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bullbrauch
Engine Wiper
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 Posted - 04/05/2012 : 8:12:46 PM
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| Looking good Rick. I really like the way you're building your concrete structures. |
Brandan
Living in Colorado,
home of the Rio Grande |
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MarkF
Engineer
USA
9327 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2012 : 12:49:42 AM
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| What a transformation! That hides the hole in the wall extremely well, and the backdrops (less the blue tape) really add to it as well. |
Mark
See my homepage at http://home.comcast.net/~prrndiv/
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nhguy
Fireman
USA
3689 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2012 : 03:34:41 AM
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| Brilliant! I think it is well executed Rick. It hides the holes remarkably well. Camouflage paint. I'll have to remember that. It really looks like aged concrete. |
Bill Shanaman
Superintendent, New Haven RR in the 1948 to 1952 era
PMRA President 2013-14, OpSIG Member
NCE User Since 1999
Sugar City, Colorado |
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Harsco
Fireman
USA
1107 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2012 : 08:21:48 AM
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Originally posted by Tabooma County Rwy
Rick, your layout is lookin' great! The idea of moving a "dead" loco in the middle of a freight train is a neat wrinkle for an ops session!
Al Carter
Al...I can't take all the credit, although part of the inspiration came from my former career as a welding supply salesperson. One of my better accounts was the General Electric Service Shop on Erie Avenue in Philly, which had a siding directly off the Northeast Corridor. Back then it was Amtrak electrics being dropped off for motor rewinding or transformer repairs....the engine would be spotted in a HUGE enclosed shop area to be worked on. The GG-1, a donation from Mark, is an old AHM model with neutering, painting, and graphics by Steam... |
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Harsco
Fireman
USA
1107 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2012 : 08:40:22 AM
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Originally posted by nhguy
Brilliant! I think it is well executed Rick. It hides the holes remarkably well. Camouflage paint. I'll have to remember that. It really looks like aged concrete.
Thanks for the comments, Bill and Brandan....after years of pursuing the "perfect" shade for concrete, I'm convinced that like the elusive "Rust", it doesn't exist....only variations of it. In person, the shade in the pictures appears lighter to me, but that could be the lighting, the camera, tired eyes, etc. Observations of highway overpasses and concrete barriers seem to indicate it's more "tan" than "gray", but that's a VERY subjective opinion. What I try to do is blend the gray and tan to come up with something in between. Here's a picture of the process I'm experimenting with now: the infamous "fat thumb" method of rubbing several shades of light to medium gray chalk over the tan base color to lighten things up a little:
The base color is the Rustoleum Light Brown Camouflage previously mentioned; the bridge side to the left has had the thumb treatment; the right side nothing....yet. I think it needs to be splotchier and more uneven. A slight hint of darkish brown chalk here and there might help too...it's still a work in progress like most of my stuff.
Here's my collection of "What Might Make a Good Concrete Color" materials....
Another method I'm futzing with is a light gray acrylic paint generously diluted with Windex to kinda/sorta wash in the lightness...
Bill: the Rustoleum Camouflage colors are great for what we do; unfortunately they seem to be getting harder to find at the local big box stores..they sell light and dark brown and light and dark greens. |
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Steam Nut
Fireman
USA
1291 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2012 : 09:53:23 AM
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| Thats cause they are blending in! Camouflage! Get it! Ok i'll go away now. |
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Harsco
Fireman
USA
1107 Posts |
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dlwrailfan1
Crew Chief
USA
574 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2012 : 10:02:52 AM
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The railroad police are a bunch of tough old bastards  and tend to drive the railfans away from the 'road of steel'. Obviously this photographer was successful -- excellent high and wide load move. Thanks for posting.
Suggestion -- in your YouTube account, click on Edit Info. Change the name of the video, add a description, tags and category. |
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bullbrauch
Engine Wiper
124 Posts |
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Harsco
Fireman
USA
1107 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2012 : 11:03:58 AM
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Thanks for the advice, Eric....it's all new to me. I'll have to review them a little better before posting to delete the background expletives...LOL.
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MarkF
Engineer
USA
9327 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2012 : 11:36:59 PM
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| Well, now it's You Tube! My goodness, your all over the internet these days! Cool looking videos though. |
Mark
See my homepage at http://home.comcast.net/~prrndiv/
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nhguy
Fireman
USA
3689 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2012 : 2:50:21 PM
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| Train Porn?!?!?!? I've never heard train videos referred to as porn before. |
Bill Shanaman
Superintendent, New Haven RR in the 1948 to 1952 era
PMRA President 2013-14, OpSIG Member
NCE User Since 1999
Sugar City, Colorado |
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Red P
Crew Chief
USA
898 Posts |
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Harsco
Fireman
USA
1107 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2012 : 8:31:05 PM
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Progress continues, both on the projected Linglestown Extension and Market Street....
After much consultation on track configuration and the usual round of insulting comments, the gang resumed reconstruction of the Commonwealth complex to make it more operator friendly as well as start the benchwork for the eventual run to Linglestown.
Here Mark is realigning track work while Steam is doing his Flying Wallenda thing while installing risers:
An overall shot of the lobe and the future branch line rising in the background behind Commonwealth....we will need 5 inches of rise over about twenty feet to meet up with the future bench work over the staging yard:
After a little fussing, cussing, and cutting, the risers were in and we filled in the gap between the new lobe and the existing benchwork:
A closer shot of where the branch line exits the main room and enters the workshop; this view will be hidden by an as-yet-figured-out backdrop.
Futzing continues on the Barrett shingle plant...here's the latest variation:
Used an old Walther's coke works bunker to re-fashion an aggregate version for Barrett:
As mentioned in previous entries, I've gotten pretty infatuated with many of the paper and texture models available out there and recently purchased the Scale Scenes T009 Modern Industrial Building, a 10 page PDF file that while British in origin, has a lot in common with American prototypes. Instead of building the "kit" as designed, I decided to try a little "paperbashing" and use the components to make a Market Street customer, 84 Lumber.
One bit of advice if you're contemplating going towards paper models: believe it or not, the printer paper used makes a HUGE difference. Diamond Bill, who is in the printing industry, told a friend of mine that using the paper recommended by the printer manufacturer makes the best copy. At first skeptical, I followed his advice and purchased some Epson Presentation Matte paper...which is essentially photo quality paper, but with a matte finish.
Let me tell you folks, the difference in print quality was amazing...it REALLY does make a HUGE difference...if you're going this route, I'd strongly recommend you try it.
Anyway, using the usual tried and true illustration board, I started mocking up two customers for Market; the aforementioned 84 Lumber and CB&I (Chicago Bridge & Iron - well known steel fabricators) Harrisburg Shops. Being a fabricator of big components, CB&I needs to have a high bay structure...in this case, fifty feet high. Here's a couple of shots of the mock ups in place:
Since 84 Lumber buildings are typically blue, and the Scale Scenes model has lots of blue siding, I decided to start with that...although not completely finished yet, here are the results so far:
Mock up with siding attached:
Mock up with doors and other accessories; the signs were grabbed off the Net:
A little closer shot...the driveway is paper too....Scale Scenes also sells street and roadway textures:
Overall I'm very pleased with the results so far; it still amazes me that a goodly amount of this model was made using a glue stick...in my case UHU brand, which I picked up at A.C. Moore. |
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bullbrauch
Engine Wiper
124 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2012 : 9:36:10 PM
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That mock up is pretty un-mock-up-ish!  |
Brandan
Living in Colorado,
home of the Rio Grande |
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Harrisburg Terminal Railroad (HTRR)
