I joined the ‘08 interchange on the Railroad-Line forum so I had to tackle weathering rolling stock. I chose two victims, an LCL boxcar from the B&O and a Pennsey coal hopper. The LCL boxcar didn’t come out great. I may post photos later. The dullcote base had some blotches so the weathering also has […]
Posted on February 24th, 2008 by quinn
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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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I built this last weekend, it’s straight out of the box and hasn’t even been weathered yet. I’ll add the roof parts later after I add some lights and interior detail. I can’t install the turntable until I know just where the roundhouse is going so I got this kit and put it […]
Posted on February 17th, 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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