The Carolina Sandhills Lines in HO Scale

[wm3798]

Apply a few washes of grimy green.  Could be just the ticket.



I saw a black car and want to paint it red...  That sort of thing.
That would give you the more correct color (which would also show up better in photos, by the way) as well as apply the necessary patina of age and use.

Lee

[Point353]

When I showed my wife pictures of the loader I used as inspiration, she said it was black.
So, I went with my wife’s suggestion, and flat black it is.

Flat black was a good choice.

[davefoxx]

That’s the exact same picture that I showed to my wife.  I do intend to weather it, though, because Lee is correct about solid black being difficult to photograph.

Thanks,
DFF

[packers#1]

That’s the exact same picture that I showed to my wife.  I do intend to weather it, though, because Lee is correct about solid black being difficult to photograph.

Thanks,
DFF

It’s also not going to stay perfectly flat black for long, especially in the South

[Chris333]

In that photo it looks brown to me. With a grey blower. And a blue chute.

Just sayin'. I don't care what color you paint it. 

[EJN]

Here is the image with color saturation pushed to an absurd level.
Definitely brown, chute is blue.

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[wazzou]

Just sayin'. I don't care what color you paint it. 

Ha, neither do I honestly.

[davefoxx]

Looks like Chris wins!  My wife did call the different color chute, but I knew there was no easy way to mask that off.   

DFF

[Missaberoad]

My only disagreement would be the blower (belt) housing is that ugly shade of industrial green that seems to be everywhere!

[Dave V]

My only disagreement would be the blower (belt) housing is that ugly shade of industrial green that seems to be everywhere!

I think that blower housing piece is the perfect candidate for a little salt-mask rust weathering a la @tom mann !

[davefoxx]

I think that blower housing piece is the perfect candidate for a little salt-mask rust weathering a la @tom mann !

Not gonna disagree with you there.

DFF

[davefoxx]

Minor update: Basic ground cover is applied around the wood chip loader.  Eventually, the base of the loader will be buried in more wood chips, but I need it to remain removable until I weather it.  I used sawdust from the chop saw’s dust bag for the spilled wood chips.  I like it.  I’ll probably go ahead and apply a coat of “chips” to the plastic loads in my fleet of open hoppers.



DFF

[wazzou]

Dave -

Just curious...in retrospect, would you have moved the mains inward somewhat to allow the pulpwood unloading/loading to occur on the same side as the chip loader, assuming the two are related?

[Missaberoad]

Two different customers in related industry.
Possibly using two spurs from unrelated past customers.
The pulpwood load out could even be a former or current (but monopolized) team track. A very common setup in the North Country.

I don't think it's that unbelievable that this setup would occur in the wild.

It's looking good Dave! Very inspiring how it's coming together!

[davefoxx]

Dave -

Just curious...in retrospect, would you have moved the mains inward somewhat to allow the pulpwood unloading/loading to occur on the same side as the chip loader, assuming the two are related?

I think of them as two different customers that aren't necessarily just across the tracks from one another.  Selective compression at play.  The wood chip loader is a private company, but I think of the pulpwood siding as being for community use or a Mom & Pop company.  Something like this:



That said, even if this were planned from the beginning of construction, there’s no room to move the mainline in.  And, I like the added ops action of having the two sidings on either side of the main.

Thanks,
DFF