BRAKIE BATMAN At some point I hope to improve on the painting of clouds as I am becoming more adept with the airbrush. Running a roller over the backdrop should not be too big of a problem. You need to watch how Bob Ross (Joy of Painting) makes his clouds.Looks easy peasy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enutOy-nsZk
BATMAN At some point I hope to improve on the painting of clouds as I am becoming more adept with the airbrush. Running a roller over the backdrop should not be too big of a problem.
You need to watch how Bob Ross (Joy of Painting) makes his clouds.Looks easy peasy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enutOy-nsZk
By the three minute point I knew enough to start a backdrop. Thanks Brakie (I think it's Larry, isn't it?)!
Stu
Streamlined steam, oh, what a dream!!
Hi,Stu,yes,its Larry..Glad that link help you.I always enjoyed watching Mr.Ross's shows..Some of his techniques could be used in painting and aging structures.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
BRAKIE Hi,Stu,yes,its Larry..Glad that link help you.I always enjoyed watching Mr.Ross's shows..Some of his techniques could be used in painting and aging structures.
Looks good Larry, but I don't see a happy little squirrel.
Wayne
Wayne,
If it's like my layout, the squirrel is happily in the attic.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Larry, I enjoy watching Bob Ross and he is now on Netflix.
A couple years ago when I got my airbrush I took a leftover 2' x 8' piece of hardboard that was unused from the backdrop. I hung it on the dog run, ran my roller of Home Depot sky blue over it and went to town practicing airbrushing the Alberta foothills with the Rockies off in the distance. When I finished I stood back and went HolyMoly that is pretty good for a first try.
So I took my roller and painted over my masterpiece to try again. I should have quit while I was ahead. Subsequent tries have not returned me to the grandeur of my first masterpiece, but more to kindergarten 101, and that is why my backdrop still looks the same as the day it was installed.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
BRAKIEFirst I would check the engine that is causing the issue..All the wheels on my last Athearn RTR GP38-2 was out of gauge by a tad just enough to derail at the switch points.
Of course, That's my first move, check the engine. And if I have more than one of the same engine (brand and model), I'll pull it out and run that one. If I have the same problem with that engine, then I suspect the track. If the 2nd engine doesn't have the problem then I tinker with the first engine. But if I may quote a smart man from these forums: "If you have a problem with an engine, 70% of the time it's the trackwork". I tend to agree with that. By the way who said that?
Joe C
dominic c"If you have a problem with an engine, 70% of the time it's the trackwork". I tend to agree with that. By the way who said that?
Maybe..I about drove myself to the funny farm figuring why my old BB FM24-66 kept derailing in one direction. I even did the mirror trick and all wheels touched the surface. Weeks or maybe months later I tried the glass trick out in the sunlight.Bingo! 2 sets of wheels was barely touching the glass! I replaced the truck(remember when your LHS could get Athearn parts or had them in stock?) and that ended the problem.
But,yes,track problem could be the cause including a simple thing like a spike not completely snug against the rail.I still use spikes.
Well, all of the above are good bits of advice. But, most of us learn by doing, at least I do. If you're a newbie at scenery and you're afraid of "screwing it up" on your layout, try out your skills on a small diorama or two. My layout is in the (painted) "plywood pacific" stage too, but that is because I am still building structure mock-ups so I can figure out how some of the spurs should be configured. In the mean time though, I've built several dioramas, fully scenicked, so that when I get to the scenery stage I'll have a level of comfort building the "real thing". It also helps to read some books on the subject too.