General Discussion (Model Railroader)

Here's one on the Beaver County Model Railroad Club's layout.
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FRITSCHSR, did y'all black out some of the windows in the building?

how do you think that it looked if you did?

i blacked out some of mine to give the appearence of broken windows that hadnt been replaced but just covered up.... im going to do it from the outside on one or two with something to see how it looks as well....

wow Misteslaus I like that idea


I have to get going with this one

QUOTE: Originally posted by bush9245 I feel deprived. Am I the only one who does not own this kit? It's a good one. I am just jealous.

I have it, but aint built it yet.

I see all those wonderfully completed kits with the neat colors. Especially the green. What color was that green?

Does anyone know the part # for the New River Mining Co. and the Glacier Gravel kits from Walthers? Seem to have difficulty locating them on Walther's site.[:)] Thanks for any help in this area.[:)][:)]

http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3017

QUOTE: Originally posted by 304live FRITSCHSR, did y'all black out some of the windows in the building? how do you think that it looked if you did? i blacked out some of mine to give the appearence of broken windows that hadnt been replaced but just covered up.... im going to do it from the outside on one or two with something to see how it looks as well....

The sharpie marker method is really easy compared to painting to get the window frames detailed, but it is still easy to make a mistake and get marker on the pane rather than the frame. In these cases, I just colored in the whole pane to make it look covered up as you describe,

i also found that if you used your sharpie and colored in the outside edge that isnt visible black as well that it helped make the window's look ... im not really sure how to describe it.... but closer to the front edge where they should be and not so much as a peice of plastic when looking at it from an angle...... filling it the backside behind the verticle posts did the same thing

you cant see through the windows thickness to behind the posts when you do that...


im just beginning the weathering process right now on it... hopefully by next week ill have it finished so i can post some pictures and let y'all see how mine (the first project of this size ive done) turned out....

304live... Thanks much for the info. I am ordering one today. Can only hope it will come out as well as the ones shown on the forum. Stay tuned, I may need more help, again thanks for your input.[:)][:)][:D]

no problem at all billlong

well im about 25% done with my weathering.... i think im going to take some pictures tommorrow and post them to get some feedback on how it looks from some of y'all who are a little more experienced than myself

now I just need some ho cement trucks
I like to use the rubber cement trick with rust
hmm more cement
here is my list
CA cement
cement trucks
rubber cement


cool

Has anyone found any HO scale Mine workers to populate the mine? I have not been able to find any anywhere.

i was wondering the same thing when i was at the shop the other day buying some new paint colors.....

i saw some railroad linemen figures that looked like they'd fit in well with an older set up.... but since now miners wear coveralls with reflective strips on them maybe fire fighter repainted out of the blaze orange suits would work well?

something abought that polyscale water based acrylic paint
all the hard work of metching color is done
http://phoenix-model.com/paint_charts/flo_rr.pdf
Railroad Tie Brown 1 Oz.

ya $3.50 for a eye dropper full gets to be too much
http://testors.com/catalog_browse.asp?ictNbr=54