Superior & Seattle Railroad Build (Volume 2) Started 2/25/17

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Yesterday,  Wayne Olson was over and we did some more experimenting with the chalks and pigments over the acrylic paints on the layout stonework.  Here are a couple pictures.

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[PRR Modeler]

WOW, just wow John.

[S&S RR]

WOW, just wow John.

Thanks Curt - I think it makes a big difference.

[cuse]

Fantastic...you've got a lot of rock faces to go over now!


John

[S&S RR]

Fantastic...you've got a lot of rock faces to go over now!


John
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John


Thank you for the kind words - yes, we do have a lot of rock surfaces to go over but I think it is going to be well worth the time and effort.  The way the rock starts popping out at you,  not being able to tell the difference between the color of the plaster rocks and the "real" ones, and the difference in the texture make it all worth it.  The texture change alone makes a big difference.  The track work will be the next order of business - I have already done some experimenting.

[S&S RR]

The trains of weights are getting longer as the expansion work continues. 

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The North side of the yard will have 12 sidings and the main leg of the reversing wye.

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I also started the connection board for expansion.  This board will be mounted underneath the layout with feeder wires to the main control panel for the switches.   The Superior Yard will have two power districts and at least 23 blocks that will be individually controlled by a switch so I can turn the power off for testing, startup, and locomotive sound control.

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The last few pictures have been posted using the reduced resolution picture formate required by the new server.  If you zoom in to look at a detail in the picture you start loosing picture quality pretty fast.  What do you think?

[PRR Modeler]

Good looking progress. I think the photos are fine.

[S&S RR]

Good looking progress. I think the photos are fine.

Curt


Thank you for following along and reviewing the new picture quality.

[MAP]

You're really moving along John.  Great progress!  The pics look good to me, however I don't really blow them up so can't comment on the quality or graininess of them when enlarged.

[Dennis Bourey]

John, Everything on this end look's great!!!! Dennis