A Creepy Combine | Gruesome Gulch | GGRR 23

Time to get in the mood for Spooky Season with a new project for the On30 Gruesome Gulch Railroad! This time out I'm building a creepy combine (combination baggage and passenger car) - starting from an MDC Roundhouse HO scale Overton Coach kit. I used a couple of these same kits last year as a basis for my GGRR excursion cars and was very pleased with the results, so it's back to the workbench once to see how thye might work for an On30 combine!
Thanks for watching, amigos!
Dave
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[@spaceonix_5882]

An engine with a missing cab from a boiler explosion and spooky lights as if it were driving it’s self would be cool.

[@jsjs3570]

Hi Dave, Awesome as always! While I saw the car disappearing in the tunnel (around 27:15) I had the impression that a tiny lit lantern would fit the guy's upper arm well. As if he'd say 'come follow my light into the dark', or if he'd be searching around for some souls, from the aft of the coach. Extends his story. Might use some small optical fiber for that, taking light from the LED inside (or 2nd LED), running up from the floor across Mr Bone's back, along his arm, into the lantern (highly reflective lantern interior, or fogged paper again). Alternatively, you could use 2 fibers and drill tiny holes to give him luminous eyes. Might generally be difficult with the fiber radius, though, as one must of course not kink it.

[@AlexBaldwin440]

Gonna need a spooky hearse locomotive to pull that train Dave!! That came our great.

[@djrobi61]

Spooky silhouettes inside the combine may add a little more interest... should be a simple add. Thanks Dave

[@JM-oh4yi]

I was not convinced that the width of an HO scale car would work well for an O scale build, I'm a believer now!

[@stuartcoburn4709]

I love this layout all your layouts are gorgeous but I love spooky stuff and trains so this has been a awesome journey watching it get built

[@ThunderMesaStudio]

Thank you

[@stuartcoburn4709]

Ty for sharing your knowledge you've taught me alot in the hobby by watching you

[@jerrysmith1929]

You're proving not all layouts must be prototypical if they are to display high levels of craftsmanship. I think it might be interesting to see a few fossilized bones embedded in the rock formations in the caverns.

[@cerisekappes580]

I love watching you create all of the tiniest details!!!! It just is the icing on the cake for each project! Nicely done 😊😊😊

[@Jtplaysgames21]

Finally, some more Halloween train layouts in on30/ho scale

[@davevan8864]

Real Art!!!

[@stevenwestfall7638]

Making a flickering translucent train crew would be cool.

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

Great spot on job for this new addition to the passenger train of gruesome Gulch in the form of a combine coach I have to admit Roundhouse supply is one of my favorite HO scale train manufacturers. I have a five coach set of 34 scale foot yellow and red Santa Fe cars with an extra car in a separate box.

[@Ken4trains]

Very Cool Dave, a great addition to the Gruesome Gulch! Oh, by the way, my family and I rode the Big Thunder Mountain railroad at Disney World a few weeks ago and I could see modeling something similar 😁👍🏻

[@sru1436]

Looks awesome, great job.

[@thunderstruck5484]

My favorite time of year even though it’s still hot as blazes here in Texas I’m all about Halloween! Thanks Dave it’s fun seeing the train go around and remember many of the parts of the setting you took us along with for the build of each part, !

[@BC-fy1wn]

Dave,et all;there are votive candles now,that have remotes and settings,and flicker.Not sure where mine came from but they are not rare around Christmas time. Doc BC

[@allenlandis4504]

that's a nice car , thanks for the tips

[@jvanamb]

Dave, I just noticed the GGRR locos have no engineer!😮 When you get a chance how about a Scenic Sweetening episode? To construct a "GHOST LEE" engineer.👻 My thoughts were to use a heavier guage wire form. Painted flat black. To be mounted to the cab's floor.🤔 Then with dyed, painted, and weathered handkerchief fabric, or multiple layers of tulle, cover the wire LOOSELY. To give that flowing effect.😱 In fact during weathering dry brush the fabric with some iridescent and some black light paints. To give the ghost an inner glow.🎨🖌️ Now I know this a big ask but have you noticed the GGRR headend has no coal tanker? EVEN THE DEAD NEED A TIGER IN THEIR TANK. So how about a tanker with a smaller ghost as the Fireman. Namely "Casper".😇 If you were so inclined to animate Casper he could be rotating back and forth with the same shovel of coal. Or be a static figure lounging atop the coal pile.⛏️ After all the combine has room for 1,000 ghosts. And "There's ALWAYS room for one more."😫 Jim in N.Y.

[@everydayshid]

AWESOME

[@Tom.Gregory]

Kewl, OLTZ SPUR & DEWL

[@RobBean-wf9ie]

Creepy, did you expect light to shine through the columbine doors? I think it turned out super Creepy like the rest of Gruesome Gulch did. Nice job.

[@heybabe8438]

You did it again scary stuff!

[@BDCSam]

Dave, I love your work! Wow, just when I thought Gruesome Gultch was finished you never cease to amaze! So inspireing.

[@loispadgett6306]

Thanks for the great build Dave. Wrote down some of the things you used so I don"t forget to check them out. Always enjoy learning from your builds. Can't wait to see whats next. GOD BLESS 🚂💖💀💖🚂💖💀💖

[@troyb1733]

I did not catch what you made the walls for the new car out of?? I want to thank you, because I have been watching you lately and I am buying alot of On3 locos and cars,ect My vision is going bad and I need to go bigger than HO to keep enjoying modeling. Thank you.

[@ThunderMesaStudio]

The wall are made from .025” thick Laserboard.

[@samfuller6273]

Nice DOOM BUGGY!

[@Johndoe11727]

Spooky boxcar next?

[@ThunderMesaStudio]

That is a possibility

[@vulinhphanvan]

kkkk

[@allenbarnes7202]

AWESOME