Cypress Creek Railroad

[Zephyrus52246]

Good looking shed.  Nicely weathered.  Great job on those details as well. 

Jeff

[Keep It Rusty]

Excellent shed! The subtle weathering is very nicely done. Is the peeling paint done with a wet dry brush or the alcohol technique (ala Chuck Doan)?

[SteveCuster]

Thanks everyone!

Craig, this was done with a wet dry brush over boards colored with A&I. I use the Chuck Doan method a lot too, especially with clapboard.

[swisstrain]

Thanks for posting your progress, Steve.  Your craftsmanship is incredible. What I like the most is the style of your weathering and aging; while everything on your layout shows age and various levels of deterioration, the structures are believable in that they look functional/operational for the purpose they were built.

Just outstanding!

[Jerry]

That is a fine job of weathering on those boards.  Nice detail work also.

Jerry

[cuse]

Beautiful work on the shed...that should have been my first SWSM kit. I came across it at a Narrow Gauge Convention years ago. I picked it up, considered myself lucky to have found it. Decided to take a quick lap and come back if I didn't find something "better". Came back and, of course, it was gone. 

Not letting that happen again. 

Nice work as always.

John

[tom.boyd.125]

Steve,
 Top notch structure modeling. Keep the photos coming...
Tommy

[ACL1504]

Steve,

Looking fantastic and a masterpiece of work.

Tom 

[Jerry]

Steve any update on the Railroad???

Hope everything is fine with your.

Jerry

[SteveCuster]

Hi Jerry,

I've been working on painting a ton of details but not a lot of layout work lately. I'm starting to work on adding the little touches to the layout to finished up some of the scenes as I work across and finish some areas. I'll post an update this week. I'm happy to know there's still interest in what I'm doing over here.

-Steve

[Jerry]

Looking forward to the update.

There will always be interest.

Jerry

[ACL1504]

Interested here as well Steve.

Tom 

[GPdemayo]

Ditto to what they said, more is better.....

[SteveCuster]

Hello everyone,

After lots of thought and consideration, I've decided I no longer have the desire to work on the layout and I'm planning the deconstruction of the railroad. I've had little to no motivation to work on it in the last few years and when I do it feels like a chore that I don't really enjoy.

I still enjoy building models on my workbench, and I plan on continuing that portion of the hobby. I'm interested in exploring different scales, settings, and building some kits that don't fit into the confines of the layout.

My next step is to figure out how to preserve and store the structures from the layout. I built most of the structures on separate bases for easy removal, so I should be able to remove and store them in plastic bins.

If anyone is interested in purchasing any of the structures, bridges, or anything they've seen on the layout, send me a message. I'd like to see them get placed on a layout where someone would appreciate them, rather than in a bin on a shelf.

Thanks to everyone who followed along, you kept me motivated longer than I would've been otherwise.

-Steve Custer

[deemery]

I can understand that.  There are times when I look at my train room, and the lack of progress compared to what I expected, and I think "it's all too much."  I have lots of half-completed projects that, at my rate of progress, would probably take me 2-3 years to finish.  Like you, my primary interest has been in building things, structures, cars, etc...  But at least working on the current shelf, including some scenery work yesterday, has motivated me a bit more.  And I do have a spot for a SRMW kit that is calling me for the contest (hence my question about 'on the layout'?)

So build what you enjoy!

dave