Thanks Kevin.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
The finished model looks "right", and it is a beauty.
Nice job.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
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.
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
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.
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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[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.
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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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!
Thanks! I'm learning how to do some neat things in your posts.
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 I glanced through the posts, so if you mentioned this -- sorry. What material did you use for the roof?
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.
York1 That is a nice piece of work. It's impressive, and even more so since it's made of stirrers and popsickle sticks!
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 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
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.
SpaceMouseI did a Google search of 1890's eavestroughs and I'm not going to duplicate them anytime soon. Most are carved out of a single piece of lumber with a semi-circular channel running down the middle. I decided I wasn't going to figure it out on this particular barn.
I hear you! I spent some time searching the scale wood suppliers to see if anyone still made 'U' channels in HO scale but I couldn't find anything. The best I could suggest is to glue an 'L' shape of the proper size to a fascia board, but I could see that being a huge exercise in frustration.
Besides, who's going to notice that there aren't any eavestroughs?
Keep the creativity coming!
I did a Google search of 1890's eavestroughs and I'm not going to duplicate them anytime soon. Most are carved out of a single piece of lumber with a semi-circular channel running down the middle. I decided I wasn't going to figure it out on this particular barn.
SpaceMouseNow I have to figure out what an 1890's eavestrough looks like.
I suspect that a small town livery stable would have had wooden eavestroughs, maybe with a liner of some sort to reduce the leakage. They could be tricky to make in HO.
hon30critterOkay, I just learned something about barn construction! I wondered why it was so thick. I know plenty about residential roofing but I've never worked on a barn. I should stick to what I know. Dave
You convinced me. Now I have to figure out what an 1890's eavestrough looks like. I bet I'm going to be sorry I did. The guy would use the water for the horses.
SpaceMouseDave--Did they use eavestroughs on barns in the 1890's?
I'm not certain about barns specifically, but eavestroughs were pretty common at that time. They often fed into a cistern where the water was stored until needed.
SpaceMouseThat's not the facia, by the way, it's the rim joist. The roof extends another eighth of an inch.
Okay, I just learned something about barn construction! I wondered why it was so thick. I know plenty about residential roofing but I've never worked on a barn. I should stick to what I know.
SeeYou190 There was a time when I was quite a good writer. Then about 15 years ago I took a position that required my to write 100% factual and use no unnecessary adjectives. My writing became bored and mechanical. I am trying to improve, but it seems all my creative writing juices have fermented and gone sour. -Kevin
There was a time when I was quite a good writer.
Then about 15 years ago I took a position that required my to write 100% factual and use no unnecessary adjectives.
My writing became bored and mechanical. I am trying to improve, but it seems all my creative writing juices have fermented and gone sour.
If you want to write, and you don't have to by the way, you just start writing. It will come to you as you write and pretty soon you'll be back on track.
Dave--Did they use eavestroughs on barns in the 1890's? That's not the facia, by the way, it's the rim joist. The roof extends another eighth of an inch. I'm thinking since angling it was easier, that's what this guy woud have done.
I'll think about it until tomorrow.
That's right-- Suprise! --I didn't finish. I was going to hang in there 'tll the very end, but I didn't want to rush some of the fun stuff. I have about 3 hours of work time before I have to make my weekly Wally World and other places shopping run.
No picture either. Anything I take will just be a spoiler.
Besides, I'm just burnt out for the day.
See ya tomorrow.
SpaceMouseBefore I even started I realized I was going to have to plaint the walls first. Actually, I only needed to paint the wall where the additon was going, but I got really involved in it.
The contrast between the fresh paint on the addition and the faded paint on the original building is superb! What a neat detail!
Can I make one small suggestion? Your fascia boards are on an angle. In reality, fascia boards are perpendicular to the ground. That is so eavestrough can be mounted on them. Perhaps consider mitering the ends of your roof trusses.
I scratchbuilt a couple of structures with the fascia on an angle before I realized that I couldn't install the eavestrough properly. Even if you don't plan on installing eavestrough, the roof line will look better IMHO. Not a big deal.
By the way, it's probably not worth trying to correct them. I tried to do that on one of my buildings (styrene) and ended up with nine stitches and a permanently numb index finger tip as a result!
I don't suppose I should tell you that my day job--more like, I hit it pretty hard 3-4 months of the year--is writing. I was actually got advanced degree in writing. I taught it for a while, and wrote a lot of articles as part of my business, but I didn't really get into doing what I wanted to do until 2008 forced me into early retirement.
SpaceMouse the lighting was such that the walls looked like they were painted by Matisse working through dry heaves.
That is the best descriptive text I have seen in quite some time.
The building is wonderful.
hon30critter Hi again Chip, I like what you are able to do with simple materials like coffee stirrers. Dave
Hi again Chip,
I like what you are able to do with simple materials like coffee stirrers.
Dave--Thanks.
David--I don't think I've ever used white glue on a layout. I use Elmer's Wood Glue--the yellow stuff. But you make a good point about white glue.
So I built the addition. Before I even started I realized I was going to have to plaint the walls first. Actually, I only needed to paint the wall where the additon was going, but I got really involved in it.
I took a bunch of pictures of it, but the lighting was such that the walls looked like they were painted by Matisse working through dry heaves. Luckily, my wife took the thing outside and put on our wheel barrel--standing up against the wall. And she was able to take a pretty passable picture.
Hey look. You can see the hay loft ladder just below the right-most ceiling joist. No one else will ever see it.
Tomorrow I just have to build the workbench area which will be coming off the beam on the right wall. I also didn't get around to building the doors for the front opening and for the hayloft. And of course I have to do the roof. Should finish tomorrow as planned.
Chip:
White glue, Elmer's, LePages's, etc are water based, and therefore water soluble. Thats why many of us pur ballast down that way. YELLOW carpenters' glue is not water soluble, therefore better for what you were doing.