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The ore gates are tougher to finish than you would think, but I got them done. Once, finished, I'll work on the final weathering, but I'm going to leave it alone for now. Now, it's on to the tipple house. I plan to follow Bill's method for the coloring of the wood. His method adds a lot of variety to the color.
Phil
Jim
I believe I can get the tipple house on the tipple bents before the weekend is over and I have to leave the bench for another two weeks. Phil
Terry
I was working on the NBWs for the truss rods. You know NBWs can be really slippery suckers, but Bill had a great idea. He taped some tape sticky side up, so the NBWs would stick to the tape while you are working on them and weathering them. What a great idea!!! I accidentally found an improvement to this idea. I found that if you take the plywood sheet and put it on the tape before cutting out, the NBWs stay in place for further work. See below.
Cool isn't it!!! After working on the NBWs, I started the rafters for Tipple House. This was a pretty tedious task - and then disaster struck!!!! While I was gluing the tipple house ridge board in place, I squeezed too hard and broke the ridge board and part of the structure. $#$*%# !!!!! I was able to carefully repair the structure, but the ridge board was just not stable even after gluing. I was about to call Brett for a replacement when I decided to find a board that was approximately the same size. This worked and I was able to finish the rafters for the Tipple House. See below.
Thanks for checking in. Phil
Nice work indeed.
Karl.A
First, let me take you through the sequence of how I built the curve. BTW, the background photo backdrop is from Trackside Scenery (Joey Richard). It was easy to blend with the backdrop.
I started with chicken wire to support the plaster cloth that would support the casted rocks.
The plaster cloth was next.
I then brought in the trestle bridge I had built to see how it would fit and where to put the foam to support it.
The plaster cloth is finished and you see the foam I needed to add.
Next was the rock work. I cast my own rocks using four different molds. Since the plaster cloth was vertical I had to use caulk to get the rock to stick to the plaster cloth. This was tough. It was like a giant puzzle.
Next I colored the rock using the leopard spot method.
Finally I layed down the red clay over Modge Podge.
After a lot more scenery work, I have finally reached the end. Of course I will be constantly tweaking it, but I'm essentially done with this section. I hope you enjoy the pictures.
Now, it's back to the mine which will be located in the opposite corner. Thanks for following along. Phil
You got a lot of work done here. I like the way you blended the three dimensional trees with the background. The step down behind the tracks is clever. I really like your ground cover and vegetation. The 4th picture from the bottom is great with the Shay moving over the trestle.
Mitch