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Mike,  Yep, started working on my train engines when about 8 yrs old, and not always to the best results.   Sooooo... you learn as you grow and have always liked doing things with my hands.  Suppose that was why I chose work as a stevedore and iron worker/rigger/crane operator/truck driver over the years.  Since I no longer rebuild automotive engines, only my own for race, etc., and trannys.. so now back to internals of trains.

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Again, imitation being the greatest form of flattery, I really enjoyed the recent drainage ditch build by Paul_2, so I thought one would fit perfect in my recent area of concentration.

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I used 1/2" foam for the shape, and a piece of "wire loom", the split plastic you put over loose wires to keep them together or prevent chaffing (commonly found in your engine compartment of your vehicle. I had to use epoxy to hold them together, no other glue would work.

I got more roads painted, and for some reason, maybe I shook theses cans better, but this batch came out much darker. Had to put them back in the garage for the night, they're still putting off fumes! 

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Last thing I got accomplished was to wire "block detection" for my crossing signals. I don't have any IATD's, so I figured this would work just as well. Isolated the inner rails on the curves, starting at the mouth of the portal, and 1/4 way up the bridge. For the bridge, I used my razor saw to cut a 30" pice C of rail in half.  Ran the meter for continuity before and after, and everything looks like it should work out. I'll put the power on it tomorrow. 

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Mo985 posted:

Again, imitation being the greatest form of flattery, I really enjoyed the recent drainage ditch build by Paul_2, so I thought one would fit perfect in my recent area of concentration.

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I used 1/2" foam for the shape, and a piece of "wire loom", the split plastic you put over loose wires to keep them together or prevent chaffing (commonly found in your engine compartment of your vehicle. I had to use epoxy to hold them together, no other glue would work.

I got more roads painted, and for some reason, maybe I shook theses cans better, but this batch came out much darker. Had to put them back in the garage for the night, they're still putting off fumes! 

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Last thing I got accomplished was to wire "block detection" for my crossing signals. I don't have any IATD's, so I figured this would work just as well. Isolated the inner rails on the curves, starting at the mouth of the portal, and 1/4 way up the bridge. For the bridge, I used my razor saw to cut a 30" pice C of rail in half.  Ran the meter for continuity before and after, and everything looks like it should work out. I'll put the power on it tomorrow. 

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Are you going to paint the culvert gray or silver ?? looks great! 

Jim

Today I cleaned up.   Moved a bunch of track around.   Added these straight pieces to add room to the front of that section. 

Then I added this siding on the long wall so I could park the Wabash there.  Running on DC at the moment so cant run it. 

Don't think I will leave it there.   May move the two mains closer to the wall by adding a straight piece in the middle of the curves.   Would add 40 inches to the main loops (20 each). And put the sidings closer to the station that I plan to put on that side.  The Wabash is nearly 12 feet long so I think the long wall will be the station/yard.  

Jim  

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Back to the business at hand. I spent 12 hours over the last two days working on a whole bunch of stuff.

The first thing I did yesterday was install a 2.5 Amp breaker on the Newport panel. In the event of a derailment during switching operations, it will pop a lot faster than the 6 Amp Polyfuse back at the power distribution panel under the layout. I'll be doing this on the other panels too.

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I finished the cardboard for this entire section.

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Then did a couple more rolls of plaster cloth. There's really not much of that left to do here...

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maybe two rolls to finish.

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In the middle of the afternoon I took a trip to Menards, and filled my 15% off bag with a variety of supplies, and three flavors of paint, earth, asphalt and concrete. I also have black, white and brown so I can make small batch variations for different projects.

When I got back, I decided to finish the last little bit of fascia. I swear this is it, there is no more in the entire room.

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Sanded and primed.

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This is the last bit to be primed in the entire room, I swear.

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Done! Next step semi gloss paint. Maybe this week, we'll see.

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I went back over to Hiawatha, and started patching the streets so they can be painted.

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All of this wood is the beginning of some bridge supports. More on this later.

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I got into the earth paint, and started putting down a base coat getting ready for scenery.

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mike g. posted:

Paul, sounds like a great plan! Cant wait to see it all in place! Couldn't wait on a Menards Brewery so I repoed a building and made my own!20170512_07450120170512_07451120170512_07453520170512_074617

I see a Cottage Industry in your future.  Nice job Mike.  How much will these sell for? i'd like mine customized as Sam Adams!

Wait- if your taking orders Yuengling!

Wait a second guy, I only had one building! and it was a gift

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Paul, sounds like a great plan! Cant wait to see it all in place! Couldn't wait on a Menards Brewery so I repoed a building and made my own!20170512_074501

Mike;

Very nice job. But seems like something is missing. Oh... that's it... no tap. Might I suggest adding a beer distribution system???

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Mo985 posted:

Again, imitation being the greatest form of flattery, I really enjoyed the recent drainage ditch build by Paul_2, so I thought one would fit perfect in my recent area of concentration.

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I used 1/2" foam for the shape, and a piece of "wire loom", the split plastic you put over loose wires to keep them together or prevent chaffing (commonly found in your engine compartment of your vehicle. I had to use epoxy to hold them together, no other glue would work.

I got more roads painted, and for some reason, maybe I shook theses cans better, but this batch came out much darker. Had to put them back in the garage for the night, they're still putting off fumes! 

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Last thing I got accomplished was to wire "block detection" for my crossing signals. I don't have any IATD's, so I figured this would work just as well. Isolated the inner rails on the curves, starting at the mouth of the portal, and 1/4 way up the bridge. For the bridge, I used my razor saw to cut a 30" pice C of rail in half.  Ran the meter for continuity before and after, and everything looks like it should work out. I'll put the power on it tomorrow. 

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Mo it sure is nice to see you back at it again! You really come up with some great ideas and when you put them onto the layout they look great!

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mike g. posted:

Paul, sounds like a great plan! Cant wait to see it all in place! Couldn't wait on a Menards Brewery so I repoed a building and made my own!20170512_074501

Mike;

Very nice job. But seems like something is missing. Oh... that's it... no tap. Might I suggest adding a beer distribution system???

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Hi Paul I will work on that once I figure out where it will be going and how much room I will have!

The other day on eBay, I found one of these diecast cars in 1/43rd scale. They were made by a company that marked many of them up for Highway Patrol and City police vehicles. This one was a 1941 Ford Tennessee state patrol car. I hadn't seen one for sale in years, and jumped at the first one I finally saw her recently. I got it yesterday, and today I took it apart, hit it with dull coat, then did some very subtle weathering with washes. I figured it probably wouldn't have been washed a lot, but would be a lot more clean than the normal civilian vehicles out on the road at that time. They did a very good job, even recreating the license plates correctly.0121182058-1_resized0121182058a-1_resized0121182058b-1_resized0121182059-1_resized

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carsntrains posted:
Mo985 posted:
carsntrains posted: 

Are you going to paint the culvert gray or silver ?? looks great! 

Jim

I'm actually planning to leave it black, similar to this:

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Oh you must be doing a modern display.  Didn't have plastic back in the day.   Come to think of it not even sure when metal culvert came along?   

If I may interject, gentlemen, your conversation really has me thinking, now, about my own work modeling such a detail. Here is a project I crafted. IMG_5137

Through my modeling, I am pretending they are made of...no wait...what do you think I am modeling that they are made of? And of what circa would they appear to be a product and representative?IMG_5138

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Moonson posted:
carsntrains posted:
Mo985 posted:
carsntrains posted: 

Are you going to paint the culvert gray or silver ?? looks great! 

Jim

I'm actually planning to leave it black, similar to this:

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Oh you must be doing a modern display.  Didn't have plastic back in the day.   Come to think of it not even sure when metal culvert came along?   

If I may interject, gentlemen, your conversation really has me thinking, now, about my own work modeling such a detail. Here is a project I crafted. IMG_5137

Through my modeling, I am pretending they are made of...no wait...what do you think I am modeling that they are made of? And of what circa would they appear to be a product and representative?IMG_5138

FrankM

Frank,

Id guess they are supposed to be concrete, however with just the picture provided, to me it look like the top of a plastic cup, I order to get that size diameter. 

The conversation about culverts hits home.  I have a hole cut out in my roadbed on my diorama, but haven’t decided how to finish it.  Since all my equipment is steam diesel transition era, I want what would be there in about 1950, meaning it was built well before.  At first I thought concrete culvert pipe.  Then I thought of putting in a box culvert of stone or concrete.  Maybe concrete since the tunnel portal is stone to give some variety.

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Mo985 posted:

Frank,..Id guess they are supposed to be concrete, however with just the picture provided, to me it look like the top of a plastic cup, I order to get that size diameter. 

Yes, that's what I had hoped the larger one would model, the look of cement/concrete. It is a piece of a cardboard tube around which a roll of carpeting had been wrapped. It cut neatly with a small hacksaw so my imagination was piqued and I tried my best using it.

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The smaller tube is a piece of plastic tubing, perhaps as wide in diameter as a quarter, also trying to be cement/concrete-looking.

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Both got painted with a cement/concrete-colored acrylic. by dabbing the color on, not brushing.IMG_5137 [2)

FrankM

P.S. And Mark, given Paul's suggestion to you, above, about considering modeling a concrete culvert, perhaps, these photos may offer you a reference point, too?

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