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Posted: Fri Feb 21st, 2020 01:50 pm

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Tom Ward
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Mike Chambers was an internationally recognized model railroad craftsman,
and shared many of his techniques in written tutorials.

He passed away in 2010 but his legend lives on.

I wanted to provide links to his works and teachings,
for Freerails members benefits.

Feel free to add anything else related as you see fit.

- Tom

Staining and Weathering Stripwood - part 1http://pnr.nmra.org/3div/Documents/Staining_Stripwood.pdf

Staying and Weathering Stripwood - part 2http://pnr.nmra.org/3div/Documents/Weathering_Stripwood.pdf

Staining and Weathering Stripwood - part 3http://pnr.nmra.org/3div/Documents/Inking_Stripwood.pdf

Weathering Stripwood with Gouachehttp://www.railroad-line.com/discussion/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17705

Mike Chambers’ Craftsman Corner - Railroad Line Forum (tons of techniques and ideas from multiple sources)

http://www.railroad-line.com/discussion/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=64

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Posted: Fri Feb 21st, 2020 11:03 pm

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Thanks for these links Tom.

I remember seeing this info on the Rusty Stumps website years ago,
but they are no longer around.

I always regretted not printing the pages out.
So now here it is, and this will be a big help to me.

Thanks again

Kevin Fall

Posted: Sat Feb 22nd, 2020 01:39 pm

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Here’s another.

Making Nail Holes - Mike Chambers Weathering Techniques

Normally, I use a "headless" T-pin chucked in a spare pin vise,
and I try to use a light touch when making the holes.
And I always use a 6" metal ruler to help keep the lines reasonably straight.

However, because I'm doing them by hand,
I don't try to keep each pair of holes (2 per board normally) evenly spaced apart.
A little variation looks good to me.

Now, for the holes in the salvage barn and shed, I did something a little different.
I don't recall what my reasoning was at the time for my deciding to try something different.
Instead of the pin, I used a 5mm Pentel pencil lead,
which I sharpened to a very fine point on extra fine sandpaper.

Again, I used a light touch,
just enough to indent the wood and leave some graphite for coloring,
but not enough to make an actual hole in the wood.

As I commented in another thread a few days ago, I don't use a pounce wheel.
I don't like the shape, depth, or spacing of the holes they make.

Using a pounce wheel is definitely faster,
but hey!.... I'm retired, I've got the time.

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Posted: Sat Feb 22nd, 2020 01:47 pm

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Great Links, Thanks for posting Tom...

I recall following that thread at RRline long ago.

Mike Chambers was a great guy,
he was helpful to many and just for the asking.

I also belonged to the Yahoo weathering group.
Never really liked the format, but yea its gone now.

Darryl Huffman headed that one up.
He moved it to IO I believe moving everything he was able to.

Darryl has a blog also which is pretty great for information.
Darryl does nice work.

http://ghosttownmodels.blogspot.com/

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