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

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I had one very time consuming issue that I had to deal with because I used resin for these castings rather than hydrocal.  The window openings were small for the window castings.  I spent many hours with my Dremel and a diamond tool opening them back up to fit the widow castings.  I broke a few window casings before I finally decided that I had to open up the window holes in the castings. The windows do fit the original hydrocal castings that I used to make my molds.
John Siekirk
Superior & Seattle Railroad

Dennis Bourey

I'm really enjoying this John. Thanks for the tutorial....Dennis
Dennis Bourey
dpbourey@comcast.net

Lake's Region RR
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Quote from: Dennis Bourey on May 25, 2020, 08:47:16 PM
I'm really enjoying this John. Thanks for the tutorial....Dennis


Dennis


Thank you for following along, and it's my pleasure. I need to remember to keep taking progress pictures.
John Siekirk
Superior & Seattle Railroad

vinceg

That gum eraser thing is a really neat idea - very clever and the result looks great.
Vince

Protolancing the Illinois Central Chicago District from Chicago to Kankakee

PRR Modeler

Everything looks great John. I look forward to seeing it go together.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
Freelanced PRR Bellevue Subdivision

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Quote from: vinceg on May 26, 2020, 08:38:31 AM
That gum eraser thing is a really neat idea - very clever and the result looks great.


Vince


It does work great - but they are hard to find. This one is like a piece of clay. I have tried to find them but haven't had any luck lately. The replacement attempts usually are too hard.
John Siekirk
Superior & Seattle Railroad

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Quote from: PRR Modeler on May 26, 2020, 08:48:06 AM
Everything looks great John. I look forward to seeing it go together.


Curt


Thank you for the encouraging words - I'm really looking forward to assembling this beast, too.
John Siekirk
Superior & Seattle Railroad

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Tonight, a few more progress pictures of the brick roundhouse castings.





John Siekirk
Superior & Seattle Railroad

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The brush I use to apply the pastel chalk into the mortar joints and blend the grey pastels on the stonework.  The more it wears the better it works.


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Superior & Seattle Railroad

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John Siekirk
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John Siekirk
Superior & Seattle Railroad

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I counted the castings for this project today.  There are 137 wall and floor castings. The count for window castings is 229. The total Roundhouse is 15 stalls and is broken into two buildings. A four stall roundhouse and a 11 stall roundhouse.  The track that leads to the roundtable passes between the two Roundhouse buildings.
John Siekirk
Superior & Seattle Railroad

Dennis Bourey

Dennis Bourey
dpbourey@comcast.net

Lake's Region RR
(Happy Modeling)

cuse

Wow...that's quite a project...will be a real focus point on your layout!


John

postalkarl

Hey John:

WOW!!! look at all that work you got done so far. I can't wait to see this thing assembled and on the layout.

Karl

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