I must apologize for not keeping people better informed of progress on the infamous turntable module. David, for one, must be sweatin’ bullets. Especially since his highly modified Bachmann OF 2-8-0 has emerged from the shops.
Well, never fear. The turntable’s here!
I’ve been quite busy since the crash I reported last time. Obviously. I [...]
I think that most modelers these days paint their rails to represent rust. But, the first thought most modelers have is to run out to the hobby shop and spend three or four dollars on a little bottle of PollyS Rail Brown, or, six or seven dollars on the Floquil Rail Brown spray paint. The problem with [...]
The 60′ Sellers Turntable kit arrived this afternoon from Freshwater Models. I have, of course, inspected it closely. The castings and materials look absolutely first rate. I’ve got a little shopping to do before I can begin building it, but that was to be expected. I think that the assembly is going to be pretty [...]
I’m in a little bit of a quandary regarding the construction of the platforms at the station — should the planks run parallel to, or perpendicular to the tracks?
These two views of this station show all kinds of interesting things. Notice the grade crossing in the picture at left – very similar to mine, [...]
Basic scenery was applied to the second module today. It’s still pretty wet in this picture. I also tried doing things a little differently, with regards to the grout scenery base.
What I have been doing with the grout is to apply a fairly liberal coating of white glue to the layout and/or scenery forms, [...]
Harold Minkwitz has writting an excellent tutorial on making plastic look like wood.
http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/aging_wood/
I just happened across this really neat tutorial on scratchbuilding your first structure. Check it out here. Unfortunately, the tutorial was never completed…