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Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Last post by Zephyrus52246 - March 27, 2024, 07:35:11 AM
Morning all.

Hump Day.  I'll be cleaning and straightening up the basement as my son and his family will be coming this weekend.  I had to clean the track where the ties got painted, and ran a couple of trains to make sure everything was in working order. 

My ITLA kits came, I've started looking the one over and will get to it, probably after the kids leave Sunday.  

Jeff
#12
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Re: Tuesday March 26, 2024
Last post by deemery - March 26, 2024, 04:35:26 PM
Well, fasting blood test in the morning, then late breakfast.  I was lacking in motivation for much of the day, but finally got down to the train room this afternoon. I touched up the paint on the Merchants Row bash, and then picked out a storefront that I'll use for the building next to the Union Hall.  I need to build a new door entry for it, and that's fun kitbashing to do.  I found a good Tichy double door & transom with sidelights that will work well for this.  I need to add a raised floor in the recessed doorway, and then build the side windows for the recessed door.  Fun stuff...  I probably won't get back to this until Thursday, I have a Dr Appt tomorrow AM and then I'm giving a talk on Gettysburg to the local retiree group.

dave
#13
Layout Tours / Re: Delaware & Northern Constr...
Last post by nycjeff - March 26, 2024, 03:54:51 PM
Hello Jerry, I hope that by catching up, as you say, with some stuff you did while the forum was down, now you can make some steady progress on your layout. This hobby is a place to relax and get away from the real world and spend some time in our own "little worlds". Looking forward to more of your work.
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Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Re: Tuesday March 26, 2024
Last post by GPdemayo - March 26, 2024, 03:54:25 PM
Afternoon all.....got thrown back into the stone age, no internet, TV or phone service till a few minutes ago.
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Kit Building / Re: Showcase Miniatures Fred's...
Last post by nycjeff - March 26, 2024, 03:50:54 PM
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After gluing on my home made ridge cap pieces, this is what it looked like. Not perfect, but better than it was.

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The top of the dormer roof looks better now.

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Here is a view of the roof from above. I still need to work on the coloring of metal roofs, but I'm getting a little better.

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Next I started the building trim installation. This picture shows the gable end area. There are three pieces of trim here. On the top of the gable wall are two pieces. One placed on top of the other and then stuck on the wall. The third piece is placed on the edge of the sub-roof cards. I think it looks good.

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Next I started on the posts and handrails of the left side porch. They provide two additional pieces for each post called post thickeners. You place one on each side of the post to give it some added girth. They also give you some pieces to place on top of the handrails. This was not an easy task with my shaky hands.

That's it for now, more later.
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Kit Building / Re: Showcase Miniatures Fred's...
Last post by nycjeff - March 26, 2024, 03:35:04 PM
Continuing on...

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I removed the ridge caps that came with the kit. After looking at the top of the dormer roof, I began to think that I did not place it properly.

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This is a view of the low edge of the dormer roof from below. I have a lot of overhang. Since the roof piece was peel and stick I thought I could remove it and re-position it a little higher up. Nope, The stick part of peel and stick, at least on big pieces like this roof piece means it is stuck on for good. I didn't want to destroy the roof so...

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I painted the visible blue tape with some silver craft paint I had on hand.

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Next, I turned to the remains of the roof sheet and cut up the edges to give me some pieces to work with.

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Here is the kit ridge cap on the left and the piece I cut from the roof sheet on the right. It is almost twice as thick. I think I can work with this.
#17
Kit Building / Re: Showcase Miniatures Fred's...
Last post by nycjeff - March 26, 2024, 03:23:41 PM
Hello Curt, thanks for looking in, I appreciate the interest in my kit build.
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Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Re: Tuesday March 26, 2024
Last post by ReadingBob - March 26, 2024, 03:16:36 PM
Afternoon all,

Sorry, after a four-day weekend the e-mails and stuff to do at the office backed up quite a bit.  My work PC was moving even slower than me too boot.

Yesterday morning I did the yard work (mowing, trimming, edging, blowing) and in the afternoon I fired up the airbrush and painted a lot of stuff various colors for the new build.  I haven't gotten quite far enough along to start the build thread yet but hope to be there soon.

Have a great one!
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Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Re: Tuesday March 26, 2024
Last post by MartyO - March 26, 2024, 10:58:29 AM
Morning,

Cloudy and head full of pain. Motivation at its lowest: must be the full moon or the fact it is going to rain for the next few days.
#20
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Re: Tuesday March 26, 2024
Last post by Vietnam Seabee - March 26, 2024, 10:55:14 AM
Thanks for opening up Jerry.... Was waiting on the tire swing out back. Just enough coffee for me but I started another pot.
I'm working with TurboTax this morning and finishing up an article for the Gazette on my number 6 turnout build.
Nice day ahead in Central Florida but windy
Terry
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