The "other" industrial layout...

[VonRyan]

Did the water kill the ink on the maps? If not, let 'em dry by the heater and they'll be wrinkled, but readable.

[peteski]

We have a forced hot water system for heating. A few years ago we has some below 0 temps and one of the pipes burst on the 2nd floor that was not in an insulated area. I know the heating system was installed later on this house. Anyway, it was repaired and wrapped, but when they filled the system back up they used some type of anti freeze in the water that is in the pipes, so we have not had any issues yet with this latest deep freeze. Something to think about for those who have forced hot water for heating.

I was thinking of doing that too, but was told by the guy who services my furnace that antifreeze reduces the efficiency of the heating system. I don't recall exactly whether it is because it is able to carry less thermal energy or it is slower in releasing heat.

[Chris333]

So the reason the cork lifted. When I had just a blank piece of foam I went over it with a flat edge to look for dips. The simplest way to fill them in is to build up masking tape. Most of the dip was down the center and this is where the tape lifted up from the water. Around the edges stayed down and the track was ACCed in place so that held things tight. To fix it I just cut the cork out of the center of the layout and re-glued it down. Near the large building I had a foundation built up so I cut the center and spread glue under it as far as I could:


Then I cut the very middle out and glued it back down:


One thing that might be a loss is the brick road. It was lasered from Monster Model works and glued down to .060" thick styrene, but some how it warped:


Think that will be changed to regular pavement.

[davefoxx]

One thing that might be a loss is the brick road. It was lasered from Monster Model works and glued down to .060" thick styrene, but some how it warped:


Think that will be changed to regular pavement.

Too bad it warped in that direction.  Had it been a bow upward, it might could have been justified as a crown in the road.

DFF

[Baronjutter]

Could you wet it and bend it back?

[Chris333]

Well I was never happy with the brick color on the American Hardware, almost looks purple:


So I repainted it:

Still have to paint the concrete.

Then I made the road base for this triangle area:



And I don't know if I want the Atlas Middlesex MFG in the corner. It fits in nice, but I was thinking about using Red Wing Milling that way I could park tankcars and covered hoppers along with boxcars.

[DKS]

Great seeing you back to work on this!

Owing to "Hurricane Karin" and a show-and-tell session at Rick Spano's, I've unpacked the JCIR, so who knows what might happen before it goes back into mothballs...

[timwatson]

Hey man sorry to hear about the pipes. It's always the last place you think about that it happens too. We came back from a 3 day weekend in Missouri to find a swamp in the office. About 1 inch of standing water because someone didn't want to finish the stem wall where the pipes were.

Your positivity is great to see I'd be a curmudgeon (or at least super grumpy) after all of that.

You might try an iron on the backside of the styrene road with the steam setting. I've had luck with unwarping things by applying an intended warp to the opposite side. That monster Modelworks laserboard is finicky.

[Baronjutter]

So happy to see progress on this!  I love how jam-packed with buildings the layout is, and how natural the buildings look due to their custom shapes.

[wm3798]

Too bad it warped in that direction.  Had it been a bow upward, it might could have been justified as a crown in the road.

DFF

Cut a block crowned in the right direction, and clamp and glue it!

[Chris333]

So here is the final color on the American Hardware building

Was a pain masking it all off again and some of the tape peeled away paint that I had to touch up, but at least I like the color now.

Then I mocked up a junk yard in the corner:

Liked the idea of it, but thought I would never be happy with detailing a big pile of junk. Also figured an industrial layout without a Middlesex MFG would be like corn flakes without the milk so:


It will be my only building that runs off the layout so I just put up a blank wall.

Started paint on this building and promptly hated the color:

So I tried again:

[conrailthomas519]

Chris, the color choices for your structures look a little bit more realistic. Do you intend to model a white colored structure? They're very common.

[Chris333]

Anything could happen and then change. One thing I noticed lately is that the choice of colors when looking for regular spray paint is drying up. Every store has them same 10 colors.

[DKS]

Anything could happen and then change.

Seriously? 

One thing I noticed lately is that the choice of colors when looking for regular spray paint is drying up. Every store has them same 10 colors.

Yes, I've noticed the same thing. Getting more than a little frustrating.

[sirenwerks]

Not to sound like a crafting pansy, but I've been frequenting Michael's craft store for some exhibition mock-ups I am helping a friend with (a public art piece that's integrated into a structure) and I noticed its spray bomb color selection is pretty wide.  I haven't stopped to see the details, but I noticed a considerable amount of different colors in the reds and browns.