Good Morning Everyone and Happy Mothers Day to all the Moms out there,
I will start off with two different types of container cranes I constructed
Lets see what you have been working on.
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Wow Alan, you must have been a longshoreman in your first life. You’ve been a talent since the beginning. Enjoy seeing all these great creative tasks Alan. I can’t help from thinking where all of these large scenes will be displayed…
And Greg a wonderful display of the three stories with my favorite colors.
I have Carol’s Mother’s Day special in the oven now.
My only scenic addition is the truck I found at the antique mall yesterday. Lee Drennin may like it….
These photos show the North Hill on my 10’-by-5’ layout. Trains enter the tunnel through the portal by the control tower and exit onto the truss bridge (scratch built from basswood).
MELGAR
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Progress!
Have a great and safe week, folks!
A great Mother’s Day to all Moms!
Peter
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Knickerbocker Transfer:
Continuing the build for the REA warehouse.
The lower columns are what appears to be solid blocks of ABS that add considerable weight hanging off the front of the building. After careful alignment they were attached temporarily using a 2 part epoxy. After the epoxy had dried the columns were more securely attached by pre drilling though the splice plates into the top of the columns and then installing #4 pan head screws.
I thought I was pretty clever coming up with this solution but as Boilermaker1 stated last week that is exactly what he did during his build.
The lower columns are a few millimeters wider then the upper columns making a smooth transition from one to the other impossible to attain. To hide this I added some architectural details to the top of the columns. An added benefit is this also hides any gaps at the joint where the two meet.
The Masonite base was removed and at this point we're ready for paint. I use a textured paint by rustoleum to simulate poured concrete. Four cans were needed to cover the structure. While the paint dried I painted the base a flat black.
After the paint had dried the base was reinstalled and the bottom of the lower columns were attached to the base in the same manner as the top.
All the masking was removed and we're now ready for the brickwork and windows.
Have a good week everyone.
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Happy Mothers Day to the moms out there. Nice photos everyone.
Here’s one of my under-construction engine terminal. Even though it’s not wired and functional yet, I parked a few engines just to get a feel for spacing.
In the background is a quick foam core mock-up of the shop building. I plan to wire one of the shop tracks as a DCS programming track.
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Thirdrail600V.....Thanks for sharing the textured paint. I may try to use this on a concrete bridge I am building from scratch. looks very much like concrete prior to weathering.
LT1Poncho: There has been reference on this forum many times about using rustoleum "camo" to simulate concrete but I have never been able to find it at any of the big box stores near me. I found the textured paint by accident and have used it for years now. This is the first time I tried it on a structure though and I like the results. It works well for retaining walls, tunnel portals, loading docks and passenger platforms.
Before and after shot.
I dropped this one during construction and cracked one leg so I had to start a second one but you get the idea. Everything was covered in spackleing compound and sanded smooth before painting.
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