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| Posted: Thu Sep 22nd, 2011 07:34 pm |
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W C Greene
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Don-keep on rockin'...!
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23rd, 2011 12:18 am |
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+1 for a rock tutorial please!
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23rd, 2011 01:37 pm |
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If the last picture is any indication of how the rest will look you'll be rockin.
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| Posted: Sat Sep 24th, 2011 12:11 am |
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I second the motion for a rock tutoral
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26th, 2011 05:12 am |
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A few more rocks
Trestle #1 has been added and tested, as you can see it's a long way down to the river bed ( 27 inches ) So do not want trains going for a high dive. I have yet to add check rails. Now working on Trestle #2 as you can see in the second photo.
There has been a lot of plaster mixed. Casting and pouring is job #1 ( One operator ) then placing the castings and hiding the joins. Used paper towels saturated in a plaster slurry to fill in any gaps ( Operator #2 )
I have used Spackfilla in the past but the cost would be to expense in this case. So far about 200 kgs of plaster used.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26th, 2011 01:20 pm |
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Don, fantastic progress and I'd love to see Peter join and show us a step by step on how to build these. A you-tube video would be even better. I'd also love to hear any tips for creating the molds, I have been making mine with woodland scenic rubber and this just takes way to long. On some of my bigger ones as long as 10 days for one mold. I have been using some quartz rocks I got on a job site for my smaller ones and really love how they came out. Really to scale for HO. The height of your walls is very dramatic and love the future plans as well. Pat
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29th, 2011 07:07 pm |
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VERY nice Don!
If I may suggest an improvement, there should be some cross bracing between the separate trestle bents to absorb the for and aft thrusts.
You really have been busy, haven't you?
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| Posted: Wed Nov 30th, 2011 11:14 am |
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Paladin
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The start of the Eastern slopes
Decided to install the small mine in this area.
A small group of mates dropped around last Friday to have a working bee making trees and the temptation to plant a few was far to great
This area is about 30 inches long.
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