Seaboard Central 2.0

[seusscaboose]

That's toooooo funny

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Ed's reputation is starting to precede him

[Chris333]

I thought Ed did his weathering at the toilet?

[davefoxx]

 

If you want to get started weathering, pick a Saturday, bring the stash, and c'mon down.

Deal!  And, I'll bring the vodka.  I might need a place to crash, though, because I can't only waste the spirits on the trains without some imbibing. 

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I thought Ed did his weathering at the toilet?

Lol, those were my favorite videos of all time.

[Philip H]

Deal!  And, I'll bring the vodka.  I might need a place to crash, though, because I can't only waste the spirits on the trains without some imbibing. 

Well pop tarts- if Dave comes down I may have to come up to video tape.

[Rich_S]

I'm just afraid to pick a color and be completely wrong.  Part of my fear is from a conversation that I had with an art professor during an oil painting class in college.  He exclaimed, "That explains it!", when I told him I was colorblind.   :face palm:

DFF

Dave, If you are color blind I can understand. My father had a friend that was color blind, when he saw green we saw yellow. I'm not an expert by any sense of the imagination, but another secret for painting, the primer coat will also make a difference along with the weathering used. An example is the photo below, the silo's, parking lot and road were all painted with the exact same color of Polly Scale Aged Concrete.



The only difference between all of them is the primer coat and weathering wash. From what I've seen so far you layout looks great. One question, what kind of camera are you using to take your videos? It has a pretty good field of view.

[davefoxx]

Those concrete colors look great.  Since I was planning on starting with a shot of Rustoleum primer for the road color (that's what I used on the road that's already finished), I'll just go ahead and spray the sidewalks, too, as their base coat.  I like your concrete color on the silo.  If a similar color is available in a rattle can, that's where I would like to start.  I'll add variation (patches and repairs) from that color.

My camera?  Well, I've not been satisfied with pictures from my digital camera for some time.  I think I need to mess with the white balance, but I'm too lazy to bother messing with that or to even set up the camera.  In fact, I still haven't found my tripod after our move last year.  So, don't laugh, but I've been using my cell phone (Samsung Galaxy S III) for all of my modeling pictures for quite some time now.

DFF

[davefoxx]

I found a short sound clip on YouTube that fit my last video very well.  I doubt that it's the correct horn or prime mover sound for a B30-7, but whatever.  I like it, and it only took about thirty seconds of effort to do:

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I'm not sure why the clip won't transfer to here with the sound effect, so I only added the link.

Merry Christmas,
DFF

[Ian MacMillan]

...So, don't laugh, but I've been using my cell phone (Samsung Galaxy S III) for all of my modeling pictures for quite some time now.

Same here Galaxy S3 and S4...even though I bought a 7D last year

[davefoxx]

With inspiration from Chris333, I dug out my track parts and tools from some handlaid track projects a few years ago and built a Code 40 #6 turnout for kicks yesterday.  The ties and rails have been appropriately gapped, and I applied a wire lead for a powered frog.  A quick coat of grimy black made it prettier.  It seems to function well, as I tested it with a 9 volt battery and an Atlas U23B.  No electrical shorts, and the locomotive seemed to track smoothly.



Now, I am having evil thoughts again.  First, I am considering replacing the Atlas Code 55 track in the A&R's locomotive facility with Code 40 track.  This #6 turnout should replace the one #5 in the following picture nicely, and as you can see, I would need to handlay two short sidings into the enginehouse.  No biggie.



However, for this weekend, I only have wood "turnout" ties at hand, which would require trimming each tie to length.  I'm not sure that I even have enough of those ties anyway for what I would need.  So, I will likely need to place an order with Fast Tracks for some more supplies to finish this project.

Of course, if this is successful, who knows what that will mean for the layout?  Code 40 on all A&R trackage?  Unfortunately, that would mean tearing out a road crossing that I spent a lot of time building.  Thanks, Chris!

DFF

[Ian MacMillan]

Dave,
Very nice work on that. After seeing that turnout I too have been looking at using Code 40 on the new layout. I'm thinking that I could use the C40 in the mill trackage, and that this would also help with the current C55 shortage, having me get the industrial track down first and then do the main line later.

Are you using the point form tool for the frogs or filing them by hand based on the templates.

[davefoxx]

Ian,

Thanks!  I'm cheating.  I used a turnout assembly fixture, a PointForm, and a StockAid.  I don't have the dexterity to freehand it in N scale.  It cost a bit upfront, but now that I have the tools, I could conceivably crank out turnouts for just a few bucks each.  I've got turnout assembly fixtures and PointForms to build standard #6 turnouts and #8 curved turnouts with 20" and 15" radii.  My PointForm and StockAid tools can be used with Code 40 or Code 55 rail.  Unfortunately, though, the turnout assembly fixtures are code specific, so mine can only be used with Code 40 rail.

DFF

[wazzou]

That TO looks really good Dave.

[davefoxx]

Thanks, Bryan!

[MichaelWinicki]

Great looking turnout Dave!

Are the points and closure rails one-piece of rail... meaning no joint between them?

If so, are the points soldered to the throw bar?  I only have limited experience with hand-made turnouts on my layout, but I found out that one piece point-closure rails don't stay soldered to throwbars– too much pressure exerted on the soldering point using the one-piece design.