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Re: Greystone and Rock Bottom Railroad
« Reply #30 on: March 11, 2018, 02:35:07 PM »
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Re: Greystone and Rock Bottom Railroad
« Reply #31 on: March 16, 2018, 03:39:07 PM »
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Waiting to see how you finish off the quarry walls. I got this far:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/7feB6QMhKj00sKvC2

Guess I need to smooth it all over with spackle and try painting it  :scared:

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Re: Greystone and Rock Bottom Railroad
« Reply #32 on: March 16, 2018, 03:43:33 PM »
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Waiting to see how you finish off the quarry walls. I got this far:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/7feB6QMhKj00sKvC2

Hey, I resemble that!



My plan is to brush on premixed sanded grout. I think it will capture the color and texture of cut granite, but I'm not quite there yet. All I've got is just what you have (which I imagine you already know)--


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Re: Greystone and Rock Bottom Railroad
« Reply #33 on: March 16, 2018, 04:59:42 PM »
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Mann’s Creek, eh?

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Re: Greystone and Rock Bottom Railroad
« Reply #34 on: March 16, 2018, 05:28:00 PM »
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This is where Tom Mann was born. He was chiseled out of this granite from this quarry.
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Re: Greystone and Rock Bottom Railroad
« Reply #36 on: March 17, 2018, 03:22:32 PM »
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Man that is one gorgeous trestle. One of these days, I need to get started on my new layout, using oNeTrak standards. one of the 4' modules is going to be a 3' long trestle....
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Re: Greystone and Rock Bottom Railroad
« Reply #37 on: March 17, 2018, 04:12:53 PM »
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Man that is one gorgeous trestle.

Thank you, Mike! I appreciate the compliment. It's good to know that not all of my skills have eroded away.

I will say that much of it was custom-lasered. I developed a design that's close to tab-in-slot easy; the braces were the only PITA.