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Re: Weekend Update 1/4/15
« Reply #60 on: January 04, 2015, 05:35:46 PM »
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Re: Weekend Update 1/4/15
« Reply #61 on: January 04, 2015, 06:07:14 PM »
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John, that babyface is looking great!  Can't wait to see her on the other side of the paint shop!
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Re: Weekend Update 1/4/15
« Reply #62 on: January 04, 2015, 06:43:23 PM »
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Hot damn, that babyface is pretty damn tasty!
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Re: Weekend Update 1/4/15
« Reply #63 on: January 04, 2015, 07:11:18 PM »
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Quote from: dougnelson on January 04, 2015, 02:09:13 PM

Very nice Josh. Is MTL selling the PRR trucks separately?

Doug.

They aren't, currently. I pulled these off my diner!
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Re: Weekend Update 1/4/15
« Reply #64 on: January 04, 2015, 10:49:11 PM »
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Weekend work was limited but finally managed to settle on a redesign of upper deck supports after "months of testing" under load showed unacceptable sag in bracing for the wall mounted shelves. We may be slow on the Idaho, but we are thorough.  :D



The basic idea now is to have a longer vertical piece that screws into the 1x2  wall strips to spread the load better. These new supports are also cut from plywood instead of 1x2  pine furring  strip.  This one is a large with a 16 inch horizontal, whichecks will leavery 2 inches up front underneath for lighting for the lower deck.



Here is an overall shot of the new pieces clamped into place for some adjusting and also for measuring slots that will need to be cut in the backdrop material. This scene will have mostly tall hillside with some occasional sky on the backdrop, so the Masonite needs to be installed before scenery, though you can see some stray foam pieces that will serve as the hillside the tracks cling to as the run upcanyon.


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Re: Weekend Update 1/4/15
« Reply #65 on: January 04, 2015, 11:43:07 PM »
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Colorado Midland you could get by with a mix of decomposed granite to dirt to cinders. I have a friend that retired from the DRGW and he worked out of Alamosa Colorado and told me about you could get a shock during storms from the cinders and clinkers on the tracks. He worked for the Grande when it was still dual gauge there.
 
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Re: Weekend Update 1/4/15
« Reply #66 on: January 04, 2015, 11:51:20 PM »
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Oy, thanks, y'all.  That sort of praise from someone published in GMR is pretty sweet.
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Re: Weekend Update 1/4/15
« Reply #67 on: January 05, 2015, 12:09:35 AM »
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Iain, Is that a resin casting on the babyface shell or is it a 3-d/rapid prototype one?
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Re: Weekend Update 1/4/15
« Reply #68 on: January 05, 2015, 02:39:21 AM »
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Quote from: squirrelhunter on January 05, 2015, 12:09:35 AM
Iain, Is that a resin casting on the babyface shell or is it a 3-d/rapid prototype one?

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Re: Weekend Update 1/4/15
« Reply #69 on: January 05, 2015, 05:28:50 PM »
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almost finished with a grain elevator for a complex on a T-Trak module....the Walthers Cornerstone N scale stuff has been improving steadily; engineering, fit, and finish. This kit has been a very pleasant surprise, although the decals are still a little on the thick side...I used many applications of Solvaset, and a few applications of Tamiya Extra-thin cement to finally get the decals to conform to the very nice corrugations on this elevator.
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Re: Weekend Update 1/4/15
« Reply #70 on: January 05, 2015, 06:30:36 PM »
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Very nice work Bruce.  At what stage to you apply the cement for those decals?  I have not tried that before and it sounds like an interesting solution for stubborn decals.
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Re: Weekend Update 1/4/15
« Reply #71 on: January 05, 2015, 07:59:47 PM »
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Scott,
I only apply the Tamiya cement in a situation when regular Micro Sol or Solvaset just won't do the job...the cement is a solvent so I use it sparingly. using a small brush, one needs to be careful with the surrounding paint; do your best to avoid apply the cement on the paint surrounding the decal.
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Re: Weekend Update 1/4/15
« Reply #72 on: January 05, 2015, 08:01:30 PM »
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Nice Valley Growers! The model car guys would call that a "box art" build.
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Re: Weekend Update 1/4/15
« Reply #73 on: January 05, 2015, 10:49:46 PM »
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Re: Weekend Update 1/4/15
« Reply #74 on: January 05, 2015, 11:43:17 PM »
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I started work on the farm corner on my layout:


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