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A wonderful project and an excellent realisation. Congratulation!
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Wow...great work so far! Really impressive work on that engine house.
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Very nice indeed !
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I am somewhat concerned with the cement based levelling compound used. I am afraid it will be very difficult to sand and it looks like the top of the rails in lower than the surface. It might be a challenge to sand it at or lower than the top level of the rails. Might be I misinterpret the photos?
The wooden structure is extreme beautiful l!!!
Reinhard
No, you're quite right, parts of the track are covered by the compound, but it's easy to sand off again. If you look carefully at the picture above, you see that the right rail of the second track from the right has been sanded clear of the compound, and the rightmost stall floor has also been sanded down a little around the tracks. It's still only halfway done, and it requires some work, but it's not that difficult. The compound is not that much harder to sand than ordinary plaster, it just takes some time to get it done.
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Svein Wrote:...The compound is not that much harder to sand than ordinary plaster...
Ok, I see. My "interpretation" of "cement based" was somewhat hard like concrete. I was afraid how you both sit down for month day and night to sand down concrete like material....
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That is a nice little video. Thanks for sharing.
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Some prototype photos (Denver Railroad museum)
Note guard rails, locking mechanism operated by the "switch stand" on the table.
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That looks very good! I am glad my concerns were for no reason.
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Very good work - the shed!
But I must give an important addition and correction. An old and used steam engine shed has had not one place on bottom in an other color than black! With a few differences. The black and oily dirt was laying more or less thick on the bottom. And this was extremely thick in lines parallel to the rails. And also after a "cleaning" of bottom it was black - only thinner.
I was a engine shed worker while six years (steam engines) and I never have seen a "light colored" bottom in our engine sheds.
If you will like to set a few nuances you or Vigdis should set very dark and glossy spots for fresh oil or water to a dark gray and dull black bottom.
My suggestion for more realism. And I know that this does not look very attractively. Sorry for my view to reality.
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