Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[gnatshop]

Last year the river was frozen by Christmas because of global warming . 

Is that a back-asswards (err, normal) Al Gore quote??

Oops, was that a dis-allowed political comment? 
To make amends, his wife was cute!
Wonder how she got the name, Tipper, though??
Far enough, I don't want to go any further (and neither do the admins)!!   

[S&S RR]

Today a got back on the Stone Roundhouse project - started adding the trim, doors, and windows.

[Twist67]

Hi,
that´s looking fantastic.The rockwork is outstanding and also is the roundhouse.Great progress with the painted fascia and the flooring looks nice,too.....I was in the business of floor laying some time ago and have done it for more than 13 years.Still doing it from time to time for some of my customers....
keep up the nice progress,
Cheers,Chris

[DACS]

This is a fine looking structure John.  Top notch stuff!

Dave  HWCRR
Seattle

[S&S RR]

Hi,
that´s looking fantastic.The rockwork is outstanding and also is the roundhouse.Great progress with the painted fascia and the flooring looks nice,too.....I was in the business of floor laying some time ago and have done it for more than 13 years.Still doing it from time to time for some of my customers....
keep up the nice progress,
Cheers,Chris

Chris

Thanks for the kind words.  I could have used you putting in that floor. Thanks for following the thread.

[S&S RR]

This is a fine looking structure John.  Top notch stuff!

Dave  HWCRR
Seattle

Thanks Dave - I can't wait to see it all trimmed out and weathered.

[S&S RR]

I continued to add windows and trim to the Stone Roundhouse today.  Here is a progress picture.

[S&S RR]

Today I also built my version of the ReadingBob A&I tube. I went with the ball valve option and built it to fit in my paint booth.  All I have to do to put the A&I back in the bottle is raise one end and open the valve.

[PennsyJ1]

Nice touch John. I have not build mine yet, but I like this idea.

Bill

[S&S RR]

Nice touch John. I have not build mine yet, but I like this idea.

Bill

Thanks Bill - I tried it with water to test it - I think it is going to be a good tool.  Today I have some pine tree armatures that need a A&I bath so I will be giving it a real test.  Thanks for the idea ReadingBob.

[S&S RR]

Here are a couple pictures of the layout room with the bench work painted and the floor installation complete. I'm adding switch covers while I wait for the glue to dry on the Stone Roundhouse project.





View through the train room door.





View as you turn the first corner.

[GPdemayo]

Flooring looks good John, gives the room a real nice finished look.


I see that you have some large containers of rocks and dirt on the layout, is the dirt store bought or from the real source? If it is store bought, who's the manfacturer?

[S&S RR]

Updated picture of the Stone Roundhouse - added more trim, windows and doors.

[S&S RR]

Flooring looks good John, gives the room a real nice finished look.


I see that you have some large containers of rocks and dirt on the layout, is the dirt store bought or from the real source? If it is store bought, who's the manfacturer?

Hi Greg


The containers you see are different colors and textures of dirt and stones collected all over the country.  The main dirt I'm using is from Kentucky (just the right shade of brown) the rocks and stones for talus are from Colorado and Arizona. It is almost like a hobby within the hobby. I always have five gallon buckets with me when I travel.


The ballast that I'm using is from Woodland - I use the fine texture - 1 part black, 3 parts brown, 4 parts beige, and 4 parts grey.  I matched the ballast along the Great Northern line in the Cascade a Mountains.


The aspen trees are SuperTrees from Scenic Express with their leaf flock. The main thing with trees I learned from Wayne Olson - use about 25 % of the flock you see in the pictures in the catalogs. It is amazing how much better the trees look. I have some of my earlier trees that I will be replacing because the have too much flocking.


I hope this answers your questions. Please let me know if you have more. 

[S&S RR]

Sorry, for those that read my last post before I edited it. Sometimes spell checker helps too much.