MR magazine has an article describing scratchbuilding a station by casting it in hydrocal. The writer described scribing
every brick on it by hand. I was just wondering, since I like "stone" structures, did kit builders like Tom Yorke have to
handscribe every stone on each of the 150 or so kits in a series, or do they use a master mold with the lines scribed to create a casting without all that labor? I would like to try that, but scribing every stone pushes the envelope of tedium.
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MR magazine has an article describing scratchbuilding a station by casting it in hydrocal. The writer described scribing
every brick on it by hand. I was just wondering, since I like "stone" structures, did kit builders like Tom Yorke have to
handscribe every stone on each of the 150 or so kits in a series, or do they use a master mold with the lines scribed to create a casting without all that labor? I would like to try that, but scribing every stone pushes the envelope of tedium.
Handscribe and/or carve the master, make the mold(s), and pour copies.
That is a BIG structure to cast in hydrocal, I would think...you must have that technique
down pretty good. That is one thing about model railroading...you can acquire a lot
of unusual skills.
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