MRH Jan/Feb 2010 - Issue 5. DIY Static Grass Applicator | The Rules Lawyer. If you’ve been working on scenic bases or terrain for war games for any length of time you have probably run into static grass. It does a great job of simulating grass, but it can be a little hard to work with. My initial attempts with it were met with a kinda of matted down cut-grass sort of look. I never was able to achieve that real growing field look. People have tried all sorts of shakers, puffers, and sprinkling techniques to get it to stand up. Some of them work ok, but I’m here to tell you how the big dogs do it. Electrostatic field generation. If you’ve seen the commercial machines you’ll see the are extremely high priced. First up, here’s a parts list Electric flyswatter from Harbor Freight Small tupperware or other plaster container Aluminum window screen mesh Small gauge wire Alligator Clip Fine solder, electronics stuff not the plumbing stuff. 2 “D” batteries Epoxy glue Tools Needed Philips #1 screwdriver. #2 may work, but needs a narrow shaft Hobby knife of some sort Soldering iron.
New Page 1. Welcome to Shades of Memory. Model Railroad Craftsman Structure Kits and Masonry Castings - Fine Hydrocal Castings by C. C. Crow - On-Line How To Clinics - LNER Tom's Weathering Workbench - RMweb. Evening gentlemen I thought I would post my latest weathering attempts, although I've been posting as a blog, I thought I do a topic instead to show the rest I have weathered before, but with powders mostly....and a nasty episode with model mates sprays....but lets not speak about that Anyhow, a year ago I bought a airbrush/compressor set from ebay, and a few days ago I started weathering with the it. My main inspiration has been TIm Shackleton after watching, and rewatching his RIght Track DVD.
My first attempt was on a J39 I picked up at Doncaster, she was mostly airbrushed using Matt Black, Metalcote Black and Matt Leather, the results have been quiet pleasing, I then used a brush with thinners to streak the boiler side. My next loco was a model of Woolwinder which i wanted to have a working look...but not OTT, this required a lot of streaking on the loco itself and with advice from our very own Jamie, I used a cotton wool bud to buff the loco and give it a shine. Cheers Tom. James River Branch: Jim's Trains/Don and Stan's Barber Shop. This pair of shops, named for real people and places of my youth, reside in the Miller Engineering Pitman Deli kit. Originally slated to occupy a Shire Scenes kit (now tentatively planned as a Pharmacy), the shops replaced Emma's Cafe, which has moved a few times and is now located in the first floor of the Gilmor Hotel. Unlike many other buildings for Naughtright, this one did not undergo any significant structural modifications.
Construction began in the usual fashion, by soldering the building walls together. Also, all corner joints were filled in with solder to prevent light leaks. The slots around the windows and doors on the front wall for the awning were filled in with solder as well, even though I may attach an awning to the building—at the outset of the project, I'd not yet decided if I would or not; however, if I did, I wouldn't use the awning supplied in the kit, since it was etched with "Pitman's Deli. " The roof was next. The slots for the awning are filled in with solder.
Animations. Weathering. The Northern Pacific N-Scale Railroad. The White River and Northern Model Railroad: Clinic. Animation on the WR&N IV Rick Spano's influence on me was visible the strongest for the degree of animation featured on this layout. I'll admit to being very fussy about animation: it's not just enough to make something move—it must do so at a realistic speed.
If I cannot accomplish realistic movement, then I won't bother animating it. The list below includes all of the animated scenes that were featured on the WR&N IV, not all of which presently have their own detail pages: 1. 2. 3. The excavator removed gravel from a pit and placed it in a large dump truck parked next to it. Many of the animated scenes also included special lighting effects, so there is considerable overlap with the clinics on lighting effects.
See these models in action! Return to Chapter 6 Return to Clinics Index. On30 Annual - Scratchbuild a Gallows Turntable. Peter's Web Page - A 009 Scottish Narrow Gauge Model Railway. Update 2003/12/10: As those of you who turned up to Warley will realise, the extension never materialised. A combination of lack of time and interests in other things made it unfeasible. Plus, I couldn't think how to make it fit in properly with the existing layout - whatever I tried didn't seem to have the same atmosphere. Yes, it's official: I'm currently designing a new module to add onto Glenbranter. Why? Well, I don't like exhibiting, but I love doing scenery. It's been over 2 years since I finished Glenbranter, and while I needed the break I'm itching to get on and model another landscape. And I can't do that without another layout. So you're rebuilding Glenbranter? No, I'm going to be modelling another section of the line.
How far have you got? I haven't even finalised the track plan yet! It must look more Scottish than Glenbranter, even if I have to take a few liberties. Now I'm wondering whether the workshops would have been at the Dunoon end instead. Build Peek's Pike. Peek's Pike was designed to be fast and easy for a beginner to build, at moderate cost and using minimum space. It illustrates most of the advantages of micro layouts ... and offers some new ideas as well. Let's start by taking a look at the track plan. This plan may look a little odd to you. Parts of the trackage seem unconnected from the rest; there's a fuzzy grey area at the right called "Fiddle"; and the whole thing doesn't look very much like a railroad! Let's look closer. First, There are three industries listed on the plan -- a brewery, a cooperage, and an electrical goods dealer.
The main job of this little narrow-gauge railroad is to transport barrels from the cooperage to the brewery, and then haul the beer away to the offstage interchange with the Big Railroad. Notice that there are no curved tracks on this road. The Fiddle Yard here also has an extra attraction. So let's get to work. The baseboard is foamcore board from an arts supply store. So. Prototype Yards: Adapting Prototype Operations to Model Railroading. Originally presented as a clinic at the 1998 NMRA National Convention Introduction This is an opportunity to look at my memory of how one particular prototype operated. The focus of this clinic is first, on the operations of prototype yard crews in the time period from 1957 through 1961 and second, on how prototype operations can influence what we do as model railroad operators.
This discussion will center on personal experience as a summer employee of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P) during those years. At that time nearly all operating crews whether yard, local or through freight, consisted of 5 men. The duties of each member of the crew were clearly defined by operating rules, union agreements, and, to some extent, custom or tradition. This clinic is by no means the definitive be-all end-all of prototype operations but I hope it will provide some understanding of how the 1:1 scale operated and provide some ideas for scale model operations.
Personal Background. Cheap Tricks - Low Cost Ways to Improve Your Model Railroading. Model Railroad Operations | Card Cards, Waybills, Train Orders, Timetables. New Railway Modellers Forums - Model Railway Discussion Forum For Beginners • Index page. Scratch Build a Billboard Frame pt1 : N Scale Limited. Have you ever needed a frame to stick a billboard into? You see them everywhere, on road sides, sides of building and on the roofs as well. While there are many great commercially available ones available, I will teach you a few basics on how to scratch build one.
Unlike previous articles this one will be a little different because it is the first that I have experimented with video. Many have requested that we start doing video tutorials and while I agree, it takes allot of time. Construction Materials Used .010x .020″ .010x .040″ .020x .040″ .060x .060″ .060x .080″ .010″ sheet styrene Aged Concrete (414320) Burlington Northern Green (414209) D & H Grey (414197) Rust (414323) Dirt (414308) Elmers Stix All Billboard of Your Choice The paint listed is the colors I used and I encourage you to make yours unique and use whatever colors you chose.
Video Stay tuned for part 2 as we finish the art deco billboard frame. About the Author. Cheap Junk. By T.W. Rimer All photos by T.W. Rimer Creative clutter has become an art form in the hobby of model railroading, and consists of miscellaneous paraphernalia strewn about an area to represent the untidy habits of the miniature populace. With the abundance of commercial detail castings, a scene can now be detailed to the point where a photograph will defy detection from the real thing.
Crates, boxes, sacks, bottles, tools, pots, pans, bathroom fixtures, and the old proverbial kitchen sink are but a pittance of what the market has to offer. Printed circuit board etchant in a small non-metallic container, a receptacle or water, tweezers and an eye dropper are about all that is needed to etch aluminum corrugated siding. The portion of my Redbank Creek Railway that never fails to draw the viewer’s attention and compliments is the scrap yard located behind the locomotive servicing facilities.
Rest assured, I am qualified to do the honors on this subject, for I’m a string saver from way back. DUPLICATE-IT. Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine - Model railroads, construction skills and technique, product reviews and more! Detailing an Alley. By Christopher Brimley Occasionally, when doing a little city planning on your layout, you find extra space between your buildings. There are a few remedies for this space, such as sizing the block to fit the buildings perfectly, kitbashing or scratch building a structure to fit, or leaving the hole open for an alley.
I purposely plan alleys because they add a large amount of visual appeal and break up the monotony of a row of buildings. Whatever the era of your layout, you can easily detail an alley to blend in. For example, if you model the 1930s, a few poorly built shanties would be a perfect start. For my alley, I modeled the transition era for a mid-sized city.
Building a Plate I decided to build my alley on a small diorama in HO scale. To begin, I built a mold from sheet and strip styrene. The height of my curb and the raised street is .100”. After the mold was built, I poured the plaster into the mold. The plates are stained with India ink diluted in rubbing alcohol. Structures. Railroad Model Craftsman - Extra Board. Column - My Modular Adventure: Roundhouse weathering | Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine. Dorman64, Thank you for your comments. You are perfectly right; this all started out as an article about an operating TT and roundhouse which would be published in two or three articles. Well, as you so rightly observed it is quite a lot more than that. When I stated the article, based on Joe Fugate's recommendation, I went with a step by step format.
I must say that if you read the first article, or "book", with it's 90 some pictures and 40+ pages, you might have been intimidated and rightfully so. But if you take the time to read through it, there is a lot of detailed info that can be applied to most any project, not to mention different tools and jigs to make life easier. This is true of most every article or column I have read, even though it is not in my scale or not a project I want to build, there is always a technique or some item of interest that makes it worthwile for me to take the time to read it. Now where have I heard that one before...hummm??? Les Halmos Modular Columnist. Classy Model Trains. DH2 - Techniques for Costume and Prop Making. Modelmates. Atlas Model Railroad Co. - Beginners weathering shopping list ? RailServe.com Railroad Links Directory: Rail Travel, Hobby & Industry. How to make villages for model train layouts. How to Make villages for model train layouts In this series of hobby videos, you will learn how to create accurate layouts of model train villages by comparing them with vintage photos.
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