New River Minning Co

[304live]

the siding does add alot to the look of it

[zgardner18]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Piedsou

Here are two more photos of the mine. The third picture is one of the Shenandoah coal dock, where some of the coal mined there is delivered.







Dale Latham

Dale,

Your layout, are you talking about Shenandoah, PA? I used to live in Hazelton for about 6 months, Boy does that area have some great coal mines. I used to love going out to the Shenandoah area and to watch the large cranes and dumptrucks work. If I had a scanner, I would post some pitures.

[Piedsou]

Thank you all for your kind comments.
The conveyor is a Walther's product. It's included with some of their kits and also sold separately.
The town of Shenandoah is fictious on my railroad, but would more resemble Shenandoah, Virginia rather than Pa. The N&W had a division point yard in the real Shenandoah. My freelanced railroad runs from Richmond, Va. to Pittsburgh, Pa. with the modeled part being the transistion area from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia into the coal mining regions of northeastern West Virginia and western Maryland.

Thanks again,
Dale

[railroadyoshi]

Boston Sand And Gravel is a really neat place, isn't it?

I've only seen it from Commuter Rail and on I-93, but everytime I see it, it hits something in me. What I find most interesting about it is it's location. It's plopped square between I-93, the Leverett Connector, the ladder at North Station, and the Charles.

From the limited viewpoints I've seen it, It seems to resemble Glacier Gravel more, but I presume you could convert the New River Mining Company. That'll be one fantastic project, and I cannot wait to see your results.

[GAPPLEG]

Great work all you'se guys. I don't need a building like that on my layout, but it makes me wish I did ! Beautiful work on all those kits.

[304live]

thanks for the info about the conveyor belt

now i just need to go pick this up and get to work!

[SilverSpike]

Great job you all! I have been following this thread for a few days now, and you all have really done great work. I never knew there were so many ways that one model could be represented.

Hats off to you all!

Ryan

[davekelly]

It never ceases to amaze me how many truly talented people are on this forum. Each mine started with the same kit, yet each has its own personality - and in my opinion, they all look great!

[Anonymous]

This thread comes at a great time. I've had this kit for about 2 months now and will start building it this weekend. I've noticed most people have fairly short runs going to the mine. I built 3 long tracks were 6 to 8 car trains could sit and slowing move forward to get the cars "filled". Seeing the short runs that others are using makes me wonder if I should design my mine somewhat. I dont have any scenery in place yet to changes are possible.
hmmm......

[river_eagle]

QUOTE: Originally posted by river_eagle

I painted it grey, and used silver paint pen to add color back, and a little black wash for the shadow effect. did dullcoat after assembly,which gave the windows that dirty frosted look, and brushed alcohol over areas that need a chalky/ dusty look {see stairs/post under loader}- same color as door
I have later found that Sharpie makes brown pens, that work great over the silver/grey for rust stains.
sorry don't have better pic, just happened to be in backgroud.


brown sharpie used on coaling tower

click on pic for full size.

This entire mine scene is on a 2'x2' square NTRAK module, so I had to make the
run-ins tight, and more as scenery than for operations.

[Anonymous]

River: I like the work you did on the steel grider supports. They really stand out nicely.

[river_eagle]

thankx,
I painted them the same burgendy/rusty red as the truck loader, sprayed dulcote, let dry about ten min., and then brushed on rubbing alcohol on the areas I wanted to have that dusty look. the more passes with the alcohol, the "chalker"(word?) it gets.
started about halfway down on truck loader.
the bonus of the alcohol is that if you don't like the results, just hit it with the dulcote again, and it all goes away.

[Misteslaus]

You might consider an old wargamers trick. Start with a primer coat of black and then dry bru***he siding with silver. You can do it in several layers and then "wash" it with a thinned black or blcak ink (see the wargamers for that) or chalks. Try the technique on a piece of scrap before you do it on such a magnificent kit. One of the things that this does is to automatically enhance the depth and shadow to a piece of material made of "metal." (It also works quite nicely on underframes and trucks.

Fr. Stephen

[Melchoir]

Awesome paint schemes....Nice of you to share them..I have one of these and have been trying to give it a unique look..Thanks for the ideas especially the Sharpie marker..Michael

[304live]

yes the sharpy marker is working out GREAT!

just started working on mine tonight... this is my first project in years and years so hopefully in a while here i'll have something to show and get some critiquing (*sp) on

[FRITSCHSR]

Here's one on the Beaver County Model Railroad Club's layout.
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[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....

[Budliner]

wow Misteslaus I like that idea


I have to get going with this one

[Anonymous]

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?

[billlong]

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.[:)][:)]

[304live]

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

[simon1966]

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,

[304live]

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....

[billlong]

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]

[304live]

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

[Budliner]

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

[simon1966]

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

[304live]

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?

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Safety Valve
I see all those wonderfully completed kits with the neat colors. Especially the green. What color was that green?

SafteyValve,

The green is from a can of Rust-o-leum "American Accents" spray paint that I picked up at my friendly neighborhood Home Depot. Wish I could remember the exact name of the color but I can't. At least the cap is the same color as the paint so it should be easy to spot on the store shelf...

I've found Home Depot, Lowes and Wally World to be excellent sources of spray paint for industrial structures - at a fraction of what I'd have to pay at a LHS[tup]

[Budliner]

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