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John
hails from Wisconsin. He has taken to modeling the American Freedom
Train in HO scale and has graciously agreed to share with us images
and notes of his progress. It is still very much a work in progress,
so check back every month or so to see what's new. John is basing
much of his model on the Lionel AFT cars from the 1970's. Click
on any of the images to see a larger version!
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John Ripp's update March 12, 2007: Here is AFT 111, the Exit/Generator car for John Finnin. This is the exit end of the car during construction.After the grills are complete it will have body putty applied. |
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AFT #111 This view shows the sub framing used to encase the grills. This step also sets the depth for the grills. |
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AFT #111 The grill end of the car in progress. The framing for the grill is individual pieces cut to size and placed. The grill itself is micro screening. The number of hours into the car at this point is about 14. |
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AFT
#111 - Just out of the paint shop.
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Builder's
Photo - AFT power/exit car #111.
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AFT
#111 and #200.
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AFT
#200 and #111. A custom pair of American Freedom Train power cars
-- a commisssion for Mr. John Finnin.
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AFT
#111 and #200 - finished.
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AFT #101 - 110 All the AFT Display cars are being repainted so the train matches. On some of the cars, it appears they have had their roofs glued in. So as not to damage them, I will simply repaint them having to just mask a little more than I would otherwise. |
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John Ripp's update April 4, 2007: Last week 80 degrees, today snowing. Modeling trains. |
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Here
are some shots of display cars in the redo process. They have all
been striped repainted and decaled. The roofs on these five cars
could not be removed like most. So the cars had to masked every
time gloss/dull coats were applied. So needless to say I didn't
make a lot of time for photos...
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As
I am building my train from the ground up, these are cars number
101 thru 105.
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You
will notice the blank windows where the display inserts will go.
There will be panels (flush with window edge) on the belt side and
shadowboxes (inset to rear of window) on the exhibit side, to match
the prototype.
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The
AFT #205 -- Made from a stock Lionel car. Added knuckle couplers,
36" metal wheels and custom painted.
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Three
of "the Preambles."
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