Jacobs' Landing Light Railway in On18

[ACL1504]

Great tip Philip, never thought of using a pencil for barrel bands. Now I know.

and, now back to Larry's thread. 

Tom

[Larry C]

Great tip Philip, never thought of using a pencil for barrel bands. Now I know.

and, now back to Larry's thread. 

Tom

Also to go along with this; if you wanted the bands to be rusty you could use a colored pencil instead of a black #2.

[Larry C]

The roof is finished. I decided to go with a wood shingled roof for some variety and also being so small it wasn't a big project. There are 144 shingles made from 1x10's grained, colored with a light raw Sienna chalk, and clear alcohol. Then it was given a liberal coat of A&I allowed to dry. The shingles are 2 ft. in length with a 1 ft. lap. The ridge boards are 1x6's given the same treatment. Finally a darker brown weathering chalk was applied then worked in with a soft brush. Also added a little black very sparingly.



Here's what it looks like set in place on the layout. I do have to finish detailing the side deck but I'll have to wait for a few details to arrive; so I'll calling this build done. Also I did color all the bands on the other barrels as well. I am expecting my RR cars to arrive tomorrow so I may work on some of them for a bit so I can "play" moving some cars around. I did order enough link&pin couplers for everything. That's it for now and as always thanks for taking a look see.

[PRR Modeler]

Excellent modeling Larry.

[Philip]

Nice sway and been there awhile

[Larry C]

Curt thank you so much.

Philip thanks. The sway was a happy accident.

[Rick]

Larry, the roof looks good.

[Jerry]

Larry nice job on the roof. 

Jerry

[Larry C]

Rick & Jerry thank you both so much.

[deemery]

That structure fits nicely in the scene, doesn't look mis-sized. 

dave

[Larry C]

Dave thanks. That's why I scratch build most of my structures; I can make sure they fit the scene.

[Larry C]

First Car finished:

Since the flat car was put together already I decided to start with that one first. Placed it on the track then used link & pin couplers to attach it to the engine. Unfortunately the thing is so light if you sneezed you'd blow it off the track.



Knowing this was unacceptable, I knew some weight would have to be added. Searching through my parts box I found a few Ho scale flat car weights which I cut and ended up with enough for 2 cars. Placing it on the flatcar I was able to use 4x4's around the perimeter of the car and still had room for the weight. After gluing everything in place I then used 1x6's for the floor boards grained and colored with chalks then added a liberal coat of A&I.



After adding the floor boards I painted the steps with gunmetal paint and colored the rest of the under frame with clear alcohol and chalks. Also added some rust here and there to give it a used look. Then the moment of truth; I coupled it to the engine moving it around the layout; now it holds onto the track and tracks very well. Now I have a decent looking weighted flat car that looks much better than when I first assembled it. Next will be a wooden gondola which will get the same treatment before it's assembled. I may have been a little over zealous on the number of cars purchased, compared to the room on the layout, but I can always switch them in and out as needed.

That's it for now and always thanks for stopping on by and taking a gander.

[Jerry]

Larry nice fix on the flat car.  And some nice coloring!!

Jerry

[Pennman]

Larry,

As Jerry mentioned, nice fix on the flat car. I have built some in similar fashion.
It looks nice.

Rich

[PRR Modeler]

The motor and flat look great.