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2008 N Scale Intermodal Contest
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N scale Intermodal modeling'
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- Sponsors are welcome to enter this year - they're modelers too !
- Scratchbuilt and Kitbashed are separate categories now.
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include a brief description of the model and/or methods; the category for entry and your contact information. All photos will be posted on-line.
Category: Best of Show
Jurgen Hans
Here are
photographs of my scratch-built pushing-unit
which is used for carrying Containers on European inland
waterways. Drive unit and barge are completely self constructed, most of the containers
are from Walthers, but they are somewhat weathered and the door fitting are addionally painted. The drive unit is built
on a body of plywood. I worked mainly with Styren sheets, the range of thickness between 0,25 mm and
1,0 mm. The bollards and some other parts are made from brass. Some of the
photos show the Layout and impressions of my harbour project from HAFEN
HANNOVER - a domestic port which is located in Northern Germany at the
quot;Mittellandkanal" - a waterway which is crossing Germany about 150
km south of Bremerhaven from west (River Rhine) to east (Berlin).
More photographs and "the making of" is to be seen
on
my homepage: Modellbahn
Spur N - Neue_Anlagenfotos
Submitted by: Jürgen Hans
See additional photos at Rail Images;
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/8172
2008 N Scale Intermodel Contest Sponsors:
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Last Updated 10-5-08
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Category: Kit Built:
Intermodal models that have been built from the N Scale Kits' line of metal kits;
FIRST PLACE: HENRY BAEZ
Based on prototype photos prior to removing the hitches - around the early 90's. N Scale Kits NSC 48' 3-unit All-Purpose Well Cars:
- BLMA Models Cut Levers, Air Hoses, Grab Irons and Stirrups
- Z Scale Couplers
- Truck area modified (cut down the mounting pin and lowered the car)
- New etched-metal ladders
- Hitches from MLE Scale Models
- Lo-Pro Metal Wheels (33" Wheels on the ends/36" wheels on the inside)
- Custom painted and decaled from kit
- Weathered lightly
Loads
- 40' K Line open container load with custom Caterpillar load
- 40' Trailer with Chassis Transporter (stacked per prototype use)
- 28' Athearn Pup Trailers - Custom painted and decalled
Photos by Craig Martyn
MODELS BY HENRY BAEZ
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SECOND PLACE: JERRY DEBRENE-
The Flats are all built from N Scale kits. Couplers were body mounted, BLMA cut levers installed, and Fox Valley Wheels installed. I then painted the cars white with black underframes and decks. Decks were slightly weathered. Custom made American Freedom Train decals were then applied.
The containers are poured resin 20 foot containers painted and detailed, and again, custom made American Freedom Train decals applied. The Blazer and Forklift are heavily modifed kits also. (GHQ and Tomix). These Flats and Loads are part of my 25 car American Freedom Train I am building.
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THIRD PLACE: SCOTT STUTZMAN
N-scale Kits' Maxi stack III 5 unit car assembled and painted by Scott Stutzman.
Category: R-T-R:
Intermodal Models that have details added or weathering applied to Factory RTR models:
FIRST PLACE: GARY HINSHAW
Description: Walthers 5-unit Thrall articulated well cars in factory painted TTX scheme, improved as follows:
* Lowered right height by filing bolsters and articulated joints down to
size.
* MT trucks/couplers, Fox Valley wheels: 33" on end units, 36" on inner
(articulated) trucks.
* Filed off spurious brake gear on units B, C & E, added brake lines on
remaining gear.
* Swapped end units A and B (by re-decaling the letters) so D unit brake
gear points towards correct end unit.
* Applied Gold Medal detail kit. Raised the end walks over the articulated joints so they clear the brake lines (as per prototype).
* Additional details: BLMA hand grabs on the end units, Gold Medal stirrups and hand holds over the articulated trucks.
* Weathered with a fade coat, acrylic washes, Bragdon powders and dry-brushed acrylics.
Submitted By: Gary Hinshaw
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SECOND PLACE: SCOTT STUTZMAN
2008 Intermodal Contest - R-T-R Category.
Swift Roadrailers with detail painting and weathered bogies. The end bogie has the extra equipment box and working F.R.E.D added. Part of a 15-30 unit train found on the Southern Pacific I-5 corridor in the late 1990's.
Model submitted by Scott Stutzman
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THIRD PLACE: JAN SMITH
Walthers Thrall stand-alone well car lightly weathered and with a gold medal models etch kit installed.
Submitted by: Jan Smith.
Intermodal models that have been built from the N Scale Kits' line of metal kits;
FIRST PLACE: HENRY BAEZ
Based on prototype photos prior to removing the hitches - around the early 90's. N Scale Kits NSC 48' 3-unit All-Purpose Well Cars:
- BLMA Models Cut Levers, Air Hoses, Grab Irons and Stirrups
- Z Scale Couplers
- Truck area modified (cut down the mounting pin and lowered the car)
- New etched-metal ladders
- Hitches from MLE Scale Models
- Lo-Pro Metal Wheels (33" Wheels on the ends/36" wheels on the inside)
- Custom painted and decaled from kit
- Weathered lightly
Loads
- 40' K Line open container load with custom Caterpillar load
- 40' Trailer with Chassis Transporter (stacked per prototype use)
- 28' Athearn Pup Trailers - Custom painted and decalled
Photos by Craig Martyn
MODELS BY HENRY BAEZ
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SECOND PLACE: JERRY DEBRENE-
The Flats are all built from N Scale kits. Couplers were body mounted, BLMA cut levers installed, and Fox Valley Wheels installed. I then painted the cars white with black underframes and decks. Decks were slightly weathered. Custom made American Freedom Train decals were then applied.
The containers are poured resin 20 foot containers painted and detailed, and again, custom made American Freedom Train decals applied. The Blazer and Forklift are heavily modifed kits also. (GHQ and Tomix). These Flats and Loads are part of my 25 car American Freedom Train I am building.
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THIRD PLACE: SCOTT STUTZMAN
N-scale Kits' Maxi stack III 5 unit car assembled and painted by Scott Stutzman.
Category: R-T-R:
Intermodal Models that have details added or weathering applied to Factory RTR models:
FIRST PLACE: GARY HINSHAW
Description: Walthers 5-unit Thrall articulated well cars in factory painted TTX scheme, improved as follows:
* Lowered right height by filing bolsters and articulated joints down to
size.
* MT trucks/couplers, Fox Valley wheels: 33" on end units, 36" on inner
(articulated) trucks.
* Filed off spurious brake gear on units B, C & E, added brake lines on
remaining gear.
* Swapped end units A and B (by re-decaling the letters) so D unit brake
gear points towards correct end unit.
* Applied Gold Medal detail kit. Raised the end walks over the articulated joints so they clear the brake lines (as per prototype).
* Additional details: BLMA hand grabs on the end units, Gold Medal stirrups and hand holds over the articulated trucks.
* Weathered with a fade coat, acrylic washes, Bragdon powders and dry-brushed acrylics.
Submitted By: Gary Hinshaw
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SECOND PLACE: SCOTT STUTZMAN
2008 Intermodal Contest - R-T-R Category.
Swift Roadrailers with detail painting and weathered bogies. The end bogie has the extra equipment box and working F.R.E.D added. Part of a 15-30 unit train found on the Southern Pacific I-5 corridor in the late 1990's.
Model submitted by Scott Stutzman
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THIRD PLACE: JAN SMITH
Walthers Thrall stand-alone well car lightly weathered and with a gold medal models etch kit installed.
Submitted by: Jan Smith.
Category: CUSTOMIZED:
Intermodal models that have been customized with paint, decals, details, etc.;
FIRST PLACE: HENRY BAEZ
Based on photos taken in Alameda, California.
Customized Deluxe Innovation Maxi III:
- BLMA Models Cut Levers, Air Hoses & Grab Irons
- Lowered the cars
- Z Scale Couplers
- Truck area modified (cut down the mounting pin and lowered the car)
- New etched-metal ladders
- Lo-Pro Metal Wheels (33" Wheels on the ends/36" wheels on the inside)
- Weathered with specifically masked parts
- Re-stenciled with special attention to patch jobs
- Faded some of the lettering; added reflective striping. Photos By Craig Martyn.
Models By Henry Baez.
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SECOND PLACE: GARY HINSHAW
Description: Walthers 5-unit Thrall articulated well cars, custom painted as BRAN 4736, improved as follows:
* Stripped factory paint with 91% alcohol.
* Lowered right height by filing bolsters and articulated joints down to
size.
* MT trucks/couplers, Fox Valley wheels: 33" on end units, 36" on inner
(articulated) trucks.
* Filed off spurious brake gear on units B, C & E, added brake lines on
remaining gear.
* Filed off lift rings and cast-on end walkways.
* Painted with a mixture of Conrail Blue (~70%) and Reefer White (~30%).
* Decaled with Microscale ATSF well-car set, with custom printed
reporting markings (BRAN 4736) supplied by HelveticaRR Decals.
* Applied Gold Medal detail kit. Modified so that the walkways are all
at the same height (as per prototype). Raised the end walks over the
articulated joints so they clear the brake lines (as per prototype).
* Additional details: BLMA hand grabs on the end units, Gold Medal
stirrups and hand holds over the articulated trucks.
* Weathered with a fade coat, acrylic washes, Bragdon powders and
dry-brushed acrylics.
Submitted by: Gary Hinshaw
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THIRD PLACE: RICK HALL
45' Atlas trailer painted & decaled for the Milwaukee Road according to photo's in Milwaukee Color guide to Freight Cars. Added brake lines, painted wheel centers & mudflaps door hinges & latches. Weathered with chalks: Submitted by: Rick Hal. This is one of a Fleet of Customized models submitted by Rick. See the Rail Images website for photos of all of them.
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Category: Kit-bashed:
Intermodal models that have been kit-bashed from existing models;
FIRST PLACE: MICHAEL DEMPSEY
I would like to enter this model of an Australian Hino B Double container truck that I kit bashed from photos of the actual truck, found at the Port of Brisbane.
The prime mover was built from a bogey drive rigid truck, painted and decaled and then had the scratch built ‘bull bar’ and full air hoses added. The two container trailers were kit bashed from Deluxe Innovation skeleton trailers, to reflect the correct lengths of the B Doubles found in Australia. They were then painted and decaled and have had air hoses and tool boxes fitted. I wanted to keep this truck looking new, as most of the owner/operators in Australia keep them immaculately clean, so only light weathering was done on the truck. Submitted by: Michael Dempsey.
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SECOND PLACE: JAN SMITH
This is a CP Rail Gunderson 53' stand-alone Husky Stack. Unit was made from Kato Maxi IV wells, chopped the articulated end off, and glued on the unarticulated end from another end-unit. Added a brake wheel from a photo etch kit by gold medal models and decals by Microscale and painted out and removed the BNSF markings. Jan Smith
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THIRD PLACE: RICK HALL
Schenider Trailer: This is a Deluxe Inovations 53' trailer that has been shortened to 48', and have added air-brake lines. brake lights & some additional decals added to mud flaps & back doors. 53 foot trailers are just a little to modern for my time setting. Submitted by; Rick Hall
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Category: Scratchbuilt;
Intermodal models that have been built at least 75% from scratch.
FIRST PLACE: JURGEN HANS
See additional photos at: Rail Images.
Here are photographs of my scratch-built pushing-unit, which is used for carrying Containers on European inland waterways. Drive unit and barge are completely self constructed, most of the containers are from Walthers, but they are somewhat weathered and the
door fitting are addionally painted. The drive unit is built on a body of plywood. I worked mainly with Styren sheets, the range of thickness between 0,25 mm and 1,0 mm. The bollards and some other parts are made from brass.
More photographs and "the making of" is to be seen on my homepage: Modellbahn Spur N - Neue_Anlagenfotos
Submitted by: Jürgen Hans
SECOND PLACE: MIKE McGRATTAN
The Canadian Pacific Railway and it's Express arm; The Canadian Pacific Express Company converted one car in 1965 (CP 4001) and then four others in about 1967 into COFC cars. They produced twenty containers and then expanded the series to ten cars by the end of the 1960's.
My model is based on a 80' American Limited core kit, slightly extended. I used home made styrene for the sides of the car and scale lumber for the deck; I used but three photo's for reference for the project. The "cans" are Bachmann and / or Model Power and painted and given home made decals. The car is virtually scratchbuilt, but the cans are only decorated by me.[Custom made decals]
Submitted By : Mike McGrattan
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THIRD PLACE: MIKE DEMPSEY
I would like to enter this model of a Santa Fe Mobile Autorack Loading Ramp that I scratch built from photos taken by a friend, on a trip to America. The loading ramp was built from different sizes and shapes of Evergreen styrene channel, painted and then weathered lightly, to resemble the prototype photos.
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Intermodal models that have been customized with paint, decals, details, etc.;
FIRST PLACE: HENRY BAEZ
Based on photos taken in Alameda, California.
Customized Deluxe Innovation Maxi III:
- BLMA Models Cut Levers, Air Hoses & Grab Irons
- Lowered the cars
- Z Scale Couplers
- Truck area modified (cut down the mounting pin and lowered the car)
- New etched-metal ladders
- Lo-Pro Metal Wheels (33" Wheels on the ends/36" wheels on the inside)
- Weathered with specifically masked parts
- Re-stenciled with special attention to patch jobs
- Faded some of the lettering; added reflective striping. Photos By Craig Martyn.
Models By Henry Baez.
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SECOND PLACE: GARY HINSHAW
Description: Walthers 5-unit Thrall articulated well cars, custom painted as BRAN 4736, improved as follows:
* Stripped factory paint with 91% alcohol.
* Lowered right height by filing bolsters and articulated joints down to
size.
* MT trucks/couplers, Fox Valley wheels: 33" on end units, 36" on inner
(articulated) trucks.
* Filed off spurious brake gear on units B, C & E, added brake lines on
remaining gear.
* Filed off lift rings and cast-on end walkways.
* Painted with a mixture of Conrail Blue (~70%) and Reefer White (~30%).
* Decaled with Microscale ATSF well-car set, with custom printed
reporting markings (BRAN 4736) supplied by HelveticaRR Decals.
* Applied Gold Medal detail kit. Modified so that the walkways are all
at the same height (as per prototype). Raised the end walks over the
articulated joints so they clear the brake lines (as per prototype).
* Additional details: BLMA hand grabs on the end units, Gold Medal
stirrups and hand holds over the articulated trucks.
* Weathered with a fade coat, acrylic washes, Bragdon powders and
dry-brushed acrylics.
Submitted by: Gary Hinshaw
----------------------------------------------------
THIRD PLACE: RICK HALL
45' Atlas trailer painted & decaled for the Milwaukee Road according to photo's in Milwaukee Color guide to Freight Cars. Added brake lines, painted wheel centers & mudflaps door hinges & latches. Weathered with chalks: Submitted by: Rick Hal. This is one of a Fleet of Customized models submitted by Rick. See the Rail Images website for photos of all of them.
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Category: Kit-bashed:
Intermodal models that have been kit-bashed from existing models;
FIRST PLACE: MICHAEL DEMPSEY
I would like to enter this model of an Australian Hino B Double container truck that I kit bashed from photos of the actual truck, found at the Port of Brisbane.
The prime mover was built from a bogey drive rigid truck, painted and decaled and then had the scratch built ‘bull bar’ and full air hoses added. The two container trailers were kit bashed from Deluxe Innovation skeleton trailers, to reflect the correct lengths of the B Doubles found in Australia. They were then painted and decaled and have had air hoses and tool boxes fitted. I wanted to keep this truck looking new, as most of the owner/operators in Australia keep them immaculately clean, so only light weathering was done on the truck. Submitted by: Michael Dempsey.
-----------------------------------------------------
SECOND PLACE: JAN SMITH
This is a CP Rail Gunderson 53' stand-alone Husky Stack. Unit was made from Kato Maxi IV wells, chopped the articulated end off, and glued on the unarticulated end from another end-unit. Added a brake wheel from a photo etch kit by gold medal models and decals by Microscale and painted out and removed the BNSF markings. Jan Smith
-----------------------------------------------------
THIRD PLACE: RICK HALL
Schenider Trailer: This is a Deluxe Inovations 53' trailer that has been shortened to 48', and have added air-brake lines. brake lights & some additional decals added to mud flaps & back doors. 53 foot trailers are just a little to modern for my time setting. Submitted by; Rick Hall
-----------------------------------------------------
Category: Scratchbuilt;
Intermodal models that have been built at least 75% from scratch.
FIRST PLACE: JURGEN HANS
See additional photos at: Rail Images.
Here are photographs of my scratch-built pushing-unit, which is used for carrying Containers on European inland waterways. Drive unit and barge are completely self constructed, most of the containers are from Walthers, but they are somewhat weathered and the
door fitting are addionally painted. The drive unit is built on a body of plywood. I worked mainly with Styren sheets, the range of thickness between 0,25 mm and 1,0 mm. The bollards and some other parts are made from brass.
More photographs and "the making of" is to be seen on my homepage: Modellbahn Spur N - Neue_Anlagenfotos
Submitted by: Jürgen Hans
SECOND PLACE: MIKE McGRATTAN
The Canadian Pacific Railway and it's Express arm; The Canadian Pacific Express Company converted one car in 1965 (CP 4001) and then four others in about 1967 into COFC cars. They produced twenty containers and then expanded the series to ten cars by the end of the 1960's.
My model is based on a 80' American Limited core kit, slightly extended. I used home made styrene for the sides of the car and scale lumber for the deck; I used but three photo's for reference for the project. The "cans" are Bachmann and / or Model Power and painted and given home made decals. The car is virtually scratchbuilt, but the cans are only decorated by me.[Custom made decals]
Submitted By : Mike McGrattan
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THIRD PLACE: MIKE DEMPSEY
I would like to enter this model of a Santa Fe Mobile Autorack Loading Ramp that I scratch built from photos taken by a friend, on a trip to America. The loading ramp was built from different sizes and shapes of Evergreen styrene channel, painted and then weathered lightly, to resemble the prototype photos.
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