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Fish Camp Co. Store/ 2014 LSC Challenge Build Log

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#81

I really like the look of this one Doc

#82

Dave, N.B., Marconi said:

I really like the look of this one Doc

Thanks Dave.

Tom

#83

Really looks good Doc! I don’t know which I like better, the building or the story!

#84

Frank Bailey said:

Really looks good Doc! I don’t know which I like better, the building or the story!

Thanks Frank. This is my first attempt at prototype modelling since involvement with model trains. The historical research has been as much fun as playing with the trains. The Little River RR was a fairly well documented line.

I will be checking the actual photos of Fish Camp Commissary to figure out how to place the front deck and side loading dock.

Doc Tom

#85

Colonel Townsend himself came to see how his crews were progressing with the placement of posts and beams for the front porch and loading dock of his new company store in Fish Camp.

He also wanted to see firsthand this peculiar phenomena his men called “weathering.” Seems a type of mountain fungus was changing the raw wood of his creation from a blonde yellow to a dingy gray brown practically overnight.

Col. Townsend is hoping the loggers won’t mind the look and maybe feel a little more at home when they come a shopping.

Doc Tom

#86

Boomer (Napkin Builder) K. said:

Doc

Your weathering is perfect. Nuff said.

Boomer

Thanks Boomer.

Thought you might like to know that Boss Crumb and Col. Townsend are looking for a Fireworks Distributor of some repute to sell said items in the new store.

They are also looking to sell some of those new fangled Paper Napkins.

Do y’all know of such??

Doc Tom

#87

looks nice and rustic great job.

#88

Wow that looks great and I love the weathering. I know where you can get some great Moonshine and real cheap just for you. :wink:

#89

Ron Tremblay said:

looks nice and rustic great job.

Thanks Ron. I love weathering perfectly good models . Doc Tom

#90

Shawn (napkin builder) Viggiano said:

Wow that looks great and I love the weathering. I know where you can get some great Moonshine and real cheap just for you. :wink:

Sign me up. The boys are REAL thirsty don’t you know. Doc Tom

#91

He also wanted to see firsthand this peculiar phenomena his men called “weathering.” Seems a type of mountain fungus was changing the raw wood of his creation from a blonde yellow to a dingy gray brown practically overnight.

Maybe he’ll find a way to package the fungus, and sell it down line as an offshoot of the lumbering business.

Great work Doc

#92

Dave, N.B., Marconi said:

Maybe he’ll find a way to package the fungus, and sell it down line as an offshoot of the lumbering business.

Great work Doc

Thanks Dave.I had toyed with the idea of letting the wood weather naturally outdoors in the elements. But the “weathering fungus” quickly overcame the project and nixed the idea of naturally aged wood.

Doc Tom

#93

Tom your weathering looks great, I love your technique, and looks. I like how you weathered the bottom part a little more than the top part. All wooden structures weather more from bottom to top with under the eaves complately different.
Dennis

#94

Dennis Rayon said:

Tom your weathering looks great, I love your technique, and looks. I like how you weathered the bottom part a little more than the top part. All wooden structures weather more from bottom to top with under the eaves complately different.
Dennis

Thanks Dennis. We still have a lot of wooden structures and sheds and barns here in Tennessee. Like you noted I have studied the weathering of boards from ground up to under the eaves. I tried to replicate that here.

Also a lot of the wooden structure and posts will be under a deck and loading dock. So I intentionally did that area darker as it will be in the damp shadows.

Thanks for being so observant.

Doc Tom

#95

Boomer (Napkin Builder) K. said:

Ahh explosives and alcohol…reflections of a misspent youth.

:slight_smile:

Boomer

Bottle rockets and a four foot piece of metal tubing created a wonderful bazooka for those in my teenage peer group. Totally crazy for those in our age group now!!!

Doc Tom

#96

Well, it can’t all be carpentry and wood working…somebody has got to do the grunt work and move some rock.

The ballast rock used on the Little River Rail Road is also used to blend the building into its base and the posts into the base.

To fix the ballast rock to the base, full strength Titebond III glue is placed and spread. The rock is sprinkled on in a non-uniform manner. A spray mister is used to mist the rock with wet water (H2O and a little dish washing soap). The glue moves by capillary action into all the rock.

I had read on these very electronic pages of modelers using Titebond III to fix ballast to large scale track. I hope this trick will work here and that the Titebond III is truly waterproof when this creation is moved outside in the elements.

#97

Very interesting.

#98

Boomer (Napkin Builder) K. said:

Doc it looks great but I am sorry to say that TB3 only rates as water resistant. It is the top of the Tite Bond line but if left in standing water or repeated soakings it will soften and let loose. I think E6K or even clear caulk is what you want.

Boomer

Thanks for the heads up Boomer. I had wondered about TB3’s water resistance. I also had never tried bonding track ballast before. The softening with immersion may be the reason very few report about it in discussions about track placement.

The craft sticks applied to insulating foam with TB3 seems to have worked in other structures out on the layout now for several years. I think the reason is they are elevated somewhat on drainage gravel.

I am hoping to place this structure too on a generous bed of drainage gravel to prevent it from being soaked at its feet.

LSC has some very talented and learned modelers and I enjoy the chance to share ideas around the electronic campfire. Sadly, I know of no other in my home town of Clarksville, TN. who plays with trains in the dirt and rain. It is good to have you guys to share ideas with.

Doc Tom

#99

It’s our pleasure, Doc. I get a kick out of your stories that go along with your builds…:wink:

#100

Looking good Doc. All my structures are held with TB3 and not a single problem in over 5 years. I think you have seen what my stuff has endured over the years. I think you will be fine. I just recently tried taking a building apart and had a hard time pulling it apart. Just make sure you soak it good with some Thompson water . My stuff gets a good soaking every fall.