Wooden ore cars

[Ray Dunakin]

I have used plain music wire and just coated it with graphite from a regular #2 pencil.
Marty

That is a good tip!

Until the tip breaks. Then it's just pointless.   

[finescalerr]

Ray, go stand in the corner! -- ssuR

[TRAINS1941]

Hauk

Beautiful work.

Jerry

[Sami]

Beautiful details !

[Ray Dunakin]

Ray, go stand in the corner! -- ssuR

Already on my way.   

[Hauk]

A little more work has been done on the wooden parts. Sides for the first wagon has been glued together. I thought this was gong to be a demanding process, but it turned out that it was far easier to glue them together than I thought. The challenge was to keep the tongues and grooves visible on the ends, since these will have the ends of the board visible.

The process I followed was to spread a thin film of white glue on a plate of glass, and carefully touch it with the tongue of the board. This way glue was only applied to the top of the tongue, and with a little care no glue oozed out between the boards. I was careful to not apply glue to the last 3-4 mm at each end of the boards to avoid that the glue hides the tongue and grooves. After working so hard with the T&G boards, it would be a shame to hide them under glue!







I also had to do all final sanding and painting before assembling the ends for the same reason. I am happy that the T&G´s are visible on the final parts. It is a quite subtle detail only seen by hawk-eyed observers and in extreme close ups, but I like it! (And it was fun to work out how to make scale T&G boards)

By the way, I changed my mind regarding the red on the sides and settled for a more plain boxcar red. I also used a slightly less thinned paint (Humbrol no. 70 cut with 25% white spirits). Before I brush painted on the red, I stained all sides of the wood with two coats of Silverwood thinned 25% with isopropanol.

Next up is to add all the brass hardware to the sides.

[Ray Dunakin]

The T&G boards are amazing, and look great!

[lab-dad]

I for one would like to see the milling process for the tongue & groove joints!
-marty

[TRAINS1941]

That looks great.  Nice work.

Jerry

[Hauk]

I for one would like to see the milling process for the tongue & groove joints!
-marty

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[finescalerr]

Most satisfactory. By the way, fluorescent lighting makes SilverWood disappear. I would hate to see that beautiful weathered wood revert to its original appearance. -- Russ

[Bill Gill]

Hauk, Groovy woodwork! My tongue is hanging out just admiring the results!

"By the way, fluorescent lighting makes SilverWood disappear. I would hate to see that beautiful weathered wood revert to its original appearance." -- Russ
Russ! You're becoming a conservator. Also not light fast is the 'popular' concoction of steel wool dissolved in vinegar, and even though the effect is not as nice, some so called India inks are also not light fast as they seem to have an iron component rather than just some form of carbon black

[Chuck Doan]

Those boards are excellent. Well worth the effort.

[Hauk]

Most satisfactory. By the way, fluorescent lighting makes SilverWood disappear. I would hate to see that beautiful weathered wood revert to its original appearance. -- Russ

Ouch, what timeframe are we talking here? Months, years, decades?
And what about daylight?
My models has the privilege of beeing displayed in the living room, which has a lot of  daylight.

[Hauk]

Those boards are excellent. Well worth the effort.

Thanks, Chuck! By the way, is it true what Russ is saying about our mutual friend mr. Silverwood?