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

[S&S RR]

this project is coming along nicely-- can't wait to see how it looks when the bricks are painted!

Bob


Thanks - it's starting to take shape.  After I get the walls painted and weathered I'm going to start on the interior detail. First step will be a brick floor on the locomotive repair side of the building.  And the machine shop will get a traditional wood floor.  I'm working on the layout for the interior now.

[S&S RR]

Today, I added the last few pieces to the wheel grinding machine that will be housed in the Locomotive Works.

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A few touch-ups that I found in the photographs and this wheel grinding machine will be ready for the paint booth.

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The paint booth was busy, today.  I painted the brick red for the inspection pits.

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The walls made it into the paint booth for the touchup paint after another round of filling.  They are now ready to start the chalks.  The primer did dry a lot flatter after 24 hours so I'm waiting until this has a chance to dry overnight.

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I also got a lot more castings ready for the paint booth.  Here is a group of wheels going in for the blackening process.

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The pile of castings for my current projects is finally all mounted and primed.  This batch is only part of the pile - I have already moved some of the castings to my detailing bench. The front row is the castings that have been blackened.

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I started detailing some of the castings.  Here is my version of a belt driven lathe that has been in service for a number of years. My time frame is 1949 which is getting toward the end of life for steam driven belt drive machine shops. I wanted to have a worn paint look.  What do you think?

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[MAP]

They look like the tool room personnel have been using them for 30+ years!

[Dave K.]

Yep...got some miles on it. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[S&S RR]

They look like the tool room personnel have been using them for 30+ years!

I need to get some extra details on them and fine tune the weathering.  The biggest issue is they need some work going on.

[S&S RR]

Yep...got some miles on it. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Thanks Dave, that's what I'm shooting for so I hope they look good in the build.