Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[S&S RR]

I'm making progress on the Brambell's build on two fronts.  I'm getting close to finishing the walls for the warehouse.  Also, lengthened the pit area by three inches in the base and made another test fit of the castings.  Next step is to glue them in place.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Looking good, John.

If you think you have a problem with finding things you should see the state of my modelling room!  No - on second thoughts I might just keep that to myself!

Cheers, Mark.

[cuse]

Looks great job. Nice job on the colors!


John

[Janbouli]

Great stone work and I love that green color for the woodwork.

[S&S RR]

Looking good, John.

If you think you have a problem with finding things you should see the state of my modelling room!  No - on second thoughts I might just keep that to myself!

Cheers, Mark.

Mark


Thanks for the kind words - it is amazing how many tools I can pile on the workbench when I'm working.

[S&S RR]

Looks great job. Nice job on the colors!


John

John




Thanks - the more I work with the pigments the better I like them.  I think I should sell my stock of floquil paints on eBay.  Another nice think about the chalks and pigments is that they don't dry up in the bottle.  Great shelf life.

[S&S RR]

Great stone work and I love that green color for the woodwork.

Jan


Thanks for the kind words - The walls will need some touchup work when I get them assembled but it is very easy with the chalks and pigments.

[PaulS]

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.

John,
First off, I have greatly enjoyed following along with your S&S RR progress and builds along the way.  And really like the modifications and future location of your version of Brambell's.
I also have taken the opportunity to make certain tools and modeling boards to help with the process and organization of our building and artistic efforts.
So I have to inquire as to how you like the Vallejo pigments and how you have been using them ??  And secondly, what is going on with the Vallejo Model Air bottles that appear to be labeled to match either the Floquil or PollyS colors??  Inquiring minds and all that...
Thanks in advance and looking forward to following along with your future progress.
--Paul

[S&S RR]

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.

Paul


Thanks for the kind words and following along with the thread.  This is my first build with the Vallejo pigments and I


like the fine texture. And depth of color so far. I recently switched from using mostly floquil paints to acrylics and pastel chalks.



I like the results so much that I'm re painting many of the castings.



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.

John,
First off, I have greatly enjoyed following along with your S&S RR progress and builds along the way.  And really like the modifications and future location of your version of Brambell's.
I also have taken the opportunity to make certain tools and modeling boards to help with the process and organization of our building and artistic efforts.
So I have to inquire as to how you like the Vallejo pigments and how you have been using them ??  And secondly, what is going on with the Vallejo Model Air bottles that appear to be labeled to match either the Floquil or PollyS colors??  Inquiring minds and all that...
Thanks in advance and looking forward to following along with your future progress.
--Paul

[S&S RR]

Paul 


I'm not sure what happened with my last post but the bottom line is that I'm real happy with the
results with using the pigments and chalks - in fact I'm repainting the castings for a Chippy Hollow build that I had started a few years ago.

[PaulS]

Thanks for the feedback John,much appreciated and I will be following along with the S&S journey ....
With regards to the Vallejo Model Air paints, it appears that you have found a conversion (or did it yourself) between those and the Floquil / PollyS paints.  Is that on-line somewhere ??
Thanks and happy modeling,
--Paul

[Zephyrus52246]

Paul, Micro Mark sells these   http://www.micromark.com/paint-for-brush-and-spray-application.html


Jeff

[PaulS]

Got it, Thanks Jeff !!   Sets me on a path to experiment a little ...
Appreciate it...
Now back to more of the S&S goings on, take it away John ...

[ACL1504]

John,

Great job on Brambells. I have the PanPastel sets I purchased while at the Expo. I used them to weather the roof on the Delwin's build. I'll be updating that thread in a few days.

Tom

[S&S RR]

I have been doing lots of experimenting with pan pastels, chalks, and the pigments, I'm finding that a coat of paint first to prime either the plaster, resin, or metal casting and then going to the pigments works great. I am switching between applying them dry and with alcohol depending on the affect I'm looking for. The alcohol with the pigments works just like the old floquil and diosol washes.