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It has been a busy week painting and detailing all of the wall sections mentioned above. Before going on any further I thought I would show some before and after photos as it is sometimes hard to imagine what things looked like before painting. Before: http://stlandh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/I...

Welcome to the NMRA Forum... Have you considered building your layout in a modular form built to the Freemo Standard so that you can easily move and possibly display your modules at area modular meets? I am speaking from experience as I had previously constructed both 18" and 24" wide x 12 feet shel...

Conrad Motors

Where can I buy these from?

Peter

Many thanks for your kind comments...

Peter

After everything has dried overnight, the result does not look as good as it did when it was wet with paint. But be patient, this is a process of laying down thin washes of colour to build up a three dimensional look. We are trying to make the lovely plastic cast detail look like real bricks and the...

Time to start the washing – I mean apply the washes…!!! Now that the first coat of undiluted paint has been allowed to dry thoroughly overnight, it is time to start the next step of applying diluted washes of paint on to the brick surface. This method involves applying thin washes which are essentia...

The art of painting plastic…!!! As I mentioned previously, I wanted to show how to transform some great detail of the brickwork from a plastic look to a more realistic “weathered” brick look. In my clinic on “weathering” that I presented at the NMRA Convention in Derby in October I tried to show re...

Source: Railway Preservation News I found the picture below taken in May 1968, not too long before all of the engines were sent to Strasburg. This is the kind of authentic setting I like to see locomotives displayed in. Roundhouse and coal dock were destroyed about 1986 or so, sadly. http://stlandh....

While doing some more research I came across these photos. Interior detail of the roundhouse http://stlandh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/northum4-inside.jpg Photos taken in June 1960 http://stlandh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/NORTHUMBERLAND_PA___PRR__6__6__1960.jpg http://stlandh.com/wp-content...

Research on the actual Northumberland PA Roundhouse. Until the late 1960's it was the home for the PRR's Historic Steam Locomotive collection. It's since been demolished and the area has been reclaimed by vegetation. Photos taken in the late 1960's and early 1970's http://stlandh.com/wp-content/uplo...

I have always been familiar with doing a lot of research and studying photos, drawing plans and trying to imagine what the structure will look like before attempting to start fabricating parts, but this has all been done and when I opened the box, there it is all of the parts and a very simple plan....

OK I'm up for a challenge and will build a structure from a kit...!!! A kit you say - that sounds like a formidable task for a serial scratch builder - and I must confess that the last plastic kit I built was an Airfix kit when I was 14!! so YES this will be a challenge for me. I purchased two unma...

Let me rephrase that:

Why not share your modelling efforts at the convention for all to see...!!!

Finished, unfinished but let everyone see what its all about.

Peter

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Outstanding video Brian... thank you for sharing.