Weekend Update 8/30/20

[dem34]

Tim, where the heck did you find those Lysol wipes.  There are none around here since April!  They are more scarce that toilet paper!

Think the answer is Canadian restraint.

[Dave V]

Think the answer is Canadian restraint.

All that stuff seems to be available in Colorado these days.

[peteski]

All that stuff seems to be available in Colorado these days.

Maybe it will all eventually trickle down to the New England region. 

[mu26aeh]

Decals arrived today for Truck 1, so I went to work on that.  Still need to finish the passenger side, and do some striping work.

[nkalanaga]

sd45elect2000:  Since the MILW's own paint didn't always match, and I know the BN shops had the same issues with Cascade Green, would you say that Tamiya X6 is close enough as-is?

[BCR 570]

Tim, where the heck did you find those Lysol wipes.  There are none around here since April!  They are more scarce that toilet paper!

I purchased them at my local grocery store months ago when they were rare around these parts too.  I went in early one morning and there was a case of them sitting on the floor.  They never made it onto the shelves; I got the last one or two and they were gone.  They seem to be available regularly now.

One small disadvantage of angling my control panels is that they collect dust and I have had trouble cleaning them around and in between all the toggle witches.  The wipes did a great job of cleaning them and made them look new.

Tim

[Bryn]

The paint we had in the storeroom in Milwaukee didn't even match. I wouldn't be too concerned as long as its close. We got boxcar loads of paint from the storerooms in Tacoma when they closed the West end, not even close to what we had in Milwaukee.

Now I can believe that, combined with natural weathering there was an endless variation of dirty orange.

sd45elect2000:  Since the MILW's own paint didn't always match, and I know the BN shops had the same issues with Cascade Green, would you say that Tamiya X6 is close enough as-is?

I did try neat X6 when I sprayed my MP151AC, I felt it was too vibrant and it required a red filter and then dark weathering to make it look realistic. It was like a high gloss automotive paint, it just didn't scale down to model form. To save on having to add too many layers, this is why I decided to try get a closer generic Milw orange which looks right next to the matt black I use. When both are then hit with a dullcote they look right next to each other.

[John]

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[sd45elect2000]

sd45elect2000:  Since the MILW's own paint didn't always match, and I know the BN shops had the same issues with Cascade Green, would you say that Tamiya X6 is close enough as-is?

Honestly I've always used Scalecoat Milwaukee orange. I do have a coupe of bottles of Tru Color but I haven't used it yet. I have to admit that I am unfamiliar with Tamiya paint.

If it looks right to you , it's probably OK.

We had a paint in Milwaukee that chalked horribly, it was hideous. Everytime you walked along the running boards you "cleaned" a spot off. Then they had us putting Shinola on the chalked paint, it looked like shiny chalked paint.

[sd45elect2000]

Now I can believe that, combined with natural weathering there was an endless variation of dirty orange.

I did try neat X6 when I sprayed my MP151AC, I felt it was too vibrant and it required a red filter and then dark weathering to make it look realistic. It was like a high gloss automotive paint, it just didn't scale down to model form. To save on having to add too many layers, this is why I decided to try get a closer generic Milw orange which looks right next to the matt black I use. When both are then hit with a dullcote they look right next to each other.

I recall the MP15s were more red than the orange we had in stock. They were painted at EMD, not at the Milwaukee shops. I think later Milw switched to the EMD tint.

[sd45elect2000]

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I had a little time to paint these tiny little shelters that used to dot Wisconsin landscape.

Randy

[sd45elect2000]

Better picture...

[Bill H]

I've been building structures for the N scale Colorado Midland 2.0.  This is this week's progress:

Wild West Scale Models Kokomo House.  The prototype for this structure now rests at the bottom of the tailings pond for the Climax Molybdenum Mine.  These Wild West Scale Models kits are pretty amazing.  However, they're far from an easy build.  I counted something like 37 pieces goinginto that front wall alone.  I built it in about 2 days.

My Wild West Miner's Exchange structure did not survive transplant.  It had issues anyway...it was the first of the WWSM kits I'd built and I didn't reinforce it well.  Back when I first installed it I flooded the scenery around it with alcohol presoak and the walls wicked it right up and warped so bad the walls popped and curled.  I had to hide it with trees, LOL.  So no great loss.   Glad the little orange Last Chance Saloon came out just fine.  Anyway, I'm planning out the upper-level town (which will still represent Aspen):

Oh, and a Wild West Scale Models "Don's Dry Goods" kit as the Basalt railroad hotel.  Hundreds of pieces went into this structure from individual stair risers and individual window panes to individual roof rafters and individual shingles.

Hi Dave;
What color did you use for the sidewalk or flooring  (what your thumb is touching) on the hotel / dry goods? Was that wood or plastic. I have some evergreen scribed flooring for a covered loading dock, that needs some paint and that color/effect would be perfect.

Kind regards,
Bill

[Dave V]

In order to preserve the staircase and to prevent scenic cement from wicking up the walls, I manufactured a base out of black styrene that I then spray painted with camouflage tan spray paint from Rustoleum.

[Bill H]

In order to preserve the staircase and to prevent scenic cement from wicking up the walls, I manufactured a base out of black styrene that I then spray painted with camouflage tan spray paint from Rustoleum.

Hi Dave:
Thanks. By Rustoleum camo tan - did you mean their sand or their khaki?

Kind regards,
Bill