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Dave D
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Posted: Mon Aug 27th, 2007 08:26 pm |
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Greetings all!
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Many of you know of my fondness for Colorado style narrow gauge....RGS...C&S...DRG&W...etc.
I had purchased an On30 MMI K-28 locomotive...my all time favorite.
After some soul searching, I decided I could not do all that I would want in that scale, so after teasing Paladin with it mercilessly, he caved and bought it from me.
I don't think he is real sad about it either, he sent me a note this morning telling me of a visit from the postman and if it is possible to sense excitment in an E-mail thats what I sensed.
So, what did I do with my newfound riches
Well I put them towards the 2 HOn3 K-27's I purchased from Blackstone..that's what. 
Maybe I want too much, but I would never give up On30, so I will have to be a rubber gauger...On30 for backwoodsy stuff my other passion...and HOn3, to quench my Mountain RRing thirst.
When I had the On30 K I always kept it in the box and would only take it out to peek at it now and then, and then replace it.
I want to be able to drool...errr...I mean look at one of them a little easier and more frequently than that so I am making a display dio for one of them and to hone my Mountain scenery Building skills.
I am not going to say what the diorama is of.... except to say that it is located on an old DRG&W narrow gauge line.
I have been collecting as many Photos of the area as I could find and think I have enough to proceed.
Stay tuned.
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Dave D
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Posted: Tue Aug 28th, 2007 12:16 pm |
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I want to use up a lot of scrap stuff I have laying around on this.
I don't have a plan except for the one in my head.
I have a bunch of pictures on a clip board and am just winging it as I go....I draw something on the foam or wood and make adjustments and then cut.
For the start I cut a base out of some scrap 5/8" birch ply I had on hand.
The I cut some 2" pink foam for the sides and back and glued them to the base with Power Grip adhesive.
I then ran a few screws up into the foam just for a little added support while the adhesive set up.
Then I added the top to the base...the track will sit on this.
I used hot glue to attach the top part to the sides and back and inserted bamboo skewers....the kind you use for grilling....in from the top and down into the sides and backs for support.
I am going to want to apply some plaster castings over this open area so I will need to cover that up.
I measured the height from the top of the base to the top of the roadbed area and cut a bunch of 2" thick foam pieces about 4" wide.
I wanted pieces so I could make them follow the curve of that cut in the ply base. I attached them one by one, using Hot glue where foam meets foam, and power grip where foam meets wood. As before, I added a screw through the base into the foam for support.
Once that was done I filled in the other edge with bits and pieces stacked and hot glued together.
Then using a foam rasp, I scraped the foam to the shape of the curve in the ply base and also thinned the foam on the upper edges so it angled back a little..I did not want that area to be vertical.
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Dave D
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Posted: Tue Aug 28th, 2007 12:26 pm |
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From that point I started on the upper area.
More 2" foam for the sides and back.
Looking at the photos, I penciled in a profile on the left side piece.
After a few adjustments I cut that out.
Then a couple more adjustments and when I was happy with it I went on to the other end and did the same.
Then I cut a piece for the back matching the height of the right side which was the tallest.
Then I marked the height of the shorter side and drew an uneven line from the right edge..( The tallest ) to the left edge..( the lowest ) and cut that out.
I glued the pieces to the base and each other with hot glue and inserted bamboo skewers for added support.
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Trebor
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Posted: Tue Aug 28th, 2007 02:46 pm |
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| Lookin' good Dave. Knowing you, it will be a show stopper.
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Dave D
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Posted: Tue Aug 28th, 2007 02:54 pm |
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Trebor wrote: Lookin' good Dave. Knowing you, it will be a show stopper.
Thanks Bob...I'll do my best...you just never know..if I like how it turns out ... I may just try to stop a show with it. 
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Dave D
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Posted: Tue Aug 28th, 2007 03:04 pm |
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Here, I have started to work on a corner piece.
Just a square corner bit, with other chunks hot glued on top of one another, angling slightly back.
BTW...this is only a sub base...it will not be an exposed pink foam Diorama like some folks build.
I am just trying to get basic shapes down, it all will be covered with plaster cloth.
This is how the part will sit in the corner...more or less.
Here, I added another forming brace, and took a page out of the WS scenicing manual using pillow puffed newsprint to fill the gaps...something lite, quick n easy.
Finally, I cut the tunnel opening in the corner.
Has anyone figured out what this diorama will be a model of yet??
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Trebor
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Posted: Tue Aug 28th, 2007 03:56 pm |
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Hotshot wrote: Has anyone figured out what this diorama will be a model of yet??
Is it a mouse hole?
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Dave D
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Posted: Tue Aug 28th, 2007 05:48 pm |
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Ummmmm......
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Dave D
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Posted: Tue Aug 28th, 2007 06:42 pm |
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I cut some more foam and shaped it and attached it where I wanted some important contours. Like next to the tunnel opening here.
I sliced the face of the foam so I could fit it to the base foam and have more surface area for the hot glue.
I had some gaps I needed to fill.
I sliced wedges of foam and applied Hot glue and just....well...wedged them in.
Then it was just a matter of slicing the plug off with a steak knife.
Now it is ready for the plaster cloth. :Woohoo:
Any guesses yet?:Hmm:
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Lynn
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Posted: Tue Aug 28th, 2007 07:29 pm |
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Nice to see you modeling again 
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