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

[S&S RR]

Speaking of castings on the workbench, the casting that I prepped last week have all been through the paint booth for priming. The new airbrush works great with the acrylic paints. I did discover for myself that Vallejo air paints do have a shelf life (as reported here on the forum) - two of the 1/2 oz. bottles that I tried had dried out to the point that I wouldn't try to put them through the air brush even with lots of thinner. I had another bottle because I was afraid I was going to run out half way through the project so it didn't slow me down. I will be buying my paints looking ahead about three to four projects from now on.





It's easy to find the castings for Jerry's red tractor, now.

[S&S RR]

The walls for the Brownsville Depot have been braced, primed, and painted.  Next step will be gluing them together.





I noticed that George called for 1/4 inch square bracing for the main brace on these wall sections.

[S&S RR]

Finally, for tonight, here are a couple progress pictures on my Bonney Wrench build.

[Dennis Bourey]

John, Loving it, Did you use a airbrush to paint your wall's ? Dennis

[S&S RR]

John, Loving it, Did you use a airbrush to paint your wall's ? Dennis

Dennis



I did use an airbrush on the walls for the Brownsville Depot - a first for me. I adjusted the airbrush so I got a light layer of the interior yellow over the earth primer. The primer is actually showing through.

[Dennis Bourey]

John, How does it look and compare to the traditional way? Dennis

[Keep It Rusty]

Not to hijack, but I use an airbrush a lot on my builds.

An airbrush will give you a smoother finish, and can offer gradients too (I use mine to my the bottom of my walls darker, let's say)

It's a tool I don't go to war without.

[postalkarl]

Hey John:

Bonney's is looking just great.

Karl

[S&S RR]

John, How does it look and compare to the traditional way? Dennis

Dennis


I'm learning about what my air brush is capable of so this is a difficult question for me to answer.  I'm real happy with the look and finish I achieve with stains and chalks so the airbrush is being used for priming and in this case the base coat of color. I will be adding chalk over the paint to get the color I'm looking for.  I believe that using the chalks helps to dull down the color a bit and the texture of the chalk plays a role in that.

[S&S RR]

Not to hijack, but I use an airbrush a lot on my builds.

An airbrush will give you a smoother finish, and can offer gradients too (I use mine to my the bottom of my walls darker, let's say)

It's a tool I don't go to war without.

Craig


Thank you for posting this - I have been watching what you are achieving with your airbrush and it's great. I plan to get to the point where I will be using mine for some of the detailing work, too. At that point it will be another tool in the detailing box.

[S&S RR]

Hey John:

Bonney's is looking just great.

Karl

Karl


Thank you - some more detailing and it will be ready for the layout.

[postalkarl]

Hey John:

Sounds good. Post some finished pics OK.

Karl

[S&S RR]

Update:  I have been working on scenery the past few days. Most of the work has been in the Beach Farms area but I plan on  going around the base of the big trestle and then through the Eagles Nest Yard.  This is going to be a big project so I will post progress pictures as I complete an area.  This is project one in my usually three projects at a time.  I also have the FSM Brownsville Depot on my workbench and will soon be replacing the Bonney Wrench build with SWRW Sayles Mill build. As always, a few progress pictures throughout the builds and then some finished pictures on the workbench and then as it installed on the layout.

[S&S RR]

Here are my final workbench pictures of my Bonney Wrench Build. I have some more details to add but want to do it in location on the layout.

[deemery]

John, do you have a photo that shows how you ran the wires for the lights inside the structure?

Thanks in advance!

dave