Painted & Weathered Tie Plates as seen in May Product Showcase

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New member 20 posts mrboyjrs New member 20 posts

mrboyjrs

In the May 2012 Product Showcase, my company Monster Model & Laserworks, had O scale and HO scale Tie Plates listed on page 114 & 118.

Here are some photos of them painted and weathered by me... Jimmy Simmons
You can find them at http://www.monstermodelworks.com

These are done by 1. Spray painting the front and back black, 2. Dry brushing with silver stencil magic, 3. Dusting with rust colored weathering powder, 4. Seal with Dullcote. Once added to your layout or diorama give them a final rust colored dusting with weathering powders... no need to seal.

These are O Scale Tie Plates & Rail Anchors

Here are some HO Scale Tie Plates

Here are some real Tie Plates...

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wp8thsub MRH Author 3,348 posts

wp8thsub

I Like This

These are great details, and I look forward to adding some to my layout.

Rob Spangler MRH Blog

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jwhitten Frequent poster 555 posts

jwhitten

What material?

What material are these tie plates made out of?

John

Modeling the South Pennsylvania Railroad ("The Hilltop Route") in its final days of steam. Heavy patronage by the Pennsy and Norfolk & Western. Coal, sand/gravel/minerals, wood, coke, light industry, finished goods, dairy, mail and light passenger service. Interchanges with the PRR, N&W, WM and Montour.

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mrboyjrs New member 20 posts

mrboyjrs

Tie Plate Material

The Tie Plates are made from Lazerboard.
The HO version is on .015" thick material and the O Scale version is on .025" thick material.

Lazerboard is resin impregnated card stock. We use it to replace brass parts, very hardy material.
It also paints and weathers very well.

Jimmy

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Michael Tondee MRH Author 5,540 posts

Michael Tondee

Very nice.....

I like them a lot. This is an overlooked detail that I'm going to put on my "things to do list" for when I get to that point of super detailing my layout.

Michael, A.R.S. W4HIJ

Model Rail, electronics experimenter and "mad scientist" for over 50 years.

Member of "The Amigos" and staunch disciple of the "Wizard of Monterey"

My Pike: The Blackwater Island Logging&Mining Co.

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proto87stores Frequent poster 806 posts

proto87stores

Not overlooked at all actually.

Probably been merely missed because it's just one of the many items from the functional and "super detail" range of track modeling parts available from the the Proto:87 Stores for the past several years.