Quench Car and Charging Larry - Part 1

Well I finally made it to my favorite hobby shop yesterday to pick-up the paint that I needed for the Hulett’s. Soon the painting will begin. While I was there I noticed that they had one of the Walthers Quench Car and Larry kits for sale. I've seen them before but had always thought it was rather over priced. For whatever reason they had this kit marked down rather nicely, nice enough that I bought it. I spent last night assembling both the Larry and quench car. Much to my surprise both kits are very well done, they each have great detailing. The “Larry” car has hatch detailing underneath and electrical conduit runs going from structure to structure. To this point the only addition that I have made to this kit was a lamp above the stairs. The quench car also has great detailing. The kit comes with Proto 2K metal wheels and metal couplers. Once the kit was assembled I added the various included wire grabs and brake wheel. There is no under frame detailing, I’m not too worried about it because in most cases you’ll never notice it. As you can tell by the photos, both kits are nicely done. There was also an additional section of over head conveyor included in the box. For those of you who bought the original Walther coke works kit which didn’t include these items, this kit is worth the purchase.

Hulett Unloader - Part 6

Here’s a small update on the initial Hulett project. The “larry” car for the most part is pretty basic. It looks fine from the front and side, but it’s the rear of the car that’s missing substance (there’s nothing there). I know in most cases you won’t even notice it under the gantry. However if you were going to take any close-up pictures of it at any angle you might see it. Maybe I’m just being too anal. Any way I started detailing the area. As you can see from the attached photo there's a lot of stuff back there.

In the pictures you will notice that I began building the other Hulett. As I mentioned before I was out of paint so I couldn’t start painting the first one. Then I realized maybe I should build the other one so they can be painted at the same time. If they were built at the same time in history then the weathering on them would be very similar. I have built models in the past that were duplicates, but could not match the weathering techniques. In most cases there was a fair amount of time between construction when I tried doing this, hence the difference. These are going to resemble Hulett’s that are close to being retired. You know faded paint, grimmy and a fair amount of rust showing through. This is the part of the project that I’m really looking forward to. As you can see by the photos once their both done and installed it should make an impressive scene. Hmmm, now all I need is ship.