What did you do on your layout today?

trainroomgary posted:

Not sure if I should use hot glue or a cyanoacrylate, gap filling glue.

Gary 

Clear silicone sealant holds great but is also easy to remove.

trainroomgary posted:

Not sure if I should use hot glue or a cyanoacrylate, gap filling glue.

Gary 

Gary, Walther's Goo -- It will hold them indefinitely, gives plenty of time to position them, and they can be removed later and the glue residual peeled off.

Gary, Scenic Express carries an adhesive called 3 in 1. It doesn't set up real fast. I have used it on numerous stuff and have been happy with the results so far.......Paul

 Silicone works but fouls paints from easy repaint. A dab of white laytex caulk works just as well.

Clear parts / Canopy glue is slow to dry but clear as glass. I've never tried to separate two glued items. Nor has any flaked or come unglued. (It will make flats look "wet" as it is a gloss finish.. very paintable though)

I made scenery works and switching at Port of Shark Bay.

Now I have to get to work.

Gary

Last Friday I got a well beaten, but "publicly donated" cast Marx tender from the kindly Jim Pastorius, and have been running heavy post war till thermal shut down occurs every day since then...Ive got three cooked and corroded 1033 breaker points I have to dial in again every few years. I really need to land some 6a auto resets from NAPA.

 It's repair also spawned a streak of chasing odd details like weathering a beam & trolley crane that was too glossy, weighting* and painting figures, starting the graphics on some small signs, wheel cleaning, car dusting, etc.

Needs touching up on his collar

"Diner" text is to be added later. Maybe some a border and splash graphic..? I'll see how the lower space fills it first. 

 That was also the smallest piece of wood I've ever bent. I scored the primered side to form a top edge, then steamed it about one minute, and bent it into an A frame.

The legs need to be glued firm, but it doesn't gleam anymore 

  * I found some thin lead w/adhesive backs for slightly weighting the bellies of surface hugging fishing lures. Stuck to the bottom of a figure base, they almost can't tip over now. Bump one and they wobble like a drunk with anti-gravity syndrome

Was able to add another 64 feet of shelving around the train room (unfortunately 20 feet of it is spoken for in preorders)  Also my 2nd order of barbed wire came in so I finished the razor wire look all the way around the prison.  I had enough left over to add two rows of straight wire through the razor wire as I had seen on many real like prisons.  (Online research not real world experience).  It took quite awhile to painstakingly place the straight barbed wire through the razor wire and then glue it into place. 

Very nice Bryan. Now that the Barb wire is done maybe you should be in one of those cells for taking my badge.  LOL.........Paul

trainroomgary posted:

Not sure if I should use hot glue or a cyanoacrylate, gap filling glue.

Gary 

Gary, here's an Eric video on this topic

https://youtu.be/lQUlO2yTMEg

jgtrh62 posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

I made scenery works and switching at Port of Shark Bay.

Very Nice!!

JOHN: Thanks.

Johan

GRRRR!! The last several days l have been dissembling and repainting my just completed and beautiful model of a Tankar gas station.  Just as l was going to set up to photograph, l picked up a can of "dullcote" to tone down the signs. This was one of those Testor's cans with only the absent cap marked. It was silver, not dullcote.  GRRRR! Another rattlecan problem encountered lately is that many color choices of inexpensive Color Choice spray paint, by Wally World, have disappeared, from local stores and website.  I use a lot of that on structures.

JOHAN, great ground level pic. You always gave interesting scenes. Bryan, the next time you come over everything will be locked down or in a safe LOL. Well it wasn't a big day for layout work. I decided to change oput the one terminal block for a larger one because I have to wire up a couple of more sections and the first block all the posts were used up. Once I did that I ran a power wire and ground wire from the transformer to the terminal blocks. Fired up my MTH 44 tonner to run it across the Lionel Die Cast bridge to see if it would run further down the track. Not quite there yet. I have to check to see what kind of power and continuity I am getting through the bridge. I finish off the evening with some pics of the new control panel, the brewery area which I decided to wrap around the corner now. So I will have to get a few more Korber flats plus I have to get background buildings behind the Korber flats. I tokk a couple of random pics of the bridge area..................Paul

I used Krazy Glue on the fifty-five Lionel 21" Passenger cars I detailed with Preiser 65602 figures this year.  Let the glue cure before closing the car so the glue fumes do not fog the plastic windows. 

I lightly sand the bottoms of the figures to help them adhere to the painted seats.

Sincerely, John Rowlen

paul 2 posted:

Great picture. 👍

Paul, The control shelf is looking good!  The layout really looks great!!  Bryan is right about that scene!

I had my own GRRR Day today.  I shared the $2500 cost of removing a LARGE OAK in my neighbors yard that was dropping spars that punctured my metal deck chairs.  Mom has ITP, a low platelet disease, and she has been hospitalized twice the past year and would bleed to death if cut by a branch.  Her new medicine is finally working, and she getting better. Thank God.

I just resurfaced my driveway last summer.  Today, the large crane CRUSHED my driveway, tilting several slabs upward two inches.  The next $12,000 will NOT be going into my "Valley of Bridges" layout.  I will have to do something more CONCRETE with the money.

Look for some excess rolling stock becoming available soon.  After I buy a new camera (because mine broke this afternoon when it hit the concrete), I will list some items.  Did I say "GRRR"?  I can't remember.

Sincerely, John Rowlen

John, I’m glad Mom is doing better, but those costs boggle my mind!!!

Chris, I think you have done a great job on the signal lights! Hard work puts out great products and you always do!

Matt, very nice train! Thanks for sharing!

Paul I am glad you had a good turnout, I am sorry about the gremlins ! It might be Karma for the way you have been treating Bryan! LOL As for the layout, your work is still top notch! The control panel is wonderful, and the brewery area looks great! I think you must be the one keeping the Flats company in operation! LOL

Bryan, the prison is looking great, I bet you have a room just for Paul! LOL

John, sorry about the broken concrete! You would thing the crane company would replace it!

paul 2 posted:

JOHAN, great ground level pic. You always gave interesting scenes. Bryan, the next time you come over everything will be locked down or in a safe LOL. Well it wasn't a big day for layout work. I decided to change oput the one terminal block for a larger one because I have to wire up a couple of more sections and the first block all the posts were used up. Once I did that I ran a power wire and ground wire from the transformer to the terminal blocks. Fired up my MTH 44 tonner to run it across the Lionel Die Cast bridge to see if it would run further down the track. Not quite there yet. I have to check to see what kind of power and continuity I am getting through the bridge. I finish off the evening with some pics of the new control panel, the brewery area which I decided to wrap around the corner now. So I will have to get a few more Korber flats plus I have to get background buildings behind the Korber flats. I tokk a couple of random pics of the bridge area..................Paul

Very nice 

Sorry guys for not posting. Been laid up last couple days with a bad toe Dr. thinks it’s gout. Now the pain has eased up maybe I can get back to the bench. All your work looks great as always. 

Sorry you may have gout.  If so you are in good company.  Ben Franklin had it too.

I forgot that I had this figure 

Jack, someone had better get that rummy to safety before he staggers onto the track and never knows what hit him!  That happened 40 years ago when I was working in Oil City Pennsylvania.  Did he fall asleep and froze, or was he hit and then froze?  Anyway his blood alcohol content was sky high!

Yours looks great!!

Sorry guys for not posting. Been laid up last couple days with a bad toe Dr. thinks it’s gout. Now the pain has eased up maybe I can get back to the bench. All your work looks great as always. 

Two pals have had very bad gout for many years. Neither whines about anything ....except thier bouts with gout; and that gets them crying. 

   A certain kind of non-processed (or pasturized) concentrated cherry juice and sitting around is the only relief I've heard of. I guess any type of cherry juice doesn't quite cut it (something to do with enzymes or acids, and the crystals forming (?)). Not cheap, but it's tasty. If you dont already have a sippy-cup full and want the brand & full scoop, I can easily ask for a refresher on the refresher

paul 2 posted:

JOHAN, great ground level pic. You always gave interesting scenes. Bryan, the next time you come over everything will be locked down or in a safe LOL. Well it wasn't a big day for layout work. I decided to change oput the one terminal block for a larger one because I have to wire up a couple of more sections and the first block all the posts were used up. Once I did that I ran a power wire and ground wire from the transformer to the terminal blocks. Fired up my MTH 44 tonner to run it across the Lionel Die Cast bridge to see if it would run further down the track. Not quite there yet. I have to check to see what kind of power and continuity I am getting through the bridge. I finish off the evening with some pics of the new control panel, the brewery area which I decided to wrap around the corner now. So I will have to get a few more Korber flats plus I have to get background buildings behind the Korber flats. I tokk a couple of random pics of the bridge area..................Paul

Paul: Thank you. Your layout looking better and better.  I like those background buildings very much, nice switching area. 

Johan 

lee drennen posted:

Sorry guys for not posting. Been laid up last couple days with a bad toe Dr. thinks it’s gout. Now the pain has eased up maybe I can get back to the bench. All your work looks great as always. 

Man I know how painful that is. Happened in my mid 40's.   I finally attributed mine to yeast in products , beer breads, pizza crust etc, and tap water.  Stopped those for a few years symptoms gone for 20 years and now I can embellish in the foods and drink I love.  Get well soon.

Lee, sorry to hear about your gout! I hope they can get it under control!

Mark Boyce posted:

Jack, someone had better get that rummy to safety before he staggers onto the track and never knows what hit him!  That happened 40 years ago when I was working in Oil City Pennsylvania.  Did he fall asleep and froze, or was he hit and then froze?  Anyway his blood alcohol content was sky high!

You’d looks great!!

Oh my... I bet that was an interesting cleanup. 

Mark Boyce posted:

Sorry you may have gout.  If so you are in good company.  Ben Franklin had it too.

Thanks Mark

I have bad arthritis so pretty sure that’s it. Thanks for the fun fact didn’t know that about Ben Franklin.

briansilvermustang posted:

luvindemtrains posted:

briansilvermustang posted:

Brian thanks for posting a pic of my favorite diesel, a GP20!

Dave

 

 

 

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You're killing me here Brian! How about some other road names?

After finding multiple reasons to avoid trying this, after years of bare wood in some cases populated with track,, and after finding every other project known to model railroading known to humankind, I have begun adding scenic materials to the layout.  Not buildings but turf, brush, trees, etc.  Why I didn't do this sooner will remain a mystery.  The results while probably not as professional as some of the layouts we see in OGR are immediate and essentially make the layout something new for me.  Now I can't stop.

Jack118711 posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

Jack, someone had better get that rummy to safety before he staggers onto the track and never knows what hit him!  That happened 40 years ago when I was working in Oil City Pennsylvania.  Did he fall asleep and froze, or was he hit and then froze?  Anyway his blood alcohol content was sky high!

You’d looks great!!

Oh my... I bet that was an interesting cleanup. 

Jack,

I'll bet too!  I was working for the power company there, and some linemen were called over to the scene, for what purpose I can't recall now.  As often is the case, the homeless and others down on their luck (probably due to wasting it all on strong drink) hung around the RR yard.

lee drennen posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

Sorry you may have gout.  If so you are in good company.  Ben Franklin had it too.

Thanks Mark

I have bad arthritis so pretty sure that’s it. Thanks for the fun fact didn’t know that about Ben Franklin.

Yes, he had it at the Continental Convention for the debate ans signing of the Declaration of Independence, then it was bad for him in his diplomatic role.

Hat's off to Paul 2 and so many others who have posted their power transformer shelves and panels here.  I came up with this quick and dirty one for my temporary build halted by the gift of a larger adjacent room by my dear wife of almost 34 years.  She was the instigator of this temporary solution as well.  She paid $5 for this cart at the thrift store.  I am most indebted as I didn't want to build something when I will be removing this benchwork after the new layout is under construction.  Two screws hold the particle board on the frame.  I was tired of stooping down to reach the control handles and power switch.  Voila!!

BTW, the wires in the lower left going up the door frame go into the next room so I have DCS control on the Ceiling Central RR now.

Well, I at least looked at mine...   This is what I saw.

New stuff!