reports from my workbench and elsewhere ..
This folder contains some of my LGB projects this year.
Nov 01, 2022 : Doors in place and the LGB saga is over for this time. The plan was to create a little loop around on my shelfs in the cave, but I had enough. This was fun, but I am done. Next adventure is a new On30 layout.
Oct 23, 2022 : Doors are now finally done and painted! Next is mounting them up with hinges.
Oct 19, 2022 : First pair of doors near finished. Added first test paint on the doors. Light green looks nice I think.
Also painted the hinges. Could have ordered them black, but wouldn´t have the fun of painting them
Oct 16, 2022 : Doors well on the way. Last pictures shows how they fit in the shed. These coffee stirrers I have had for years. I was able to order 3-4 boxes full of them through my local foodstore. That is a life supply I guess, only opened first so far and not even ha
Oct 09, 2022 : Windows, Verge boards and some décor lists in place. Only doors remains now. Getting there .. Making windows this size is much easier when in O scale later, that is for sure..
Oct 05, 2022 : Put on a black/brown wash with lots of matt medium in. This time I used Tamiya acrylics there the matt medium really works! On my screen it looks like there is some tiny shine, but in real life it is now complete flat.
Oct 02, 2022 : Glued on last ridge pan last night, so I could put on some paint today. First I intended to paint only orange and then add red´ish paint randomly, but it got way to bright, so on last picture it is mostly red in there. Matt medium is added to the mix, bu
Sep 25, 2022 : Have been gluing on a piece of roof tiles now and then, but this weekend I got a good look at it - and did not like what I saw.. So I did rip it all up again and started over. Better now, then regret it later on. This time I did decrease the size of th...
Sep 16, 2022 : My hobby really is like a fork, it spreads out in different directions ... Just started ordering up some american On30 equipment with the intention to build a TimeSaver or railyard shifter. But, .. my hobby room / man cave has since the pandemic turned..
Aug 03, 2022 : Paint has dried so I tried out some track this evening. Looks good I think. Changed the trackplan a bit so I have room for a water tank in middle back and a platform outside of front track. The second engine shed not finished yet, just using it here...
Aug 02, 2022 : Didn´t build one thing during vacation, except some CAD drawings, which was fun, but not part of the new layout.. However, this evening when home again I did clean up a bit, cut out new foam sheets and painted them a base green colour. The new layout...
Jun 27, 2022 : Added first layer of paint. Got way to dark. Want to lighten it up a bit, we´ll see. Made first trackplan this evening. Not very fancy, in principal as much track as possible with two engine houses..
Jun 24, 2022 : Testing out walls and roof before glueing in place.
Jun 24, 2022 : A bit further on the walls.
Jun 15, 2022 : Roof trusses done. Started on the walls.
Jun 11, 2022 : First row of roof trusses done. Second in progress.
Jun 10, 2022 : .
Jun 07, 2022 : Walls are up. Started on the roof.
Jun 05, 2022 : Had another period of low energy but today I got started on the second shed. Cans with bamboo shots turned out to be excellent glueing weights.. I wanted the second shed to be a bit higher than the first and that was a good idea, else the tender....
May 20, 2022 : First shed is now finished as long as it will be without hinges. So time for the second one. Last picture is what I had in mind. If it actually ends there is not decided .. The new shed will be 30 * 70 cm, also for two locos.
May 20, 2022 : Had some thinking about how to proceed with the hinges. Decided I really wanted them to be ´real-life-looking´, so made some freelance hinges in CAD today and ordered them from ShapeWays. First I intended to order them in the cheapest metal they have,.
May 16, 2022 : Put on some paint on the the doors and let them dry on the balcony. They refused to stand up straight without hinges... guess I can´t blame them.
May 15, 2022 : Doors finished. Only needs paint and hinges now.
May 09, 2022 : Roof vents got there own roof now. Started on the windows.
May 09, 2022 : Slow progress but forward, Added vindskivor (wind boards?) to the roof sides and the vents are getting there.
May 07, 2022 : Started with the roof vents today. Not sure about the design, it is growing as I build them..
May 06, 2022 : It all started when I was at the hospital, right after surgery. I was still there, on observation for a week and David, our oldest son got me into Railroads Online. RO is a great game/visual program you can buy for only 30 euro at "Steam". While at the ho
May 05, 2022 : Complete roof finished and painted. Not sure about the roof paint looks to bright. Maybe it should be a darker gray.. On to the next step.
May 03, 2022 : Finished first half of the roof today. When both halves done this will be painted in a flat middle gray with some white dry brushing on top.
May 01, 2022 : Fixing up my old locoshed for the LGB trains and news for 2022 !!