Again! Very Nice! Do you airbrush it or brush paint?
E,
I tried brushing them a ways back - but wasn't happy with the result. Sanded that off and used Liquitex spray paint. Its the same paint I've used for any custom work I've done. Its $$ but worth it. The finish is excellent. I'm spraying indoors on my workbench and using a fan to draft air away from the item being painted. Works well. Water based spray paint doesn't even smell that awful.
The railings were done by hand.
R
Hi Ryan,
If you have a chance pick up Pelle Soeborg's book "Rebuilding a Layout from A-Z" . In it he describes the entire process of constructing a fence from a Walthers Fence kit. It shows in detail how each plastic vertical fence post is drilled out using a pin vise drill while it is still attached to the sprue.
Pelle uses two .019 brass wires that are slid down the drilled upper and lower holes on the fence posts and secured with CA adhesive. He then secures a BRASS mesh the fence using CA.
Wedding Tulle is a mesh veil material that can be purchased at Michaels Craft Stores. It is identical to the mesh you would see on a security fence. Normally comes in gray or white. I have used the white tulle and airbrushed the entire fence once it was completed with a light gray. Pelle's book shows how this is done using the brass meshing.
Micronart is one company that makes etched brass fencing already completed.
http://micronart.com/HO_Scratch.html
I have included a couple of photos of my fence that I constructed not using the Walthers Fence kit since it was not available at the time. My fence was completely soldered using a template and wedding tulle.
Larry
Larry,
Picked up the book as recommended. Thanks for the tip - it looks to be an excellent guide for super detailing.
I'll update again soon as progress continues.
R
Had an hour downstairs this morning and I made some significant progress. Thanks to Pelle's tips I drilled out the Walther's fence posts with a pin vise and managed to assemble a fence for the first time. I couldn't find anyone with the brass wire 0.019" in stock, so I carefully used the cheap wire included with the Walther's kit.
I also tried the Woodland Scenics track markers to weather my rail - I'm reasonably happy with it, however I also tested spray painting the rails before assembly with Liquitex paint. The colours came out almost exactly alike and I like the consistency of the spray paint much more. Lesson learned when I decide to expand - paint the track in advance! I've posted a couple of pics below.
Odie
The CN Trackmobile moves some of the Ethanol cars onto the main for pickup by the local. Also visible is the track weathering attempt:
Very proud of this work so far: