Seaboard Central 2.0

[John]

need you to come do my streets

[davefoxx]

Thanks, John, but Chris and DKS are waaaaaay better than me.  Besides, it has taken me a couple of years and no less than four attempts to get my streets this far.  Slow and steady wins the race, right?

On that note, here's Step Three (white and yellow colored pencils):



Weathering is next.  I hope I can blend in with the first section without screwing the whole thing up.  Wish me luck.

DFF

[Noah Lane]

I tried cotton balls for applying weathering to my roads, and they worked rather well. Better than my standard stiff weathering brushes.

[davefoxx]

Noah,

The cotton ball trick is a good idea.  What I did was use a stiff brush to apply the chalk followed by a wadded up piece of paper towel to buff/blend it together.

Before:


After:


It's not necessarily finished, and, most importantly, it still needs a shot of Dullcote.  But, I'm going to wait until I have more street finished and Dullcote the whole thing all at once.  That way, if I need to make changes to the existing weathering to blend it all better together, that will still be possible.

DFF

[dnhouston]

Your street looks great!

[davefoxx]

Your street looks great!

Thanks, David!

[davefoxx]

The last project of my vacation before I go back to work tomorrow.  Since I made good progress on the next section of the street in Aberdeen, I also wanted to tackle the big gap in the road at the other end of the layout: the highway bridge over the SBD tracks between Hamlet and Aberdeen.

I didn't get it finished, but I got a good start.  The girders and rails are installed and cut to length, skewed where necessary.  I just need to add the piers and the abutments.  I'm probably going to have to shift the yard lead, as I don't want the pier right at the end of the track, in case a locomotive runs out of track.  This bridge will help visually separate Hamlet and Aberdeen.



DFF

[Bsklarski]

I like it, Can you go with just abutments and no piers? Or is that bridge too long to do that?

[davefoxx]

Brian,

I think this bridge is too long for it.  There's three segments of this bridge, because Rix bridges are designed in fifty foot sections.   If you look close at the picture above, you might be able to make out the seams in the bridge railings.  The girders' seams are in the same plane.  So, this bridge needs two piers (in addition to the abutments) to hold those segments up.  Obviously, the model doesn't "need" the support, but the prototype couldn't stand.

Besides, I have to match another bridge that sits only several inches away.  You can make out the seams better in this picture of the first bridge:


Yeah, I know.  It needs weathering. 

DFF

[jpec]

Dave,
This keeps getting better and better. I really like the roads and for my money, I think that pencils work fine for the road striping. All that taping for airbrushing would drive me batty.

Jeff

[davefoxx]

Dave,
This keeps getting better and better. I really like the roads and for my money, I think that pencils work fine for the road striping. All that taping for airbrushing would drive me batty.

Jeff

Thanks, Jeff.  When DKS revealed the secret of the colored pencils, that's what really helped me get past the raw plastic or plaster stage, i.e., unfinished roads.  I had similar thoughts as you of attempting to mask the stripes.

DFF

[central.vermont]

After:


DFF

Dave, your roads look great!! Just one thing that caught my attention and  that was the missing R X R in the road.

Jon

[davefoxx]

Jon,

You're correct in catching that I haven't done the RR crossing markings yet, but those markings are usually back from the tracks quite some distance.  So, they wouldn't be on the two sections of road that I've done.  The unfinished piece on the other side of the A&R (over the unfinished wood crossing) should get that marking.  Someone gave me a link back in this thread (I think) to a stencil to do those markings.  You've reminded me that I still need to order it.  Thanks!

DFF

[mcjaco]

Finally caught up on this last night (work has most image hosting sites blocked).  Great work, and love seeing the new addition to the layout. 

And my kids live watching the youtube clips.  LOVE THEM. 

[Scottl]

Dave, the roads and sidewalks look great weathered like that.  Nice job!