these two photos. This is what you get
when you combine the expertise of a half-dozen accomplished
modelers with a skilled photographer: an amazing team effort!
Just as an interesting co-incidence, the gondola in the upper photo
is the work of Gary Christensen, the modeler Ken Patterson features
in this month's What's neat this week column. Small world!
Jürg Rüedi purchased these models from a number of modelers,
and he also had his friend Stefan Foerg do the scenery on these
modules. Jürg took the photos. To see these photos in jumbo size,
check out the next couple of pages ...
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