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A Few More Photos
Blame the cameraman, not the camera - - LOL!
Elwood and Maybelle's new home next to the quarry. He's "a settin' on the porch" while she's hanging out the wash. They're waiting for the bridge across the river to be built and the tracks to be laid to the West.
Cool video for Fremo-N yard video
Other than being a really cool portable workbench system, I think the main part with it's flip up table, shelf and rolling storage would make an awesome system to build a Fremo staging yard on top of.
L&T Branch - Fascia & Upper Valance...
Hi all,
Well today I decided to finally start installing the L&T Fascia & Upper Valance. I have been thinking about the materials and method to install this for awhile.
Firstly I wanted something easy to install, relatively light in total weight, easily removable and easily painted. I had thought about masonite, plaster/drywall, styrene and a whole range of different materials.
Zipping into Zip texture
Today I ordered powdered tempra pigments used with plaster to make zip texture. I've never used it before but I really like the idea as shown in Joe's videos along with others. I don't know when it will arrive as they were out of black. I'm a long way from using the materials but I wanted to have them on hand.
New layout space
My new layout space is about ready for a railroad. I will be modeling in HO. Right now I'm thinking of an around-the-walls with a peninsula. I'm interested in the Arkansas & Missouri in NW Arkansas and SW Missouri. MoPac in Arkansas in the late 70's. Also the D&RGW Pueblo-to-Red Cliff, Colorado thru Royal Gorge, Leadville, and Tennessee Pass tunnel before being acquired by UP.
I'll post a drawing of my space in the next post.
David
Holland Furnace Co. Build
Phase One:
My latest kit bashed structure project pictured below is the "Holland Furnace Co." which will be located in the Ashland, WI Industrial area on my CNW - Peninsula Div HO scale RR.
Need ID of GP-7 manufacturer, please.
I found this GP-7 at a train show on the weekend. Did some work on it - running fine. (now) I'll explain, later.
There is nothing tagged, stamped nor labeled on it, anywhere, that tells me who the manufacturer was.
Can anyone tell me who the manufacturer was, please ?
Thanks,
G.T.
Canadian National GP-7
Monocoque backdrops
In the quest for ultra thin backdrops down the center of my peninsula I'd been planning to laminate a couple of sheets of masonite back to back. Alas, a trip to the big box stores (and a higher end lumber yard) shows that 1/8" masonite/hardboard seems to have waves/ripples in it. This made me apprehensive that I'd have trouble getting it flat and straight, especially for the straight sections of the backdrop between curves.
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