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altivoGary took me on a whirlwind tour of hobby shops near his mom's house this morning. I hadn't intended to buy anything, but at the third one I found some DT&I rolling stock that I couldn't resist. It seems that Henry Ford's stodgy little railroad had some people with whimsical paintbrushes, at least during the 60s and 70s.
I got two 80 ft. auto parts box cars, with double steel doors. One was painted bright magenta, the other pea green. According to the papers in the box, these cars were actually used and were painted in those two schemes and also in sky blue. Also picked out a rebuilt USRA 40 ft. box car from the World War I era for use with my steam locomotive, a nice C&O caboose, and a kit to build a steam loco service station with coal tipple, water and sand towers. Photos of the cars soon, as the colors are startling.
Then we went and picked up Gary's mom, had lunch, and brought her back to our house for New Year. I remembered to take the turkey out of the freezer and put it in the fridge too.
In the mail I got another caboose, this one already custom painted to match the DT&I scheme for steel cabooses from the 1960s. They had red sides, but yellow on the ends and cupola, and a dark roof. The detail work and lettering on this one are amazing.
And I ordered the air brush through Amazon. They had the model I want in stock, and priced at less than half of list. Couldn't turn that offer down. I'm also getting a bleeder type pressure regulator and some cleaning brushes. The kit includes the air hose, some acrylic paints, and an instruction booklet of some sort. We already have a compressor that should work, though I may need to get a reducer for the outlet connection.
And that's it. Christmas money spent, season of greed ended. ;p
I got two 80 ft. auto parts box cars, with double steel doors. One was painted bright magenta, the other pea green. According to the papers in the box, these cars were actually used and were painted in those two schemes and also in sky blue. Also picked out a rebuilt USRA 40 ft. box car from the World War I era for use with my steam locomotive, a nice C&O caboose, and a kit to build a steam loco service station with coal tipple, water and sand towers. Photos of the cars soon, as the colors are startling.
Then we went and picked up Gary's mom, had lunch, and brought her back to our house for New Year. I remembered to take the turkey out of the freezer and put it in the fridge too.
In the mail I got another caboose, this one already custom painted to match the DT&I scheme for steel cabooses from the 1960s. They had red sides, but yellow on the ends and cupola, and a dark roof. The detail work and lettering on this one are amazing.
And I ordered the air brush through Amazon. They had the model I want in stock, and priced at less than half of list. Couldn't turn that offer down. I'm also getting a bleeder type pressure regulator and some cleaning brushes. The kit includes the air hose, some acrylic paints, and an instruction booklet of some sort. We already have a compressor that should work, though I may need to get a reducer for the outlet connection.
And that's it. Christmas money spent, season of greed ended. ;p
