chris a posted:Odenville Bill: Thanks for sharing the story of your Dad's visit, that was heart-warming. I didn't have enough of those days with my dad, but I cherish the few good days we shared around the layout.
Mike G: I haven't forgotten about the video for the "maiden voyage" around the completed main line, I didn't make Halloween, but before Thanksgiving is possible.
Lee, thanks for the kind words, trust me, I miss you guys too, not being around this thread every day... There will be layout and OGR forum time this winter, just have to make the big push and get two more window restoration jobs done before the Boston Winter sets in.
Johan, as always, thanks for the positive thoughts. That weathering you did on the Santa Fe switcher was outstanding.
Scotty, as Mike G and other commented thanks for sharing the photos and the details on the tunnel work... I have used crinkled tin foil blacked out, but never thought about the inverted corrugated structure to handle the curves, great idea.
Paul: Layouts looking good. I am curious have you tried painting (weathering) the ross and gargraves before putting it down. I did all of mine with the Rustoleum Camouflage dark flat brown paint. I just set up a temporary spray booth in the garage with large flat corrugated cardboard to catch 90% of the over-spray. Then I wipe down the track with the Blue Shop towels wrapped around a block of wood wet with Acetone to remove the paint from the tops of the rails. The shop towels wrapped around a block of wood, keep me from wiping the paint off the sides of the rails, and works really well. I have started going back and lightly airbrushing after ballasting to blend it all together, but I really like pre-painting the track in the garage.
Trestleman: The coal loads look great, is the coal glued to shaped foam, or shaped hard styrene insulation or did you go another route ?? I am curious, I have about 30 hoppers that need real coal loads.
Chris
your welcome I have to do the same here about the windows
