Good Morning Everyone,
I will start with a picture of the second Sandy Hook Lighthouse I am making. Even though I have not really tried to sell the first one yet, I wanted to have a spare in case they catch on and I have something to use to make additional ones. Let’s see what you have been working on.
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I added a small tank car loading/unloading area to my layout. This will part of a small fuel oil distributor that I am working on.
Very nice Matt
Almost complete but I am procrastinating a bit this morning. I need to get back downstairs and assemble the windows which will be a little tedious. After that I can move onto final paint and weathering and then get it installed on the layout.
@Matthew Jones posted:I added a small tank car loading/unloading area to my layout. This will part of a small fuel oil distributor that I am working on.
Looks great! I’m a big fan of COP so I appreciated that vintage tank car.
Where did you source the piping and hoses?
My compliments to both @Norm Charbonneau and @Matthew Jones on your excellent work. Thank you for sharing. We are certainly blessed with talent here on this Forum.
My small accomplishment this week was assembling and painting the hand trucks kits for my passenger depot display…
@bigtruckpete posted:Looks great! I’m a big fan of COP so I appreciated that vintage tank car.
Where did you source the piping and hoses?
The piping is from Walthers Cornerstone HO Piping Kit which has dozens of pipe pieces, elbows, connectors, etc. They look good in O scale. The kit includes stairs and hand railings which are HO scale , so too small to use, but the kit is worth all the piping.
The hose is spaghetti! I place it in room temperature water and let it soak until soft. Then arrange it to the shape I want and let it dry out. Then paint it. Be careful if using water based paint. If you brush too much, the surface of the spaghetti will soften and get gooey. I put on a quick coat, let it dry completely, and then do a second coat if needed. The spaghetti lets you make bends that look more natural than using plastic tubing.
@Matthew Jones posted:The piping is from Walthers Cornerstone HO Piping Kit which has dozens of pipe pieces, elbows, connectors, etc. They look good in O scale. The kit includes stairs and hand railings which are HO scale , so too small to use, but the kit is worth all the piping.
The hose is spaghetti! I place it in room temperature water and let it soak until soft. Then arrange it to the shape I want and let it dry out. Then paint it. Be careful if using water based paint. If you brush too much, the surface of the spaghetti will soften and get gooey. I put on a quick coat, let it dry completely, and then do a second coat if needed. The spaghetti lets you make bends that look more natural than using plastic tubing.
Spaghetti!?!! That’s fantastic. Thanks for the great technique. I’ll be trying that one soon.
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