Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[S&S RR]

I added the last row of timbers to the second tier of the retaining walls in front of Mt. Aiden. Now to fill them in and add the third and final tier.


Also made some real progress in the design changes that I need to make to Brambell's to make it fit in this spot.

[S&S RR]

The pine tree armature's started to get the holes drilled today. I use a number 50 drill in my flex shaft rotary tool to drill the holes. It takes less than a minute per armature to add the holes.  I have used the piece of 2 x 4 as a backup for many, many, holes.  It is starting to look like a piece of swiss cheese.

[Mark Dalrymple]

It will be nice to see a build of Brambell's, John.  I don't believe I have ever seen one before.  Nice to see a few site changes too.  Its always good to see something a little different.

Cheers, Mark.

[S&S RR]

It will be nice to see a build of Brambell's, John.  I don't believe I have ever seen one before.  Nice to see a few site changes too.  Its always good to see something a little different.

Cheers, Mark.

Mark


Thanks for the encouraging words - I don't remember seeing a build thread on Brambell's, either.  I will post pictures on this thread as I proceed with the build. I also plan to build a companion Machine Shop for the Stone Roundhouse and FSM's Chippy Hollow Hardware in the coming months.

[Twist67]

Hi,

you made fantastic work to that scene.....wow.....

Cheers,Chris

[ACL1504]

John,

The tree trunks look great!

Tom

[S&S RR]

Hi,

you made fantastic work to that scene.....wow.....

Cheers,Chris

Chris


Thanks for the kind words and for stopping by the thread. 

[S&S RR]

John,

The tree trunks look great!

Tom

Thanks Tom


I have many, many, many, of them to make.  The Aspen trees look so much better when you frame them with the pines.  I'm looking forward to spending some quality time out in my gazebo making trees.

[S&S RR]

The tree armatures have now been drilled and put through the A&I bath and are ready for the Caspia Branches.  In this picture the armatures on the right have been through a 3 tsp. to the pint mixture of A&I the ones on the left 4 TSP. to the pint A&I.





In the foreground of this picture are some brown cassia branches that I also put through the 3 tsp. A&I bath.  If you look back in this thread you will see that the dead pine trees in the pictures are way to brown.  I was using the brown cassia in it's natural color.  I went back and looked at my prototype pictures because I didn't like how they looked.  Real dead pine trees tend to be darker if they are in the forest and lighter gray if they are out in the open where they get some sun. 

[S&S RR]

Here is a picture of the brown dead trees after the A&I treatment.  I like these better.  I will be treating the cassia before I added it to the armatures for future dead trees.





I will plant these trees back in about the same locations as before and will do a before and after photograph.

[S&S RR]

The retaining wall is also coming along - here is a progress photograph.

[UP Fan]

There's a lot of work in that wall.  But, the results are great.  The NBW's are a nice touch.

[S&S RR]

There's a lot of work in that wall.  But, the results are great.  The NBW's are a nice touch.

Bob


Thanks for the kind words - yes the nut and bolt castings make a big difference.  I have a few more to add once I get the top tier completed.  Thanks for stopping by the thread.

[S&S RR]

Today marks the official start of my Wilfred J. Brambell FSM kit number 205 build.  I cut the hole in the benchwork for the foam base I'm going to use for the build, and I opened the box to get started with the directions and the list of modifications I will need to make to fit the space.

[S&S RR]

Here is a few pictures of what's in the box: