HO 80s/90s CSX, NS, & Conrail layout resurrection.
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Thanks Guys. First coat road work.
Tried "concrete" paint......very disappointing. Looks like mud to me.
Tried "concrete" paint......very disappointing. Looks like mud to me.
Rick I thought the colour looked ok, suppose it depends on the original sand colour and the age being bleached by the sun.Same here....wonder if you could mix a little grit (very fine sand) in with it and try tinting it to a more grayish appearance?
I don't mix paint successfully as I'm somewhat color blind. I have to consult SWMBO for anything outside the Crayola Eight. You'll remember The M.O.W. yard had three different colored concrete areas as I struggled to find a suitable color to my eye. The parking lot/supply area had the best, but I couldn't duplicate it as I'd forgotten how I arrived at it years ago.
I looked back & found I'd used Polly S "Old Concrete". Alas, no longer available.
I looked back & found I'd used Polly S "Old Concrete". Alas, no longer available.
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Fourth layer for road, looks like ready for paint. Tried to help out concrete look w/some weathering.
The label was missing, but I think this is the grey they paint aircraft bottoms with. What do you guys think? Did it help or hurt?
C&Cs encouraged.
The label was missing, but I think this is the grey they paint aircraft bottoms with. What do you guys think? Did it help or hurt?
C&Cs encouraged.
The work continues. Paving complete.
Prep for gardening.
Found some modern guardrails to install.
Prep for gardening.
Found some modern guardrails to install.
scottie3158
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Great work Paul.
Coming on a treat is this Paul. Always something new to catch up on.
Thanks gents. Working on a solution to allow gardening behind roadway.
Thinking about foam between road & wall for trees & gardening plus big massif of rock as excuse to veer around w/track. Foam pcs. dedicated for use are in various states of readiness. Siding didn't leave enough room for anything else, so I did away w/it.
Three hoppers have coal, red clay & tan clay for respective bunkers. Banding & banding tools are in central shack & ready bricks are not banded till ready to load.
Three hoppers have coal, red clay & tan clay for respective bunkers. Banding & banding tools are in central shack & ready bricks are not banded till ready to load.
rtfoe
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Hi Paul, it looks okay to me. Concrete generally doesn't dry in a single color so variations in tones ought to look right close to marbling.
Haven't seen this for a while...it's a massive diorama.
Cheers,
Wabble
Haven't seen this for a while...it's a massive diorama.
Cheers,
Wabble
Jim R
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This just gets better and better Paul. A great deal of work but the details your putting in make it so worthwhile.
Big pictures.
Ballast & dirt applied.
Ballast & dirt applied.
Gardening & rocks next.
Ballast & dirt applied.
Ballast & dirt applied.
Gardening & rocks next.
Fourth extension under construction. This will be the other terminus of the point-to-point layout.
Tworrs
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Wow Paul, there sure is a lot of work in railroads, but it is looking great.
Some progress made on trailer-on-flats yard. Modifications will also be made at the container yard as trailer-on-flats will no longer be accepted there.
C&Cs encouraged.
C&Cs encouraged.
boatman
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HI PaulE why wont the trailers on flats be accepted there ?
chrisb