hi cory Was wondering if it fesable to cut the second over lapped pieces to be able to use two narrower pieces or would you lose the stringht?also I saw you popped the bubble rap over the one by boards. my question here is did the unpopped one give you trouble slideing it out around the boards after it was dry?thank you for this info first time to ask you Ed
hay Cody: When adding ballast to a road bed, how do I ballast the switch on an HO scale? Because of the moveing parts and the points the ballast may get in between the point contact causing a derailment or loss of movement of the switch.Can you put this into an expert tip video?
Great video
Well done as usual.
Important question (for me): Have you done a video on soldering wire to tracks? This has been very frustrating for me. It seems as if you need three hands: One to hold the wire; one to hold the solder; one to hold the soldering iron.
Help!
Tom! I suggest that you tin the end of the wire and the spot om the rail. Then hold the wire against the rail with one hand and heat both parts with your soldering iron.
Good luck!
And thanks Cody for à useful tip!
as a beginner this video was very helpful
Great Video very clear and concise.
I really appreciated your video. I usually go with the carved pink foam, but I think after seeing how easy you make it look to work with, I’ll give it a try.
Great clip gives me hope for myself.
Cody should have told us to place the bumpy part of the plaster cloth up and also to use a wet paint brush to go over the cloth to spread the plaster in the cloth evenly.
Very good tutorial video! I believe I just learned where I went wrong with my first attempt at making a foam/plaster mountain/tunnel for our layout. Thanks Cody!
Beats the old days of wood, chicken wire, screen door mesh, newspaper, plaster, water, and of course a screaming mother!
tom i took a 1 by 3 pc pine about 5 feet long put one rip with table saw half inch deep track stands up in saw rip i bend wire in place and hold it down by laying needle nose plyers on it both hands are free for sodering
Like bubble wrap idea. I’ve found that putting the plaster cloth on dry then soaking it with water is easier to control. be sure to keep the plaster side up throught or down throughout. Wet each piece as you go along and at the finish wet the entire area with a brush dipped in water. Plaster hardens by chemical action and water is one of the chemicals.
I also cut the cloth so the edges are irregular. The edges read through.
Thanks
Bill
Here’s another cheer for bubble wrap. I see Pele Soeberg has an article on using pot scrubbers to model a scrap load. Which leads me to think there might be a great article on uses of every day household stuff in model railroading.
Great idea to use the bubble wrap. Now I have a use for the bubble wrap I receive in shipments. Excellent tutorial! Keep them coming.
Instead of bubble wrap, we used newspaper to fill in the gaps
excellent!
Hi Cody great information passed on here,well done i am gonna give that method a try you made it look so easy,i reckon the wife could do handle doing that part now having seen the clip many thanks cheers Graham
I like the Basic TRAINing series and the level of the tutorial. These videos hit the missing link that got me started on scenery. Thanks.