Horwood Brothers Gas, Oil and Service - Rail Scale Miniatures.

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Since the cardboard is a paper product and the white glue is a water based, I used what ever I could find to hold the cardboard to down so it wouldn't warp while drying.



After 24 hours the "weights" were removed.



Done for today.

[PRR Modeler]

Looks good Tom. Are you going to cover the cardboard in white glue?

[Rick]

Looks good Tom. Are you going to cover the cardboard in white glue?

Same comment and question.

[Larry C]

Tom never seen anyone use cardboard in that fashion before; interesting concept.

[Philip]

 

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Looks good Tom. Are you going to cover the cardboard in white glue?

Curt,

Yes, I will!

Tom

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Looks good Tom. Are you going to cover the cardboard in white glue?

Same comment and question.

Rick,

Same comment and answer.  

Tom

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Tom never seen anyone use cardboard in that fashion before; interesting concept.

Larry,

I've used it exclusively for paved roads. I'll cover more of it as the thread progresses.

Tom

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Philip,

Yepper, I agree!  

Tom

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Curt and Rick asked it I was going cover the 2 ply cardboard with white glue. In all cases where I've used the cardboard as a roadway, I covered it with white glue.

I paint white glue on the cardboard to seal it from future applications of scenery. Once the white glue is painted on the cardboard I never use a water based paint for a concrete color or asphalt. The water base paint will soften the white glue as the paint is being applied and thus creating a major mess. Once this happens, it can't be fixed or undone.

I use either Floquil Primer or Floquil CN Gray for the concrete highway. I've also used Floquil Aged Concrete in the past on some sections of the roadway.

The photo below shows the seam where I joined the two sheets of 2 ply cardboard.



I will use this as a starting point to draw in the roadway for both north and south directions.

Back in a few.

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The next two photos show how the buildings are to be placed on the diorama. In my case, the layout.

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Dario drew his concrete slabs on 2 3/4" squares. This equates to 20ft. squares in HO scale.



The next photo shows approximately where the service station will be set.

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Over all view of the entire kit and approx. where the sidewalks will be placed.



Done for today.

[Yannis]

Epic scene in the making Tom! The built up structure looks really tidy. Thanks for sharing!

Yannis

[Michael Hohn]

Tom,

Your approach to laying concrete is new to me. I'm watching with interest. 

With the disappearance of Floquil I'm wondering what a replacement might be.

Mike