Rainier Great Western Const Update

RGW Feb 19, 2007

  1. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    I like seeing two bridges. Instead of the mill seeming slightly isolated, somehow it seems to expand the world significantly.
     
  2. RGW

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    Totally agree. We will be trimming the bridges back to the edge of the fascia, then putting up lexan sheet to protect the bridges from passers-by.
     
  3. RGW

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    While still missing Ed who remains out from a foot issue, we had a full crew making progress on the RGW.

    Let's start with the road in the lumber mill. Bob hit the edges with spackle and used more shims to ease the two access roads into place. He also used a 2x2 block covered in wax paper to assist creating a square side on one of the access roads. Here's how it looks tonight:

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    Wain was back and added scenery to his plaster covered rails in the log load siding. Unlike the lumber mill area, this time we are adding all the scenery before pulling up the jute. Trying to minimize the amount of material that gets into the rail grooves.

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    Doug finished the cutting and placement of our roads in the Renton Yard area, then numbered the pieces so we can paint them next week.

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    Scott took on the task of relaying one of our tighter curves, while simultaneously carving back the scenery and sealing the gaps for ground foams.

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    Mark began the process of putting down our asphalt in Stacy Yard. We are using 1/8th inch rubber squares for the asphalt. But the process starts with a paper template, that in this case was anything but easy to prepare.

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    But the finished template is awesome.

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    All that remains now is to put the rubber squares together on the garage floor (probably with double stick carpet tape), overlay the template, trace it out over the joined squares and finally cut it out. It will fit like a glove when brought back to the layout.

    Rey was killing it in the car shop. He built two hoppers tonight, fixed a boeing car and tweaked an engine.

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    Yours truly hacked away at a clearance issue along our rock face, which then required a bunch of reshaping and recoloring. I also added some ground foams to simulate moss and algae growth.

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    Busy night for sure. Thanks for checking in. M
     
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  4. Alan

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    Wow! What an industrious bunch you are! Great progress ☺

    Sent from my Hudl 2 using Tapatalk
     
  5. BoxcabE50

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    That view of making the yard templates has my back screaming in pain!
     
  6. RGW

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    We had a little fun at Mark's expense, but he was good natured about it
     
  7. RGW

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    Another productive evening at the RGW. We're still missing Ed, but we hope he can make it back next week. In the meantime, Bob began the evening finishing the lumber mill approach roads with spackle and a little sanding. He then began forming the rail tie retaining wall. He laid out the ties in a random fashion on one side of double stick carpet tape.

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    Then he test fitted each wall section in it's respective location.

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    Since the back side of the tape will not adhere to the spackle, we epoxied thin styrene sheet to the spackle and then the tape adhered to the clean styrene.

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    If you zoom in on the preceding shot, you'll notice he recessed the ties into the slope, very prototypical. A great effect, well worth the effort. This is looking great.

    Wain added some scenery touches to the log load area and then pulled up the jute, exposing the rails. This area looks fantastic, replete with service road.

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    Mark used the paper template he made last week to cut the asphalt (rubber mat) pieces and then laid them out in Stacy Yard.

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    As for yours truly, I spent time gluing and then painting a new building for Doug's east Auburn scene. It's one of Cornerstone's brick building series. A nice model, easy to build. I started it yesterday, forming the walls. Here it is at the beginning of the work party:

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    And at the end of the night, brick areas painted tuscan using polly-s and the foundations concrete, also using polly-s:

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    Thank heaven for harbor freight clamps.

    Thanks for checking in. M
     
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  8. BoxcabE50

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    I've some of the carpet tape, which was used for track work. Never thought about it for such as you've used it.

    I've always wanted to get on of these magnetic square jigs. I'm sure they also speed up the process.
     
  9. RGW

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    I really like the jig, bought extra magnets, well worth it.
     
  10. BoxcabE50

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    Possibly from Micro-Mark?
     
  11. RGW

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    That's where I purchased mine, yes.
     
  12. RGW

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    Family got home a while ago from a long day of Little League baseball, so dad snuck into the train room for some modeling action, albeit a very brief modeling window.

    Working on the brick building, adding the steps and handrails to the back of the building:

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    Then began to add the concrete steps and entry way to the front:

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    The seam under the porch needs Mr Dissolved Putty (MDP), but the glued parts need time to cure first.

    The inside walls of the entry had all the injection marks, so they get shots of MDP and after it cures, sanding, paint and glue in place.

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    Time for dinner. M
     
  13. RGW

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    Quick update, front of building now together, will get painted tomorrow. Probably start painting alternate color bricks too. GN.

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  14. BoxcabE50

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    I'll be interested in seeing how you do the painting, to show mortar lines.
     
  15. RGW

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    Ken, I use Builders in Scale mortar powder for mortar lines. Great stuff. But first I paint random bricks with boxcar red and then I'll mix in some gray to the boxcar color and hit a few more random bricks.
     
  16. BoxcabE50

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    Being an N scaler, (I have modeled in HO and still active in HOn30), I paint a primer gray, then carefully do a near "dry" brushing on the brick colors.
     
  17. RGW

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    I'd like to see that done.
     
  18. RGW

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    Late night on the ol' RGW, so going to make this quick.

    Bob took the next step on the lumber mill roads, sealing the spackle with paint, then preparing the surface for the epoxy.

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    Wain finished the road crossing at the log load facility:

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    The only thing left is the wooden retaining wall and some scenery:

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    He then started back on the golf course backdrop:

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    Here is the brick building in it's future home as a test for fit:

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    I'll recap my evening in the next post. Thx, M
     
  19. RGW

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    As for me, I spent the evening adding a hill brake to the lumber mill access track. It has a 2.5% grade, so spotted cars will roll into the interchange track. Someone reminded me that was not good.

    The mechanism is simple, but a bit of a pain to put together in a tight space. So after I put most of it together per the instructions, I took the mounting screws out and let it hang so I could at least see what I was doing.

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    The fascia mount was easy and the actuator knob is a one piece heavy plastic tube with a flared end and two colored sleeves to visually tell you if the brake is activated. The unit also had LED's that light up based on the location of the actuating pin on the mechanism.

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    The cable comes up through the ties and once cut to proper length, will sit against the axle of the first car in the cut.

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    After a long evening, was disappointed to see the wire to the LED's had come loose, so it needs to be soldered back on. Would also recommend to the mfr that the flared knob be a screw on, or held in place with a screw. By doing that you could build the actuator on a table, put it into the fascia with the tube of the actuator knob in place, then screw on the knob to a perfect fit. Oh well, hindsight as they say....

    GN. M
     
  20. BoxcabE50

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    Who is the manufacturer of that car stop?
     

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