Rainier Great Western Const Update

Thanks, very laborious. The prospect of 5 more sides to do is very daunting.

Question, is there a consensus on whether I should do all 6 sides, or merely those that can be seen from the front of the table?

M

 

Those rivets look great! Never would have known they were decals if you hadn't said.

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Second side complete.



Now the fun part, inside the bridge.....

 

Last night we had a Spartan crew. Ed was busy with NMRA business, Doug had the grandkids and Scott was being celebrated as a volunteer at the Museum of Flight. Cool stuff all.

For the rest of us, Wain rocked the turntable area. He started by spraying multiple colors; Umber, tan and gray on the bowl. Between each application he hit the surface with our hair dryer.



It really took shape fast:





As the evening drew to a close he started adding the fascia:



While Bob was doing some fine tuning on the piping, I added trees where the inspiration hit me.



I also filled in the footings under the bridge abutments.





It was a solid evening's work. More next week. M

 

Great work!!! JMS

 

Thanks John, slowly but surely it comes together. Finished the primary decals on the bridge last night. Now the cross bracing gets added in and some minor decals on the rivet plates. Then I can paint, rust it up and get it in place. M

 

Just completed the underside x-bracing and decals. Last step before painting, the topside.

 

Topside and end caps done. Final decaling in progress.

 

Marathon decal session is complete. Tomorrow the paint booth.



I want it to be at least a year before I have to decal another rivet!

 

thats a lot of rivets . . . but a great looking result!

 

Thanks Phil, appreciate you following our progress. M

 

Just a little taste of what happened last night. Bridge painted, track laid, clearance test passes with flying colors.

 

Thanks Ken

 

Back to biz as usual last night, everyone able to be there and lots of stories to share. Bob made progress on the piping to the chip loader; getting it painted and installing the stanchion.





Wain and Scott completed the turntable fascia, including the holes for the turnout controls.



Doug added more scenery and trees along the SW wall:



Reynold completed this elegant Wisconsin Central boxcar:



Yours truly, with Ed's track expertise, put the bridge in place for testing.



A pretty solid night's work. Thanks for checking in. M

 

No worries Alan. I'm never over there, just was looking around via tapatalk.