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[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]//-->OSeptember ’02 • Issue #4 • US $8.00ScaleTrainsModelingfor theO ScaleCraftsmanA. Louis Ertz's West Tennessee CentralOST Interviews Reed Artim, O Scale RealtyWorking Windows& Hatches... Part 4Detailing a WeaverGP 38-2Chicago ContestPhotosNew Column...Proto48 ModelingAnd lots more...US $8 • Can $10$10oreMlorCoModelingfor theO ScaleCraftsmanIssue #4September 2002Editor/PublisherJoe GiannovarioArt DirectorJaini SimonContributing EditorsBobber GibbsJohn C. SmithGene DeimlingOFeatures41113213047495214163740404244464654ScaleTrainsThe West Tennessee CentralA very large, beautiful layout by A. Louis Ertz.Working Windows, Hatches & Doors - Part 4Harry concludes the series with drip rails and wing windows.A Locomotive Servicing BayA simple workspace from Neville Rossiter.Subscription Rates: 6 issuesUnited StatesUS$36Canada/MexicoUS$50OverseasUS$75Mastercard & Visa acceptedCall 610-321-0858 duringEastern time business hoursDealers write for terms.Advertisers write for informationor visit our website.O Scale Trains ISSN 1536-9528www.oscalemag.comPublished bimonthly (6 times a year) byO Scale Trains Magazine,PO Box 238, Lionville PA 19353-0238© 2002 OST All Rights ReservedPrinted in the U.S.A.Contributors:O Scale Trainswelcomes your feature articles, photos, anddrawings. Such material should be sent to theabove address for possible publication. If weaccept, you will be notified immediately. Formore information concerning article preparationguidelines, please send an SASE to the aboveaddress and request our “Guide For Authors” orvisit our website.An Interview With Reed Artim, O Scale RealtyIf you need a custom structure, Reed’s the “go to” guy.Caboose ConversionGary Woodard makes an 8 wheeler out of two fours.Carmer “Push Type” Uncoupling LeversEd Bommer is back with how to model a unique detailChicago O National Contest PhotosOur editors snapped the pix and got the best of the best.Detailing A Weaver GP 38-2Richard Madonna shows us how it’s done. And it’s easy, too!DepartmentsNarrow Minded – Bobber GibbsProduct News & ReviewsReader Feedback – Letters to the EditorO Scale Hall of Fame – Frank EllisonBuy, Sell, Trade AdsCrapola From The Cupola – John C. SmithProto48 Modeling – Gene DeimlingEvents ListingAdvertiser IndexObservations – Joe GiannovarioO Scale Trains •3COVER:Big motive power is common on theWest Tennessee Central. Center stage is anN&W Y6b flanked by a C&O H7 and a PRR Q2.CENTERSPREAD - Pg 28:Another scene fromthe West Tennessee Central. Multiple lashupsare called for on the 1.5% upgrade coming outof Deadwood.Louis Ertz'sWestTennesseeCentralRailroadA. LOUIS ERTZ, JR.History of the West Tennessee CentralRailroad, An O Scale Model RailroadThe addition to the house (24' x 57')was built in 1980 after many track planswere drawn. The idea was to have a lay-out that I could be inside the railroadwith a walkway along the main andhave no “duck-unders.”One main line is a “folded dog bone”and the second main is a simple loop.The two “mains” can be interchanged atthe Dead Wood grade up from thelower loop main to the longer foldeddog bone loop. There are several lift outpanels for service to the layout areawhere it is impossible to reach from theoutside of the bench work.The bench work is L-girder con-struction with 2"x4" joists, screwed upfrom the L portion of the box grid, intothe 2"x4". Risers then were screwedand glued to the 2"x4"s up to the properlevel of the subroadbed and fastened tothe plywood (3/4" birch) subroadbed4•O Scale Trainswith screws, using a 11⁄2" x 11⁄2" x 3"long aluminum angle at each joint. Theroadbed I used was a milled sprucepiece with beveled edges 6' long. Tomake all the curved roadbed, I sawedslots in the road bed and screwed andglued this to the subroadbed.Next, all the ties were hand laid byspreading thinned Elmer’s Yellow Glueover a 10'-15' long section of roadbedand then placing the ties. I used waxpaper over the ties and a piece of ply-wood cut to match the curve and placeda weight on the top of the plywood atseveral locations. This was done toinsure that the ties were seated in theglue and the top of the ties would beready to receive the rail. All the rail ishand spiked, using 4 spikes per tie.Nickel silver code 148 rail was usedwith steel rail on the grades.Turnouts were then located (mostwere built by Earl R. Eshleman) andlined up with the track and then spikeddown on roadbed cut to match theturnout. Turnout switch point links werethen installed. I used KTM, twin coilswitch machines (82) and to this date,after 22 years, have had no failures.SceneryThe scenery was the most enjoyablepart of building the layout. As an archi-tect, it was easy for me to envision thetopography, the mountains, rivers,ponds, roads, building locations,bridges, and tunnels. So I set to work. Iused 1"x2" wood for strength on thecardboard vertical contours of the hillsand cuts. These cardboard contourswere spaced about a foot apart, formingan outline of what the mountain, cut orhill would look like. Then pieces ofcardboard cut into 11⁄2" wide strips wereglued to the cardboard contours, usingstaples to hold the joints until the gluedried. Over this a cardboard strip wasplaced 90° to the horizontal strips, form-ing an apple pie crust design. The card-board strips are placed about 4" apart.Over the horizontal and vertical card-board strips brown craft paper wasglued to the maze of strips. Most piecesof craft paper were cut to fit one or twoopenings, then glued into place. (Note:Butcher’s brown paper, not the waxcoated type, makes the best material)After the craft paper was glued inplace, I then gave it a coat of varnish.After the varnish dried, I then applied acoat of Elmer’s White Glue (thinned).The hydrocal plaster will stick to theglue finish, but not the varnish whichwas used to waterproof the paper.Now for the fun part... plaster work! Iused hydrocal plaster giving you a 6 or7 minute work time before it starts toharden. White hydrocal gypsum cementprovides exceptional strength for pro-ducing ornamentation with durable finedetail. It is recommended for thin cast-ings and those made from intricate latexmolds. The rock face was made bymaking a latex rubber mold from a largepiece of coal about 2' long x 1' highthereby giving a natural structure to therock face. The molds were curved orbent to give a different shape to the rockface as needed. Then the coal face wasbroken off and another mold made todevelop a new rock face and so on. Carewas given in joining castings so as notto look like pieces of plaster molds werejust stuck together. Plaster fill wasinserted as needed when rock moldingswere set and strata lines were carvedinto the joint plaster and into the twoadjoining castings. Rock castings wereplaced by pressing the rubber mold(with wet plaster inside) into place andholding until you could feel the warmset-up reaction. All plaster was drymixed with color in the plaster (you canget many choices of colors at the localO Scale Trains •5 [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]