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Mark Boyce posted:

I always thought hand laid ties looked great!  I just have never wanted to do it myself.  Your's are looking very good, that varied look is very good!!

Thanks Mark.  It definitely can be tedious but I just love the final look too much..

Brianeso- Thank you....patient?  A little...mostly I just love the details.

 

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I have begun staining the ties I put down last week, this is the first step in a 2 step staining/coloring process that I use.  First I apply a gray stain to the ties as a base color, afterwards I will apply a blend of a Woodland Scenics pigment and a ebony colored stain as a top coat, once dried the final look is pretty good to my eyes.  I am working on a section of the layout at a time before moving on to the next.

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N&W Class J posted:

I have begun staining the ties I put down last week, this is the first step in a 2 step staining/coloring process that I use.  First I apply a gray stain to the ties as a base color, afterwards I will apply a blend of a Woodland Scenics pigment and a ebony colored stain as a top coat, once dried he final look is pretty god to my eyes.  I am working on a section of the layout at a time before moving on to the next.

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WOW WOW WOW

What are you going to do with the track that you bent on your last video? Do you take the rail off and lay them on these ties?

WOW!

Great great work! 

You gave me an idea and I ordered last week all it's needed to make an attempt of hand laying track (on a short length of course and no turnout!!!!); at the same time, I followed on you tube your videos about it; very impressive! with my poor english, I don't understand all what you say but the videos are very clear and well done.

We will see the result...........

jpv in France

 

jpv69 posted:

Great great work! 

You gave me an idea and I ordered last week all it's needed to make an attempt of hand laying track (on a short length of course and no turnout!!!!); at the same time, I followed on you tube your videos about it; very impressive! with my poor english, I don't understand all what you say but the videos are very clear and well done.

We will see the result...........

jpv in France

 

Hey that's wonderful!  And your English is just fine...  Please post some photos of the track when you are ready I would love to see it.

And thank you....

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I have applied the final coloring to the ties in the current section that I'm working on, it is a mixture of Woodland Scenics Raw Umber pigment and some ebony colored stain from Minwax.  I mix up a batch and just brush it on and allow it to dry for an hour or so, simple and quick and I'm very happy with the results.  Here are some photos of the results...in some of the images the coloring is still wet, it drys a bit lighter and to a matte finish.  Here is a link to a video I made of the process also.

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