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Registration is FREE!  Posting Form Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Callouts: Message Icon:                             Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by brucet[/i] [br]Dave I live in a sub tropical climate. I only apply the gel about 1/8" thick. Yet after 24-36 hours some of it can still be milky. Touch dry but still soft. Depending on the temp it may take 2 or 3 days to dry properly. Don't panic if it's still soft in a week. I have gone back a week or two later and touched up some spots and weeks later you can't tell where the touch ups were. Keep the dust to a minimum. Stray dust will stick to the surface until it dries out completely. It's fun. I've buried all sorts of junk in my water. Half barrels and boxes that look like they are floating in the water. You can add them later if you wish. Just cut a drum in half. Apply a small amount of gel to it and stick it on the water. A few days later you'll look like a genius with all that detail in the water!!! [/quote]    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON    Insert a File     Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.      T O P I C    R E V I E W David Clark Posted - 01/07/2017 : 10:35:22 PM I have abandoned the thread "Dave's First On30 Layout" to start this one as I had figured out a name and want to keep a dialogue and record going of the build. Having secured a place in the basement, I need to relocate some furniture and a (rarely used) treadmill belonging to my mother-in-law. I started by building the benchwork out of 1/2" plywood, with 3/4" plywood gussets in the corners for stability. I pre-drilled holes in the girders for wiring. Each module is 78" x 30" as per the layout in my first post. The modules are nice and light, I think the heaviest single piece will be the 1/4" piece of hardboard that will be the surface of the water. Legs were built up from 1x2 and 1x3 boards and long enough to put the module at about the 4' height. Since I'm building a shadow box, I think this will be a nice height for my 5"8" body. I had some cool stuff arrive over Christmas - some manual turnout controls from Fast Tracks called Bullfrog turnout Control that require assembly. Check them out at www.fast-tracks.net. They weren't too expensive. I also picked up some "suitcase" connectors from Lordco, an automotive supply store, two packs of 15 came to $7.00 - definitely less expensive than a model railroad retailer (sorry). Cheers, Dave 15   L A T E S T    R E P L I E S    (Newest First) David Clark Posted - 05/22/2020 : 11:48:33 AM Hey guys, thanks for checking in. My build is on hold until I get the new hobby room set up. I gave the On30 (Geezer's lounge) an update. Cheers, Dave drmsparks Posted - 03/29/2020 : 2:25:02 PM Just catching up on your progress (looks awesome-great progress). Hope everything is going good for you! Rick Posted - 02/10/2020 : 3:19:33 PM quote: Originally posted by TRAINS1941 Speaking of has anyone heard from Dave of late??? Hope he is all right... Good question. I hope he's OK too. Philip Posted - 02/09/2020 : 9:59:19 PM Catching up here David, nice Heisler and boxcar. Both great additions! Philip TRAINS1941 Posted - 02/09/2020 : 5:38:59 PM Speaking of has anyone heard from Dave of late??? Hope he is all right... BigLars Posted - 02/09/2020 : 3:09:03 PM Nice! TRAINS1941 Posted - 04/11/2019 : 12:39:54 PM Looks good Dave nice job. Frank Palmer Posted - 04/11/2019 : 10:49:58 AM Nice. Rick Posted - 04/11/2019 : 08:52:02 AM Dave, good technique and results. David Clark Posted - 04/10/2019 : 2:26:22 PM Thanks for the compliments, guys. Had a few hours over the weekend to play a bit more. I used a dot filter technique to add weathering to the roofs which I will elaborate on a bit later. I also decided to repaint the wooden roof walks to show signs of paint being worn off using the hairspray technique. First I painted the walkway a tan colour for raw wood. I used a mix of sand and grey that I had laying around. After it dried a masked off the walkway and sprayed it with a coat of Finesse hairspray (anything cheap is good). I let it dry before painting the final colour on it. If I had wanted to have chipped paint, I would have sprinkled rock salt on the wet hairspray. I then put a mix of black and grey-blue in the airbrush and sprayed a few light coats on the walkway, until it was well-covered. My paint thickness and air pressure weren't perfect but I thought "It's coming off anyway, so what?". Here is the final shot after rubbing the black paint with a wet, soft brush until I was happy with the amount of wear it was showing. My paint coverage was pretty light so it came off very fast in spots. I found afterwards that the underlying wood was too bright so I gave it a coat of brown acrylic wash and once it is given a matte varnish coat will likely add some powder weathering. Comments, welcome. Cheers, Dave BigLars Posted - 03/31/2019 : 09:53:35 AM Dave, Great job painting. friscomike Posted - 03/31/2019 : 12:15:54 AM Nice job! Convincing. David Clark Posted - 03/30/2019 : 12:47:04 PM quote: Originally posted by TRAINS1941 Dave did you spray paint that box car?? And whose kit was it?? It was a Bachmann Spectrum kit. I just brush painted it with tube acrylics. I found them to be quite translucent - they wouldn't cover the old logo. I had to add model acrylic - Vallejo - to cover it. When I get home I will list the colours I used - I wrote them down so that I could duplicate it on others. Cheers, Dave TRAINS1941 Posted - 03/30/2019 : 12:22:33 AM Dave did you spray paint that box car?? And whose kit was it?? David Clark Posted - 03/29/2019 : 2:14:13 PM Thanks, Bill. I must say, having such well-respected and accomplished modelers following along and offering encouragement is great praise! Cheers, Dave Railroad Line Forums © 2000-2020 Railroad Line Co.
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