Mixed a batch of Scalecoat I silver paint and shot the formerly "shiny Oxide Red" Lionel bridge gifted to me by a fellow forum member. I'd previously shot it with SC I dull coat to render it no longer "shiny." But the dull Oxide Red clashed with the shiny red LIONEL elevated trestles--silver should look much better, especially for a Christmas display. Was hoping to shoot the companion Plastruct truss bridge that will sit on bridge piers gifted to me by this same forumite as the final stage in its repair, but ran out of time today.
Having secured a circle of new, Gargraves Phantom 032 track in a wonderful purchase from Mario's Trains today, I'm doing a second Christmas display; the track plan will be a simple oval roughly 34" x 72". To connect the feeders, I stripped 2" or so of insulation, soldered the stranded wire, and stuffed the soldered, stranded wire into the opening of the GG flex track below where the track pins go.
With this second Christmas display, I'm going to use the PW LIONEL street lamps (5 green and 5 silver) which I tested today. All work, bulbs are good, but I need to attach ground wires on two bases and for that I will need forum help since the pot metal used on these doesn't accept solder--at least not my solder.
Photos of the two, newly painted bridges resting on their piers will be posted soon.
