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#31
Dioramas / Re: Justice City Dioramish
February 24, 2024, 07:54:45 PM
Years ago, I was able to buy unassembled sheets of the slate colored shingles so I could produce larger roofs on my factory/mill buildings.

dave
#32
Dioramas / Re: Justice City Dioramish
February 24, 2024, 05:24:44 PM
These pre-assembled shingles look pretty good, both the wood and the slate versions:  https://www.northeasternscalelumber.com/products/shingles/ho-scale-shingles.html  The only problem is if you need a run that is -wider- than the pre-assembled panels.  

dave
#33
Kit Building / Re: DD Luci's Tattoo
February 24, 2024, 05:00:40 PM
Good recovery/adaptation, Jeff!

dave
#34
Although there's always room for more touch-up, I'll call this "done".
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The yellow and ochre, in small amounts, provide a nice balance/splash of color without looking toy-like.

dave
#35
Layout Tours / Re: Shadowlands and Tellynott
February 23, 2024, 05:23:31 PM
I wonder what happened to that great O scale Dolley Varden layout that was at Seacoast when Seacoast Modeling Center closed....  I remember seeing that at an NG Convention, it was incredibly well done.

Mark, looking more closely at the track plan:  No way to turn a locomotive at Wilmot?  

dave
#36
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Re: Friday 2/23/2024
February 23, 2024, 09:07:07 AM
Cold rain and slightly above freezing, after a bit of snow.  So a sloppy morning.  More work on the Miners Union Hall today.  Here's yesterday's work-in-progress:
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dave
#37
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Re: Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024
February 21, 2024, 08:06:41 AM
Well, it's chilly here, got down to 16 last night, up to 21 now, but high of 39 predicted for today.  It's our monthly 'lunch bunch' meeting at a local restaurant.  The organizer, though, is in the ICU with flu and pneumonia, so that'll put a damper on the meeting.  

More painting on the Miner's Union Hall today.  I need to pick the trim color.

dave
#38
Quote from: jerryrbeach on February 20, 2024, 08:06:42 AMGood morning.

Eleven degree F start to a sunny day with a forecast high in the high 30's.  It is one of those days when it looks so great you cannot wait to go outside, then the squeaky snow and your frosty breath brings home the fact it is definitely colder than it looks.  Still, I am tempted to go for a drive just to enjoy the sunshine shining off the snow.

I hope everyone has a great sunny day!

 
I'm with you.  I really like that weather, much more than 80s and humid.  Don't forget your sunglasses!

I'll start painting the "Miner's Union Hall" today, I primed it (white) last night.
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dave
#39
I dug out an old Magnuson (dating from their acquisition by Walthers) resin kit, the "Miner's Union Hall" shallow wall background building.  What a great design!  Mine is in great shape, castings are still flat.  I cleaned off the flash, soaked in 10% "Super Clean", and it's drying now.  I cut one of the sidewalls in half (using my bandsaw, worked great....)  Once it's fully dry, I'll prime probably grey, and start the detail painting.  This will be a lot of fun to paint because of all the cast-in detail.  I also ordered another Walthers "Merchants Row II" kit, mine has several broken parts.  It's probably due to my tossing the sprues into a big box of structure parts, but it could also be due to some deterioration of the styrene.  I decided even if I do kit-bash it, it's not worth trying to work through the broken parts.  

All this is going to the scenery/location I started on yesterday:
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The track is underneath the cloth "apron".  Concept here is for a road to turn the corner you can barely see on the left (where the J. Tull brickworks is located) head down to a T intersection with a road that will go under a bridge to be cut into the track where you can see the track peek out from the cloth, and then climb back up the hill to track level a couple feet down the wall.

dave
#40
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Re: Friday - February 16, 2024
February 16, 2024, 09:19:48 AM
Happy Day, Frank! 

This for Slim Sartore:  https://railroad-line.com/node/1071433#post1071457  "That's it, Fort Pitt!"

We got about an inch of snow last night.  Blue skies and puffy clouds today, looks like a New England postcard.  Dogs are at the groomers, so the house is unnaturally quiet.

dave
#41
Quote from: Slim Jerkins on February 14, 2024, 06:19:42 PMEvening folks!

Not much interesting to report. Working on building a new website to get away from the lousy hosting service (Square / Weebly) that I currently have.  >:(

-slim
Good luck with that!  That can be a lot of hassle.  Make sure you can move the domain name registrations.

dave
#42
Quote from: MartyO on February 14, 2024, 08:44:01 AMMorning

Here is what happened during my laziness,
I like that!  It looks like 'shore shelves' from changes in sea/lake levels.  

dave
#43
Dioramas / Re: Bleat - a 009 exhibition layout
February 13, 2024, 12:46:07 PM
They look great!

dave
#44
Dioramas / Re: Bleat - a 009 exhibition layout
February 13, 2024, 09:18:26 AM
Quote from: Mark Dalrymple on February 12, 2024, 06:28:30 PMYes, Dave.

I don't think Handel meant it quite like that!  ...

Cheers, Mark.

Why let a few (missing) commas mess up a perfectly good line??!! 

(I sure wish that Google crap would stop showing up in my posts!)

dave
#45
Dioramas / Re: Bleat - a 009 exhibition layout
February 12, 2024, 04:18:36 PM
Quote from: Mark Dalrymple on February 12, 2024, 02:20:29 PMLooking good, Mike.

Some cute locos there.  I would love to see a close up of some of these flocked sheep!  A flock of sheep - brings on a whole new meaning...

Cheers, Mark.
As G. F. Handel once sang, "All we like sheep!"  

dave
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