60´Gallows turntable for HOn3

Graff Jan 7, 2016

  1. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Nice. Very lucky to have such a friend! :)
     
  2. Graff

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    I have almost finished the tracklaying for the roundhouse.
    Next is to build the roundhouse walls.
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  3. customNscaler

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    looks great! dont forget to weather the track. cant wait to see the roundhouse.
     
  4. BoxcabE50

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    Will there be pits in all stalls?
     
  5. bremner

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    Man, that looks great
     
  6. Graff

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    In all but one, just as the original.
    The left stall is a workshop with just 10' of track.
     
  7. Graff

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    I have painted the walls on my Como roundhouse and glued them together.
    This kit must be a solid 12 on a 1 to 10 difficulty scale.... there are just so many things that has to work out in the end.
    So far no bigger errors (I hope...)
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  8. JimJ

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    That looks so cool! Love the rock walls.
     
  9. Graff

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    I have spiked some more tracks.
    The curved approach track with a 28" radius was made with the wonderful laser cut sweep sticks that a friend in the US made for me.
    Here are some pics of where in the project I am right now.
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  10. BoxcabE50

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    Were the walls pre-finished? If not, your technique would be an interesting read.
     
  11. Helitac

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    That's really looking good, I too am interested in the stone work.
     
  12. Graff

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    The walls are the kits walls cast in dental plaster.
    I painted the walls with mixes of artist acrylics. Raw umbre, yellow ochre, red oxide, white and black.
    I kept the colors light and varied throughout.
    I then painted with off white and wiped off instantly to just get paint in the mortar.
    Then I used raw umbre dry pastels to weather the walls.

    I have added some ground cover and some flooring in the roundhouse.
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    Roof joists
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  13. BoxcabE50

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    Oh cool! The same scenes in B&W and color. Very interesting comparisons.
     
  14. Graff

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    Thanks!

    The roundhouse area is getting closer to completion.
    A whole lot of details and weeds are still to be added....
    The roof is currently being covered with tissue paper.
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    I have made the smoke stacks and the above roof beams with the stay rods.
    I have also started the construction of the roundhouse doors.
    They are very intricate in their design, as they are made up entirely of scale dimensional lumber....
    1" x 3" for the diagonal planking, and 1" x 8" for the framing.
    I make full height doors like the original had when built, as I want to be able to have taller locos inside the roundhouse.
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  16. BoxcabE50

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    What was the purpose of those roof beams? Was the roof sagging?
     
  17. Graff

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    The beams were by necessity, as the distance between the supports were too great.
    Why they didn't use any on the outer stalls I can't tell....
     
  18. Graff

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    Trimmed the doors to fit the openings.
    The plastic hinges are being drilled for the hinge rod.
    A bit tricky to install the hinges to the doors and still get a perfect fit....
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  19. tracktoo

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    Exquisite!
     
  20. BoxcabE50

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    Wow! The care and thought going into this is outstanding.
     

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