Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[cuse]

Man, I love that stonework. Nice job!!
John

[GPdemayo]

Really good looking work going on here.....love the way the stonework comes together in the scene. 

[S&S RR]

Man, I love that stonework. Nice job!!
John

Thanks John - I really like how the pigments look on all three of the base materials. 

[S&S RR]

Really good looking work going on here.....love the way the stonework comes together in the scene. 

Greg


Thanks for the kind words - I'm looking forward to seeing this build in it's home location on the layout.

[S&S RR]

Today I returned from my fishing trip/trip to see my daughter and decided to take a few pictures of what was on my work bench when I returned.  This is a build thread so here is a few glimpses into the chaos on the S&S RR.  I have three structure builds going on all of which need castings so there is a lot of casting painting going on.  The assorted castings in these pictures are from Brambell's FSM 205, the Sandhouse FSM 180, and Chippy Hollow Hardware FSM 260. They are in various stages of completion but the pictures represent the status of these builds today.








The wall castings for Chippy Hollow Hardware  - base colors applied.



Color check with a window casting.

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Well, the first box of detail castings has been painted and are ready for the build.  I would guess that this is about half of the castings.  The second half is scattered around my workbench mounted on sticks with a few colors added. Here are a few pictures before they go on the shelf to wait for the right time to add them to the build.














As usual, careful study of these photographs on my large monitor will create a touch up list when they are added to the build.

[S&S RR]

I build the wood retaining wall for the right side of the Brambell's diorama today and tried a new technique that I thought I would share.

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Step 1:


Cutout the template card that George supplies with the kit.  The FSM instructions have you stain the strip wood before you start the build.  I have been getting more and more confidence with the pigments and alcohol technique that I decided to try the build first and then color the strip wood.  In the next few photographs I will describe the process I used.

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Step 2:Cut the template card to the retain wall size required for the build.

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Step 3:  Glue the strip wood directly to the card as George describes in his instructions.

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Step 4: When everything is in place clamp it down with lots of weights and let the glue dry.

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Step 5:  Add the chalk pigments - I just scraped it from the stick onto the wood with a razor blade.

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Step 6: Using lots of alcohol work the pigments into the wood with a paint brush. I put the weights back on to keep the assembly from warping while the alcohol dried.

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The wood still looks dark in these pictures because everything was still wet.

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Step 7: Again back to the FSM instructions was to add the dirt.  The backing card hold it in place while you mount it to the diorama.