Wow Dave. That is looking great. I’m wondering if you are going to paint, or maybe dip in stain. Getting into all those recesses with paint would be a challenge.
Well Jon… I’ve been wondering that my self… Haven’t given it much thought…
Ideas Guys?.. And what color or cast?
Dave;
A third option is to leave it unfinished. That is what I did for my Brandywine & Gondor RR hatchling dragon transport (below). The premise was that the timber would be reused for other building projects after all the young dragons were transported to the training site. (Once they were emotionally linked with a dragon rider and fully trained, they would be mature enough to fly back to Minas Tirith.) You could use a similar back story, like, this is an experimental car and paint would hide stresses to the wood which could show up during the initial service phase.
Just a thought, David Meashey
Truly an impressive build
Oh,… BTW 1/16" rod scales out to be 1 1/4" in 1:20.3… The D&RGW Wood frame cars, all had 1 1/4" Truss rod ends threaded and welded to the thru running 1 1/8" actual rod size. the size at the turnbuckles was still 1 1/8" threaded Left and Right.
On a typical post 1923 car… three of the truss rods were the same shape and drop, with right hand threads, And the matching three, for the other end had Left hand threads. One truss rod set, had about 4" deeper drop to them, to give clearance to the brake cylinder, and there was a right and left hand threaded ends…
And a 15 foot length of 1 1/8-1 1/4 steel rod is a real PITA to install while laying on your back under a car… 3-4 person is best to handle safely.
Dave T.
I think a stain dip may be the easiest. You can get Cabot sample cans at big box; maybe mix with linseed oil to stretch it out. You will need a lot to fill a dip tank. Ink & alcohol would probably be cheaper.
This is a cool build, very nice!
I use a mixture of Kiwi black leather dye and alcohol on all unpainted wood for a stained/aged look,bstter than ink IMO(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-smile.gif)
@ RicK… is that a lot like MicroMark’s “Age It”? in gray?
I’m now leaning towards a wash effect, which I can also give it some tonal and usage look…
Can traditional “Oil Base Stains” be diluted down and mixed with de-natured Alcohol ?
Dave T.
Yes Dave. I won’t attest to them all but I had some minwax stain that started to coagulate and used alcohol to thin it.
Dave, I can’t answer any of your questions because I haven’t used that or done that. I have been using the dye/alcohol mixture on everything for 25 years. Because I have a grungy backwoods railroad in 1939 every thing gets the wash. buildings, rolling stock, vehicles, figures, everything no matter the material, wood plastic metal all painted surfaces. I just like the way it makes things look aged and used but not abandoned.
If you go to my MIK build thread and look at the last 2 pictures you can see the effect on Redwood. The tank and the trestle are stained but the platform is raw wood.
Dave, I’ve used both the micro mark wash and Rick’s black dye solution. The leather shoes dye definitely has a much darker look ( mine was 50/50 black dye and alcohol). Black looked to me like a nice tie color, while the micro mark stuff just didn’t get far enough.
Order of dark to light
Black leather dye (50/50)
Mini wax ibony color (full)
Micro mark age it
India ink (drops?)
Craig Townsend said:
Dave, I’ve used both the micro mark wash and Rick’s black dye solution. The leather shoes dye definitely has a much darker look ( mine was 50/50 black dye and alcohol). Black looked to me like a nice tie color, while the micro mark stuff just didn’t get far enough.
Order of dark to light
Black leather dye (50/50)
Mini wax ibony color (full)
Micro mark age it
India ink (drops?)
I usually use about a 25/75 mixture but will double coat for a darker color or thin it for more subtile tones.
Got a bit of work done, well actually more then what shows… I got the mounting pins and receivers fro the center drop car mounted, and the correct spacers to keep the center off the track.
I haven’t a clue as to the correct name for that mount would be,… maybe a RR 5th wheel?
Anybody know the correct term?
Dave T.
Looks like a wooden peg in a round hole to me … just sayin’ (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)I’ve been wondering how you were gonna make that connection. Simplicity at its core.
Trucking we call it a kingpin, and the part your trucks are mounted on is called a jeep . Don’t know why, so your car has 2 jeeps, and the king pins attach the jeeps to the drop center
Edited because autocorrect is an idiot.
They look nothing like jeeps
Devon Sinsley said:
They look nothing like jeeps
I think Pete has been visiting Jim’s still (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
Dan Hilyer said:
Devon Sinsley said:
They look nothing like jeeps
I think Pete has been visiting Jim’s still (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
jeep small “j”, not Jeep capital “J”
Your super duty car looks SUPER! It looks almost done. What are you going to do for the next few weeks?
I like the idea of diluting either an ink or a stain and spraying it on.