I'm declaring it done. I will probably take a couple of days to situate it on the layout. It will need a shelter for the horses, a trough, a tack shed, a fence, a buggy for rent in the front, and a dog peeing on the buggy. Plus it will need various pieces of rope and leather, a guy working leather on the workbench, and a a guy on a wagon handing hay up to a boy in the hayloft. Just a week of work, more or less.
I told you I found out I didn't have yellow static grass and ordered some to make hay bales for the loft. It was due to come next Wednesday so I could not install the hay bales in the loft through the open roof.
Well, they came early, right after the roof was on. I managed to get one hay bale in and some loose straw.
Well, the next project will be a retail lumber outlet. This one was a fun build.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
I like it and look forward to seeing your rustic scene come together. edit: Forgot to mention how deterioratingly nice I find your roofing material to be.
Regards, Peter
That is a nice piece of work. It's impressive, and even more so since it's made of stirrers and popsickle sticks!
York1 John
I asked my doctor if I gave up delicious food and all alcohol, would I live longer? He said, "No, but it will seem longer."
York1 That is a nice piece of work. It's impressive, and even more so since it's made of stirrers and popsickle sticks!
Thanks John and Peter
I glanced through the posts, so if you mentioned this -- sorry.
What material did you use for the roof?
York1 I glanced through the posts, so if you mentioned this -- sorry. What material did you use for the roof?
It is black construction paper spray painted with gray primer. You sand the paper with 100 grit to scratch it and fray the edge. The tears are done by gently scraping with the side of your exacto knife.
Thanks! I'm learning how to do some neat things in your posts.
SpaceMouseI'm declaring it done.
Hi Chip,
It came out really well! The added details will make a great scene!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Chip's models are like those classic "Dollar Model" articles from back in the day. And if accounting for inflation, probably are no more expensive. Yet the results are amazing.
If eating so many popsicles is a bad idea for your waistline, you can buy boxes of them (and wood stirrers) and get a ton of raw material for cheap.
You really should write one of these up as an article. Probably not the Bear Whiz Brewery one though (or use a different name I mean, I like the name, magazine publishers might not). You have a knack for telling a story, and making it look like anyone could duplicate the project.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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[quote user="rrinker"]f eating so many popsicles is a bad idea for your waistline, you can buy boxes of them (and wood stirrers) and get a ton of raw material for cheap.[/railroad ties]
I got 1000 popsickle sticks at some art/hobby store in Pittsburgh. I got 2000 coffee stirrer's on Amazon. What hasn't come up yet, is that I got a bunch of yard stick thick rulers from that same hobby store for tressels, and I can thank Home depot for all the paint stirrers that are going to become railroad ties to use for filling out Fast Tracks turnouts instead of using their laser cut jigs.
rrinker You really should write one of these up as an article. Probably not the Bear Whiz Brewery one though (or use a different name I mean, I like the name, magazine publishers might not). You have a knack for telling a story, and making it look like anyone could duplicate the project.
I actually wrote an article for the very first issue of Model Railroad Hobbyist. Joe was probably desperate. I'll think about it.
You work fast, Chip!
Looks really good.
Care to build me an icing platform? I need one about six feet long.
Mark P.
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PruittCare to build me an icing platform? I need one about six feet long.
I still haven't gotten around to building my 18" icing platform.
SpaceMouse...I told you I found out I didn't have yellow static grass and ordered some to make hay bales for the loft. It was due to come next Wednesday so I could not install the hay bales in the loft through the open roof. Well, they came early, right after the roof was on. I managed to get one hay bale in and some loose straw.
You've made good progress, Chip, but I'm surprised that you didn't build the roof as a separate removeable assembly, which would allow access to the interior any time that it might be required.
Wayne
doctorwayneI'm surprised that you didn't build the roof as a separate removeable assembly, which would allow access to the interior any time that it might be required.
Experience is that thing you get right after you need it.
The finished model looks "right", and it is a beauty.
Nice job.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Thanks Kevin.