O'Neils Mercantile & Repair

[Philip]

A clever way Brett offset those car ends.

Nice work Larry!

[Larry C]

A clever way Brett offset those car ends.

Nice work Larry!

Thanks Philip, much appreciated.

[Larry C]

A quick update:



The second disconnect is finished which actually turned out better than the first one. Also hand-laid the second short track just for a little more detail. Of course both tracks will look much better when I get to the scenery stage of the build. The 2nd disconnect needs a busted board replaced and some work done on the bunk. The "rooster" I modified a little since is was way too long.



Here's the other side. I'll probably end up gluing the disconnect in the Shed to the rails but the 2nd one I want to be able to move around for photo ops and/or if I want to add something else to the rails.

Next I'll work on the lathe from SW and get that finished while I figure out what to do after that; trying to do things logically so I don't trip myself up. Thanks for stopping by and leaving all those kind comments and/or tips and suggestions. Stay tuned.

[PRR Modeler]

Looks great Larry.

[Jerry]

Larry a very nice job on those disconnects.

Jerry

[Rick]

Larry, looking good.

[Larry C]

Curt, Jerry, and Rick thanks guys they were fun to build.

[Philip]

  Cool man!

[Larry C]

Thanks Philip.

[friscomike]

Howdy Larry,

The disconnects look fantastic.  Nice work on aging the wood.  Are they modeled before or after repair?

Have fun,
mike

[Larry C]

Mike thank you. Before repair. The one in the Shed has a missing broken board and the one on the second track has a partial missing board and one of the straps on the bunk is missing.

[Larry C]

The Sierra West lathe is finished:







This time around I decided to go with the "classic green" color for a change. Most everything was glued in place BEFORE anything was painted. Used a rattle can of green and painted the entire machine. After it thoroughly dried I then went through and picked out the metal details with gun metal craft paint. Lastly the lathe was weathered with a little dark rust for the bottom doors while the rest of the machine was dry brushed with black chalks to show usage as well as tone down the green a little.

Placing the lathe in the Shed, where I originally wanted it to be, I realized just how big this thing is. May have to get creative and place it in front of the back shed opening so the disconnect doesn't interfere with it. Then again I may place it somewhere else in a completely different area; I'll have to play around with it a little for a few days. 

Next I think I'm going to go though my on-hand details and see what I can come up with for the area between the Mercantile and the Repair Shed; it needs some details so it doesn't look quite so stark. Thanks for stopping by for a gander.

[Jerry]

Now that's a fine looking Lathe.  Great work Larry!!

Jerry

[PRR Modeler]

That looks awesome Larry. I'm ordering one!

[Philip]

  The green mosheen! like it!