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Post by Zeke on Apr 18, 2021 1:11:42 GMT
Man! Lots of work, but lookin' real good!
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Post by g3750 on Apr 18, 2021 2:10:36 GMT
Man! Lots of work, but lookin' real good! Thank you! Slowly, slowly... 
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Post by Country Joe on Apr 19, 2021 20:03:58 GMT
Very nice work, George. I think there are so many more products in HO because the HO market is much bigger than the O market and everything is smaller and less expensive.
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Post by g3750 on Apr 20, 2021 14:14:19 GMT
Well, there's no doubt that the HO market is the largest in model railroading. As to less expensive, that's true as well although not half as expensive as O.
A larger market draws more product makers and thus more products.
George
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Post by g3750 on Apr 23, 2021 3:21:10 GMT
Updated 4/22/2021: I have to say that I'm glad I don't really model in HO or any of the smaller scales. I really like the heft, size, and visibility of O scale. Saw an on-line issue of NMRA Turntable in which someone wrote about modeling a locomotive in Nn3 (yeah, narrow gauge N scale  ). That's ship-in-a-bottle land. I mean, what's the point? Why don't we skip that and just go straight to the microbial level?  Yeah, that's it. You get your scanning electron microscope and I'll get mine and we'll look at...never mind.
Anyway, back in still-too-small-HO-house-modeling-land, I've started trying to pick front porches and their roofs.
I also installed the front gutter and downspout. The gutter and the windows got a light wash to dirty it up some. In front of the house you can see the porch I chose and its roof.
I painted the "wooden" columns and test-fitted one into the ceiling of the porch roof.
I glued the porch roof to its ceiling and clamped it.
I also painted some additional stairs I acquired. I'm trying to decide which will look best. I used a Rustoleum textured paint called Rusted Iron on them.
Here's a closer look at some of the painted stairs.
More when I know it.
George
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Post by g3750 on Apr 24, 2021 3:14:08 GMT
Updated 4/23/2021: I spent some time cursing the incomplete Walthers instructions under my breath. Of the items you see in the photo below, only the faux wood porch columns are mentioned in them. Everything else is supplied and you have to guess how they might go together.
I started out by gluing the wood porch uprights to railing.
Then placing the railing in the porch ceiling (upside down). By the way, I really like this G-S Hypo Cement. It has a pin-point applicator that allows me to get the glue exactly where it needs to go. I don't think it's CA, either. With CA, I always manage to glue my fingers together instead of the target.
Test fitting the porch against the rest of the structure.
Below, I have the columns glued to porch itself. The two pieces are being held together.
Same thing from a different angle.
More when I know it.
George
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Post by fabforrest on Apr 24, 2021 12:27:05 GMT
Is the G-S Hypo cement fast.setting like CA?
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Post by g3750 on Apr 24, 2021 14:20:36 GMT
Is the G-S Hypo cement fast.setting like CA? No. It appears to be more like the old Testors styrene model glue, except that the applicator allows for precision placement. It can be used on clear materials as well (canopies, watch crystals). According to the directions, it takes 10 minutes or more to set.
I'm not even sure they make it any more. I hope it's still around.
George
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Post by ptc on Apr 24, 2021 18:41:19 GMT
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Post by g3750 on Apr 24, 2021 19:20:02 GMT
Happy it is you putting together this kit, George. The kit is not badly engineered - not in any way. The parts fit together very well, it is well manufactured, and I see no parts deformities or irregularities. It's a Walthers Cornerstone Kit, so I expected it to be of high quality and it is. The weakest link is the instructions.
I applied a final coat of India ink wash and then sprayed the house with DullCote. This is as good as it gets. Next stop is the layout.
George
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Post by g3750 on Apr 26, 2021 3:02:20 GMT
Updated 4/25/2021: Last night I tried to start on the 2nd Tillman Farm House. I started by identifying the walls that would be used. Since this was going to be lit, I decided to paint the interior walls black to prevent that "glow" that sometimes happens with plastic structures. Unfortunately, the paint can nozzles (a bunch of them) were clogged and uncooperative. I watched a couple of YouTube videos on how to clean them. Today, I bought some lacquer thinner, soaked a few nozzles, and was able to paint the backs a flat black.
A few hours later, I flipped them over and hit them with the flat white for the exterior.
I'll try painting the roof sections tomorrow.
More when I know it.
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Post by g3750 on Apr 27, 2021 2:59:28 GMT
We're going to have to do something about these random inspections by the new addition, Maggie. She's a 1.5 year old British short-hair, a rescue.
She's acquired this bad habit of exiting the layout using a sceniced area and ripping out trees.
George
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Post by Country Joe on Apr 27, 2021 15:48:10 GMT
George, you did a great job on the blue house. 👍
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Post by g3750 on Apr 28, 2021 1:54:31 GMT
George, you did a great job on the blue house. 👍 Thank you very much!
George
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Post by g3750 on Apr 30, 2021 2:24:21 GMT
Updated 4/29/2021: Between grading Python programs I managed to get the roof and walls painted for the 2nd Tillman Farm House. The backs of the walls have been painted black to aid in keeping them from "glowing" when lit from within. The roof got it's Aged Iron texture paint following by an India ink wash.
Still need to do the foundation. Windows are done.
More when I know it.
George
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). That's ship-in-a-bottle land. I mean, what's the point? Why don't we skip that and just go straight to the microbial level? 
Yeah, that's it. You get your scanning electron microscope and I'll get mine and we'll look at...never mind. 
