Weekend Update 8/18/19

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Not much modeling this week.
But I have started working on a layout plan for the new house.

And in doing so I was looking for those research files "I know are on my hard drive somewhere".

Haven't found them yet, but DID find this of some of my dad's old modules (that have been under rebuild for 10 years now, lol).

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[Dave V]

[mmagliaro]

I’ve been working on a rather antique locomotive, a Great Western Railway broad gauge saddle tank, for a friend’s layout circa 1892. The prototype was designed to be converted to standard gauge and features double frames. It started as a standard gauge kit that I’ve modified a bit. As far as this weekend goes, I’ve got the inside motion working. It’s a bit stiff in a couple of places but it’s getting better.

Gaaa!  INSIDE valve motion!  What a beautiful thing.
That's a larger scale than N, though, isn't it?  It looks larger than N by the way it sits in your hand.

You always have such unusual projects.  I really enjoy seeing what you are working on.

[wm3798]

Another critter cabin...

[nkalanaga]

Rick:  Did you ever hear the story of "Stroudley's Improved Engine Green"?

http://www.lbscr.org/Rolling-Stock/Liveries/index.html

"In the Stroudley and R.J. Billinton period we have the famous Stroudley "Improved Engine Green", actually a golden yellow ochre. This colour has given rise to numerous disputes. There are theories that he was colour-blind or that to get the board's approval he described it as: "an Improvement on (the existing) Engine Green" - hence "Improved Engine Green". Stroudley had used the yellow ochre livery on the Highland Railway previously, so the answer probably lies in their minute books. In H.J. Campbell Cornwall's book, he suggests that the "Improved Engine Green" also known as "Scotch Green", referred to the goods colour which was a shade darker than that used by Craven."

According to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stroudley#Other_engineering_activities he also invented the portable rerailing ramps still carried by many locomotives today.

[up1950s]

That's what happens when you are literally color blind.
If you want to come help, I'll save a spot for you.

 Dust , over time , will tone them down for you . In the mean time I am green with envy .

[up1950s]

The wavy glass , is that a salute to Woodstock and Magic Mushrooms ?

[garethashenden]

Gaaa!  INSIDE valve motion!  What a beautiful thing.
That's a larger scale than N, though, isn't it?  It looks larger than N by the way it sits in your hand.

You always have such unusual projects.  I really enjoy seeing what you are working on.

Thanks Max! It's 1:76 for a friend's EM gauge layout.

[nscalbitz]

That's what happens when you are literally color blind.
If you want to come help, I'll save a spot for you.

Ahh explains it all.
No offence Rick, I know the problem- I used to do QC/QA in a packaging/ inks manfr. environment and had to administer employee tests for this (Deuteranopia) once ISO became contingent. Thankfully one failing i do not have.

And yes I would gladly come; I spent a decade nearly doing scenic work on a friends layout from 2007 plywood central, (with others) until his end. It was a bit heartbreaking so I don't even keep the photos of our progress on my laptop any more.
regards davew

[rickb773]

I am red-green color blind. I see about 3 colors in the rainbow. I have trouble distinguishing greens from browns and blues from purples. Light greens look white (which makes it difficult to tell traffic lights from regular light poles at night). (I have never shopped for clothes unchaperoned.)

One magazine editor told me my eBay cheap plastic trees were too shiny so I covered them with course turf. So basically, most of my layout ends up being Woodland Scenics’ dark green, medium green, light green or conifer green. The base colors are either wheat medium or a paint mixture I had Home Depot (unsuccessfully) try to match Woodland Scenics grass blend which makes my benchwork also green.
 

Ahh explains it all.  …And yes I would gladly come; I spent a decade nearly doing scenic work on a friends layout from 2007 plywood central, (with others) until his end.

Would love to have the help.
Start swimming! 

N scalers are rare in this area and most of the HOers I know construct Plywood Centrals. It would be sooo nice to have access to someone with scenery skills. Especially on weathering (I stick with grimy black pastels).

Dust , over time , will tone them down for you . 

That leaves me as the only modeler welcoming dust.   

Rick:  Did you ever hear the story of "Stroudley's Improved Engine Green"?
http://www.lbscr.org/Rolling-Stock/Liveries/index.html 

Love it.

I also have trouble with water. The scenery experts say brown near the shore, black in the middle and blend in ceruleum blue. When I’m done, the lakes and rivers look black to me. (A camera does seem to pick up more blue). So instead of being known for your hero’s “Improved Engine Green” I guess I’ll become infamous for DGLE DBLE (Dark Blue Locomotive Lake Enamel”.

[nkalanaga]

Might be prototypical, depending on the lake.

[diezmon]

I am red-green color blind. I see about 3 colors in the rainbow. I have trouble distinguishing greens from browns and blues from purples. Light greens look white (which makes it difficult to tell traffic lights from regular light poles at night).

One magazine editor told me my eBay cheap plastic trees were too shiny so I covered them with course turf. So basically, most of my layout ends up being Woodland Scenics’ dark green, medium green, light green or conifer green. The base colors are either wheat medium or a paint mixture I had Home Depot (unsuccessfully) try to match Woodland Scenics grass blend which makes my benchwork also green.
 

Finally!  Someone who gets it   

[peteski]

Finally!  Someone who gets it   

According to what I read, quite a few males (vs. females) exhibit some degree of color blindness. It is apparently quite common.

[nickelplate759]

Back in the days of analog color TV with picture tubes the color balance would often drift and one would have to adjust it to get the picture to look right.   One day I was watching TV with a friend who was red-green colorblind, and the color was noticeably off.  He got up and tweaked the knobs until Dan Rather (remember him?) was this odd shade of pale green.  I said "Mike, you're colorblind, the TV looks terrible now".  He said  "It looks fine to me.  You're the one with the problem."

He was right, of course.   Same goes for our models.

[C855B]

According to her stories, my wife's first husband was color blind, and she was putting him through school to be... a graphic artist!!!    His color acuity was so bad she had to pick out his clothes for him every morning in order to not look like a fool.