Freelance 2014-1

[Painkiller]

Looking good! Incredible enough I was looking at the Bob Smauss website before getting there. he had a few shots of the patch in LA and I guess that is the Gods sign for me to get going with my own layout...lol

[faraway]

Looking good! Incredible enough I was looking at the Bob Smauss website before getting there. he had a few shots of the patch in LA and I guess that is the Gods sign for me to get going with my own layout...lol

If go to this page <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.patchrailroad.net/The_Patch/Patch_Photos/Pages/Prototype_Photos.html">http://www.patchrailroad.net/The_Patch/ ... hotos.html</a><!-- m --> have a look at the photo titled "Track went between ". I wish I could do that brick walls. The longer you look at the walls the more details will you find. I think it is essential to find a way to model this kind of rotten brick walls to get the spirit of the patch. This <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.downtowndeco.com/site/">http://www.downtowndeco.com/site/</a><!-- m --> and this companies <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://monstermodelworks.com/HO-Scale/">http://monstermodelworks.com/HO-Scale/</a><!-- m --> might be a source for structured walls.
I hesitate to do the high investment of those expensive parts and walls ..... and rebuild the area three month later scrapping some hundred Euro/Dollar

[faraway]

The operation got adjusted more close to the BNSF operation at Cermak Rd. The left track became an industry lead (scrap) only. The former use as storage/staging track is eliminated. There are three more industries (two visible in the background), one is behind the wall at the right) on the layout and the mainline (right) and a run around (center track). That is basically how BNSF serves the industries at Cermak Rd today. The scrap is boosted to have like BNSF a good amount of scrap gondolas in each session.
It is amazing how much the layout is downsized to four industry stub tracks and one run around only.


The other direction tracks (right to left) scrap industry, run around, mainline, lead to two industries and 4.th industry behind the wall.
(The BNSF GP50 is just performing the run around to start serving the industries. The buildings I worked on during the last weeks is in the dark background).

[jonte]

Hi Reinhard,

Yes, it would appear that the old addage "less is more" rings true yet again.

Btw, those buildings really are the business, Reinhard.

Regards,

Jonte

[torikoos]

Nice Work Reinhard.

So lets have a BNSF operating session and see how the 'local' works the industries ;-)

Koos

[faraway]

I needed some pile of aluminum scrap to be pressed (Walthers kit) at the scrap yard (under construction) into scrap bales (Chooch pile and carload)

I started with aluminum foil from the kitchen and chopped it with a coffee grinder


Plastic (car) box covers are used as a casting mold. The little pieces of aluminum are glued together with my standard ballast glue (white glue, water and dish washer detergent) and set aside for two days.


The result can be placed at the scrap yard and glued in place with some drops of water due to the water solvable glue visible at the base of the pile.


Only problem is that I have no idea what kind of industry would produce aluminum scrap of that shape..... may be I invented something totally useless :o Anyhow cost is less than 50 Cent

[scubadude]

Reinhard, why not make it just what it is...scrap from an aluminum foil plant? A Reynolds Wrap factory

[faraway]

Reinhard, why not make it just what it is...scrap from an aluminum foil plant? A Reynolds Wrap factory

Good idea, to take foil for foil
I pushed and pressed the piles somewhat. That looks more like aluminum foil etc.

[BR60103]

I started with aluminum foil from the kitchen and chopped it with a coffee grinder

Remind me not to have coffee when I visit you.

[faraway]

Remind me not to have coffee when I visit you.

Don't worry, the tiny aluminum bits will be invisible in strong German coffee

The components of the long narrow scrap yard have been compiled and put together.

1. Trucks deliver the aluminum scrap. It is stored on piles.

2. It is moved with a belt conveyor

3. into the press to get scrap bails

4. The bails are temporary stored and finally loaded into gondolas at the loading area. Sometimes is other kind of scrap direct delivered to the loading area like in the last gondola. The excavator with the gripper loads the conveyor (2.) too when new material needs to be pressed in bails.


Next is integration into the ground, weathering (the excavator cries for dirt ) and details

[ratled]

There was a thread a while ago that they used the silver foil candy wrappers (3 Musketeers, Baby Ruth etc) and put them through a paper shredder to give the scrape color. Not sure if it's worth while for you as the scene came out so well

Steve

[faraway]

Steve, I remember that thread (was it Kurt?). The idea to use a coffee grinder is "borrowed" from that thread. I had no intention to do aluminum scrap but I felt in love with the Chooch scrap bales car loads and kept going plain aluminum silver. It is something different from rusty iron scrap. Anyhow, may be I add a touch of rust brown some day representing new iron or stainless steel scrap.

Did some d&d (details and dirty )

[dgaken]

Wonderful work with the scrap baler! I have a small area on the front of my layout, I'm considering a similar operation. Very useful to see your photos. Thanks for sharing!

[Tyson Rayles]

[faraway]

I want to demonstrate a very positive side effect of the scrap yard. The photo has been taken at eye level in my chair operating the layout.
It is an industry that fits extreme well in the very foreground. You can easy reach around and over the few and low equipment and there are virtually no view blockers.