Superior & Seattle Railroad Build (Volume 3) Started 7/27/19

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So I used the paint technique for the shades in the windows.  They look fine until you backlight them and take a night photograph.  Looks like I will need to add paper shades.

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At the end of the day I got started on the shingles for the roof on the main building.  You will notice that I decided to add the shingles on roof cards while they were flat on my workbench. I didn't want to glue the roof cards down until I figured out what I want to do about the window shades. So I will follow the directions this time.

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The last row of shingles that is headed up hill on the right side is not glued down yet. 

[postalkarl]

hey John:

Looking just great so far. Can't wait to see more.

Karl

[S&S RR]

hey John:

Looking just great so far. Can't wait to see more.

Karl

Karl


Thank you for the kind words and for following along. I should get some more done, today.

[S&S RR]

Here is a few progress pictures from the Sayles Mill build.  I'm using three different shades of grey soft pastel chalks to color the walls.





















The darker gray stones will lighten up when I go over the the walls with the final blending.

[S&S RR]

I also got started adding the LED lighting to the Sayles mill - I added the LED's to the center floor before adding the floor for the upper level.

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Then I added the floor for the upper level - I added bracing to the cardboard cards that Bob supplied for the floor.

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Then the flooring, along with the LED's mounted to the card, was added to the main building.

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Finally, for this update, the window castings (109 of them) are all painted with the glass added, ready to install in the structure.

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Now, it's time to move on to the wood portion of the Sayles Mill.  All of the pieces accounted for. Check. While going through this process I found I have some metal window castings that I have to paint. So there are more than 109 window castings.

[ACL1504]

John,

Fantastic job on Sayles. It is quite an impressive build my friend. When lit, it will be stunning. Yes, that sure is a lot of windows.

Keep up the great work.

Tom 

[Mark Dalrymple]

Nice progress, John.

Looking good.

Cheers, Mark.

[S&S RR]

John,

Fantastic job on Sayles. It is quite an impressive build my friend. When lit, it will be stunning. Yes, that sure is a lot of windows.

Keep up the great work.

Tom 

Tom


Thank you for stopping by the thread and for the encouraging words. It sure feel good to be able to string a few hours together at the work bench and get something done.

[Keep It Rusty]

This makes me suddenly regretful of selling my Sayles Mill! Great work as usual, John.