@p51 posted:Worked on the aluminum casting I got from the Age Of Steam Roundhouse over the past couple of days...
I drilled the holes last night to match some 1/4" by 3/4" celvis pins. Going to run picture wire through the holes in the pins, onto a hook on the wall.
Then, I painted it in a dark steel spray paint and will let that sit for a couple days.
Black paint will cover that once it really dries over a couple of days, and then I'll rub that paint off some edges while it's wet, and then add a light touch of rust weathering powders as the real plates were cast iron.
Just got the plate done. I strung wire through the back of the clevis pins which worked well, and it fit on two hooks I'd already had on the wall of the train room.
You can see I simulated paint wear, and later I'll put small patches of rust in some spots as the real plates were cast iron.
Kind if dull in black, but that's what the real ones were painted.
I liked the clevis pins as the holes were too close to the inside edges of the back of the plate to put any nuts on standard bolts...
