Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[S&S RR]

More pictures when I add the changes.

[S&S RR]

I also took a picture of a tool that I'm finding very useful on my work bench for working on these dioramas.


I like to get the base off the workbench so I can get to the wiring and also see the details better.  These bench cookies are just the ticket.  They hold things where you put them.





I bought these - but it would be easy to make a set.  The key is the rubber material they used - it grips the bench surface give a very stable platform.

[S&S RR]

Today, I'm working on the layout design out on my fishing boat.  I caught a few bass early but now the fish are leaving me alone and I'm laying out the structures that I plan to build for the Eagles Nest yard. Is this what they call multi tasking?

[GPdemayo]

Your scene at Mt. Aiden looks a little bit like the one in the guys living room in "Close Encounters". 

[S&S RR]

Your scene at Mt. Aiden looks a little bit like the one in the guys living room in "Close Encounters". 

It's been a long time since I saw that one.  I need to watch it again.

[donatode]

Your scene at Mt. Aiden looks a little bit like the one in the guys living room in "Close Encounters". 

It's been a long time since I saw that one.  I need to watch it again.

Then you better run out to Costco and buy a car load of instant mashed potatoes!!! 

[deemery]

Your scene at Mt. Aiden looks a little bit like the one in the guys living room in "Close Encounters". 

It's been a long time since I saw that one.  I need to watch it again.

Then you better run out to Costco and buy a car load of instant mashed potatoes!!! 

You know the words to the theme from "Close Encounters"?


"Don't eat yellow snow."

dave

[S&S RR]

Your scene at Mt. Aiden looks a little bit like the one in the guys living room in "Close Encounters". 

It's been a long time since I saw that one.  I need to watch it again.

Then you better run out to Costco and buy a car load of instant mashed potatoes!!! 

You know the words to the theme from "Close Encounters"?


"Don't eat yellow snow."

dave

Wasn't that Frank Zappa.


And then came Smoke on the Water.


We are getting old!

[S&S RR]

It's time to get back to modeling - I setup the workbench for the Brambell's Build. The instruction have been hung, the templets are under the glass plate and I started cleaning the castings. I will be finishing the FSM Sandhouse kit that I started a few years back on one bench and Brambell's on the other.  I also made a few changes to the base that I started for Brambell's to give the engines a little more room on the hidden track that will run underneath (see page  ).  The foam needed to be trimmed for the track roadbed for the siding track.  I will take some updated pictures after tomorrow's progress.

[S&S RR]

Here are a couple pictures of my workbenches before I mess them all up with stuff. 








Well, now that I look at the pictures I guess they are already messed up with stuff.

[S&S RR]

So it's my first day back on the Brambell's build and I'm already making changes.  George supplies a piece of wood for modeling a poured concrete wall on the end of the pit (see first picture).  This wall will be right up in front, because of the viewing angle, so I'm going to replace it with a stone wall that I made from resign. The resign wall was made in one of the silicone rubber models that we made a few pages back in this thread. As soon as I get the castings sized for my location and cleaned up - the next step is to prime them with earth color paint.

[S&S RR]

The black thing in the photographs is the attachment from my shop vac that was getting rid of all the foam pieces I was generating. 

[gnatshop]

We all need the necessay black thing - some of us nore often than others!!

[S&S RR]

We all need the necessay black thing - some of us nore often than others!!

You got that right.

[S&S RR]

I spent most of the day today working on the Brambell's build.  I'm planing on using three different casting materials for this build to see if I can make them all look the same on the build. The structure itself and back retain walls will be George's metal castings.  The additional rock wall castings that I need to complete the scene will be resin on the right side and plaster on the left. We will see how this goes - I may have to finally make the chose between plaster and resin to make it look right.


I poured more resin castings today and started the fitting process.  Here is a picture of the walls that I have completed so far.  I have a fair amount of sanding and cutting to do before they will be ready for the primer.





Here is the resin - just after I poured it.