I have my station apart to do mortar lines. It is the red brick with dull gray window frames, and I am looking for color recommendations for the windows and roof. There are a couple examples in the archives, but of the tan brick. Any advice on painting the accent molding under the eaves? Can you show what you have done? Thanks.
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Mortar lines done. I used spackling compound,let it dry, and wiped with a damp cloth.
Got it back on the layout today. Many thanks to Rich Battista. His video provided incentive and much assistance.
John H posted:
Got it back on the layout today. Many thanks to Rich Battista. His video provided incentive and much assistance.
That's some awesome work! I want to add lighting over the doors like you did on my station.
Thanks for the compliments. I just used some 5mm wide angle ww prewired LEDs that I had. Bent the leads and hot glued them over the doors. You can’t see any of the mounting from a distance.
John H posted:
Thanks for the compliments. I just used some 5mm wide angle ww prewired LEDs that I had. Bent the leads and hot glued them over the doors. You can’t see any of the mounting from a distance.
Are they white or yellow LEDs? Could you use 3mm ones?
They are warm white. 3mm would probably work, but I would flatten them to try to disperse some light. Regular ones end up looking like a spotlight. I useTamiya X26 if some leds are too white.
John H posted:They are warm white. 3mm would probably work, but I would flatten them to try to disperse some light. Regular ones end up looking like a spotlight. I useTamiya X26 if some leds are too white.
Cool. Thanks.
Great work.... Looks fantastic. I love the lightning. I might have to redo mine.
Ron
Now I gotta get to work on some peoples
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I'm also currently working on the MTH station. IMO the windows are too "heavy" looking, so I removed the trim work from the lower part all the windows as shown below. In regards to color, dark green was a popular color for exterior wood (window frames, doors, etc.) in the steam/early diesel era.
They look good. Be sure to show us the rest of your work.
Hope to have it done in the next couple weeks, but I am making extensive changes as shown below.
I have cut off the side platforms and side roofs to reduce the footprint of the building. It will end up being a REA freight station rather than a passenger station when I am done.
Cut an opening in insert a freight door (1), covered the plastic deck with individual wood planks (2), and added height to the platform so that it is at proper level of boxcar door.
Detail showing adding wood planks. The front edge will be sanded so all planks are the same length.
John:
You did a great job on the station!
I really like the way MTH makes their structures in that it is relatively easy to dis-assemble parts for easy painting.
Joe
Joe, you just made my day! Thanks so much. I am now working on an MTH brewery. That, however, is not so easy to take apart.
Many buildings from the era of the MTH station "prototype" had brick-colored mortar.
Someday (!) I'll fill in, mostly, the deep mortar grooves of mine and then spray the entire structure in a TBD brick color.
I did mine recently, like you, I have to give many thanks and credits to Rich Battista as his video covers this topic really well. I two tone painted the windows and doors, Used Rustoleum Espresso SemiGloss for the dark brown color, and Rustoleum Camouflage Sand for the 2nd color on the windows....
I painted the brick with Krylon Maxx Rust colored primer, then colored about 30 percent of the bricks with two other colors, one was the rust color pen for painting rails, and the other was a flat brown out of a rustoleum can applied with a small brush... I tinted the white spackling before I applied it, as I didn't want to wash the whole building with india ink and alcohol and change the brick color. Removed the base and built a new base after seeing the post on OGR by Ed Rappe.... Mounted 6 LED lights over the exterior station platform and 4 more inside on the first floor (I added a second floor) so it remains dark for now. I used 3 MM pre-wired Warm White LED's that I buy off of ebay with the resistor already wired in.... Sorry I dont have better photos of the LED install.
chris what did you do to the roof?
I sprayed 3 different colors of the cheap 99 cent flat spray paint from Walmart.... Flat Black, Flat White and Flat Gray.... I keep the can 18 to 24 inches away and spray light coats, Lay down a 80 percent coverage coat of black, then add the gray and white to get the shades I am looking. Once dry I hit it with a light coat of Dull Coat, actually the Krylon or Rustoleum equivalent, then finished it with some white, black and gray pastel/chalk powders. When I thought I had what I wanted I sealed it with the Flat Matte clear coat again. Sounds really involved when you describe it but it didn't take that long. The 99 cent paints dry really fast, especially doing light coats from 1 1/2 feet away, the paint actually starts drying before it hits the roof, so it actually leaves texture that wasn't there... I try to post a better close up photo tomorrow. Also, the Krylon MAXX Red Oxide primer is great stuff for brick color and a base coat on wheel trucks or anything you want to "rust" I follow it up with alcohol and india ink, and then some Rustall.... It's a super flat paint and it's more orange than most other red oxide primers which I find to be too dark in the maroon family.
That is a great looking station, I have done some work on my MTH stations
This is my Station kit bash, it turned out great......
The top of the station is now a warehouse.....
It all came out pretty well, the warehouse needs to have lighting installed but that is on the list of things to do......
John H posted:
What is the name of the video? Where is it available?
Kenn and AMEENTRAINGUY,
Available here. Just an amazing layout. The second video in the series has a great scenery section that included the station.
AmeenTrainGuy posted:Could any one provide me with a link to the video? I want to do similar work to a Lionel station.
Here is the Link. Rich had made several videos which are fun to watch and informative.
http://www.toytrainsontracks.com/
Have Fun!
Ron
Wow! Just checked my email. Thanks so much to everyone for all the likes.
Really great work, Chris.
Yea looks great - I am about to take on the same project it will be the first
bye The way what product is the stone wall behind the station?
Looks great, JD. Scenery is terrific.
Nice color choice for the brick and trim on your station JD.
MSP.... The Block retaining wall behind the station is Pink Styrofoam insulation board. I scribed the blocks with sharp pencils, textured, and painted with spray paints & acrylics. I started with 1 inch thick foam, cut it in half down to about 3/8 inch thick on a table saw then I was able to bend it in a 48 inch radius and glue it to some wood frames with Gorilla Glue so it would keep the curve profile. I have a lot of it all over the layout, and couldn't justify spending that much on Woodland Scenics PRR Block Retaining Wall system.
Thanks - looks good. I have been looking for a solution for similar wall.
John H,
Real nice job!
PCRR/Dave
A friend of mine weathered the orange brick and gray roof version for me awhile back. It has been used on two different local Model Train Store's layouts. I now use it on the Austin Tinplate Trackers. This is from our layout last year (2017).
Before Stan says it----By jove I think he's got it!
John H posted:Before Stan says it----By jove I think he's got it!
I take 1/3rd credit. Texas Eagle 77 actually has 2/3's of the answer to his own question in his photo of his friends station / layout.
Ron
Not sure I'm willing to cut into a Davenport Building. Sadly, they do not sell it as a kit in O Scale either.
John H posted:
Had to revisit this post. I just ordered some LEDs and am going to start work on my station soon. One question though, is there a prototype station that looks like this? I kinda want to repaint mine.
Ok here is mine - this thread came at the right time. I just purchased this a couple weeks ago and you guys gave me the inspiration to take this on. This was my first. Need to bring it to life with lights people etc. but that could be awhile wanted to get this posted.
MSP, You did good.
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