Rainier Great Western Const Update

Locomotive Works from Racine WI.

 

That car stop is nice! I have and area on my runaround that I use something similar. However, all I did was drill a hole into a cross tie and I use a small wood dowel with a little blue flag on it. The dowel is thin enough to let it sit in the coupler of the car/cars I do not want rolling into the main. I plan on replacing it with a "derail" , when I figure out how to make a functioning one! LOL! JMS

 

John, that might be in the Red Green hall of fame.

 

As a follow-up to post 821, the name of the "hill holder" manufacturer is Semaphore Locomotive Works from Racine, WI. The link below is a short review I found online. It was written before I purchased my version and it appears from inspection that the revisions they discuss in the article were incorporated into the product. I cannot find this company online, but if someone is interested in this product, the address of the mfr is listed in the review below. MRH


http://www.trainlife.com/magazines/pages/219/16120/september-1991-page-10

 

I bought mine at a swap meet in Eugene around 2003.

 

Does Blue Painter's Tape count? LOL! JMS

 

It's a decent compromise...

 

Another solid worknight on the RGW. We welcomed back Daniel to the team, he's in college and home for the summer. He asked if he could work some scenery, a first for him. He settled in the SW corner and added scenery details in random spots. Here is how it looks:



I was impressed by the composition of each scene. He took trees, coated them in hairspray, then rolled them in ground foam. This gave each tree differences in texture. He used stumps, rock and straw grass to add diversity to each scene. Pretty cool stuff for a rookie.





Wain added the next photo backdrop to the golf scene. A lot of this will be behind our visible trees.



Doug glued down all the asphalt roads and put in place one of our grade crossings.



Bob continued the lumber mill road, gluing in the walls. This scene gets better every day.





He also filled in the edges around one of our rock outcroppings.



Scott and I worked on the hill brake and had it working by evening's end. It needs a bit more tweaking before being ready for operations. All in all, a good night. Thanks for checking in. M

 

Spending a little time between events working on the Renton City Hall building. The provided foundation was backward (sidewalk on side of building away from table edge) for the building presentation we are using and I decided to modify it rather that cut an entirely new styrene base.

First was the addition of a concrete landing for the front steps.



Then needed to trim some excess foundation away from the backside of the building along the back walls.



This new configuration leaves us with the sidewalk visible from the front of the layout table.



And from close up:



Guess I better get to painting the alternate brick color. If I can only find that oxide red.....

 

never found it, tried every other red I have, even some Browns, hate then all

 

Did find a red from new minitaur range from badger, called innards, it's perfect

 

Great progress on the layout. Like all the retaining walls and other scenery your working on it

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Thx Sy, appreciate you following our progress. M

 

Working on the roof of City Hall right now. It starts with 600 grit sandpaper cut into 3ft (ho) widths.



It gets laid down one strip at a time with Aleene's tacky glue, making sure to cut around openings and other obstructions. There are also multiple holes in the roof for accessories. I glue right over them. Once the glue sets, I'll come back with #10 blade and carve out the square edges and use a drill bit for the holes.

Here it is while the glue sets:



More later.

 

Thanks Alan, brick painting under way, glad to come out of the crouch to reply!