Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

S&S RR · August 31, 2015, 03:51:04 PM

Here are a couple of pictures of my test samples for color. I'm adding green pigments over a driftwood "Kaki" prime coat. When I get back from the Narrow Gauge Convention I will make a final decision on the color scheme. This is very close to the colors that George Sellios picked for the kit. My stonework is more brown because I wanted to make it look like they used stones from the area.

S&S RR · September 07, 2015, 03:23:16 PM

I'm back working on the layout after a break for the Narrow Gauge Convention. The Convention was great with lots of idea generating layouts to visit, and the contest room was very inspirational. Karl Allison's O scale Engine house build was one of the best models I have seen in over 15 years of attending these conventions. I took hundreds of pictures which I will share as time permits. Every casting on this model was a work of art. Here is a small sample:

Mark Dalrymple · September 08, 2015, 01:49:10 AM

The close up of those windows blows my mind! - but then again, that rusted out wheelbarrow looks pretty convincing too!

Looking forward to more progress on your layout, John.

Cheers, Mark.

Twist67 · September 08, 2015, 03:36:30 AM

Hi ,

Wow that´s one awesome build on those pictures. So much details to look at....Awesome.

thanks for sharing,

Cheers,Chris

Janbouli · September 08, 2015, 08:00:53 AM

Amazing, especially the small stuff like the sledge hammer in the last photo.

S&S RR · September 08, 2015, 09:53:16 AM

Mark, Chris, and Jan

Thanks for stopping by the thread and I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures of Karl's work. They give us all something to strive for.

Zephyrus52246 · September 08, 2015, 11:12:59 AM

Looks like a lot of layout.

Jeff

S&S RR · September 08, 2015, 04:50:33 PM

Today's progress on the Brambell's build - started to detail the door and window castings. This first picture is a before and after.

I also started to add the green color and the nail holes to the wood walls.

Primer of Kaki only.

The nail holes were added with the new wheel that gives you 2 holes per board and a much smaller dent. Much closer to scale.

tom.boyd.125 · September 09, 2015, 02:04:03 PM

John,
Who's nail impression tool did you use on your build and the photo's of Karl Allison's O scale engine house are amazing !

S&S RR · September 09, 2015, 03:41:42 PM

Quote from: tom.boyd.125 on September 09, 2015, 02:04:03 PM
John,
Who's nail impression tool did you use on your build and the photo's of Karl Allison's O scale engine house are amazing !

Hi Tom

Thanks for stopping by the thread. Here is a picture of the wheel in the handle of my exacto knife along with the information on where to get it.

I picked mine up from Karl at the Narrow Gauge Convention - he gets them from Ireland (see package). It comes with 4 different wheels, there are two different stiles but they have the same spacing for the holes. I'm using the .75 mm wheel right now which is giving me two nails holes per clap board. I actually bought one of each stile because I wanted one for each work bench - otherwise I spend all my time looking for my tools. This is the first job that I have used it on, but so far I like it. Much improved over the pounce wheel I was using and much faster than using a probe.

Let me know if you have any questions.

As for Karl's engine house - the challenge is to see how close we can come to his castings in HO.

S&S RR · September 09, 2015, 03:44:46 PM

I received a package from George Sellios today!

S&S RR · September 09, 2015, 03:48:48 PM

I started assembling the walls for the warehouse on the Brambell's build today.

Twist67 · September 10, 2015, 09:05:46 AM

Hi,

great looking structure you´re working on. Paint and weathering looks fine. I have a tool like the one your´re using,too. Never used it in H0 but made some nailholes in 1:25 with it and it worked fine.

Cheers,Chris

S&S RR · September 11, 2015, 08:16:35 AM

Quote from: Twist67 on September 10, 2015, 09:05:46 AM
Hi,

great looking structure you´re working on. Paint and weathering looks fine. I have a tool like the one your´re using,too. Never used it in H0 but made some nailholes in 1:25 with it and it worked fine.

Cheers,Chris

Chris

Thanks for the kind words and for stopping by the thread. I'm happy with the nail tool so far - it makes the nail holes much closer to scale than the pounce wheel that I was using.

S&S RR · September 12, 2015, 11:24:45 PM

I decided to take a couple hours and make a couple work stations for my workbench. Things were getting way to cluttered and I was loosing time looking for my tools. Here is what I came up with - made use of a few pieces of wood that were under the layout.

Weathering station - I used a couple ceramic tiles that were left over from the kitchen remodeling project.

If I can just learn to put the tools back in there place.