Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[S&S RR]

I used three types of castings for the walls shown above, plaster, resin, and George's metal castings. They were all painted the same way and I can't tell them apart on the model.

[ACL1504]

John, 

All the walls look great to me.

Tom

[S&S RR]

John, 

All the walls look great to me.

Tom

Thanks Tom - I'm enjoying learning new techniques that I think look better.

[S&S RR]

I have switch to working on some design work for a few days. I need to get the location of the track work right in the Horseshoe  Mountain. Area before I can continue with the track laying. I will soon be switching back and forth between structure building and new track work and scenery. I like having multiple projects going - it may not work real well for following a build thread but it's the way I like to work.

[sdrees]

John,

I have been using the pastels for the last several years.  They work great for getting that actually aged look on your castings.  I to prime the castings with an acrylic paint and use acrylics for any additional basic colors. iWork on a piece of glass which is like a painters palette fo me. It is very easy to mix the paint dusts together and with alcohol. You can take the various shades of rust, Browns and Greys and apply to you castings easily.  Sometimes I just apply a little grey dust to tone down those bright colors on your model and castings.

On metal castings, I will use the replacement product for Blacken It.  I will then use a polishing wheel to polish the wear parts an then dry brush a little acrylic to the non wear parts.

The pastels work fantastic on strip wood for that aging look.  There are some very fine examples of this on the forum such as Mike Englers recent mine build.

There is a whole lot of more information on this on Sierra west scale model' s web site

Steve

[deemery]

Also, the Stoney Creek DVD has a lot of good advice on using Pan Pastels:  http://www.stoneycreekdesigns.com/dvd.html


dave

[S&S RR]

John,

I have been using the pastels for the last several years.  They work great for getting that actually aged look on your castings.  I to prime the castings with an acrylic paint and use acrylics for any additional basic colors. iWork on a piece of glass which is like a painters palette fo me. It is very easy to mix the paint dusts together and with alcohol. You can take the various shades of rust, Browns and Greys and apply to you castings easily.  Sometimes I just apply a little grey dust to tone down those bright colors on your model and castings.

On metal castings, I will use the replacement product for Blacken It.  I will then use a polishing wheel to polish the wear parts an then dry brush a little acrylic to the non wear parts.

The pastels work fantastic on strip wood for that aging look.  There are some very fine examples of this on the forum such as Mike Englers recent mine build.

There is a whole lot of more information on this on Sierra west scale model' s web site

Steve

Steve


Thanks for the input and for stopping by the thread. I'm in the process of testing many different techniques - which usually results in a process that I feel most comfortable. After so many years of floquil paints and A&I I'm really enjoying this new technique.  Brett and Carl Addison have convinced me that this is the way to go.

[S&S RR]

Also, the Stoney Creek DVD has a lot of good advice on using Pan Pastels:  http://www.stoneycreekdesigns.com/dvd.html


dave

Dave


Thanks for the input - I actually bought a copy of this DVD a couple years ago which got me started with the pan pastels.  It is an excellent reference. It real gets you started and then the what if I do this - just starts happening. The very nice thing is that you can erase anything that doesn't work out.

[S&S RR]

My work on the layout has been limited to some design work the last few weeks - I'm looking forward to getting back to the Brambell's build this weekend.

[S&S RR]

Today, I'm back working on the layout.  I took a three week break to take the CEO of the Superior & Seattle on a trip to England, Whales, Scotland and Ireland. We had a great trip, saw all the sites, and visited more than enough gift shops (actually I had enough of the gift shops the first morning of the first day).  I spent lots of time doing some design work for the layout while the boss visited the gift shops. 


I did get one afternoon of train related time and visited the National Train Museum in York, England. Thanks to Erieman for the recommendation. They had a great display of a cutaway view of a steam engine entitled "How a steam engine works" that was the highlight of the visit. If you find yourself in York it's just down the street from all the gift shops and very well worth a visit.


Time to glue some wall castings on the Brambell's build!

[donatode]

Today, I'm back working on the layout.  I took a three week break to take the CEO of the Superior & Seattle on a trip to England, Whales, Scotland and Ireland. We had a great trip, saw all the sites, and visited more than enough gift shops (actually I had enough of the gift shops the first morning of the first day).  I spent lots of time doing some design work for the layout while the boss visited the gift shops. 


I did get one afternoon of train related time and visited the National Train Museum in York, England. Thanks to Erieman for the recommendation. They had a great display of a cutaway view of a steam engine entitled "How a steam engine works" that was the highlight of the visit. If you find yourself in York it's just down the street from all the gift shops and very well worth a visit.


Time to glue some wall castings on the Brambell's build!

I venture to guess you DID NOT accompany the CEO into those aforementioned gift shops .... so you DID wimp out?!?!? 

[S&S RR]

Today, I'm back working on the layout.  I took a three week break to take the CEO of the Superior & Seattle on a trip to England, Whales, Scotland and Ireland. We had a great trip, saw all the sites, and visited more than enough gift shops (actually I had enough of the gift shops the first morning of the first day).  I spent lots of time doing some design work for the layout while the boss visited the gift shops. 


I did get one afternoon of train related time and visited the National Train Museum in York, England. Thanks to Erieman for the recommendation. They had a great display of a cutaway view of a steam engine entitled "How a steam engine works" that was the highlight of the visit. If you find yourself in York it's just down the street from all the gift shops and very well worth a visit.


Time to glue some wall castings on the Brambell's build!

I venture to guess you DID NOT accompany the CEO into those aforementioned gift shops .... so you DID wimp out?!?!? 

I went in a couple - didn't find anything I wanted to buy.  No yellow or red boxes.

[deemery]

Today, I'm back working on the layout.  I took a three week break to take the CEO of the Superior & Seattle on a trip to England, Whales, Scotland and Ireland. We had a great trip, saw all the sites, and visited more than enough gift shops (actually I had enough of the gift shops the first morning of the first day).  I spent lots of time doing some design work for the layout while the boss visited the gift shops. 


I did get one afternoon of train related time and visited the National Train Museum in York, England. Thanks to Erieman for the recommendation. They had a great display of a cutaway view of a steam engine entitled "How a steam engine works" that was the highlight of the visit. If you find yourself in York it's just down the street from all the gift shops and very well worth a visit.


Time to glue some wall castings on the Brambell's build!

I venture to guess you DID NOT accompany the CEO into those aforementioned gift shops .... so you DID wimp out?!?!? 

I went in a couple - didn't find anything I wanted to buy.  No yellow or red boxes.

When we went to Wales and rode the Ffestiniog, I ended up coming home with a bunch of 009 kits and a renewed interest in HOn30.  (http://www.parksidedundas.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_PARKSIDE_DUNDAS__ROLLING_STOCK_KITS_.html )


dave

[S&S RR]

Today, I'm back working on the layout.  I took a three week break to take the CEO of the Superior & Seattle on a trip to England, Whales, Scotland and Ireland. We had a great trip, saw all the sites, and visited more than enough gift shops (actually I had enough of the gift shops the first morning of the first day).  I spent lots of time doing some design work for the layout while the boss visited the gift shops. 


I did get one afternoon of train related time and visited the National Train Museum in York, England. Thanks to Erieman for the recommendation. They had a great display of a cutaway view of a steam engine entitled "How a steam engine works" that was the highlight of the visit. If you find yourself in York it's just down the street from all the gift shops and very well worth a visit.


Time to glue some wall castings on the Brambell's build!

I venture to guess you DID NOT accompany the CEO into those aforementioned gift shops .... so you DID wimp out?!?!? 

I went in a couple - didn't find anything I wanted to buy.  No yellow or red boxes.

When we went to Wales and rode the Ffestiniog, I ended up coming home with a bunch of 009 kits and a renewed interest in HOn30.  (http://www.parksidedundas.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_PARKSIDE_DUNDAS__ROLLING_STOCK_KITS_.html )


dave

Dave


If I ever went back I would make a trip out of all the great steam train rides.

[S&S RR]

Today, I started gluing the wall castings in place for the Brambell's build.  I use lots of weights and angle plates to make sure everything is square.