I rebuilt this Speccast White W22 this morning. Waiting for the Airhorns to dry then it’s going on the layout
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@Mark Boyce posted:Scott, looking good. I had to look up Kolaches since I never heard of them. They sound tasty!
If you're getting kolacky's, get the apricot ones. They're like Polish heroin!
@lee drennen posted:Bill. That ore Boat is awesome and the cars lined up beside it looks convincing.
Scoutingdad The fuel Distribution place looks good
Thank you. This was my first major build. Never made anything like it before. I self taught woodworking skills which helped a lot. It was not an overly expensive model, probably less than $100.
I have a couple of large factory buildings that I need to finish and then start on my blast furnace model.
I worked on my signs from Miller Engineering signs that I picked up at Christmas. I got the Planters Peanuts and Union Pacific signs. I needed to test them out, cut the battery connections out, solder some wires and then thread the wires to the terminal strip. Monday they will be glued into place. I really like these signs. I now have 8.
John
I added this to the Layout just now. I think I might do a wheel swap the ones on the truck look kinda small to me.
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It looks great, Lee!
I have a puzzler for you all...
https://ogrforum.com/...problem-reverse-only
Not even Fortescue or Norma, no, not even Sylvia Siamese can dope THIS one out!
Mitch
@lee drennen posted:
I rebuilt this Speccast White W22 this morning. Waiting for the Airhorns to dry then it’s going on the layout
Man,you have a great looking piece. Front of the layout proud.
@lee drennen posted:
I rebuilt this Speccast White W22 this morning. Waiting for the Airhorns to dry then it’s going on the layout
That is One Beautiful Truck. Great Build!! Great Rich Colors! Well done. I can hear the airhorns from here.... Beauty
@third rail posted:Finished the hand rails on the ore boat and installed a Seuthe smoke unit in the funnel.
Amazing, you had me at Smoke!! Very Nice
@M. Mitchell Marmel posted:I have a puzzler for you all...
https://ogrforum.com/...problem-reverse-only
Not even Fortescue or Norma, no, not even Sylvia Siamese can dope THIS one out!
Mitch
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Thought I would finish this truck up and put it on the Layout. I just have to add the turn signals and it’s off to the Layout
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@lee drennen posted:
Thought I would finish this truck up and put it on the Layout. I just have to add the turn signals and it’s off to the Layout
You know Lee, between you and Joel your guys skills are killing me! How does a guys like me keep up! Lol looks great!
Mike, I think you could do it with some practice. You do nice work.
@Mark Boyce posted:Mike, I think you could do it with some practice. You do nice work.
Maybe when I am older like Lee. Lol
@mike g. posted:Maybe when I am older like Lee. Lol
LOL
@mike g. posted:Maybe when I am older like Lee. Lol
Easy Mikey. I’m not that old and I agree with Mark you have it in you just let it come out I know too what your capable of doing.
@lee drennen posted:Easy Mikey. I’m not that old and I agree with Mark you have it in you just let it come out I know too what your capable of doing.
Lol Lee, in all reality I think I am older then you by maybe a day or two. Thanks for you confidence!
@third rail posted:If you're getting kolacky's, get the apricot ones. They're like Polish heroin!
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@Miggy posted:
I'm going to my sister's for Easter. She has our mom's kolacky recipe. Probably will eat a dozen or more and forget about the entrée. 😁
@third rail posted:I'm going to my sister's for Easter. She has our mom's kolacky recipe. Probably will eat a dozen or more and forget about the entrée. 😁
LOL I had to look up kolacky as I have never heard it before and after seeing it I know I have never had one! They look great, I guess my loss. Maybe I can talk the CEO into trying to make some!
On to the subject at hand I plan on getting out to the train room sometime today and work on my fire truck restoration. I have to paint the hose beds and side reels. We will see how far it get on that, its NASCAR today also. LOL
I make about a hundred of them at Xmas: raspberry, apricot, prune, and poppy. Prune (lekvar) are my favorite.
I’ve been trying to brush up on my weathering. I try to talk myself out of weathering. But then I see what some of the members post on here, and it looks so good. Now I find myself trying to do it myself.
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@Jesse ferguson posted:
I’ve been trying to brush up on my weathering. I try to talk myself out of weathering. But then I see what some of the members post on here, and it looks so good. Now I find myself trying to do it myself.
Jessi your doing a good job! keep at it, I am in the same boat, but I keep trying.
@modeltrainsparts posted:I make about a hundred of them at Xmas: raspberry, apricot, prune, and poppy. Prune (lekvar) are my favorite.
If you're ever in Chicago, go to the little village area and get some TROHAS FRIED SHRIMP or fried perch. (Watch out, it's a dicey neighborhood. ) I grew up on it for 50+ years. Was a staple at our house on Christmas eve which was meatless in our house. That and kolackys was our meal .
Today I finished cutting an access hole in my platform. It had to be done because I'm going to build a mountain over the two track loops going around the hole and once I put the mountain there, I will need track access some way other than reaching over! But I've been dreading this job because at that point on the platform, there are two 2-inch thick styrofoam sheets, separated by two 3/8 inch plywood sheets, with the whole mess topped by one 1-inch layer of styrofoam. It took hours and hours of cutting and hacking to make the hole. And it's a fair reach into the middle of those loops (yes, my life is a monument to poor planning!).
My back will never be the same. But it is done! Hooray!
Don Merz
First off Mark Congrats on the new rescue dog - a real cutie.
Went ahead and tried my hand at making furnace filter trees. Maybe these are OK for HO scale, but the wider filters tend to sag - I'll have to play around with trimming them to not have the circular branches. I have a rear layout spot for them. Up close not very appealing to me, but as background trees not to bad.
This first is just the spray painted filters glued to some hobby sticks - about 12 inches tall
The second is the forest covered with Scenic Express leaves. I tried 3M spray adhesive and sprayed white glue 30/70 glue/water with detergent. First coat was better with the white glue, the filter material stuck together too much as a first covering with the 3M adhesive. I did prefer a light spray of it after the first leaf coat. I tried 4X hair spray to seal everything. Its really difficult not ending up with disk shapes. First time using my deep sockets in a long time - they worked really well for this application.
Lastly - GO ILLINI - Big Ten Champs and future 2021 NCAA Champs - well I can dream. : )
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After yesterday afternoon The woodlands Scenic’s corner emporium now has mortar joints. I sprayed the interior with a light earth tone.
My plan tomorrow is to add the pastel powder to the brick walls...
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Building out the "Charles Street Yard"... still much scenery work to do...
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Seth - I have two used MTH corner stores coming to fill a "hole" in my layout. I was planning on spray painting the brick and then laying in the mortar and then dull coat. I might modify the windows as well and add interior detail. Any other modification suggestions?
I was never a big fan of the MTH shiny plastic building look until I saw how they can be changed into something more appealing by forum members.
@ScoutingDad posted:First off Mark Congrats on the new rescue dog - a real cutie.
Went ahead and tried my hand at making furnace filter trees. Maybe these are OK for HO scale, but the wider filters tend to sag - I'll have to play around with trimming them to not have the circular branches. I have a rear layout spot for them. Up close not very appealing to me, but as background trees not to bad.
This first is just the spray painted filters glued to some hobby sticks - about 12 inches tall
The second is the forest covered with Scenic Express leaves. I tried 3M spray adhesive and sprayed white glue 30/70 glue/water with detergent. First coat was better with the white glue, the filter material stuck together too much as a first covering with the 3M adhesive. I did prefer a light spray of it after the first leaf coat. I tried 4X hair spray to seal everything. Its really difficult not ending up with disk shapes. First time using my deep sockets in a long time - they worked really well for this application.
Lastly - GO ILLINI - Big Ten Champs and future 2021 NCAA Champs - well I can dream. : )
Not bad at all. Maybe try thicker material and set it closer together? I'm no expert either tho. 
From my recent Ameritowne grab bag purchase, I decided it was time to replace the Plasticville Hospital on my layout. I decided to make my new hospital reminiscent of St. Joseph Hospital in Lancaster, PA where I worked for a couple years in the inpatient mental health unit in the late 1980s. Here is a link to a picture of the hospital (says circa 1960, but it was still similar in 1988): s-l400.jpg (400×257) (ebayimg.com)
Here is my representation to fit my layout size. It is my first ever attempt to model something from the real world:
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Very nice job Brad and the weathering on the bricks looks real good. By chance: is that a PTC trolley in the background?
@ScoutingDad posted:First off Mark Congrats on the new rescue dog - a real cutie.
Went ahead and tried my hand at making furnace filter trees. Maybe these are OK for HO scale, but the wider filters tend to sag - I'll have to play around with trimming them to not have the circular branches. I have a rear layout spot for them. Up close not very appealing to me, but as background trees not to bad.
This first is just the spray painted filters glued to some hobby sticks - about 12 inches tall
The second is the forest covered with Scenic Express leaves. I tried 3M spray adhesive and sprayed white glue 30/70 glue/water with detergent. First coat was better with the white glue, the filter material stuck together too much as a first covering with the 3M adhesive. I did prefer a light spray of it after the first leaf coat. I tried 4X hair spray to seal everything. Its really difficult not ending up with disk shapes. First time using my deep sockets in a long time - they worked really well for this application.
Lastly - GO ILLINI - Big Ten Champs and future 2021 NCAA Champs - well I can dream. : )
Jeff,
Thank you!
I made furnace filter trees and shrubs in N scale. They really look good in N scale...especially now that I can't see as well as I did 30 years ago. LOL I think yours look good, and will fill in the spot in the rear of your layout very well!!
@Seth Thomas posted:After yesterday afternoon The woodlands Scenics corner emporium now has mortar joints. I sprayed the interior with a light earth tone.
My plan tomorrow is to add the pastel powder to the brick walls...
Seth, the mortar joints look great! What method did you use?
@Tranquil Hollow RR posted:Very nice job Brad and the weathering on the bricks looks real good. By chance: is that a PTC trolley in the background?
Thank you, Jay. Funny thing... I thought I may have overdone it on the bricks, so thanks for the encouragement!
Yes, that is an MTH Proto 2.0 Baltimore Transit PCC car (30-2525-1). It travels a whopping 6 feet with a stop at both ends and 1 in the middle. It is passed by another PCC car that does the same thing. Despite the short distance, I LOVE MTH out and back on trolleys and subways. I am worried when that no longer becomes readily available!
@Tranquil Hollow RR posted:Very nice job Brad and the weathering on the bricks looks real good. By chance: is that a PTC trolley in the background?
Ooops you said PTC not PCC 
I HAD a Septa (PTC) trolley but the PS2.0 board fried and now it's a shelf queen.
@Tranquil Hollow RR - is this what you are looking for: Cabin Fever Auctions (bidwrangler.com) ?
