My 5 rail project is done! ✅ 🎉
Let’s see your tinplate! 🚂
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@Chris Lonero posted:
My 5 rail project is done! ✅ 🎉
Let’s see your tinplate! 🚂
I welcome to the 5 rail club.
Steve
Scott Smith
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There is no way I can compete with Chris' 5 track extravaganza. But I have updated my toy train internet site. Plenty of new photos including tinplate, especially stations. And I have new Section Headers to make it easy to navigate the site. Check it out and let me know what you think. Lew Schneider www.myworldoftrains.shutterfly.com
Slowly completing a BING set of the British company LNER. Need to find another one in the same condition; I always enjoy the look of those teak cars, the paint is really well made.
Have a nice weekend, Daniel
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I finally put together enough parts to get this red Cascade version of the McCoy E2 running again. This poor engine had parts stolen off it several times to allow me to get other versions of this engine running. So now I'm up to 8 running E2s and
at some point I'll try to video them all running together. Now to disassemble this train one more time so that it can be thoroughly cleaned and waxed. Stay safe everyone!
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@Jim Z posted:I finally painted my Christmas tin buildings to create a farm scene in a corner of my layout. They will eventually get signage.
Jim
I have that one and like it. How did you paint it? Any tips? Mine is still bare. I tried painting an older model with spray paint and masking off sections, but the painters tape pulled the base layer off. I don't think I was getting good adhesion to the metal.
George
George if it’s bare metal I would wipe it down with some alcohol wipes and use a good quality primer for metal and good quality paint.
You are probably right Chris. The issue was most likely that I didn't prep the metal correctly. These pre-assembled buildings are tricky though. It would be so much easier if I could take them apart.
George
How are they put together? Any tinplate I ever restored I stripped the paint off which is a pain especially if you don’t like working with chemicals.
@Chris Lonero posted:How are they put together? Any tinplate I ever restored I stripped the paint off which is a pain especially if you don’t like working with chemicals.
I thought those buildings, like the lighted church from a few years back, were made from galvanized steel and the coating had to be washed off with thinner or tinning fluid.
Scott Smith
@George S posted:I have that one and like it. How did you paint it? Any tips? Mine is still bare. I tried painting an older model with spray paint and masking off sections, but the painters tape pulled the base layer off. I don't think I was getting good adhesion to the metal.
George
I wiped the surface and used Rustoleum 2x ultra cover paint and primer. I haven’t noticed any issue with flaking or not adhering to the metal.
I did quite a bit of masking with 2” blue tape and didn’t have any problems with pulling paint off.
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That is good paint which I use pretty often but I found it needs extra drying time between coats. If you put another coat on to soon or to thick the paint wrinkle on you.
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I did a tin plate house a while ago. It was sold by Hallmark. This house was galvanized and what I did was to rub it down with scotchbrite to score the surface better. Used lawyer thinner to wipe it down. I used the etching primer than the first coat of color. Let it dry for several days then used the Tamayla Thin masking for the edges then the blue masking for the fillings. Came out good. Framed all the windows and doors. Use a brown texture paint on the roof. Never pulled the paint off with the masking tape and no paint blend under the tape. Just take your time and have fun.
Arne: VERY nice! THANKS for sharing!
Here's a few nice homes along the tracks. Don
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