The M-K & Eastern RR, a layout made of dioramas, sort of....

Started by Graffen, May 18, 2017, 10:30:07 AM

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Graffen

Hi all, I've made a control panel for my layout.
I used 10 mm thick MDF.
It's 18" x 6.5" in size, which was the minimum I wanted.

I drew the plan and then drilled all the holes for the LEDs and push buttons.


I counter drilled the holes from the backside to make it possible to add the LED and the nuts for the push buttons.


I primed it with cellulose first and then black Badger Stynylrez primer.


I then airbrush painted white where the track lines were going to be.


I masked the lines with 1/16" automotive masking tape. I painted over the tape with white to minimize the risk of bleeding.


The panel was then painted with dark green acrylic paint. Around the tracks I shaded with black.


This is how it looked when I removed the masking tape.


I added texts with Microscale decals.


The panel is clearcoated with Alclad matte.

Now it's the fun part; installing all the electrical bits.

I use the panel control system from MGP Here in Sweden, a very competent system with its own programming app and uses Loconet for communication.

Janbouli

I love photo's, don't we all.

Graffen

Been busy working on my mountains.
I do have a lot of them to do... In total about 60' long and 1.5' to 2' high.
So, I had started on the mountain behind my town, it also works as a view block for the staging.

I wasn't sure about the height, so I waited to see how I would like it before finishing it.


I cut it down a couple of inches and finished the rockwork.
The top got Sculptamold on it as it will be grass, gravel and some trees there.
The Sculptamold is homemade. I mix plaster of paris with cellulose insulation material.
Roughly 3 cups of insulation to 1 cup of plaster.
Works nice!
I colored the mountains with WS pigments and some acrylics before spraying it with diluted Modpodge matte. The last step was a black/raw umber wash.
I will drybrush the rocks with a light beige paint tomorrow.

Mark Dalrymple

Really enjoying this thread, Graffen.

Keep the photos coming.

Cheers, Mark.

postalkarl

Hey Graffen:

Looks just great and I love that little town.

Karl

Graffen

Thanks!  :)
Some better pictures of my mountain.


Hand carved plaster stained with WS ocher, sienna and raw umber. Sprayed with diluted matte Modpodge.
Then a wash with black and raw umber. 
I finished it by dry brushing with white mixed with ocher.
What do you think?



cuse


deemery

Do you have a way to measure current draw on the two locomotives?  It would be interesting to see if the PowerBase loco draws significantly more current.  The one concern I have is whether this could cause an unacceptable load on the electric motor (with a lot of heat burning out that motor.)


But the results are certainly impressive!



dave
Modeling the Northeast in the 1890s - because the little voices told me to

postalkarl

Hey Graffen:

Mountain looks great. I have that engine house to build for a friend. FSM isn't it?

Karl

Graffen

Quote from: postalkarl on April 21, 2020, 08:28:56 AM
Hey Graffen:

Mountain looks great. I have that engine house to build for a friend. FSM isn't it?

Karl
Thanks! Yes, it's a FSM.

Graffen

Quote from: deemery on April 20, 2020, 05:29:12 PM
Do you have a way to measure current draw on the two locomotives?  It would be interesting to see if the PowerBase loco draws significantly more current.  The one concern I have is whether this could cause an unacceptable load on the electric motor (with a lot of heat burning out that motor.)


But the results are certainly impressive!



dave
I'll try with the ampere meter and see what it says.

Graffen

Progress.
It looks a lot better with some scenery.


The section I've been working on.


The brewery and coal dock.


The brewery from the other side.


The track to the brewery and supply store.


The bordello.


The band!


Some trees around the engine house.


The town.

It'll be fun to start detailing.

deemery

One more comment on PowerBase:  Anyone else planning to do this, order -at least- one extra package of the track plates.  I've run out of plates twice :-(  Maybe it's because I don't have a good way to measure the linear track length.


dave
Modeling the Northeast in the 1890s - because the little voices told me to

Graffen

Quote from: deemery on April 21, 2020, 10:56:57 AM
One more comment on PowerBase:  Anyone else planning to do this, order -at least- one extra package of the track plates.  I've run out of plates twice :-(  Maybe it's because I don't have a good way to measure the linear track length.


dave
You're not alone.... I had to order more as well....  8)

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