Great job! I like to take pictures of rusted roofs to use as inspiration.

Evening all,

More painting of detail parts and figures today. I expect more of the same tomorrow and the day after, etc.

Have a great one!

Evening all,

Dave, I'm not sure when the 4 wheel bobber cabooses were taken out of service. I have the Reading Caboose book Chip mentioned but I'm not sure where I put it at the moment.

Not much got done around here today other than some yard work. I'm in detail painting mode (can't say detail casting because these are all 3D printed details). I think this will keep me busy for a few days, minimum, given I have 8 figures to paint and figure painting isn't one of my strengths. 

Have a great one!

Morning all, 

Broke out the airbrush yesterday. It's been a long time since I did that. Primed the parts for the current build. I'll be painting them for several workbench sessions for sure.

Have a great one!

Afternoon all,

Pete, glad to hear you're recovering well from a scary event.

Finally got back to my morning walks this week after about a month and a half of flu, cold weather and a cold. 

Think I'll organize some parts for priming next.

Have a great one!

Nice job, Jeff! That's going to look good on the empire. 

You're finishing up and I'm just getting started on my challenge build. 

Evening all,

0" of accumulation here. I don't miss shoveling, snow blowing, driving on icy roads, etc.

Like Tom, I may cut the grass tomorrow (or at least pick up some of the leaves in the yard with the mower). May being the operative work here.

After waffling numerous times I settled on a build that I can do for the challenge and started working on it. It may be a bit before I start a thread because it's got a ton of 3D printed detail parts. I spent today cleaning them up and I want to paint them before I get into the meat of the build. That'll keep me out of trouble for a bit.

Have a great one!

Quote from: craftsmankits on February 24, 2026, 05:57:57 PMThose look great, didn't know they offered them.  Agree with Tom, they present much better than white metal pallets.  Nice job on those Bob. Mark

Thank you, Mark! Inter-Action Hobbies has a lot of interesting details. I like the soda and cigarette vending machines they offer as well. Not to mention the ice machines. I'll do a thread on some of those after my next build.

Quote from: ACL1504 on February 24, 2026, 04:54:16 PMBob,

Yes, these are certainly better than the metal pallets. Well done.

Tom

Thank, Tom! I think so too. 

Quote from: Jerry on February 24, 2026, 01:00:00 PMNice little pallets.  You did a nice job on them.

I meant to ask you where did you get the white glue bottle??

Jerry

Hi Jerry. I got those glue bottles at the now defunct JoAnn Fabrics. There were four or five in the package and it was around $5 it memory serves me correctly. I'm guessing Hobby Lobby or Michaels would have something similar. If not, there's always Amazon.

Quote from: Zephyrus52246 on February 24, 2026, 12:00:47 PMNice pallets.  Might need some of that wood wash as well. 

Jeff

Thanks, Jeff! That "Weathered Wood" color came in a set of wood colors from AK. It's the one I use most often. I'll have to look to see if they sell it seperately. 

Quote from: Vietnam Seabee on February 24, 2026, 06:48:23 AMThanks for the SBS, Bob...I have a package of these on the shelf..time to give them a try
terry

Go for it Terry. I didn't get them finished in one sitting, as you may have figured out by the different t-shirts in the pictures, But I'm easily distracted at times.   

Quote from: jbvb on February 23, 2026, 07:41:31 PMNice. Last century I bought some HO pallet kits of light brown injection molded styrene. They've held up to travel with my modules, but these will be much easier to color realistically.  I'll see if I still have the package.

These are pretty neat. These are much easier to get a realistic color than painting metal or plastic to look like wood. In my opinion anyway.

I've been following along on this one. I like the location you selected for it and think it'll look great there.

Now, take the sheet containing the bottom deck boards and apply glue to the end and middle of each deck board for the six pallets being assembled.



Here's the hardest step in the process, position the sheet containing the bottom deck boards over the stringers that have been glued to the top deck boards. It's a wee bit hard to see that you have the alignment perfect.



Weigh things down until the glue sets.



Now cut out the pallets. I used a single edged razor blade and carefully cut the deck boards from the carrier sheets. Both the top and bottom deck boards. If a deck board happened to pop off, I just glued it back in place.



They look really good as is, but I gave them a wash of thinned out "Weathered Wood" from AK Interactive. This is a water-based paint, so I dipped my brush in some water before picking up some paint. No need for consistency here. Some pallets can be darker than others.



The final step was to paint one side of some of the pallets red, blue or green (toned down a bit with some white). Other colors would work as well. Sometimes the pallets are painted like to keep track of who owns them.



And that's it. Now I have a bunch of pallets to clutter up some loading docks and scatter about.



Thanks for checking out this thread and kudos to Inter-Action Hobbies for providing us with a neat little detail to liven things up.