Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

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I received the shipment from MicroMart yesterday, so the new molds have been poured for the warehouse project. I also, did a test pour for a different wall section to make the warehouse longer. 

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Today,  I got the rock work painted behind the new trestle. It has been awhile sense I painted rock work but it came back to me real quick once I got a few colors on. I should be able to finish up the scenery and get started on the trestle build tomorrow.

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The castings for the warehouse are in the paint booth with the first coat of premier drying. I have to figure out a color scheme for that build tomorrow.

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A few steps got completed on the Chippy Hollow build since my last update.  First the window and door castings were finished and glued on.  I glued them on with super glue just to hold them in place then, per George's instructions I used lots of glue around them to make sure they were staying put, and also in my case, to keep any light from shining out around them.

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Next step was to add a couple shades using paint - I used a dark green.  This picture shows the wall castings just before I started to assemble them.

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And now for the assembly process - I use lots of clamps and make sure the first two walls are together square before moving on.  I'm using 5 min. epoxy to glue the main castings together.

[ak-milw]

Lookin' good John.

[S&S RR]

Lookin' good John.

Thanks Andy

[Mark Dalrymple]

That chocolate brown on pale yellow works very well with the stonework - nice choice.  I always add some tacky glue around my windows after initially attaching with CA too.  I just don't trust that stuff to hold for ever.

Looking good as always, John.  You are an inspiration to us all - your work ethic being second to none!

Cheers, Mark.

[S&S RR]

That chocolate brown on pale yellow works very well with the stonework - nice choice.  I always add some tacky glue around my windows after initially attaching with CA too.  I just don't trust that stuff to hold for ever.

Looking good as always, John.  You are an inspiration to us all - your work ethic being second to none!

Cheers, Mark.

Thanks for the kind words Mark. 

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Today, the four walls of the main stone building for Chippy Hollow were assembled.  You will notice that I'm getting a little shine off the stones - I sprayed it with matt spray to fix the powders.  I think I will be adding some powder to dull it back down.

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My other big project today was to take another look at how long I wanted to make the warehouse in the back of the yard. I decided to add two more wall sections and go around the corner a little ways with it. It is amazing how much more depth you get when you add that structure.  Here are a few pictures of the configuration I think I'm going to go with.  I have decide to go with a red brick - I think this will look good as a backdrop for Fox Run which will go right in front of this structure. The plywood in-front of the warehouse is the base for that build. I will have some elevation work to do, but that is the footprint.  I have a number of kits planned for this strip of plywood that splits the yard including a coaling tower, a icing platform and a number of small industries.

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Here is a picture of my sample piece with the red brick and the mortar. I haven't decided if I want to add a black brick random pattern to the bricks.  Another option will be to add some darker areas and weather it up with black soot.  This is in a yard with years of steam locomotives leaving their mark.

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I also played with the idea of adding two more stories to part of the warehouse but when I mocked this up it made the scene loose depth.  Here are a couple of photographs.

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The castings for the warehouse are making their way through the paint booth.