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

[S&S RR]

Hey John:L

Looking good so far. Can't wait to see more.

Karl

Karl


Thank you, I hope to get the walls together in the next couple of days. My modeling time has been sporadic these days with Christmas coming. I have the Sayles Mill to finish detailing, so I have lots to keep me busy.

[S&S RR]

Update: I cut the gator board base board for the F&SM Tribute Kit #1 today.





I also, after trying a dozen different layouts, chose the structure orientation that I'm going to use for the F&SM Tribute #1. I also picked the colors that I plan on using - this is real progress so I can get on with the builds. Here are a couple pictures of the structure orientation. This one just looks the best to me, from all angles. 





















You will also notice in this last picture that the Ruggles Roof structure walls have been assembled and it's in a new proposed home on the layout.

[Jerry]

Wonderful planning John.  The layout is looking better all the time!


Jerry

[Mark Dalrymple]

Really like the structures to the right of the depot, John. 

I'm not so sure about the one to the left?  It maybe feels a bit too big and uniform in shape?

How will road transport service these structures?

Choosing colours can be a long battle.

Looking forward to your progress on this cool kit.

Cheers, Mark.

[PRR Modeler]

I believe you have found a winner.

[S&S RR]

Wonderful planning John.  The layout is looking better all the time!


Jerry

Jerry


Thank you for following along and your encouraging words.

[S&S RR]

Really like the structures to the right of the depot, John. 

I'm not so sure about the one to the left?  It maybe feels a bit too big and uniform in shape?

How will road transport service these structures?

Choosing colours can be a long battle.

Looking forward to your progress on this cool kit.

Cheers, Mark.

Mark


The structures to the right of the depot are going in, I started staining them and have the locations all marked on the baseboard and ready for installation.  I agree with you about the structure on the left, it is too big for the spot, I have already moved it to another spot over by my Isaac's Coal build.  It will sit there for a few days before I make a final decision.  As for the service road it will cross the tracks that service the depot and run along the tracks in the area where you see the raw benchwork in from of the depot. It will then cross the mainlines and connect with the road that makes its way back to the structures on the back of the layout.  The road leaves the scene by winding its way in front of Isaac's coal and disappears as it goes under the trestle and back behind the mountain. I have some beautiful Dan Raymond built vehicles to finish the detailing the road.

[S&S RR]

I believe you have found a winner.

Curt


Thank you - sometimes it takes a while.

[ACL1504]

John,

I love catching up on your progress. You are moving at a fast freight speed. Fantastic my friend.

I'm glad you moved the building on the left of the station, just didn't fit there.

Wonderful all the way my friend.

Tom   

[S&S RR]

John,

I love catching up on your progress. You are moving at a fast freight speed. Fantastic my friend.

I'm glad you moved the building on the left of the station, just didn't fit there.

Wonderful all the way my friend.

Tom   

Tom


Thank you for stopping by and the kind words.  I usually try structures in a number of places before I get out the glue bottle. I'm assembling another structure that I'm going to try in that location.

[S&S RR]

Awhile back someone asked me to post some pictures of my setups for cutting with my small table saw. I just completed a project where I made a wall out of some scraps of clapboard on my O. V. Hooker & Son build. So I took some pictures of the process to show how I used the table saw to create the pieces for the wall buildup. . Here is a picture of the kit so you can understand the need for the wall.  The structure is designed with a clapboard addition to the original brick structure. For my location on the layout I'm not going to use this addition but plan to use it in another area of the layout. The wall that goes up against the brick part of the structure was cut from cardboard for the kit so I need to replace it with a clapboard wall for my application.

[S&S RR]

The clapboard walls are laser cut and there was enough scrap clapboard to construct the wall if I was creative with the cutting of the pieces and cuts with the table saw.  George Sellios used this technique to construct his FSM kits back in the days before laser cutting. Here are a few pictures that describe the buildup.  I was also able to use the wall from the main structure that was not needed because I am building my structure in the hillside.  I used the cardboard wall that Bob supplied in the kit as a template.

[S&S RR]

As you can see from the pictures above there were a number of angle cuts that needed to be made on very small pieces.  I want to keep my fingers so I don't get them that close to the saw blade.  Here is a few pictures of my table saw setup with a standard sled to hold the wood while it is cut.


1) Place the workpiece aligned with the saw blade right where you want to cut it.


2) tape it down - without moving it.


3) run the sled though the table saw to cut the workpiece


4) remove the tape.




























For small pieces like this I simply tape the work down to the sled.  The tape not only holds the workpiece but also helps prevent splinters as you cut the wood.














I hope this helps and is what you where looking for.

[S&S RR]

Here are some pictures of the finished wall going into the assembly.




http://modelersforum.com/gallery/18-131221113914-514212070.jpeg

[deemery]

I love the cross-cut sled for the Micro-Mark/Proxxon table saw.  I added the wood pieces to either side of the exit notch, to remind my fingers to stay away from there.  At least once it saved my fingers, when I was concentrating on lining something up and started to place my fingers where the blade would cut them 


dave