Jacobs' Landing Light Railway in On18

[PRR Modeler]

Great looking hoist and details Larry.

[Larry C]

Mike thanks. Never thought about doing the bands that way; let me know if
it works for you.

Curt thank you so much.

[Jerry]

Howdy Larry,

The second floor looks great. The size of the floor joists looks strong enough to support all those barrels.

I fear barrel bands are the nemesis for most of us.  I've been wanting to try a new technique by mounting the barrel on a dowel, holding the paint brush fixed, and rotating the dowel and barrel around.

Have fun,
mike

Mike the way I do it is with a cut off toothpick.  Insert and turn the pick and hold the brush steady.
And it works every time.

And my hands have that shaking problem to!! 

Jerry

[Rick]

Larry, nice job on the hoist, second floor and ladder.
Will there be doors on the openings?

Instead of painting the bands, try using a brown or rust colored marker.

[Philip]

Looking great Larry! Hardly see a trolley type lift like that anymore.

I painting my barrel bands with a leaded pencil or paint the entire barrel a rust tone first and then come back with a fine brush and cut in to color the wood. Sometimes it doesn't matter because I'm shakey jake. My hands are slowly heading South.

Done what Rick said with a pointed brown sharpie and works great. Silver works great on exhaust & such!

[Larry C]

Jerry thanks for the tip; nice to know I'm not the only one
w/ some shaking.

Rick thanks and I do like the marker idea; makes sense. No doors.

Philip thank you and I like the lead pencil idea as well. Time to 'speriment before I glue
down the outside barrels.

[ACL1504]

Larry,

Excellent build of the Cooper's Shop Shed. The staining is really great and looks naturally weathered. What stain did you use for the exterior? Inquiring minds and all that. 

Tom

[Larry C]

Tom thank you so much.After I grained the wood with a wire brush I used Rembrandt Cinnabar Green chalk (#627.3) scraped onto the wood about every couple of inches then I worked into the wood with clear alcohol and a brush. Next I added a good amount of A&I then let it completely dry. Hope this helps.

[Larry C]

Super quick update:

Looking great Larry! Hardly see a trolley type lift like that anymore.

I painting my barrel bands with a leaded pencil or paint the entire barrel a rust tone first and then come back with a fine brush and cut in to color the wood. Sometimes it doesn't matter because I'm shakey jake. My hands are slowly heading South.

Philip you da' man!!! I did as you suggested using a lead pencil on the bands and it worked great. Now that is a good looking barrel!

[PRR Modeler]

Very nice Larry. When you say leaded pencil do you mean like a  #2 pencil?

[Philip]

 Nice! 

I got that trick from Jason Jenson.  https://www.facebook.com/jason.jensen.39566

[Rick]

Larry, that's a good tip and those bands look great.

[Larry C]

Curt thanks. Yes I used a #2 pencil which is softer.

Philip thanks and that's one trick I'll be using often.

Rick thank you; I very pleased with the results.

[Jerry]

Nice tip.  And the barrel looks great Larry.

Jerry

[Larry C]

Jerry thanks a bunch. Can always us a good tip!