Friday - April 19, 2024

[ReadingBob]

Morning all,

T.G.I.F!  Looking forward to the weekend and some workbench time.  I'm roughly 70% of the way through painting all the detail castings on the current build (there are a lot).  I hope to finish that task up this weekend though it's becoming a little more challenging.  The old A&I wash after painting has to be abandoned.  It'll just wash off some of the newer paints I'm using.  I'm going to try Dr. Jeff's trick of hitting the castings with a flat finish (DullCoat or similar) and then using an oil paint wash in lieu of the A&I.

Have a great one!

[GPdemayo]

Morning all.....

[MartyO]

Morning,

It's gray and rainy for the next few days and perfect for working on something inside, like sleeping.

[deemery]

Bob, try letting the paint cure for a couple of days before the A&I wash.  One more Friday to go, right?

Cloudy and seasonal in SE NH, I should get back to the train room this morning after the cleaners are gone.  I've decided to install a switch machine at the turnout close to the trestle site, since it'll be harder to do that once the scenery is in place.  I also worked a bit on that turnout yesterday, to try to prevent the problems I've seen on my other FastTracks turnouts with points that don't quite close correctly with the switch machine.

dave

[Zephyrus52246]

Morning, all.  

Cold and grey here.  I have a four day weekend and hope to get more work done on the ITLA build.  

Hope the oil wash technique works well for you, Bob.   

Jeff

[ACL1504]

Morning all,

Nothing to see here either.

Have a great day ya'll.

Tom 

[S&S RR]

Good afternoon!  I spent the day working on the railroad and stopped by to see what was going on in the forum world.

The new tower looks great Craig.  I bought the two trackside buildings and have them sitting on my workbench getting them ready for the paint booth. You can never have enough trackside sheds on your layout.

I hope everyone is having a good day.

[Keep It Rusty]

Good afternoon!  I spent the day working on the railroad and stopped by to see what was going on in the forum world.

The new tower looks great Craig.  I bought the two trackside buildings and have them sitting on my workbench getting them ready for the paint booth. You can never have enough trackside sheds on your layout.

I hope everyone is having a good day.

Thanks so much, John! 

Can't wait to see your finished versions of the Old Boiler House and Scrap Merchant's Place!