Model Railroading > Nice B&O Tunnel Fronts by Alkem Scale Models

Finally got around to assembling the tunnel fronts for my Cumberland Sub layout. These are made of clear acrylic plastic and require assembly. After assembly I sandblasted them with 100 grit aluminum oxide and painted them with Testor`s Model Master acrylics. I made the liners by cutting out and laminating pieces of inch thick foam. I filled in the seems with lightweight spackle and sanded with 400 grit paper. the liners were attached to the back of the portals with 3M transfer tape. I used a few different shades of weathering to make it to the final result. Bernard Kempinski also made a custom 3 track portal for the tunnel at Harper`s Ferry, W.Va. form a scale drawing. Alkem Scale models makes a variety of fronts for other railroads also. Check them out.



Tom Luckey
Emmaus, Pa.
 

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Stuart Tunnel at Hansrote, W.Va.

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Carothers and Randolph


tom



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/24/16 08:31 by globalethanol.

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Custom 3 track Harper`s Ferry west portal

tom

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Those are really nice. You can tell some serious time was spent on each.

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Looking great Tom. Well done. Those tunnel portals came out excellent.

Bruce

preety, it,s going to be even nicer when trains going through them,don,t forget to put pushers on rear.

Impressive!

Now if they would only do Rio Grande's-Utah Ry.'s standard peaked concrete portals the world would be a better pace!

They look fantastic Tom!!!

Looking forward to an updated pic showing the CPL's lit ... oh and trains exiting the tunnels.

* JB *

I will have to try and model all that rock at Harper`s Ferry. Time to practice with the carving tools.

tom

globalethanol Wrote:
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> I will have to try and model all that rock at
> Harper`s Ferry. Time to practice with the carving
> tools.
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> tom

don't forget to add the newer cutouts for doublestacks if you're modeling present day ...

no cat ears. not modeling the present. my clock stopped years ago

tom


Out_Of_Service Wrote:
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> globalethanol Wrote:
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> > I will have to try and model all that rock at
> > Harper`s Ferry. Time to practice with the
> carving
> > tools.
> >
> > tom
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> don't forget to add the newer cutouts for
> doublestacks if you're modeling present day ...