'0' gauge- Another for the club.

[Dad-1]

Well the Club's shunting puzzle is complete, enough for me to pass on, so now a return to the Club's
'O' gauge test track loop.
I'm ballasting using a rough 50/50 mixture of Woodland Scenics medium mixed grey ballast and crushed
grey slate. Oh boy does the slate give off an unpleasant acidy smell when well soaked with a PVA/water
mix adhesive.

I've not been concerned with the lack of progress as I'm not really an 'O' person and with the club hall
being off limits due to the pandemic nobody is going to miss something they never had before !

For me I have started the other 'O' wagon kit with all the build going into my workbench thread. I still
think I ought to have either a 7 plank open, or a 16 ton steel mineral to make my short train. If I can't
get the couplings I require for '00' at least I can build 7 mm stuff as the kits include everything.

Geoff T.

[Dad-1]

This has been stalled for quite a while. Blame loss of drive and urgency.
Progress started again this last week. Drilling interference fit holes for my 65 x 3.35 mm
nail fence posts. I couldn't press in using my weight and a piece of wood, bent one nail
trying that. These have now been pressed in using an all steel 'G' clamp with a 100 mm
opening.
Ready for pressing.



All at 42 mm and roughly painted.



Adding a little grass - Still wet with PVA !!



Have to get a move on, Lock-Down ending soon, well soon by my layout building speed.
Although I have to buy more grass flock, I'm running low.

Geoff T.

[Dad-1]

Just over a Month, starting again.
This time I've worked on one of the end boards. A large gravel parking,
come yard space where the Jag sits. I'm intending permanently fixing the
car as although I love the presence of 7 mm scale there is no way I'll do
more in this scale.

With lots of wet grass. I believe Morse is investigating an unfortunate event.



I've already been asked is it a test track loop, or a layout ??? I don't know !!

Ahh yes, I need more paints to weather the outside of this 16 ton mineral kit.



Geoff T.

[Daniel]

Very nice done, Geoff.

Do you use also dry pastels or pastel powders for the weathering?

Daniel

[Dad-1]

Hi Daniel,

In short, no, I've never used anything other than enamel paints.
This is probably because of my age, in as much that when I started there were
few other options. Acrylic paint didn't exist, weathering powders had yet to be
produced, even with art (GCE 'O' level 1958) I don't recall pastels being around.
We had Wax Crayons, Poster Paints, Water Colours in tube, or solid block. As to
artists oil paints, they were far too expensive.

Perhaps it's being lazy, but I stay with what I know and understand.

Geoff T.

[Daniel]

Hi Daniel,

In short, no, I've never used anything other than enamel paints.
This is probably because of my age, in as much that when I started there were
few other options. Acrylic paint didn't exist, weathering powders had yet to be
produced, even with art (GCE 'O' level 1958) I don't recall pastels being around.
We had Wax Crayons, Poster Paints, Water Colours in tube, or solid block. As to
artists oil paints, they were far too expensive.

Perhaps it's being lazy, but I stay with what I know and understand.

Geoff T.

O.k. Geoff, I stamp your passport.
Enjoy!

Daniel

[Dad-1]

This has been very slow of late as the Cyno glue was not holding tensioned fishing nylon well.
Simply put aside 'pending', yesterday was so foul I continued and have managed to wire up one complete side.
In fact apart for the point change system and some track painting this board is finished.



By moving this off the lid of HS-2 shunting layout I can get to my W4 Peckett and try that on the new shunting loop.
Always nice to have so many jobs on the go you can choose as the mood suits !!
Having said that decorating the bedroom is arriving, starting this weekend.

Geoff T.