Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[S&S RR]

The second step is to paint the wall a second coat of dark burnt umber using a sponge which leaves areas where the gray shows through. Here is a picture of the paint tube and the wall after this step. This is more of a blotting of the paint on the wall with the sponge.

[S&S RR]

On my computer screen the last picture in the last post looks more gray than it does with my eyes on the model. Lighting, camera, who knows.

[S&S RR]

The third step is to add a wash of 2 part country grey, 5 parts sand, and 5 parts water. Again I have added pictures of the two paints and the wall after this step. The picture shows the wall after three steps on the right and after the final step on the left.





The final step is to make use of the pan pastels that I bought at the EXPO. I was pretty happy with the look after the first three steps but I wanted to make the mortar joints more real. Stone work of this kind required lots of mortar to makeup for the irregular shaped stones that were used. The procedure I used for the pan pastel was to apply it with a number 6 brush working it into the mortar joints. This looks really bad until you wash the pan pastel off the stone face with a damp sponge. The sponge I used can be seen on the roof of the roundhouse in the pictures below. At this point I plan to finish all of the roundhouse stonework in this way. I will then add some details like rust, soot, etc. using chalks as a final step.







This is a picture of the what have I done step - the pan pastels have been added. Then I cleaned the faces of the stone with a wet sponge.



Here is a picture of the pan pastel container and the color used.

[S&S RR]

With this post we have caught up to the current state for this project. I'm currently working on adding the tar paper roof and building a gluing fixture for the doors I plan to build for the front of the roundhouse. More pictures to follow as I make progress.

[bparrish]

I don't know John.........

Plaid paint on cut stone? ? ? ? ?

see ya
Bob

[gnatshop]

I don't know John.........
Plaid paint on cut stone? ? ? ? ?
see ya  Bob 

Riff-Raff Big Grins for Li'l Bobby P.!!!! 

[S&S RR]

I don't know John.........
Plaid paint on cut stone? ? ? ? ?
see ya  Bob 

Riff-Raff Big Grins for Li'l Bobby P.!!!! 

Well the night crew is here!

[S&S RR]

I made some progress on the track laying today. We have reached the point were it will get challenging because all of the lower level main line has been completed - now it's the upper levels that need to be completed.

[S&S RR]

Here are a few pictures from the track laying on the layout.





This first picture is the view from the top of Fox Run Trestle looking a West.  The test car has just been over the track for the first time.





A bridge has just been positioned for installation ahead of the track laying crew.







The tracks have been laid to the base of the mountains.  As you can see from the picture we are still doing some blasting work to get the tracks in just the right place.

[S&S RR]

Big day on the S&S tomorrow - Wayne Olson is back from AZ so we can start double teaming the ballasting.  Also have a group coming over from the local chapter of the NMRA to see what I'm up too.

[cuse]

Amazing. Next step looks to involve dynamite 


You and Wayne be careful!


John

[bparrish]

John......

Great rocks.

Thanx
Bob

[S&S RR]

John and Bob

Thanks for watching the thread - today we turned the corner at the base of the mountain - without using dynamite! We had a great work session - but I think I will be feeling it in the morning.

[S&S RR]

Here is another picture of the area I'm working on - you can see better why we got away without the dynamite.  Today we also finished the track for the upper level that is inside the mountain in this area.

[bparrish]

John...

You're making great progress..

very cool
Bob