Crawford overpass is in and trains can run again!!! The track was ballasted and secured with white glue mix. Once dry, I brushed on layers of different colors of Bragdon's weathering powder. The rails were painted with a Floquil "Rust" paint pen. After it dried, I used a stiff brush to take most of the paint back off of the rail and the ties that it got onto. Plus, the brush helped work in the powder. Spring is almost here so green stuff should start sprouting soon.
This BLOG will chronicle the design and construction of a proto-freelance HO scale model railroad. I've based this layout on the area that I grew up in. This line is no longer in use but I will try to keep it alive in my own way. The purpose of the layout is to enjoy running trains. PERIOD. It will not be prototypical to any era or road. I just want to run trains that have or could have run on the line through Starkville, MS. plus a few extras.
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Been a slow layout week...
I've had a slow week working on the layout as I got involved in a few DCC installs on some locomotives. One thing I've learned is DC...
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I've had a slow week working on the layout as I got involved in a few DCC installs on some locomotives. One thing I've learned is DC...
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Some motivation and free time led me to the train room this past week. I had a local historical group come for a visit so the room got a de...
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My immediate plan is to get all bridges on the layout completed this month. Got several more to go. Here's my next project, the Washing...
2 comments:
Awesome!! Looking great Dennis. Your roads are impressive - love the look and the line stripping. How do you do that!? You entire layout really screams Mississippi...nicely done. Love the "bad" side of the tracks too> LOL
Keep it up.
I am neck deep in my Thesis = NO TRAIN time. Although I did take two cars out to spray them this afternoon. It was 70 here outside DC....in FEB!!!
GRIFF
Hey Griff,
The stripping was EASY. I masked them off with some 3M masking strips, drybrushed them with some yellow and white paint pens I found at Fastenall then gave them a light sanding to remove some of the paint. That's it!
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