Weekend Update 4/17/22

[Jesse6669]

Hi Modelers,
They are assembled using medium and thin CA, and after all of the joints were glued I soaked the card stock with thin CA to harden and strengthen the bridges.

These are really nice!  I was not aware of the trick of soaking in thinned CA.  I can see going down a rabbit hole designing structures for such construction..!

[peteski]

These are really nice!  I was not aware of the trick of soaking in thinned CA.  I can see going down a rabbit hole designing structures for such construction..!

Yes, that process works well for cardboard and even paper.  The CA has to be the water-thin variety.  Make sure you have good ventilation: spreading thin CA over large area generates lots of very stinky fumes.  It can also generate heat when the glue sets.

Laser-board is a similar material: paper product impregnated with some sort of resin.

[craigolio1]

Hi Modelers,

This weekend, I was inspired by a Z-scale through truss bridge kit that I saw on eBay produced by Sankei. The kit was really well designed and nicely laser cut from either thick card stock or chipboard. I wanted to see if I could produce a useable N-scale deck girder bridge for myself, so I worked out the engineering in Inkscape, and then cut the design out of 80lb. card stock (.015” thick) with my little 5 watt diode laser cutter. There are several bridge lengths shown which include 30, 50, and 80 foot variants, plus a 50ft and 80ft though plate girder that I designed after solidifying the design of the the deck girder bridge. They are assembled using medium and thin CA, and after all of the joints were glued I soaked the card stock with thin CA to harden and strengthen the bridges.

Very cool!!  Card stock is something I’d always considered to be “old school” and not relevant in modern modelling. But obviously I’m wrong. Excellent work.

[trainforfun]

I am impressed by all the modeling shown so far, whether 3D or old school.
I was able to sneak a few hours of scenery time in last night.  I added layers of static grass, home made and commercial grass tufts, and some bushes, etc. to the area around Specialty Minerals on my N scale Housatonic shelf layout.  I am still learning and experimenting as I go.

Very impressive Eric , and a lot of nice thing this week  !!!!

[trainforfun]

I managed a couple of hours of scenery time this afternoon, before dinner.  I worked on vegetation, the beaver dam and lodge in Letourneau Gorge, named after my good friend Louis a/k/a "Trainforfun."  I need to add gnawed stumps, cattails and reeds and a little water texture.

Excellent Eric , so beautifull , the Canadian beavers I sent you must be very glad to be on such a nice layout .
Always honored to see my name associated with such a nice scene !!! 

[trainforfun]

I was able to get the whole part off the sprue in one piece with no effort at all. The three connecting sprues between the brake rigging levers will stay in place until I am ready to install the part on the car. This resin is fairly flexible, but I wouldnt want to put too much stress on the chain alone.

This print is very impressive , may I ask how much is a printer like that in Canada ?