WCfanPlanNsimpleSo many great corny ideas presented!! How awful! Thanks for supporting the hobby.
PlanNsimpleSo many great corny ideas presented!! How awful!
Thanks for supporting the hobby.
ditto to WCfan
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
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New place
Tyler, just signed it
My Model Railroad: Tri State RailMy Photos on Flickr: FlickrMy Videos on Youtube: YoutubeMy Photos on RRPA: RR Picture Archives
Found this place back on Page 4...
I just finished adding a Guestbook to my website. It's got that "empty guestbook" smell...somebody sign it!
Well, right now the demo crews are on the layout removing the perfectcast. That stuff is IMPOSSIBLE to get off. I'm chipping it off with pliers and a piece of crap testor's hobby knife.
green_elite_cab TrainManTy Guilford GuyPlaster roads are difficult to look right. The trick to plaster roads is to do them in small sections at a time. On my layout, i tried to "mass pour", and so my roads are lumpy if you look close enough. I did a fairly good job grading and sanding as it set, but some spots were not completely even. You really just have to take your time, maybe with only enough plaster made to fit a what you can smooth in about 1 minute down. In reality, that is a VERY small amount (trust me, i thought i could get more done than what turned out to be the case).
TrainManTy Guilford GuyPlaster roads are difficult to look right.
Guilford GuyPlaster roads are difficult to look right.
The trick to plaster roads is to do them in small sections at a time. On my layout, i tried to "mass pour", and so my roads are lumpy if you look close enough. I did a fairly good job grading and sanding as it set, but some spots were not completely even.
You really just have to take your time, maybe with only enough plaster made to fit a what you can smooth in about 1 minute down. In reality, that is a VERY small amount (trust me, i thought i could get more done than what turned out to be the case).
If using plaster, I'd try and make the plaster more thick, and less "soupy". This way you can form and shape it with ease. Dry wall compound (Pretty much the same thing as plaster) is usually fairly thick, and can be shaped with ease. All you need is a putty knife, and some patience. I'd still recommend styrene though. It seems like trains run better over styrene than over plaster or dry wall compound.
TrainManTyGuilford GuyPlaster roads are difficult to look right.
ns3010GEC, how old are you? As long as you're not like, 25, I don't see why you would have to leave, unless anyone else disagrees...
GEC, how old are you? As long as you're not like, 25, I don't see why you would have to leave, unless anyone else disagrees...
Modeling Conrail, Amtrak and NJ DOT under the wires in New Jersey, July 1979.
WCfanPackers#1 Guilford GuyThus you could have completed a styrene road in half the time and have it look better! At probably three-five times the cost. 1 unit of Perfectcast: $5. 1 pack of 2 sheets of styrene from the LHS: $10. Guesstimation of amount of required styrene: 3-4 sheets. And I can't find any danged styrene (or Masonite, for that matter) in Lowes or Home Depot. I'll be switching to smooth-it for roads though, we'll see how much that costs. For Sale signs......dang, that's expensive stryene, I can get a pack of 4 sheets for 2 bucks at my LHS. Depending on the thickness I can get 1-10 sheets for the same price... Yeah we still use Skype...not that often though. We never know when Alex L *Cough Cough* is on...so yeah... Same as Tyler, I'll be 16 in spring...
Packers#1 Guilford GuyThus you could have completed a styrene road in half the time and have it look better! At probably three-five times the cost. 1 unit of Perfectcast: $5. 1 pack of 2 sheets of styrene from the LHS: $10. Guesstimation of amount of required styrene: 3-4 sheets. And I can't find any danged styrene (or Masonite, for that matter) in Lowes or Home Depot. I'll be switching to smooth-it for roads though, we'll see how much that costs.
Guilford GuyThus you could have completed a styrene road in half the time and have it look better!
At probably three-five times the cost. 1 unit of Perfectcast: $5. 1 pack of 2 sheets of styrene from the LHS: $10. Guesstimation of amount of required styrene: 3-4 sheets. And I can't find any danged styrene (or Masonite, for that matter) in Lowes or Home Depot.
I'll be switching to smooth-it for roads though, we'll see how much that costs.
For Sale signs......dang, that's expensive stryene, I can get a pack of 4 sheets for 2 bucks at my LHS. Depending on the thickness I can get 1-10 sheets for the same price...
Yeah we still use Skype...not that often though. We never know when Alex L *Cough Cough* is on...so yeah...
Same as Tyler, I'll be 16 in spring...
I did pick up some No trespassing signs at Lowes; I'll give them a whirl. Worst comes to worst I'll just end up using the smooth-it for the roads. Do need to get some sculptamold or w/e to make a gradual transition to the pad at the loco servicing though. I'll pull the perfectcast up and give it a whirl.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW0f7AB6pb0
Oh yeah, there's the link to my latest update video. Trolls be darned
For Sale signs, not evergreen...
Alex
GG, depends if you've got the right sandpaper or not. The Perfectcast stuff I'm using is a PAIN to sand, lol.
Smooth it is just lightweight plaster. Plaster roads are difficult to look right. Something like Chip Board or Styrene painted looks fine!
The portion between the rail is styrene and everything else is a white high density cardboard product. I lightly airbrushed them with engine black so it turned a gray color. I then used AIM (Bragdon works too) Medium Gray Weathering Powder and liberally brushed it on. I used a rag to work it into the road way and brush excess off. This is a pre-dullcote picture, and as you can see there are no white lines or anything.
Hey everyone
Haven't been on here in forever. Internet went down. Hope everyone has had a good Thanksgiving. I did. WRS is looking good tyler
Taylor
Bear Down!
That's what I used for my roads. But make sure you use the foam tape with it, or it'll be nothing but a mess.
And I'd reccomend trying it out on a piece of scrap foam before going ahead on the layout. My first section was awful, but by the third (and last) section, it wasn't bad.
Tyler, it looks great.
I'm going to use smooth-it to try to upgrade my concrete lot. Worst comes to worst I'll rip it up and redo it.
Nice! The only out of focus things that stick out to me are the plow and front coupler, and the WRS thingy on the rear of the long hood.
Yes, I built the bill boxes myself, using 1" square wood rods and 1/8" plywood.
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Also, I got my new camera, a Canon SX1! It takes DSLR-quality photos for half the price (although you can't change lenses) plus HD video, but only goes up to F/8. I'm still deciding whether this is the right camera for me (it was over $500 and I've been saving up for it for almost a year, so it's not a light decision...) so one of the requirements I've been testing is if the camera is able to take model photos with a deep depth of field.
Obviously F/8 isn't enough, so I used Adobe Photoshop 6 to manually stitch three different photos with different focus points together. I'm still getting the hang of it, and I've learned that I need more than three photos, so there's a couple spots that are still out of focus, but I think it'll work! This only took me about 10 minutes to create, and yes, Photobucket mangled it when uploading so now the whole thing looks out of focus!
The three focus points (I was using manual focus, so it's not exact) were the ballast in front of the train, the locomotive cab, and that building being torn down in the background. Check out the new ballast - I used over a gallon to ballast the entire seven track yard!
Nice Tyler! I'm assuming you built the boxes, no?
Sweet minifacias Tyler; I'm probably going to make a small shelf for the ayrd that can hold my powerpack and also a switchlist.
oh, and I now have Skype; y'all still using that?
Railfan AlexI'm 16. I never really thought about how old we all were. I guess it ends up being a weird question to ask over the internet at some times...
I'm 16. I never really thought about how old we all were. I guess it ends up being a weird question to ask over the internet at some times...
Yeah...it does seem sort of weird, and could certainly scare away newcomers to the thread. I'll be 16 this Spring.
I've always assumed the unofficial age policy (of course this is Kalmbach's forum so we really don't have any say) here is much like on a teen-only forum which I cannot name here: Teens join, although we don't ask your age, and even when you turn 20, you can still participate. (I guess you're a teen at heart! )
Here's what's been keeping operating sessions on hold since early fall...fascia panels with bill boxes, throttle ports, and my sole reversing switch! This is the Enfield, NH, panel - industry labels on the bill boxes from left to right read LeBlanc Scrap, E&R Rail (an interchange with the Enfield & Rumney, which are both real towns), Enfield Transfer, and Agrawal Paper.
There's also panels in Lebanon (A/D 1 and 2, Class tracks 1-4, and Lebanon Cold Storage), Mascoma (Formanek Granite tracks 1 and 2), and West Canaan (Claflin Foods Inc. and Delery Pulpwood & Lumber.)
I'm trying to schedule an operating session for December 5...I'll post photos from it if I can get enough operators.
True.
Yeah, I'm 15 like Joe. But I get to go take the permit test day we get out for Christmas break. Now to read that danged book we got from the DMV.
Railfan AlexI never really thought about how old we all were. I guess it ends up being a weird question to ask over the internet at some times
Yeah, same here. Hey, at least we're not like old people who don't want anyone to know how old they really are!
Can't. Wait. Till. 16.6 1/2. Months. Till. Permit. Aaaagh!lolSo happy I passed the exam, so once I turn 16 in June (day after school gets out!), alls I need is 6 hours of instruction (and about $300...)! Ah, Driver's Ed. That class was such a joke. So glad I have gym now instead. But writing next quarter. Ugh...
Sawyer, I believe you, Tyler, and I are all about the same (I'm 15, and a Sophomore). Like you, don't kno about anyone else, though...
You got a point there, lol. idk how old I am compared to the other psoters here; know Tyler's aroudn my age, but other than that, don't really know.
lol, i'm getting to old for the "teen Modelers". I am a grizzled ancient compared to you!