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Originally posted by Bill Gill
Getting close to finished, Mike. Look good!
Originally posted by Bill Gill
Getting close to finished, Mike. Look good!
Mike
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Thank you! It’s getting real. Real close, that is.
Mike
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An in-progress photo of covering the roof:
I started the lettering: Clover House dry transfers, letter by letter:
The P&NY Railroad Co. was one of the corporate entities that made up the Lehigh Valley RR.
Mike
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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James BaldwinComment
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Nice, Mike!
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The 'booses' are looking good, Mike.
BruceComment
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Su per nice job of getting the letters straight.
It's only make-believeComment
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Really nice Cabeese Mike! What are you using for the canvas roof? It has great texture.
Hakan
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Thank you, Bill, Bruce, Bob and Hakan.
For the roof I used tissue paper I bought at a party store, next to the orange tissue paper in the Halloween section. I cut it into strips with an absolutely new knife blade. I glued it down with canopy glue applied to the roof with a brush. The paper soaks up the moisture very quickly so you only get one chance to position it correctly. It smooths out with a finger nicely.
I have a life-time supply of paper:
I'm not sure the roofing would have been done in strips or one big piece, but I did strips because of the obstruction on the roof. Seams are pretty subtle.
I completed the lettering and have been adding the grabs.
Mike
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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James BaldwinComment
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Hi Michael,
Just popping in to see the progress you've made. I love the cabooses. I was going to ask if they are scratchbuilt. I figure why bother, I'll go look for when you started. Found the answer on page 32. I remember seeing those plans in either MR or RMC. They'd make a nice TT scale project. The truck frame would be the toughest part of the project.
Keep up the nice work, it's very inspiring.
Bernd
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Mike,
Nice work on the caboose roof coverings. You can also use your tissue paper supply soaked in diluted white glue to make weathered tarps to cover dock or flatcar loads or make a tar paper roof.
Looking forward to more of your projects.
Dave
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Thanks guys!
Bernd, modifying the truck frames was not a lot of fun. What we need in HO are the wheel pedestals used on bobbers like these.
Dave, I'll have to remember that tip about flat car loads. Regarding roofing for structures, it was a Campbell kit I built for one of the the RRL challenges several years ago that introduced me to tissue paper. My wife told me where I could buy it.
Today I did grabirons, including nbw's.
Tomorrow . . . who knows? We'll see what I feel like doing.
Mike
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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James BaldwinComment
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They look soooooooo good. Don't stop now they're almost ready for service. We all know what comes next can be "fun". Do you have a jig for bending the platform railings? Might be a good time to build one.
Really looking Good,
Bob
It's only make-believeComment
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tissue paper
Great idea and source! Thanks for the tip.
And those cabeese are awesome Mike! :up:
CarlComment
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Agree with you on the pedestals. BTW, the cabooses are looking real good.quote:
Originally posted by Michael HohnThanks guys!
Bernd, modifying the truck frames was not a lot of fun. What we need in HO are the wheel pedestals used on bobbers like these.
Mike
Bernd
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I've used the thin paper from telephone directories (remember those?) for canvas roofs. I just lay down a layer of paint, put the telephone paper on the sticky paint (the occasional small wrinkle is a feature), and then paint the paper when it's dry.
dave
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Neat little bobbers.
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