Logging/mining layout

[GWRman]

VERY niiiiiice, they look great. Well done that man.

Doug.

[Howqua]

Originally Posted by b12brother

The plaster I use for the molds is what we call electrician plaster. It's very fast it's hard in about 5 mins. but that depends on how many water I use. I fill the molds with it but I let it set in the molds about 20 mins. After the heat of the chemical reaction is gone the rock is ready to be used.

This plaster keeps it's humidity very long but it is wonderful to carve or give some other shapes without cracking or making a mess.
To "glue" the molded rocks on the grid I use filler plaster which isn't as fast and it's best to form when the surface is dry.
The powder of these two are very fine.

On the other part of the layout I used regular plaster but shaping is not that easy because the material is rougher. Carving it when wet, gives the rocks a too much rounded aspect and carving when dry, well it's too hard and big pices can come loose.
All 3 I used in my house. Electician plaster for quickly laying tubes in walls, the filler plaster, well as the name says it to fill cracks and the regular one to get straight and smooth wall.
Hope this can help you a bit.

I add an amount of dark brown acrylic paint to my plaster to avoid the white spots.

[LoudMusic]

I've been away from AMR for quite some time and have been scrolling through this thread for the past half hour or so. My jaw has been hanging open the whole time.

Excellent work!

I really wish I had the time, money, space, and patients to actually build my own layout. But viewing and reading about other people's work will have to suffice for now (:

[JackBlack]

Very nice job there Alain, well done.

[Roy Buchanan]

Outstanding work, Alain. I love the gondola and bullrush shot.

[b12brother]

Yes Keith, I should have added some color to the plaster, but finally the rest of scenery, grass, bushes or whatever will cover the few spots, so they will slowly disappear by time.
Next to do is ballast, greenery and install the building to fill the coal into the cars.
It will be something like that:
http://www.cohs.org/repository/Archi...b/cspr-321.jpg

The mine somewhere uphill and the coal coming down by conveyor or similar.

[JohnM]

Wow, that's a great layout you have there.

I really like the oil fueling station. Do you have any approximate dimensions? What did you use for the pipework, flanges, pump etc?

John

[b12brother]

Thanks for your interest John.
For the dimensions I'll have to get them as the tank itself dictated the length and width.
The tank is of an old Life-Like tank car, the piping is diam. 5mm plastic I used heat to form the bends, flanges are washers for M5 screws, the refill pump is a funny mix of a Kadee coupler box 2 brake cylinders and wheel from a car, the refill tube to couple to an oil tank car is 1,5mm2 cable.
The Locomotive oil-filler-crane is plastic tubing, washers and a chain.

Here the tank and the filler crane


The filler crane which base is from a broken Faller water crane


The structure is wood.
I'll get you the dimensions for wednesday.

[Roy Buchanan]

Very nice, Alain. I have to make at least two, so your info is timely. Well done.

[JackBlack]

Very nice Alain, well done.