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fockewulf37
Engine Wiper
USA
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 Posted - 05/20/2012 : 10:38:24 PM
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After I laid track as far I as could I moved to the last 3 modules. There are 2 straight and one pentagon section. Both straight section are going to be lower to allow for trestles. There is one shallow and one deeper. The shallow one is about 12" deep and one that is 22" deep. I don;t have the skills to do a curved trestle. I was able to finish up both sections. I have been holding the modules together with clamps but decided to use bolts . I got some 5/16 T nuts and 3" 5/16th bolts. I will end up cutting the bolts to the correct length.
I braced the short section with 45 degree angles
I had to come up with a I beam style for the deeper drop.
Here it is all together:
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Frank Palmer
Crew Chief
USA
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Posted - 05/23/2012 : 09:40:22 AM
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Ty,
I will never say we cheated, but for the trestle roadbed structure we used 3/4" MDF and cut the pattern so it would be a one-piece section. That way it would be sturdy and easy to install. We laid out the pattern using a trammel arm attached to the trammel base which was attached to the curve section modules.
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fockewulf37
Engine Wiper
USA
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Posted - 05/23/2012 : 09:56:46 AM
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Frank That is pretty neat,
I kind of set with the 2 straight sections for now.. I am curious, did you stain your wood for the trestle or just weather the natural wood?
I just got through planing and cutting some cedar to size to start the trestle bents.
I have a good bit of cedar that we had sawed into planks from when Hurricane Hugo came through back in 1989. It has been sitting in the dry for about 23years waiting to be used.
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Frank Palmer
Crew Chief
USA
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Posted - 05/23/2012 : 8:51:17 PM
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Ty
Funny you would ask about staining the trestle. It’s been 8 years that the SC has been around and I just stained my trestle in February of this year. Richard’s curved one has been stained for several years. The guys have been after me to stain it but there has always been something more pressing to get accomplished. I used el-cheepo black and brown shoe polish thinned with alcohol that I purchased at the local CVS drug store. Then dry brushed with country tan, one of those $.99 acrylic paints from Michaels. By the time I got to the ties I was running out of brown and the mix got kind of dark, oh well, used more tan dry brushing to lighten it up.
I just want to add, great job on the module construction. Good looking project, you should be proud of it.
The MDF is faced with a 1/16” cedar veneer so it would look like real wood beams from the front.
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Edited by - Frank Palmer on 05/23/2012 8:59:28 PM |
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andykins
Fireman
United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/24/2012 : 05:37:29 AM
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| ive been watching, following silent, but i must say, your bench work is wonderful! |
"Is it really "rivet counting" if it's regarding NBW castings?"
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
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k27rgs
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Australia
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fockewulf37
Engine Wiper
USA
286 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2012 : 12:47:00 PM
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Thanks Again Frank for all the help an information. I have looked at many pictures of the SC and would have never known that you used MDF for the upper part of the trestle deck. After you Mentioned that you used the MDF I went back to tried to see if I could tell. And I could not. I figured you had to use some kind of veneer to give the outside board the natural look. I will have to try the shoe polish and alcohol.
Are you saying the trestle is alot darker now than the Picture above?
Thanks everyone for the comments on the build so far I just hope my final product will look somewhat realistic. I am going to the mountains this weekend. I am taking a couple 5 gallon buckets. Hopefully I'll find some good dirt to use...
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Frank Palmer
Crew Chief
USA
634 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2012 : 2:21:04 PM
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Ty
What you see above is the natural cedar. The first thing we did was stain it with a driftwood colored stain from Lowe’s. That looked pretty much like every O-scale trestle you see in the Gazette. Please I mean no disrespect to the O-scale community. I liked the color but the rest of the group wanted a darker color. It seemed too muted against the rock background. It was lost in all the “tanness”. By using the darker color it stood out from the background.
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fockewulf37
Engine Wiper
USA
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Posted - 05/31/2012 : 7:59:40 PM
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I played around with the shoe polish and paint and it looks pretty good on sample wood...
I have a few words to describe MDF, but I don't use those words. It is a real pain to cut and you need an hazmat suit to keep from breathing in all that dust and getting it all over yourself....
Now I just have to figure out my spacing and cut some ties...
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BigLars
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 05/31/2012 : 8:59:22 PM
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Ty.
Great progress on the modules. I can not believe how fast you are moving. |
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fockewulf37
Engine Wiper
USA
286 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 5:08:34 PM
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Thanks Lars,
Well I started on the deepest module. I started figuring out the creek and my attempt at some type of rock formation. I don't plan on closing in the back right now. Maybe just a painted background.
Ty
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fockewulf37
Engine Wiper
USA
286 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2012 : 11:43:41 PM
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Still working away on the rock wall on the one side. I am using gorilla glue. It work great with foam and set up fast.
I got worried that the rock just looked too bad so i Spackled, painted and tried some tempra paints.
It may be a little dark but once I get the color right I think the rock will look Ok..
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nziainz
New Hire
New Zealand
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fockewulf37
Engine Wiper
USA
286 Posts |
Posted - 06/06/2012 : 9:44:34 PM
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That looks really nice. Thanks for posting.. I may try that as I get closer to finishing this module..
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