I just spilled a bottle of floquil grimy black over about a quarter of my castings.
On the plus side they weren’t the best ones and I reacted quickly enough to get some of it off. But those are going to be darker than I planned and some of the details will have to […]
Posted on February 21st, 2008 by quinn
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Painting the castings is going a lot faster than I thought it would. The single oil drums are done and this large group is about three quarters done. Then I need to do some of the tiny ones and some of the machinery that’s still left, such as the donkey engine and the boiler.
Posted on February 18th, 2008 by quinn
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The next step in building the Twin Mills is the castings. I got started with those last night. I’ve put down the base coat on all the ‘wooden’ castings, benches, crates etc.
Posted on February 17th, 2008 by quinn
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The Live and Dead Rolls:
I noticed one piece slightly out of place after I took this photo and have since fixed it:
The Main Saw:
Note that the tiny casting over the center of the blade is missing on the lower blade. When I was putting it on it jumped out of the tweezer, bounced off my […]
Posted on February 17th, 2008 by quinn
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From 1/5/08
I got the Log Carriage built as far as I can. The next step involves adding the log and I haven’t got anything to use for the logs yet. Not to mention once I do find a log I have to find a way to cut it in half along the length.
Posted on February 17th, 2008 by quinn
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From 1/4/08:
I finished the log deck this morning. Getting all the castings in is fussy work but worth the effort. I had better luck with the Blacken-It this time. - I noticed after I posted this that I forgot the NBW and the operator’s lever. Guess I have a few more minutes work […]
Posted on February 17th, 2008 by quinn
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Once again I’m updating by reposting my Railroad-Line posts:
From 12/21/07 - After a two month break while I concentrated on getting trains running on my layout I’m back to the Mills. I got the boathouse put together. Just need to do the roof and the dock for it and add some more weathering. I notice […]
Posted on January 1st, 2008 by quinn
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10/27/07
I haven’t updated in a while but I’m moving along with it.
In the background you can see across the aisle to where the yard will be. Right now it’s holding my saw and grinder.
Today we picked out where the bridges are going and what types and got those odered. I cut away some of […]
Posted on October 30th, 2007 by quinn
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From 10/17/07
Now that I’ve got the base in place I’ve moved on the starting the structures that have their feet in the pond. I can see in the photos that I need to touch up a few spots with stain.
Posted on October 30th, 2007 by quinn
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From 10/15/07
The next step was building and installing the dam. It has to be measured against the base since the size depends on how you choose to cut your pond.
Here it is in place where it’s going on my layout. Ignore that mess in the background. Things are getting cluttered and cleaning up is […]
Posted on October 30th, 2007 by quinn
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