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

[S&S RR]

John, I don't understand why you are only working on four things at once?
To me, the amazing thing is you are doing all four extremely well.
Each one having it's own signature.
Thank you for sharing your incredible work.
ed

Ed


You ask a great question - why do I have 4 projects going at once? It's just the way I roll I guess.  It works real well for me when I'm going through the building process. I move from one workbench to the other as I'm waiting for glue or paint to dry.  The problem is that I always end up with all of builds needing the detail castings at the same time. Which means weeks of painting castings before I can finish up a model.  This time I'm trying something different.  I'm actually painting the castings for my next build - FSM's Fox Run - while I'm painting the casting for Mackenzie's, the Locomotive Works, and my challenge build the Monster Model Works Yard Tower. I'm hoping that I can keep going with Fox Run and have a smaller batch of castings for my next build sequence. We will see if this works better.

[Jerry]

John were did you get those machines for the machine shop?  They really look nice.

Even though I do O-Scale you don't see many HO scale machines that look that good.

Jerry

[S&S RR]

John were did you get those machines for the machine shop?  They really look nice.

Even though I do O-Scale you don't see many HO scale machines that look that good.

Jerry

Jerry


The wheel grinder, drill presses, and band saw are from Scale Structures Limited, the lathes are from Crow River Products. I will be adding additional machines that I have picked up at shows over the years. I will also be adding some details that do not come with the stock kits. Many of the details will be added as I install the belt drive system.

[deemery]

Here's another source of machine tools:  http://www.riograndemodels.com/HO.htm


And hopefully we'll get the Western Scale Models stuff again, including their belt drive set.


dave

[S&S RR]

Here's another source of machine tools:  http://www.riograndemodels.com/HO.htm


And hopefully we'll get the Western Scale Models stuff again, including their belt drive set.


dave

Dave


Thanks for adding these sources.



I also have a number of the rio grande models casting. Very nice castings. I have been trying for years to get the Western Scale Models HO machine tools.  They only have the lathe in HO at this time.

[restocarp]

A very nice job on the machine castings. I am working on a few as well. They are tiny little buggers and a challenge to paint. Yours look very clean. Again, nice job.

Matt

[S&S RR]

A very nice job on the machine castings. I am working on a few as well. They are tiny little buggers and a challenge to paint. Yours look very clean. Again, nice job.

Matt

Matt


Thanks for stopping by and the kind words.  The castings will be taking on a very used look once I get them in place.  I have been saving HO size chips, and I plan on having some work in the machines when it's all said and done. I would like to make the scene look like a snap shot of a day in the life of a working Locomotive Works.

[restocarp]

I have been saving HO size chips, and I plan on having some work in the machines when it's all said and done. I would like to make the scene look like a snap shot of a day in the life of a working Locomotive Works.

I have been using MDF dust tinted with my ink and isopropyl alcohol mix.

Matt

[S&S RR]

The first tray of castings has been completed and is ready for installation in the Mackenzie build, the Locomotive Works, and the Fox run build.  I'm 90% complete with the second tray of castings and then the fun will begin. This tray is 19 x 30 inches. That's a lot of HO scale castings.

[S&S RR]

Today, I started fitting and assembling the stone wall that will go around the scrap yard beside the Locomotive Works. These are hydrocal castings that will be colored to look like the wall was made from stones from the area around the Locomotive Works. The first picture is on the workbench.  The second, is with the build in place on the layout to test the fit.

[S&S RR]

The facia above the hydrocal wall is the built in bookshelf that divides my layout room from the workshop. It will be covered and painted dark green like the rest of the facia on the layout.

[Jerry]

John nice detail work.  That wall is going to really look nice.

Are those castings NewEnglandBrownstone?  Or ones you made??

Jerry

[S&S RR]

John nice detail work.  That wall is going to really look nice.

Are those castings NewEnglandBrownstone?  Or ones you made??

Jerry

Jerry

Thank you for following along and the kind words.


I believe the original castings were New England Brownstone. I found them in my castings box - they are off from some molds that I made a few years ago. I cut them down and added the mortar lines for the top stones. I painted the wall today, and will post some pictures this evening.

[S&S RR]

Here are a couple pictures of the progress on the wall that will enclose the scrap yard behind the Locomotive Works. First the wall in place and primed.

[S&S RR]

Here it is with the final coloring.  I used 5 different colors of chalk and alcohol.