Superior & Seattle Railroad Build (Volume 4) Started 8/14/21

[Mark Dalrymple]

That large group of castings grew to 1124 castings

Wow!

Looking great, John.

Cheers, Mark.

[ACL1504]

John,

This just seems to get better and better with each posting.

Tom 

[S&S RR]

That large group of castings grew to 1124 castings

Wow!

Looking great, John.

Cheers, Mark.

Mark


Thank you for following along - it seems that every time I think I have enough details for an area, including structures, the layout seems to need more. As I mentioned above I have four smaller structures getting started on the workbench to complete the scene in the Eagles Nest Yard.

[S&S RR]

John,

This just seems to get better and better with each posting.

Tom 

Tom


Thank you for encouraging words, I hope it's getting better - need to keep going in the right direction.

[cuse]

Wow...is right.


The magnitude of this layout is amazing. Hope to see it someday!


John

[S&S RR]

Wow...is right.


The magnitude of this layout is amazing. Hope to see it someday!


John

John




Thank you for the kind words and I hope you do come up for a visit.

[S&S RR]

Update:  Today, my airbrush was going for 9 hours painting detail castings, primer coat. I got on a roll and just kept painting. I have now painted 3 of the five primer colors. About 3/4 of the way through this batch of castings.  If I get motivated tomorrow I may finish the batch. I have castings laying across three workbenches right now but I will, as promised, take a picture of everything in one place when this project is complete. I can report that I'm real happy with the performance of my new air brushes painting acrylic paints. There was a leaning curve converting from my old Floquil experience, but I feel that I'm through that now.  I started using a rattle can for the flat gray castings just to use up the paint, after about a dozen castings I threw the rattle can away and filled the air brush with grey primer.  The lack of rattle cans at the hardware store is not affecting the projects on the S&S RR. That's it from the S&S RR for, tonight.

[PaulS]

Sounds like lots of progress there John on the S&S ....
And I can't even imagine working through that mountain of casting all in one go.  You are a logistics superman !!
One you have a moment, would you please give us a rundown of your airbrush setup, compressor, airbrush, booth, any special modifications or accessories, etc...
Thanks much and keep up the great work,
--Paul

[S&S RR]

Sounds like lots of progress there John on the S&S ....
And I can't even imagine working through that mountain of casting all in one go.  You are a logistics superman !!
One you have a moment, would you please give us a rundown of your airbrush setup, compressor, airbrush, booth, any special modifications or accessories, etc...
Thanks much and keep up the great work,
--Paul

Paul


Thank you for stopping by the thread.  I would be happy to give you the tour and pass on what I'm doing. I did a lot of airbrush painting with Floquil products for years but about 2 years ago I completely switched to acrylic paints when my Floquil supplies started to get depleted.  I did some rattle can painting and had a few unsuccessful attempts with acrylics in the airbrush before I got serous and did a lot of research and experimenting. I'm happy with my results now and will share my process. I will be painting again today and will take some pictures.

[PaulS]

Sounds like lots of progress there John on the S&S ....
And I can't even imagine working through that mountain of casting all in one go.  You are a logistics superman !!
One you have a moment, would you please give us a rundown of your airbrush setup, compressor, airbrush, booth, any special modifications or accessories, etc...
Thanks much and keep up the great work,
--Paul

Paul


Thank you for stopping by the thread.  I would be happy to give you the tour and pass on what I'm doing. I did a lot of airbrush painting with Floquil products for years but about 2 years ago I completely switched to acrylic paints when my Floquil supplies started to get depleted.  I did some rattle can painting and had a few unsuccessful attempts with acrylics in the airbrush before I got serous and did a lot of research and experimenting. I'm happy with my results now and will share my process. I will be painting again today and will take some pictures.

Thanks John, much appreciated !!!

[S&S RR]

Because Paul asked, here are a few pictures and words to describe my airbrush setup and painting process.  This may take a few evenings because it is late and I will not get all the pictures ready and posted tonight.


Let's start with a picture of my very well used 25 plus year old paint booth. It is powered by two bathroom ceiling fans and vents out the side of my house.  When I bought the fans I asked for the highest CFM fans that the store sold - as I remember it these fans put out about double the CFM that the next lower model that they had in the store.  The clerk said they are loud so we have trouble selling them.  I asked if he had a deal on a couple of them and he gave me two for the price of one to get rid of them. They are still doing a great job 25 years later. The construction is very unique because the train line that runs through my workshop runs right though the paint booth underneath a well sealed shelf inside the booth.

[S&S RR]

The shelf inside the paint booth.





Trains in one side and out the other.










I have some storage tracks in the workshop that got a lot of use before the Superior Yard expansion.

[S&S RR]

Here is a couple pictures of my, new this year, airbrushes. So far I'm really happy with the performance.  I felt good about buying a couple made in the USA products.





The H series is shown here disassembled for cleaning. Real easy to clean this after a painting session. Five minute job, if you really do a good job.














The Talon is my detail painting airbrush.


You can see the model numbers and go to the Badger website for detail specifications.

[S&S RR]

My painting process.  I first mount most of the casting for ease of handling. Some get a hole drilled where it will not show and are glued onto a toothpick.  Probably 80 percent are mounted in this way.  Some get glued to a popsicle stick - when there is not place to drill a hole and are usually done with multiple castings on one stick. I have storage boards with holes for the toothpicks that I use to organize the castings before and after painting. There are also some boards with special slots that hold the popsicle sticks upright.

[S&S RR]

Here is a picture from today's painting session. I hold the one end of the toothpick while I paint the casting.  I set the airbrush down to take the picture. Not enough hands.