Pine Flat

[Marlin39]

I like your style. I built the FSM Chippy Hollow Hardware back when it was released in my late 30's. I never thought I was ever going to finish painting the 5# of detail castings.

 

[Len Turner]

Thanks y'all
basic plan here is for a little peckerwood sawmill and box & crate factory, etc with rr shops
when the FSM kits originally came out I was into N scale and brick & mortar (plastic) stuff
yep, there's those castings - gettin' my money's worth out of that opti-visor...

 

[logandsawman]

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Thanks y'all
basic plan here is for a little peckerwood sawmill and box & crate factory, etc with rr shops
when the FSM kits originally came out I was into N scale and brick & mortar (plastic) stuff
yep, there's those castings - gettin' my money's worth out of that opti-visor...

I've never had enough real estate to fit one in, you practically have to plan a big section of the layout around it.

 

[John from Indiana]

Built a lot of kits over the years, but this is my first FSM kit - Logging Repair Shed
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Nice work, does it say in the instructions what kind of footprint the kit needs?

 

[Len Turner]

I've never had enough real estate to fit one in, you practically have to plan a big section of the layout around it.

it's sort of the big section without the layout..

Nice work, does it say in the instructions what kind of footprint the kit needs?

I didn't see anything specific in the instructions as to footprint. working on the roof and putting the wall panels together this weekend - according to the instructions, you put them together, make an outline of the bottom of the walls and build the floor up from that.

 

[John from Indiana]

I've never had enough real estate to fit one in,

Like the guy said in Jaws "You're going to need a bigger boat"

 

[Len Turner]

Workbench update...
progress on FSM Logging Repair Shed - opted for corrugated tin roofing - roof is removable - working on the base and floor this week
This has been an absolute joy to work on... Thank You George Sellios!

 

[Len Turner]

Added some treeline to the backdrop

 

[kgstakes]

Thats something I should do. I painted a background just blue with white "haze" and then used a sponge to paint "tree like" background scene. It works ok, but I like your idea better. Photos will look better as well. As the photo shows the painted "trees" don't look good (at all) but it's better than sky all the way down to the ground.

 

[Len Turner]

Thanks! Trying for sort of a "Big Thicket" look. All the longleaf pines have already been cut.

 

[BigGRacing]

As the photo shows the painted "trees" don't look good (at all)

I have to disagree, I think it looks very good! It breaks up the sky exactly as you said and gives an appearance of more depth.

 

[kgstakes]

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Thanks appreciate the comment about my background painting.

Yeah it does work but I’ve seen those printed backgrounds and they do look good though. Probably will never change mine but next time, will go with a printed one (just hope I can get it straight with the foreground that would be the hard part.

 

[Myrastation]

Nice look group of engines. Did you need to change the gears on the Bachmann Climax? I have on and the gears went out in 2 months...now it is a static display in my engine house. My the engine crew can change the gears. The Bachmann Shay also looked good to me; but it too suffered from the cheap plastic gearing

There is a fellow in Quebec who posts youtube videos of repairing and refurbing model locomotives - his website is watchtrainsnow.com , you will no doubt find a link to his youtube channel there. I remember seeing one of his videos where he ran across the cracked gears, he cleaned the gears with IP and then used super glue and a clothes poin for a clamp to repair the gear, then ran a drill bit through the gear centre to open it out again in case of any glue squeeze out - it worked like a charm.

 

[Len Turner]

I agree with Gary, your painted trees look great. The fall colors combined with the conifers gives the scene a very open, airy feel without taking attention away from the foreground. Well done! Pine Flat is set within a confined space, sort of a niche carved out of the backwoods. The W/S foam on the backdrop was an experiment run amok...

 

[Len Turner]

Made some decent progress on the logging repair shed. Some prelim photos on the layout. Nothing permanent yet. Still have to add interior details. This kit may be 50 years old but it has been an absolute joy to build!

 

[PMW]

Made some decent progress on the logging repair shed. Some prelim photos on the layout. Nothing permanent yet. Still have to add interior details. This kit may be 50 years old but it has been an absolute joy to build! View attachment 198277

That’s looking great!

 

[John from Indiana]

There is a fellow in Quebec who posts youtube videos of repairing and refurbing model locomotives - his website is watchtrainsnow.com , you will no doubt find a link to his youtube channel there. I remember seeing one of his videos where he ran across the cracked gears, he cleaned the gears with IP and then used super glue and a clothes poin for a clamp to repair the gear, then ran a drill bit through the gear centre to open it out again in case of any glue squeeze out - it worked like a charm.

Len, I went to his website, and I couldn't find anything on replacing or repairing Bachmann gears, so my Climax is still waiting patiently at the water tank for fresh water

 

[Myrastation]

Well, I did say it was one of his youtube videos …

 

[John from Indiana]

Thats something I should do. I painted a background just blue with white "haze" and then used a sponge to paint "tree like" background scene. It works ok, but I like your idea better. Photos will look better as well. As the photo shows the painted "trees" don't look good (at all) but it's better than sky all the way down to the ground.

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Looks fine to me, only thing I would do would be to add some similar colored leaves to a few of the static trees close to the backdrop of the painted trees to trick the eye more

 

[Len Turner]

A couple other projects taking up workbench time but managed to work a bit on the backlog of castings...