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Re: Mill Creek HOn30
« Reply #390 on: April 22, 2020, 12:46:21 PM »
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The climax looks awesome.

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Re: Mill Creek HOn30
« Reply #391 on: April 22, 2020, 01:08:51 PM »
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Man, glad to see some forward progress on the Mill Creek!   :D
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Re: Mill Creek HOn30
« Reply #392 on: April 24, 2020, 04:18:58 AM »
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A little further on my mini Climax.





And for fun a 12ton brass Climax I'm slowly converting from HOn3 to HOn30. Crazy how you can find these for dirt cheap.


And this was a start at a Climax about 20 years ago on a LifeLike SW chassis.  :scared:

Found it in an old parts box.
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Re: Mill Creek HOn30
« Reply #393 on: April 29, 2020, 12:49:07 AM »
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Guess messing with the Climax got me into the swing of things. I started refining the quarry area with some staining on the walls, stairs into the pit, and built up the rubble pile.




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Re: Mill Creek HOn30
« Reply #394 on: May 03, 2020, 04:02:56 AM »
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Most of these blocks are glued down and it looked so bare still so I added a bunch of loose pieces all over. I'm out of blocks now and need to make a few more to finish this area.



The crane that has been shown here was chopped down for something else before being used here and I figured it need to be tall like it once was. I'll scratchbuild a new taller crane and put the shorty in the back right area.

Also got a base scenery around the bend and over to the flour mill. The mill area got a dirt road.


And being this layout is so small I figure people can guess the plan pretty easy, but I still keep getting asked about a "trackplan". Whipped this up.
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Re: Mill Creek HOn30
« Reply #395 on: May 03, 2020, 04:48:42 PM »
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Chris
incredible work as usual
looking real good
the details in the scenery
really makes it pop!


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Re: Mill Creek HOn30
« Reply #396 on: May 03, 2020, 08:09:39 PM »
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Great work, looks fantastic.
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Re: Mill Creek HOn30
« Reply #397 on: May 03, 2020, 09:45:57 PM »
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Really nice.  It's wonderful how much can be accomplished on a small scope layout.
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Re: Mill Creek HOn30
« Reply #398 on: May 05, 2020, 07:42:00 AM »
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Awesome work!  Love the colorized photo!
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Re: Mill Creek HOn30
« Reply #399 on: May 07, 2020, 05:55:56 PM »
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Added more cut stones to the yard.


And put quarry water in one section.


It is just a piece of clear plastic that was painted clear green on the underside. It pops right out. Not sure if I like the water color, but it is hard to mix solid paints with clear paints.  :|
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Re: Mill Creek HOn30
« Reply #400 on: May 07, 2020, 06:01:01 PM »
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Water looks good, but here are some reference images just in case.



















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Re: Mill Creek HOn30
« Reply #401 on: May 07, 2020, 06:01:54 PM »
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And just to see if I even liked it I printed this body out:

Based on a Bradford Bordell and Kinzua locomotive
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Re: Mill Creek HOn30
« Reply #402 on: May 07, 2020, 06:02:51 PM »
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So maybe a few more coats of green to darken it up? and maybe stipple to top with gloss so it isn't perfectly smooth?
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Re: Mill Creek HOn30
« Reply #403 on: May 07, 2020, 06:03:38 PM »
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Quote from: Chris333 on May 07, 2020, 06:02:51 PM
So maybe a few more coats of green to darken it up?

Yeah, maybe. Most quarry water is pretty dark.
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Re: Mill Creek HOn30
« Reply #404 on: May 07, 2020, 08:02:11 PM »
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Yeah, the Sandstone quarry not far from me has nearly black water.
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