08-29-2010, 08:15 AM
Hello,
Back at it since taking a break for a few months there. Going at it like gang busters too.
95% of the track for the layout has been painted. Just a couple of spurs left to do. I was getting tired of looking at the bare rails and naked wood ties. But. I wanted a quick and dirty way of getting it all painted which would allow me to move on to other things. While scanning the aisle of the local Home Depot, I spotted some "flat" or "matte" leather brown Tremclad Rust Spray Paint. Yep. I decided to give it a shot and did a three foot section to get started and was happy with the results, both color wise and ease of application. I did a few feet each night to keep the fumes down and eventually got most of it done. If anything the Tremclad provides a good base coat for other color applications as it seems to have bonded well with the Nickel Silver rail. I should have taken a close up shot of it...maybe next time.
Getting close to the completion of the pier for the harbor area as well as some ballasting for a good chunk of the track work.
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![[Image: DSC03994.jpg]](http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee118/tetters73/DSC03994.jpg)
If you look carefully, I've laid some small boards in between the planks. These boards are removable for now, as I will need to access the screws under these boards to remove the pier in order to stain it. I plan to do that today. I think I'll stain it a brown color to make it look "drier" then the piles used to support the main structure which I used a diluted creosote stain. Once I get it stained for the final time, I'll glue these boards in place, and place a bead of silicone underneath a retain wall structure that supports a good chunk of the pier. This will serve three purposes. It will act as an adhesive, it will allow me to spot the location for the remote Tortoise mount, decoder, and finally seal any gaps that the Envirotex might seep into when I am ready to pour the water...which is a long way away at this point.
The gap in between the pier and "dry land" will be filled by a wood block retaining wall, to also be installed sometime today as well. More to come in the days ahead.
Back at it since taking a break for a few months there. Going at it like gang busters too.
95% of the track for the layout has been painted. Just a couple of spurs left to do. I was getting tired of looking at the bare rails and naked wood ties. But. I wanted a quick and dirty way of getting it all painted which would allow me to move on to other things. While scanning the aisle of the local Home Depot, I spotted some "flat" or "matte" leather brown Tremclad Rust Spray Paint. Yep. I decided to give it a shot and did a three foot section to get started and was happy with the results, both color wise and ease of application. I did a few feet each night to keep the fumes down and eventually got most of it done. If anything the Tremclad provides a good base coat for other color applications as it seems to have bonded well with the Nickel Silver rail. I should have taken a close up shot of it...maybe next time.
Getting close to the completion of the pier for the harbor area as well as some ballasting for a good chunk of the track work.
If you look carefully, I've laid some small boards in between the planks. These boards are removable for now, as I will need to access the screws under these boards to remove the pier in order to stain it. I plan to do that today. I think I'll stain it a brown color to make it look "drier" then the piles used to support the main structure which I used a diluted creosote stain. Once I get it stained for the final time, I'll glue these boards in place, and place a bead of silicone underneath a retain wall structure that supports a good chunk of the pier. This will serve three purposes. It will act as an adhesive, it will allow me to spot the location for the remote Tortoise mount, decoder, and finally seal any gaps that the Envirotex might seep into when I am ready to pour the water...which is a long way away at this point.
The gap in between the pier and "dry land" will be filled by a wood block retaining wall, to also be installed sometime today as well. More to come in the days ahead.