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andykins
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 06/26/2012 : 03:58:37 AM
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| looks good martin, nice to see how things are done :) |
"Is it really "rivet counting" if it's regarding NBW castings?"
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milocomarty
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Netherlands
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Posted - 06/26/2012 : 4:00:54 PM
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Thanks Andy, more to come. Troels I remember now that here's a gunshop in a town nearby, and a friend of mine used to be a member of a shooting club...
Time for the next steps in bush making..
Left it yesterday with the sawdust added and white glue drying, time to add another coat of blackish brown. Mixture of latex wallpaint, white glue and a wall sealant (somekinda stuff you use to seal walls before painting, to get the suction out of it, dunno how it's called in english)
let it dry for a couple of hours and then these come in..
give both the sisalrope and the floristwire a quick coat with these flat spraypaints..
after this I put both plate on the side to have a real good dry. Next steps tomorrow also waiting on some ailenee's tacky glue. Wanna try that for adding fibers to the branches..
In the meantime I worked a bit on some real serious tuftmaking device.
good for 77 tufts each and I can stack'm..
makes 154 tufts in one session  Well if I'm outta money one day I know what I can sell [:-eyebrows] |
Grtz Martin..
http://cardiganbaycoastalrailroad.wordpress.com/ |
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
4927 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2012 : 2:44:37 PM
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Last coat 's dry so time to add some grasses. First a coat with 2mm fibers, advantage of working on this tiny sheets is that after you grassed it up you can turn it upside down and knock of the loose fibers. After this its right on with the second layer of 4,5mm fibers. Taking a syringe and dropping in thin glue..repeat the knock off...
added a 5 eurocent coin for sizes in the close-up
Also tried the tacky glue. Just a stick of floristwire and some fibers added
that's it for now, next steps tomorrow... |
Grtz Martin..
http://cardiganbaycoastalrailroad.wordpress.com/ |
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kirk
Fireman
Sweden
4526 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2012 : 3:15:35 PM
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| Dutch industriousness... You are really experimenting well, and to the benefit of all us lazy readers... Thank you! |
Troels Kirk
Näsum, Sweden
http://coastline.no13.se |
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
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moore
Engine Wiper
United Kingdom
225 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2012 : 5:04:09 PM
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Martin, I must be getting even more thick than usual in my old age because I can't work out how your tuft making device works or is the surface some sort of electrically conductive material that the glue for the tufts won't stick too well to?
I must say I admire you Dutch guys, you always come up with some real innovations. We sometimes get some Dutch layouts in the UK at shows and they always, apart from being superb layouts, have some excellent technical innovations. The one that sticks in my mind is the guy pedalling along the road on a bicycle with all his limbs fully jointed and working and with no visible support for the bicycle, all in HO, STILL can't work out how they did that!
John
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
4927 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2012 : 5:14:41 PM
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| John, the surface a plain laminate, glue won't stick to well on this. The trick is that the nails are equal with the surface, drilled tiny holes in the laminate. Connected to eachother underneat you just attach the groundclip to them to let the static energy work on the tip of the nails.. |
Grtz Martin..
http://cardiganbaycoastalrailroad.wordpress.com/ |
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moore
Engine Wiper
United Kingdom
225 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2012 : 5:41:28 PM
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| Thanks Martin, I understand now. When I first looked at the photo's I thought it was a series of holes drilled in the surface of each board but now you explain its obvious what this is. |
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
4927 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2012 : 12:12:34 PM
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Been a bit to rough on the fibers, added 12mm's instead of 6 [:-banghead]Well I tried to make some out of it. Added some 2mm fibers to and after that Polak fine leaves...
Lets have a closer look..
One lesson learned for myself, don't drink to much beers before ya work on greens |
Grtz Martin..
http://cardiganbaycoastalrailroad.wordpress.com/ |
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
4927 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2012 : 4:01:50 PM
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Last ones in the SBS on bush building. The florist wire bushes. Just cut them a bit random so not every branch in a bush is the same height. After that adding wooly fibers with aleene's tacky glue..
Next step is adding 6mm fibers with a tea sieve, bought a cheap airbrush and use Polak Sprayfix..WS scenic cement will do the trick to
repeat this but this time using 2mm fibers..
Noticed you have better control with the airbrush so I used it for painting the bushes a bit blackish to..
Airbrush and sprayfix, Polaks fine leaves with a tea sieve and theres the final result..
been looking for the kinda airy look..think it has it..
Just have to trim them here and there...
That's it folks.................easy |
Grtz Martin..
http://cardiganbaycoastalrailroad.wordpress.com/ |
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
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andykins
Fireman
United Kingdom
3880 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2012 : 04:18:24 AM
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| nice work on the bushes and cart martin :) |
"Is it really "rivet counting" if it's regarding NBW castings?"
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elwoodblues
Fireman
Canada
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Posted - 07/04/2012 : 08:42:41 AM
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Martin,
The bushes look fantastic, as do the wagon, thanks for the link, might have to order a couple of those.
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Ron Newby
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Clearwater Valley Railway Co.
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railman28
Fireman
USA
1728 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2012 : 09:12:18 AM
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Fabulous Wagon. but
"paint your wagon"
Your bushes are simply the best I've seen.
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It's Only Make Believe
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Frederic Testard
Engineer
France
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Posted - 07/05/2012 : 01:56:38 AM
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| You never stop doing wonders, Martin. Bushes : splendid. Wagon : splendid! |
Frederic Testard |
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Cardigan Bay Coastal Railroad..part 2...
