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Re: Weekend Update 6/21/20
« Reply #45 on: June 22, 2020, 08:01:35 AM »
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Quote from: Jim Starbuck on June 22, 2020, 07:04:33 AM
For strapping over the stack could you use flat brass wire?
It could be bent over the edge of the stack and down to the stake pockets on the car then a short tab bent vertically down to poke into the pocket.
Glued to the load the whole thing could be lifted off in one piece. The wire would stay straight depicting tension from the edge of the stack down to the stake pockets.
Just a thought.

I think this is an option worth exploring.
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Re: Weekend Update 6/21/20
« Reply #46 on: June 22, 2020, 09:51:54 AM »
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Quote from: Jim Starbuck on June 22, 2020, 07:04:33 AM
For strapping over the stack could you use flat brass wire?
It could be bent over the edge of the stack and down to the stake pockets on the car then a short tab bent vertically down to poke into the pocket.
Glued to the load the whole thing could be lifted off in one piece. The wire would stay straight depicting tension from the edge of the stack down to the stake pockets.
Just a thought.

Jim

I'm into that idea!

Any product recommendations? Everything I was turning up on Amazon was too wide (5mm generally).
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Re: Weekend Update 6/21/20
« Reply #47 on: June 22, 2020, 10:05:59 AM »
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I have some narrow brass flat but I’ll have to check on the mfg when I get home from work.
I think it’s Detail Associates.
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Re: Weekend Update 6/21/20
« Reply #48 on: June 22, 2020, 10:17:28 AM »
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Yes - Detail Associates has flat brass in very small sizes. 0.010" is the thinnest, however, which still may be too thick to emulate strapping.
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Re: Weekend Update 6/21/20
« Reply #49 on: June 22, 2020, 09:17:12 PM »
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Well, the weekend is over but 90 percent of the work on these two was done yesterday, so it still counts right?  :D Couple of crusty work trucks, a Mack AC tank truck and a 31 Chevy dump truck. I'll use the tank truck around my smudge oil tanks, along with a small pump shed and some smudge pots scattered around. I spent ten minutes getting that old Woodland Scenics FLAMMABLE dry transfer in place and perfect, and after I weathered it its barely legible. Oh well!









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Re: Weekend Update 6/21/20
« Reply #50 on: June 22, 2020, 09:28:25 PM »
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Quote from: robwill84 on June 22, 2020, 09:17:12 PM
Well, the weekend is over but 90 percent of the work on these two was done yesterday, so it still counts right?  :D Couple of crusty work trucks, a Mack AC tank truck and a 31 Chevy dump truck. I'll use the tank truck around my smudge oil tanks, along with a small pump shed and some smudge pots scattered around. I spent ten minutes getting that old Woodland Scenics FLAMMABLE dry transfer in place and perfect, and after I weathered it its barely legible. Oh well!



Just noticed I forgot to paint the headlight lenses on the Mack truck silver!
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Re: Weekend Update 6/21/20
« Reply #51 on: June 23, 2020, 01:55:05 AM »
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I use graphics striping tape for strapping.  It used to be available at any office supply store, but would probably have to be ordered today, if it's even made anymore.

For holding loads down, I'm low-tech:  Double-sided clear plastic tape from Walmart.  Be sure to get the removable kind, not carpet tape!
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Re: Weekend Update 6/21/20
« Reply #52 on: June 23, 2020, 09:49:49 AM »
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Chartpak tape is still available.
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Re: Weekend Update 6/21/20
« Reply #53 on: June 23, 2020, 10:58:11 AM »
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Quote from: nkalanaga on June 23, 2020, 01:55:05 AM
I use graphics striping tape for strapping.  It used to be available at any office supply store, but would probably have to be ordered today, if it's even made anymore.

For holding loads down, I'm low-tech:  Double-sided clear plastic tape from Walmart.  Be sure to get the removable kind, not carpet tape!

Quote from: wpsnts on June 23, 2020, 09:49:49 AM
Chartpak tape is still available.

Loads won't be (easily, if at all) removable with graphic tape. The flat brass would work. For thinner/narrower brass straps, look at etched brass details--might find something to repurpose.
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Re: Weekend Update 6/21/20
« Reply #54 on: June 23, 2020, 11:05:08 AM »
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Quote from: DKS on June 23, 2020, 10:58:11 AM
Loads won't be (easily, if at all) removable with graphic tape. The flat brass would work. For thinner/narrower brass straps, look at etched brass details--might find something to repurpose.

Try this, which allows repositioning:



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Re: Weekend Update 6/21/20
« Reply #55 on: June 23, 2020, 11:12:50 AM »
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Oscar has been tacked onto the Silver Star.  Hahahahahahaha!!!



I replaced the couplers with Sergent Engineering couplers and added the grab irons.  The wheelsets were narrow in gauge, but when I gauged them properly, Oscar then had more of a tendency to ride up on the rails in curved trackage and then lurch through the curve.  I narrowed the gauge to just under "in gauge," and that seems to have found the happy medium between climbing the rails and jumping over turnout frogs.  My experience with N scale locomotives (especially Atlas SD35s and SD50s) and Atlas #5 turnouts paid off. :P  Ultimately, I would like to replace these plastic wheelsets with metal wheelsets, but I need to figure out what fits.  Some replacement Kadee wheelsets that I have in my inventory have longer axles.

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Re: Weekend Update 6/21/20
« Reply #56 on: June 23, 2020, 10:06:31 PM »
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Wrapping up Jack's Mountain instead of working on my dissertation  :D


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Re: Weekend Update 6/21/20
« Reply #57 on: June 23, 2020, 10:26:34 PM »
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The colors came out really well, nicely done!
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Re: Weekend Update 6/21/20
« Reply #58 on: June 23, 2020, 10:32:14 PM »
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Quote from: PiperguyUMD on June 23, 2020, 10:06:31 PM
Wrapping up Jack's Mountain instead of working on my dissertation  :D


What brand of Static grass did you use, been having trouble finding a good wintry mix.
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Re: Weekend Update 6/21/20
« Reply #59 on: June 24, 2020, 08:13:33 AM »
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Here's my recipe:

2mm BURNT GRASS STATIC GRASS FLOCK - WD0633
2mm LIGHT GREEN STATIC GRASS FLOCK - WD0634
6mm AUTUMN GOLD STATIC GRASS 2.6 oz. (75g) - HK3371
10mm AUTUMN GOLD STATIC 50g/1.75 oz. - HK3378

Mix and apply with a Harbor Freight electric fly swatter  :P
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