Back side of bridge with first shot of weathering. Used Vallejo German black/brown, Model Master rust, MIG extreme rust wash and then highlights with MIG standard rush pigment. Going to add earth highlights and a hint of MIG moss green wash to finish it off.
I am extremely impressed!!!! That looks wonderful and so realistic. Weathering brings the realism forward by leaps and bounds.
Solid night's work with the crew last evening. Bob completed the piping project with the addition of the platform at the valve station. He then began to stage the mill and other structures. Scott was busy in the back 40 (SW corner) completing the fascia and installing tortoise switch machines. Doug was a tree planting fool, adding a ton of trees in the back 40 and along the center island. Ed and I worked on the track installation for the Cedar River Bridge. In actuality he worked, I fetched stuff and cleaned up my mess from three months of work in the area (you can actually see track on the lower staging yard). Looks like it's always been there. Reynold was busy with a CNW boxcar that we'll show next week. That's it for now, thanks for checking in. M
For those who follow this thread, you will recall on a recent vacation I built the railroad bridge that crosses the Cedar River in Renton, just before reaching the Boeing plant. Here is the prototype, with picture credit to Hanson-inc.com. I just finished painting my bridge, I think I got the color pretty close. I used Model Master Hellblau (gray blue). Here's where it will go once we have the riverbed built and the abutments in. Fun project.
Working on the Boeing bridge this morning. Built the thru plate out of styrene, now creating the perimeter fence out of .032 brass. I will solder the stanchions to the railings later.
Time to fabricate the walkway railing. First was to cut all the uprights to just a bit more than 48" HO, then after taping one end together in parallel, I put them in a vise and grind then to same height and a flat edge using a Dremel. Then I put together a quick jig using scrap wood and a piece of homasote. I transferred the location of the uprights from the model to the homasote and taped the rail and the uprights in place. Now some flux, a little heat and some solder. I'll add the second rail on this piece after this step is complete and we should have a railing.
Both rails soldered, used some steel wool to take off excess solder and hit with light filing to get the hard to reach areas. Test fit in place. M
