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Chris333

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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #630 on: December 21, 2016, 07:34:57 PM »
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Now that's a HOT photo!
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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #631 on: December 22, 2016, 03:11:08 PM »
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Yes, I bought another locomotive for the Colorado Midland! In 1905 many of the railroad's locomotives still had Russia iron boiler jackets. I remember trying to do a Russia iron boiler on an HO locomotive once and it didn't come out well, so when I saw this Baltimore & Ohio engine on eBay for a relative steal I couldn't resist. At some point I will re-letter it for the Colorado Midland and assign it a new road number. That air pump should also be painted black.

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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #632 on: December 22, 2016, 11:06:14 PM »
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One of these days I'll start working on the scenery on the back side of the layout...   :facepalm:

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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #633 on: December 23, 2016, 02:50:33 AM »
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Quote from: Dave Vollmer on December 20, 2016, 10:03:30 PM
I finally finished the three miners' cabins for Aspen.


What is the plan for the space between the top miners' house and the brick buildings? That's quite a slope between them.
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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #634 on: December 23, 2016, 03:11:42 AM »
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Funny about Russia Iron. I used an old MDC boiler to practice painting Russia Iron on. The reason it is hard to paint is because it isn't paint. It is a planished metal surface that reflects the sky so it never looks the same twice. I started with a blue then added silver/blue over that. Still wasn't happy so added red to the silver/blue.
 Sorta worked. In this photo is look purple:
https://goo.gl/photos/d4MwvFDogjJkirBM6
Here bluish
https://goo.gl/photos/i6g2e3jKnvXZmPeA7

Some of those metalizer paints that you polish work, but I like to coat everything and once you Dullcote the reflection goes away.
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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #635 on: December 23, 2016, 06:56:43 AM »
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Wonder what would happen if you took aluminum foil and chemically treated it with bluing agents and overlayed it on the boiler.  I suppose smoothing it would be a pain.  Seems to me I recall a recently released steam loco had a beautiful rendition of the Russian Iron look.  Was it the Atlas 4-4-0 that someone tore down in a thread here?
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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #636 on: December 23, 2016, 10:04:19 AM »
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Quote from: OldEastRR on December 23, 2016, 02:50:33 AM

What is the plan for the space between the top miners' house and the brick buildings? That's quite a slope between them.

I'm not sure that's the final slope.  It'll be a road sloping upward, though.  It might even require a minor retaining wall by the sidewalk in front of the mercantile.  I'm as interested as you are to see how this comes out!

With regard to Russia iron I'm pretty happy with how Athearn did it so I'm good for now!
« Last Edit: December 23, 2016, 10:14:15 AM by Dave Vollmer »
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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #637 on: December 23, 2016, 08:59:24 PM »
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You could stairstep the stores -- make the one closest to the grade sit 2-3 (or 4) feet higher that the store next to it. Or stair step the whole row. This lets the street in front of the brick buildings rise to meet the street in front of the houses. The station would then sit a little higher than the track, but wooden stairs to the platform is a common feature for RRs in hilly country.
Considering nobody at that time blasted out the solid rock so their building could sit lower  -but they could rearrange the dirt atop the rock --  a scene where every building is at different heights (maybe even only slightly) would be typical of a 1900's mountainside town.
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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #638 on: January 08, 2017, 07:53:42 PM »
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Another Wild West Models structure begins to take shape in Aspen. I intentionally modeled the paint as if it were peeling.  Note the extra tall first floor of the DPM buildings (common for the era) versus the presumably older wooden structure to the right.

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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #639 on: January 10, 2017, 10:27:17 AM »
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I'd establish the slope of the road first, then modify the foundations of the buildings to fit.  The land under the houses would mostly be at a slope, with piers set into the grade to level the houses.  Company houses weren't known for their comfort...

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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #640 on: January 17, 2017, 12:15:48 AM »
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The last piece of track is officially installed. I ballasted the far end but I have two more rail joints to solder before I ballast the near end.

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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #641 on: January 17, 2017, 10:58:30 AM »
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Where'd the HH1 go? lol...
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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #642 on: January 17, 2017, 03:38:27 PM »
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Quote from: Ed Kapuscinski on January 17, 2017, 10:58:30 AM
Where'd the HH1 go? lol...

I can't believe that mofo fit!  It wasn't happy but it actually makes that curve.

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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #643 on: February 11, 2017, 07:47:08 PM »
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Re: Colorado Midland Railway Engineering Report
« Reply #644 on: February 11, 2017, 10:29:16 PM »
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Very cool!

Here's a shot of the layout as it stands today:



Still very unfinished...   :facepalm:
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