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| fockewulf37 |
Posted - 02/11/2012 : 4:39:37 PM Well after a 20 year from Model railroading I am back. I have always loved Shays and decided to do a logging railroad using standard HO. I have a large basement That has been dedicated to My hobbies. So I gutted part of the basement and I am doing a 25'x 20' plan. I kind of did a make up as I go layout. I had a basic Idea but it changed several times. I have a logging area that will eventually have a logging camp and a Saw mill at the other end. he logging main line is 2 reversing loops. I also have a separate main line that is joined into the logging loops. Here is a basic drawing of what I have. The blue lines are the logging loops and the red is the lower loop.
Ty
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| fockewulf37 |
Posted - 12/19/2012 : 5:54:21 PM Hey Guys, You can't have a sawmill without sound. Here is one way to do it... Here is the website I got my file from. They have alot to choose from: http://www.sounddogs.com You can search for about any sound...
Here is a video of it in my sawmill http://youtu.be/J0N1n7zYzto
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| fockewulf37 |
Posted - 12/18/2012 : 8:24:26 PM I started on my Saw Mill complex. I need to get it together so that I can see how it will fit in the area. ts a pretty large complex. I have the Saw mill kit and also all the out buildings. I am trying to paint and weather them as I go. They are the Walthers Conerstone series Sawmill.
Ty


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| fockewulf37 |
Posted - 12/11/2012 : 7:23:14 PM Hey Guys Wow Its been a long time since I posted on this thread. But I kind of got side tracked. Starting at the first of May I built a G Scale Modular Railroad. I still have alot of work to do on it but I really enjoyed the build so far. I have not totally neglected this lay out. I have been doing a little at a time. I Have added more hills and ground work around the corner and another large hill/mountain with 2 more tunnels. Over the past week I have started adding some base foam to the Sawmill area. Here are some pic's to catch me up to my current stage of construction...
BTW here is the Modular that I built: http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=36635





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| fockewulf37 |
Posted - 03/27/2012 : 9:34:10 PM I am using a mixture of trees I made and trees I bought a couple years ago. I was lucky and bought out a hobby shop of all the trees they had. I got good mix from 4"-10" about 300 in all..I painted the whole Mountain a Earth Brown. I then covered it with the moss that I ground up in the food processor. I used some zip texture for the dirty around the cabins.


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| fockewulf37 |
Posted - 03/27/2012 : 9:23:08 PM I then worked on the scenery for the whole mountain. I had to finish off the tunnel entrances . I used a mixture of rock molds and Skulpt-a-mold.
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| fockewulf37 |
Posted - 03/27/2012 : 9:12:55 PM Once the cabin was painted. I finished up the rock formation in front of the cabin. I wanted to place the cabin but still be able to remove it later without any problems. So I put the cabin in plastic wrap. I then took Skulpt-a-mold and applied it around the cabin. I pressed it in tightly around the plastic. I then let it dry.



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| fockewulf37 |
Posted - 03/17/2012 : 9:28:39 PM Here is a pic of the early placement of the cabin.

First I painted the cabin using acrylic paints. I have it almost all done here. I just have a few more detailing to do.



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| fockewulf37 |
Posted - 03/17/2012 : 9:12:02 PM I have been working on the mountain. I bought a small cabin casting from Rusty Rail for the mountain. I bought several of their castings. They are great in detail but the ones I got. One was incomplete like the resin did not get into all of the areas of the casting. The cabine was all intact but had a couple small air bubbles that had to be filled...

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| fockewulf37 |
Posted - 03/16/2012 : 05:38:42 AM Ok I have not forgotten this thread. I had a order to get out from my old hobby. I have been working along but have not had time to post anything... I am not an artist. It just amazes me some of the backgrounds I have seen painted by modelers. I have several how to pain background videos but I just can seem to get whats in my mind onto the wall. So I am trying to keep my background very basic.
Here I have continued down to my first mountain with the background.


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| adrian_batey |
Posted - 02/28/2012 : 9:02:56 PM Thanks for the respose. I have been reluctant to dive in and do the shingles. Im looking to get away from working on locos for a while so i should jump back on this project.
Really enjoying this railroad of yours also. Its nice to see a HO logging layout for a change over the usual On30 |
| fockewulf37 |
Posted - 02/28/2012 : 7:54:01 PM Oh BTW I used the double sided 3m Tape to apply the shingles instead of the 3m77 spray and I used a medium CA to apply the ridge cap. The CA made the ridge cap go pretty quick.
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| fockewulf37 |
Posted - 02/28/2012 : 03:57:28 AM Thanks for the comments. Yes I followed his directions on painting the shingles. If you use the last 3 colors one after the other they mix very well. I would do all 4 sheets of shingles with one color of polly and then move to the next color and do all 4 sheets. The colors did not get totally dry and mixed well.
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| adrian_batey |
Posted - 02/28/2012 : 01:08:36 AM Im working on the same kit at the moment. Found the same issue with my first bunk and manage to correct it on the next ones. I hvaent done the roof of any yet. Love the coloring on the shingles. Is it just the same as following bretts instructions |
| teaspoon |
Posted - 02/27/2012 : 11:03:01 PM Outstanding job of coloring, looks like real wood. I can almost hear the Shantyboys inside telling tall tales and someone playing a fiddle softly. Very nice!
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| Rick |
Posted - 02/27/2012 : 10:35:37 PM TY, you're definitely getting some good colors on your walls and roof. Great job of assembly too. |