Weekend Update 4/8/12

[MichaelWinicki]

[diezmon]

I'm trying to get the end of my shelf module finished up.  I need mucho more details on the little construction area.





I'm also test fitting my new aBUTTments.

[wm3798]

Bryan,
they don't have the end caps, but I simply glued the end to a square piece of .040 styrene, then worked it down with a dremel and finished it with some 200 grit.

Easy peasy.

Lee

[Bob Bufkin]

So I order a couple X58s and get a dup number.  Bummed some Laurel Valley decals from Lee and started to work on one car.  After applying Solvaset the decapsm bleed and faded.  Back to square one.  Since the car look like crap I decided to not let a piece fo crap go to waste and distressed it some more.  Couldn't find my closeup lens, so excuse the poorer quality of this shot.

[mark dance]

Work continues on snowed #2.  I have never built a laser cut structure before - and actually never worked with stripwood either - so it is definitely a learning experience...learning to make dyes, dye the wood, dry it so it doesn't curl, glue it, etc.  Although the next snowshed (#1) is pretty much the same size, it is curved so getting the learning out of the way now should pay dividends then.  Shed #1 has the advantage that it will be buried in snow so I can use that to hide some of the inevitable mistakes!

Here is the current status...still need to finished the front cribbing, add internal triangulation and the roof of course.



And here are some "in situ" shots just West of Coryell with pushers positioned for scale.







I also got some scenic details around Lemon creek and South Slocan done this week but no shots to show right now.

Have a great Easter everyone!

md

[Dave Schneider]

Lee,

Thanks for the offer of the tubing. I checked my supplies and I am fresh out of chandelier sleeves. PM sent.

Bryan,

I could have scribed all of the bricks with the Silhouette, but I have a bunch of decent brick sheets lying around and thought I would use it for this project. It is a pretty large building with the long walls coming in at 4 x 8 inches. I really didn't want to lay out all of the bricks and then use all the time on the machine + blade wear and tear. As long as the end of the brick sheet is square to the patterns, it loads very well so that the scribes follow the mortar joints. As for the punch card stencil, I would use the cutter to lay everything out and then just line up the punches visually with the bricks.

Mark,

Very cool snow shed. I take it that you are modeling "spring". Are you going to include dirt, and rocks, and trees in the snow slide on the shed? Here in Alaska the slide deposits are very dirty come spring. Just a thought.

Michael,

Another very nice scene. Have you posted your track plan? I like the contrast between the main and the grass covered siding.

Best wishes, Dave

[mark dance]

Lee,

Mark,

Very cool snow shed. I take it that you are modeling "spring". Are you going to include dirt, and rocks, and trees in the snow slide on the shed? Here in Alaska the slide deposits are very dirty come spring. Just a thought.

thx Dave!

Actually the C&W is set in the "winter shoulder months" of 1970/1971 for a few reasons one of the main ones being to allow for a snow scene at the summit and an excuse for plow trains.  I haven't tried to be specific or consistent across the entire layout.  I tend to go with scenery that seems to suit the scene and looks ok.  One of my main focuses is operations and the operators don’t' seem to notice any lack of season consistency...or at least no visitor has every mentioned it.  I originally wanted to model late fall but the Kootenay mountains are awash in gold due to the Tamaracks at that time of year and, try as I might, I could not come up with a repeatable, easy to produce, and believable gold larch.

And yes the specific snoswhed shown here will have dead fall and rock on it just as the slopes above and below it do.  The curved snowshed #1 covered in snow probably won't have too much as the photos I have seen of it in winter just show a clean, smooth blanket of snow several feet deep and I like that look in both the photos and on the mock up that is there now.  There are snow covered rock and trees in the canyon below shed #1 however.

Thx for the feedback!

md

[MichaelWinicki]

Michael,

Another very nice scene. Have you posted your track plan? I like the contrast between the main and the grass covered siding.

Best wishes, Dave

Dave, here's a link to my trackplan... https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=24174.0

[central.vermont]

Work continues on snowed #2.  I have never built a laser cut structure before - and actually never worked with stripwood either - so it is definitely a learning experience...learning to make dyes, dye the wood, dry it so it doesn't curl, glue it, etc.  Although the next snowshed (#1) is pretty much the same size, it is curved so getting the learning out of the way now should pay dividends then.  Shed #1 has the advantage that it will be buried in snow so I can use that to hide some of the inevitable mistakes!



I also got some scenic details around Lemon creek and South Slocan done this week but no shots to show right now.

Have a great Easter everyone!

md

Mark,
That's a beauty!!!!
Can I suggest that you light it up on the inside so when the roof is on we can still see your wonderful work!!

Jon

[Dave Schneider]

Dave, here's a link to my trackplan... https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=24174.0

Thanks Michael. I had somehow missed that thread. You have posted some very nice photos of your work over the past couple of months, and I realized that I wasn't familiar with your plans. It looks like a very nice plan that is well executed.

Best wishes, Dave

[MichaelWinicki]

Thanks Michael. I had somehow missed that thread. You have posted some very nice photos of your work over the past couple of months, and I realized that I wasn't familiar with your plans. It looks like a very nice plan that is well executed.

Best wishes, Dave

Thank you Dave!

[TiVoPrince]

This
could be a serious game changer.  I had always planned autorack loading far back from the aisle deep in a corner to disguise the MT/ConCor weaknesses.  At the very least a second loading area up close with these and a loading ramp and some foreground quality Nissan or Toyota models will have to be aisle side even if it has to be static, this would be just too cool to miss.  Now, I may need to rethink everything track planning wise...

I love it when something comes along that is so nice, that it requires a fresh evaluation of every one of those long held beliefs.  Thank You...

[jnevis]

Spent part of the weekend on  pair of ConCor autoracks.  Got some N Scanle of NV upgrade panels but I didn't get them exactly right installing them so weathered the hell out of them.



OK for a first try at serious weathering I guess.  Still need to hit them with dull coat.

[wm3798]

A few more night moves...





Lee

[James Costello]

BB, that autorack is NICE!

Mark - nice work also on the snow shed.

Landed back in Oz this morning after a short hop across the Pacific from Japan last night. Washing and unpacking today and hopefully into some train work tomorrow.