01-25-2011, 12:23 PM
Okay so enough about pictures as there is really nothing of significant consequence to post other than more ballasting completed. I started noodling around a shed to sit next to the coal dock and thought it might be fun to scratch build one.... so I threw some basswood in a baggy with some ink/alcohol stain to get prepped. Came back to it the next day and no real change...hmmmmm okay so leave it for a couple of days. Pulled it out after 4 days and set it out to dry... once dry it looked like basswood with tiny ink spots on it even though I kept turning the bag to mix things up. Oh well so I have to do some painting. Started laying out one wall and went with 24" centers and boy is that small in HO! tried my trusty testors wood glue and it just wasnt holding up well... tried CA and kicker... then picked up the finished wall a few minutes later to move it so I could start the next wall and it stuck to my fingers... 
I promptly went all 44 tonner on the wall section 
and turned it to match sticks and walked away.
going 44 tonner is the model railroad equivalent to going postal. I was building a keystone 44 tonner and had it all done and was applying the last decal and picked up the plastructs liquid cement instead of solvaset and ruined the paint... this after a number of other challenges with the build resulted in me laughing hysterically while I slammed the model repeatedly on the work bench and then bounced if off the nearest basement wall. My wife thought it was very mature of me.
anyway I will try again with the shed build but I think I will use some commercial driftwood stain this time and maybe some UHU or ambroid for glue.
I promptly went all 44 tonner on the wall section and turned it to match sticks and walked away.going 44 tonner is the model railroad equivalent to going postal. I was building a keystone 44 tonner and had it all done and was applying the last decal and picked up the plastructs liquid cement instead of solvaset and ruined the paint... this after a number of other challenges with the build resulted in me laughing hysterically while I slammed the model repeatedly on the work bench and then bounced if off the nearest basement wall. My wife thought it was very mature of me.
anyway I will try again with the shed build but I think I will use some commercial driftwood stain this time and maybe some UHU or ambroid for glue.