Very thin shale plates easily shaped on my belt sander. Started to install old roofing.
The radionuclide access manifold (RAM) has turned out very nicely. Will add the radial strength members next.
This piece on the beach is thin, but the one in the micrometer is only 25 thou. Will be using this in my structures.
A very unique shale exists on the beaches of Walton, Nova Scotia. Extremely thin plates, so delicate that they may beak under their own weight as they are lifted. Last week I very carefully collected several sheets for my display cases.
Support structure needs lots of time to cure completely solid.
Starting the support structure design.
OldSchoolScratchbuilder Perfect angles can be made for cubes, dodecahedrons and icosahedrons using the Morton Glass Works assembly tray.
Perfect angles can be made for cubes, dodecahedrons and icosahedrons using the Morton Glass Works assembly tray.
Besides you're not being true to your name using such a modern device. The ancients used the 3-4-5 method to establish a 90 degree right angle. Then, along came Pythagoras with his theorem. That's old school !
Alton Junction
Back to the design grid for more tipple sub-assemblies. Added more water to the creek and first grassy field.
Walls sanded and urethane coat applied. Love making structures like this.
Sandstone applied to two side walls for drying overnight.
I collect broken auto glass whenever I come across wrecked automobiles. In this case I have installed a piece for a broken window. Second wall in progress.
Back of the wall has been painted. As you can see, I only need to make about half a tipple.
Here it is after a coat of urethane. A wall full of character from a piece of Nova Scotia driftwood. The back will be painted and the second wall designed next.
Wall sub-structure is turning out exactly as planned. The paper backing has three important functions: ensures perfect dimensions, allows me to hold onto the piece safely when I lay it on my belt sander, and holds the structure in place in case a glue joint comes loose. Indeed, a joint did break open after sanding but very easy to add a few dabs of glue to fix.
So now I have a wall made of West Jeddore driftwood timber and filled with Cape Blomidon sandstone. A little more trimming to do once the two new glue joints harden, then a coat of urethane on the outside and paint on the wallpaper inside.
So a stained/fusing glass display case for Thomas the Tank Engine would be easy to make with standard glass sizes 1 sq. ft. Each of the eight inside walls could be fused glass scenes, the rest of the walls and top clear glass.
Time to play with my brand new layout. So excited! The eyes move and the sounds of steam and whistle are delightful! Read two MR articles on this train in my collection.
The wall has been coated with a layer of red-sandstone-filled wood glue and will dry over night.
My first sub-assembly was rough-cut and glued to my paper drawing.
Steve,
Could does not mean would or should.
But you are correct about his not repeating it "a near-infinte number of times". It only feels that way to me.
He actually repeated it 205 times. In this topic, alone. I stand corrected on that.
You know, there's a reason that I'm bothered by the repetition. That's because I was actually following this topic. And appreciating it. As I did his topic about building his layout. I thought he was doing a grand job of exploring "other" possibilities--there's a tendency in model railroading to do what we do because everyone else does it "that way".
So I have found the actual content of his posts interesting and informative. And potentially useful.
The downside of keeping up with all this is having to read 205 times about his accomplishment. So I thought I'd suggest it's time to stop. We ALL know he invented something wonderful. By now.
And, it's a shame that his signature can't be just his name. Perhaps that's less important to him.
As could easily be pointed out by others on this forum, if it bothers you so much, stop reading it.
So, I s'pose I will.
Ed
7j43k Do you have a name? Will you share that name? Why do you continuously repeat that you invented sonar (or something)? It implies that you don't think anyone read it the first time. Or the second. Or the third. Or the fourth. I helped create a BART train simulator. It, at least, has a railroad connection. And, I assure all that I do not feel the need to repeat that accomplishment for a near-infinite number of times. Give it a break, man. Ed
Do you have a name?
Will you share that name?
Why do you continuously repeat that you invented sonar (or something)? It implies that you don't think anyone read it the first time. Or the second. Or the third. Or the fourth.
I helped create a BART train simulator. It, at least, has a railroad connection. And, I assure all that I do not feel the need to repeat that accomplishment for a near-infinite number of times.
Give it a break, man.
Ed,
MYOB. He's not repeating it "a near-infinite number of times," it's his signature. It's automatically appended to all his posts. If you had an accomplishment you were proud of, you could do the same.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
I for one can't wait to see the final product of all this. I'm certainly no artist, this is definitely something I wouldn't be able to do. But I can enjoy the results. I have plenty of railroad art for the train room and they aren't all photo-realistic paintings.
My advice for those who don't like this - stop reading this thread!
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
Visit my web site at www.readingeastpenn.com for construction updates, DCC Info, and more.
Hey Old School!
We are the same age!
I admire your resilience! I tend to have a thinner skin so I have a hard time brushing things off when I am being bullied.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
My oldest and most cherished issue. I was 2 years old when this issue came out. Oh no, I just gave away my age!
Morning coffee and more comedy to read on my thread. LOL
What I will add to my resume is that I have read well over a thousand issues of magazines on model railroads and have scrapbooked a few thousand articles, each preserved in acid-free sleeves in my old hockey card binders in the picture. I know what has been done in the past by great modellers, whose shoulders bear my weight. Insults thrown my way also fly in the face of those amazing people.
hon30critterYour work is different and novel. Just keep doing what you are doing and ignore the nay-sayers.
I agree with Dave.
I check in to this thread every few days and get caught up with what you're doing, Old School. If I come away with only one technique or idea then I'm all the richer for it. I say carry on 'ol chap.
You are investing a lot of time and effort into showing your progress and you should be commended for a job well done.
Regards, Ed
Old School:
Your work is different and novel. Just keep doing what you are doing and ignore the nay-sayers. You are free to share your history, which personally I think is quite interesting.
By the way, your recent critic has a history of doing the same thing to others. He is free to comment as he wishes as long as he stays within the rules, but we have no obligation to give him heed, and you have no obligation to post your name.
7j43kWhy do you continuously repeat that you invented sonar (or something)? It implies that you don't think anyone read it the first time. Or the second. Or the third. Or the fourth.
IMO, Old School seems to work on a bit of a different plane (I still haven't figured out how all these disparate dioramic pieces are supposed to come together like he stated they will earlier in the thread - and what ever did happen to that "Malcolm Furlow" pastiche with 100 and 1 telephone poles), but I just figured that he's proud enough of his sonar background to include it in his signature (I, OTOH, disliked futzing around with Kalman Filtering algorithms when I was working for the Military-Industrial Complex). Sort of like "Never too old to have a happy childhood" or "people in hamburg never grow old, they just rust*" or animated stick figures trying to cross a canyon or whatever. I won't bust on him for that (hey, we have a monk who's schtick is he's a big cat), and this stained-glass scenery seems to be a rather different (and colorful) angle in railroad modeling. Not sure how it will all turn out and it likely won't be the next smd-led/static grass/photo-modeling/dcc, but you must admit it is different.
Do you have a name? Will you share that name?
*Well, something like that.
Lots of timber - 129 pieces from a single log. Use the rail ties for scale.