Steve Sherrill’s On30 MiniMeet, originally uploaded by gerenm.
Donna and I spent today at Steve Sherrill’s West Virginia Mini-Meet. I showed just how easy it is to install the wipers on the Shay, and talked with folks about some other related projects — look for news on those soon.
This picture is of the most recent and [...]
Layout Construction Progress, originally uploaded by gerenm.
Many people are trying to replicate Floquil’s Driftwood stain color. Here’s a recipe that is nearly a dead ringer for the original.
Start with 1 qt of Sherwin Williams “Pickled White” Interior Wood Oil Stain Wood Classic.” Have the following tint added:
W1-20
B1-16
Y3-11
Y1-2
The only requirement is that the Sherwin Williams outlet [...]
diesel switcher on truss bridge, originally uploaded by booanne.
Just found this neat little critter whilest wasting time on flickr. Nice model!
I am convinced that photo-etching is somewhat of a black art – possibly even a form of alchemy. I say this because, like the alchemists, I started this process with some metal, some nasty chemicals and an idea. And, like the alchemists, I ended up with less of my original metal, a quantity of different [...]