Today was a minor day of operating on the NL&SC. Since my last post not whole lot has been acompliushed. Today I just tested some models across the line. Tom C. stopped by and tested his Bachmann SantaFe northern. He said it was the first time he used it. Right from the get go there was trouble. Apparently the factory that built the model did not check the wheel gauging. Problems on the grade crossing and the crossovers occured. Further out on the line on a #7 switch the northen picked the points on the switch and was thrown off the track. Tom took the model over to the bench and spent about 15 miuntes setting up the wheel gauge with a NMRA gauge. After that the Loco performed much better however the #7 switch still caused it some trouble. Since the Loco was properly gauged we made some adjustments on the switch. That fixed it. A few runbys with the diesels and some minor shuffling of cars in Riverside and then on to some weathering.
I have weathered a few of my cars but I have always been aprehensive about taking a brand new model and try and make it look old and worn. It just seems wrong but when its all done it really looks more realistic. Tom C. has weathered several of his cars and shared some of his methods with me. Tom likes chalks. My expereince with weathering was with quil brush application and a little airbrushing accents. Tom has really got the chalk method down he really helped me expand my horizon. Tom also brought his Iwata Eclipse airbrush this was my first expereince with an Iwata. The Iwata is definetly an impresive performer. All in all the day yielded two complete Santa Fe reefers and alot of inspiration to weather and finish the rest of the reefer roster.
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