Scenery - Structures
Crossroads
After going through a move, I don't have a layout anymore, and nothing was salvaged from the old layout. Not sure where it could be built, but I do enjoy building and painting structures. I won't be using photos as a finish like our good friend Mr. Sutton who has mastered the process. just going to build up a bunch for a small city maybe add some traffic lights. I guess it will be a sort of diorama. It could be added to a layout later without any problems. In a way, it could be the start of a mini, or micro TOMA project. Unfortunately I have no interest in a switching layout.
SMA41 Working Neon Signs for Most Any Scale
Neon signs were prevalent in the United States from the 1920’s on. Modeling neon signs in scale have had mixed results. Here is a method of constructing simulated neon signs (no high voltage and no glass) for most any scale you can imagine. Several approaches are presented from simple to elaborate. Let’s have a look.
Universal Forest Products and a church
The good news about modeling modern railroads is that we have tools like Google Earth that allow us to look at structures and track from the comfort of our homes. The bad news is that most industries are guarded more closely than area 51. Getting photographs of industries when visiting the area is challenging. The side of the Universal Forest Products plant in New Windsor I needed to model was completely obscured by fences, buildings and mounds.
SMA40 Modeling with Magnets: Working MU Connections, Brake Hoses, Structure Mounts & Boxes
I was fascinated when I read about Fairway Park Model Products automatic/magnetic air hose couplings for HO scale cars (now offered as PWRS MagnaLock Brake hoses) some eight years ago, because I had tried to build the same myself years before with no joy.
Diorama Fascia Alternatives
Working on a small bridge diorama, I would like to clean up the pink foam sides with a finished look. Are there alternatives to a board fascia? Something I could smooth and level on the face and follow up with paint?
Wireless Lighting for Buildings
Hi All,
Does anyone have any experience with the AirBrite lighting systems or something similar? Their solution appears to be geared towards the Christmas Village crowd but the idea of quickly deploying lighting without wires would speed up the detailing of my layout.. (Note, I am in no way associated with this vendor).
Best,
Mike Weber
Stripping Woodland Scenic's Figures paint...
I purchased a set of Woodland Scenic's firemen with an eye to stripping the paint off them and painting them in the more modern buff colored outfits.
91% Isopropyl Alcohol doesn't appear to much touch this stuff - a bit of the yellow striping is coming off, but the solid black remains quite attached to the figures.
Does anyone know what does work? Thanks!
HULETT ORE UNLOADERS
Hello all,
I'm looking for detailed plans for a HULETT ORE UNLOADER. If anyone has a set of
detailed plans or knows where I can get or purchase a set, please let me know.
Thanks.
Don Oleksa
Spray Booth - DIY Build
I'm starting to think about purchasing a spray booth so I can get started on modelling structures. I want something that is durable, has sufficient CFM, vented outside, downdraft, and large enough for some of the bigger structure work I will do on the railroad. I would like it to be able to handle enamel paints as well as acrylic and still be safe for indoor basement use. I've thought about building one - I think I have the skill to do that - but I'm not sure I have the energy to put into another custom build (on top of other things I'm working on).
Sawmill piping source
I recently purchased the Walther's Saw Mill Out Building kit(HO scale). I am looking for some HO scale piping to attach this to my pending mill construction project. Gotta be a way to get all those chips into trucks and chip cars. Any one have any ideas on where I can get some HO scale piping appropriate for a saw mill?
Thank you in advance for any help.
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