Michael! OH you lazy man, you!!! Do you mean that you are actually admitting that you didn't accomplish 60,000 things in a single weekend?!? Oh my, you have burst my bubble! I thought you were Superman!!!
Seriously, I do think you should take a break from your usual frenetic pace once in a while. You deserve it! I get exhausted trying to keep up with your rate of progress!
Nice tunnel portals and liners by the way!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
I'm a happy modeler! The laser is back up and running !
Michael
The Breitenbach - Rosenheim Railroad V3
I ran the laser most of the afternoon and cut a pile of standard roadbed:
I installed a few tunnel portals and tunnel walls as well this evening:
I can't use the old CELEX building again because the layout of Georgetown is basically mirrored from the old railroad but at least the part of the building that sits on top of the viaduct can be reused:
Started to work on the next bridge:
While my laser is busy engraving brick the patterns for the new bridge...
...I'm doing all kinds of odd jobs like finishing the backdrop:
...and working on the background mountains:
The laser is done, the bridge has been assembled:
Creating that ridgeline was so much fun that I just kept going...
Michael: I know you are busy but I wonder if you would mind just going over your method of creating those mountains? Just the bullet points would be fine . Thank you.
Old Fat Robert
Old Fat Robert Michael: I know you are busy but I wonder if you would mind just going over your method of creating those mountains? Just the bullet points would be fine . Thank you. Old Fat Robert
No problem!
I start with the ridgeline, I then glue on aluminum screen wire to create the basic shape, add a layer of plaster cloth, hot glue rock castings where I want rocks, fill everything in between with sculptamold. After that paints, washes and finally green stuff and trees.
I continue to be amazed at the speed of progresss. Saturday afternoon - mock up bridge with cardstock. Sunday morning, actual bridge is done and assembled and ready for painting. While also taking photos and posting them to at least 2 different places. AND doing other stuff on the layout (well, while the laser is running a job I suppose you could either watch it, akin to watching paint dry, or go off and do something else, so at least that part makes sense).
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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Randy,
You make it almost sound bad !
The bridge has been painted four times. Tomorrow there will be another wash with alcohol & india ink, then I will fill the mortar lines.
michaelrose55 Randy, You make it almost sound bad !
What you're doing isn't bad - it just makes the rest of us look bad! Fast work AND high quality.
michaelrose55 Tomorrow there will be another wash with alcohol & india ink, then I will fill the mortar lines.
Michael:
Do you really need to fill the mortar lines? I think it looks great just the way it is. To me it suggests a structure that has been exposed to pollution for many years. I can hardly see the seams, and I can't tell how deep the mortar lines actually are so if they are too deep I guess you are obliged to fill them.
Great work by the way!
rrinker michaelrose55 Randy, You make it almost sound bad ! What you're doing isn't bad - it just makes the rest of us look bad! Fast work AND high quality. --Randy
Rich
Alton Junction
hon30critter michaelrose55 Tomorrow there will be another wash with alcohol & india ink, then I will fill the mortar lines. Michael: Do you really need to fill the mortar lines? I think it looks great just the way it is. To me it suggests a structure that has been exposed to pollution for many years. I can hardly see the seams, and I can't tell how deep the mortar lines actually are so if they are too deep I guess you are obliged to fill them. Great work by the way! Dave
Dave,
I make the mortar lines pretty deep because I really like to fill them. I use a mix of plaster and dry paint pigments as mortar which looks pretty much like the real thing. In my opinion it improves the looks of any wall.
@Rich, @Randy: Somebody around here HAS to set a benchmark...
I sanded the background and put on the first coat of primer:
The bridge is almost completely dry after getting the mortar lines filled and sealed this morning.
I came in early this morning and gave the background a coat of blue paint. That can dry now while I'm at work...
During my lunch break I couldn't resist cutting the subroadbed and installing the bridge. Maybe I need professional help...?
The sky is all blue and the roadbed has reached the very end of the benchwork:
There must be something in the water you are drinking that's giving you the energy and drive to accomplish all these things so fast.
So next time you are at the tap getting a glass, please bottle some and send over! :)
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Professional help? I think even a fast working professional like Pelle Soeberg would just slow you down.
I think he meant white coats and a "suit with straps" :D
TrainzLuvr I think he meant white coats and a "suit with straps" :D
Yessssss!
When Con-Cor released the M-10000 in 2009 we had just moved from Germany back to the US and I was in the planning stage of the first G&AM. At this time I had no idea what kind of motive power I would end up with and so I completely missed this magnificent train. Later when became aware of the model they were sold out everywhere.
Two weeks ago Con-Cor sent me an email about several trade show samples of trains and passenger cars that they tested and were offering at a reduced price. I instantly ordered the M-10000 .
Today it arrived and it looks as good as new. I will have to find a dcc decoder to plug in and then it can run in passenger service on the G&AM!
I'm making bridges again: