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Paint scheme imagination stagnation
Progress on my freelance switching layout has been progressing nicely and it has come time to get my engines together. I had 2 Kato undecorated RS2's in storage that have been waiting for years to see some action. For months I wrestled with different paint ideas never really finding what I want. My first choice was to go all black for simplicity but I thought that was boring. I like green but I see a lot of other railroads with green. I ended up painting this:
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How to Revamp your Static Grass
This week's video looks at what to do when you've already done your static grass and it needs a revamp.
WWS are bringing out a new layering spray which will enable them to ship it to North America.
Need Advice With Weathering A Structure
I am trying to apply some weathering to an O scale model of a modern industrial building. Normally, I would apply a wash of diluted enamels, let is dry a bit, and then use mineral spirits to stump it off: leaving the weathering color in all of the nooks and crannies. Unfortunately every time I try to stump the wash, all of paint comes off leaving me with patches of bare styrene.
The model is styrene over a foamboard core; it is painted with Testors Model Master enamels.
South African Railways Boxcar
To All: A bit unconventional is today's offering of a South African Railways Boxcar. I decorated this car in honor of my friend Arauna Palm, a USA transplant from South Africa, now living in Sweden. Herald art work and photo by Elvin Howland. Yours, Elvin Howland/E. St. Louis Rail Group Layout.
Train Directions
Hi,
This may sound like a stupid question but I would like to know if there is a rule governing the direction a train travels on a layout. If you have double tracks both lying in an east and west direction, does the top track have trains running east to west with the bottom track running trains west to east or vice versa? I would appreciate being given some advice on this matter before I start building my first layout in HO scale. Thanks
SICK of (working on) Hoovertown! - but it's finally in place
Man, am I sick of working on Hoovertown. Thank goodness that it's finally in place as "Level 2" scenery! I've made the module removable so that I can upgrade the area (if I ever get around to it).
This first shot shows all of the buildings and I hope to replace one day with scratch built structures. There will be a warehouse in the foreground. The big hole is where I will mount the light controllers so I can adjust the light levels. It will be covered with scenery.
Initial Yard Design
Hello all,
I'm currently working on a design for a model railroad. Though I would share my plan for the yard for some comments. Thanks
Greg McCartney
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New Fascia Control Panels...
So this evening has been spent redesigning the layouts fascia control panels. The previous design was done in Microsoft Excel to try and use the cells as a guide to get the panels the same and I'm quite proficient with doing neat little tricks with it too.
Latest little project
One of the things I want to do on the Office Park Zone is have large-scale switch stands on along the front. Back in the 90's I picked up one of the Alder Models G-scale remote switch stand kits with the idea of some day installing it on a layout. Last year I happened across Trevor Marshall's blog where he did just that.
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