Another O Scale O'Neills

Joel

Wow it's been a long time since my last post. Diorama is 95% done and I slacked off. Had a really busy Summer and couldn't get back to the bench. I painted some figures and the welding cart and built 3 vehicles to try out for the diorama. I haven't loaded them with junk yet as I wanted to see which fit best.

geoawelch

That's some fancy painting there, Joel.

Robert.G

Holy crap, that's really very well painted man!!!

Joel

Actually it's a larger scale. Just thought I'd have a bit of fun. No way I could paint argyle socks in O scale

brownbr

The tanker makes sense but I do like the Nash a lot. I also love the large scale figure.

trains4ms

The figures and tanks look real nice. Who makes the trucks?

Mike S.

Joel

Thanks for the comments. The trucks are CHB (Now Sierra West) , Nash Quad - McKenzie (Now Wiseman) and finally the Ford tanker By Ulrich which is a lot cruder than the other kits but with some patience and lots of fitting looks pretty good.

Did one more figure - a welder and now I can try composing some scenes I can already see that the trucks are quite large and block too many of the fantastic details. Not really wasted time as I'll still use them but maybe not for this project.

nextceo

Nice work on that Quad Nash. Those are difficult kits to build...

KKarns

Trucks are fantastic...I love the yellow!..weathering is superb...

Karl.A

Fantastic stuff Joel, worth the wait indeed.
Those gas tanks are amongst the best I've seen and the O scale figure is up there as well. The trucks are finished beautifully and apart from the finishing the assembly is beautifully done also.

I don't care what scale it is Joel, those socks and neckerchief are crazy good. As are the facial features, shading, shadowing highlighting etc through out the figure, great work on that.

To be honest I'm not too keen on the dog, it's not up to your finishing standard of everything else shown, , it just needs ….

Superb work throughout, a joy to see.

Karl.A

Joel

The Nash Quads do take a bit of work but they go together well. Glad you like the trucks Ken. Karl I agree looking at the pictures the dog does not meet my standards. Weird cause in person it looks fine. Guess fine is not good enough these days. I'll try and repaint and repost.

Karl.A

After seeing what you can do with those figures Joel, painting in shadows and highlights and texture, I know you can step it up some more with that pooch.....



Karl.A

Wes

Wow Joel. Brilliant painting work. Love the trucks and the figures.Welding cart is a masterpiece too.

How on Earth did you get the guys socks painted?

EricMG

Joel, great stuff! The trucks are so wonderful. I just built a truck. Love to show you photos, but I've been advised not to post such stray items on this forum. I'll send you my e-mail if you like or perhaps Brett can forward it. The bed contains SW details. What say you Brett?

kebmo

i'm more curious about the shoe laces....

Joel

Hey Wes glad you like the trucks and figures. The socks were pretty straightforward. Lots of masking tape, well not really very much tape just dozens of very thin pieces. I painted it white then criss crossed the first layer and painted it grey. This gave me every second diamond. Then I removed the tape and placed new tape to get the rest of the diamonds. Then I removed the tape and placed two pieces of masking tape almost touching and painted a red line. When that was done I removed it and put a new pair of strips on the next row. Took about 3-4 days to complete the socks but no rocket science just finicky work.

kebmo

what scale is the dapper fella with the way-cool socks?

Karl.A

kebmo said:

what scale is the dapper fella with the way-cool socks?

I'm hoping it's a 1:1 scale mannequin Joel 'borrowed' from 'somewhere'...

Joel

It's 1/9 and I hope to bring him and his ride to the Expo next week. I staged all three truck near the loading dock and under the over hang and front dock. They block so much of the stunning detail.

Joel

I really think I have to leave it open and place the trucks on the road to or from ONeils.
I burned out my welding flashing circuit so will need to pick one up next week to finish off the model.

Karl.A

I have to agree with you Joel, if the base were an inch or two wider in that area it could work, however the truck(s) being so close and confined in that small area does hide so much of that great detail. The AB gives a little more viewability, but still seems 'cramped'.

Karl.A

KCSTrains

Joel, looking good. I won't be at the Expo this year. They just wouldn't listen to feedback and it appears to be the same old same old stuff. I will, however, miss seeing the SW bunch. Phil

MuddyCreekRR

I agree with Phil....for years they have heard from me that it's the same old same old every year....I heard from some vendor friends of mine that they were having a hard time filling tables...I also model On30....and those that run it for the most part are heavy into the HO....I complained that they asked me what scale I modeled....but still gave me HO freebie coupons....and was told to basically suck it up....too bad.....used to be a real good show....I hope they can turn it around....but it's all up to them....Good luck in the contest room to all the SWSM entries....

admin

Looks fantastic Joel, I love how you have finished this off. Your usual high standards!

Joel

OK down to the last few detail. Finished up the welding scene and repainted the dog. All that's left are a few minor touch ups and the railroad crossing. Gotta say in the end I am most disappointed with the flex track. Even though it is hardly seen I may have to pull it up and hand lay the ties.

Joel

Robert.G

VERY NICE !!!!!!!!

KKarns

Beautiful scene work Joel!...you know just how to work the LPs to enhance the scene...the rust effects on the boilers is terrific as is the finish on all your details...simply wonderful work...

brownbr

I could take all day to take in the details in that one area.

Joel

Nice sunny day today so I took some outdoor shots. Just proves I'm bad at photography.