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RE: N-Gauger's 2020 one foot challenge - ngauger - 03-17-2020
(03-16-2020, 11:58 AM)doctorwayne Wrote: It looks to me as if you're planning to go with natural weathering, rather than a painted finish, as you've already used-up the paint-mixing sticks.
Wayne
Nope
I use a screwdriver to mix paint 
RE: N-Gauger's 2020 one foot challenge - ngauger - 03-17-2020
(03-16-2020, 12:54 PM)doctorwayne Wrote:(03-16-2020, 12:14 PM)ezdays Wrote: This project is sponsored by Sherwin-Williams.....
Do the Challenge rules allow such pettifoggery? My bank balance is putting me at an unmanageable disadvantage.
Wayne
You'll note that the wood is stamped "100% wood"
No plastic additives!!
RE: N-Gauger's 2020 one foot challenge - doctorwayne - 03-17-2020
(03-17-2020, 05:08 PM)ngauger Wrote: ...You'll note that the wood is stamped "100% wood"
No plastic additives!!
Oh yeah? My wooden buildings are all 100% plastic - no trees were harmed in their production.
Wayne
RE: N-Gauger's 2020 one foot challenge - ngauger - 03-23-2020
Wayne.... Good that you use plastics, Saves a lot of trees
Here is the lower roof. The top edge is the overhang for the front of the building.
RE: N-Gauger's 2020 one foot challenge - doctorwayne - 03-24-2020
So the top edge of the lower roof is the overhang for the front...you're just sayin' it that way so we can't follow whatcher doin', eh?
Wayne
RE: N-Gauger's 2020 one foot challenge - ezdays - 03-24-2020
(03-24-2020, 01:29 AM)doctorwayne Wrote: So the top edge of the lower roof is the overhang for the front...you're just sayin' it that way so we can't follow whatcher doin', eh?
Wayne
Come on, he needs to use up the other half of all those paint stir sticks somewhere....
RE: N-Gauger's 2020 one foot challenge - ngauger - 03-25-2020
I got the sides glued to the back and then i installed the awning base
RE: N-Gauger's 2020 one foot challenge - Tyson Rayles - 03-26-2020
Coming along nicely Mikey!
RE: N-Gauger's 2020 one foot challenge - ezdays - 03-26-2020
Agree, it was hard to get a prospective on size, now I can, thanks to these photos.....
RE: N-Gauger's 2020 one foot challenge - doctorwayne - 03-26-2020
Okay, I see how it's coming together now, although that Halloween tail-end observation car is causing me some confusion.
At first, I thought it to be a full-length car, but the angle of the photo almost makes it look like a more modern large-scale version of Walthers' "Piker", an HO scale single-trucked heavyweight observation car.
A snazzy-looking paint job for sure, though!
Wayne
RE: N-Gauger's 2020 one foot challenge - ngauger - 03-26-2020
Wayne: It's a G Scale Eggliner:
https://www.amazon.com/Bachmann-Trains-Powered-Vehicle-Eggliner/dp/B01M0H7J4G
No - I didn't pay that much for it
They are made for large scale railroads with tight curves. They run great on my 96" diameter (4' Radius) curves
Thanks everyone for the kind remarks
RE: N-Gauger's 2020 one foot challenge - ngauger - 03-26-2020
Here is the lower roof in place
RE: N-Gauger's 2020 one foot challenge - BR60103 - 03-27-2020
Wayne:
The Eggliner is 2 observation car ends mounted on a truck from a GPx. My wife has 2 of them.
RE: N-Gauger's 2020 one foot challenge - doctorwayne - 03-28-2020
Thanks, David. I wouldn't be surprised if the idea was lifted from the Piker, though.
Wayne
RE: N-Gauger's 2020 one foot challenge - ngauger - 03-30-2020
Well..... I am installing the upper roof. That's letting the glue dry.
Now you can see what i mean when I said that the lower roof would be the awning and the top would be the second roof. We have to have a screen in there in case we want to work on steam engines.