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David
I have to agree with Jim Burns and Gus Drum that you need to clamp those dowels down and always cut with your knife in a direction away from your hands and body. we use a variety of tools in this hobby and should always stress safety first.
Another technique for roughing up dowels (which tend to be a bit harder type of wood) is to use a powered wire wheel (I use one on a bench grinder).
hello does anyone use the old salt system for chipped paint any more
There were so many “NO” votes for the tree, maybe you need to use it for a give-away for last day of summer camp, instead of a coffee cup or T shirt. Most summer camps have awards at the end.
Hey Mark,
Great advice on the paint. I, too, have a massive collection of acrylic paint that I’ve acquired over the years, and I do a lot of what you’ve suggested with thinning things to spray it, make washes out of it, and more. You can even do that with the acrylic craft paints sold at Walmart, Hobby Lobby, Michaels, and others.
The only reason I try to show specific products for projects is so that others can get them if they wish. As you know from our videos, we still have store house of old Polly Scale colors here, and most of it is useable. I try not to show it on camera because if someone wants to match a specific color, they cannot.
I don’t see any reason why the chipping medium wouldn’t work with most any other acrylic paint – but as always, I recommend doing a test first before applying it to the actual model – it gives you practice with the technique, but it also shows you how the two materials will react with each other.
One thing I would do differently with the chipping medium next time is to only apply it to the parts of the car I want to chip. It did make the finished coat crack in places I wanted to leave covered with paint, and I’m not entirely happy with that result. But hey, it worked great on the parts I wanted chipped paint, so I count it as a successful first attempt!
D.
MR seems to have access to so many different paints and weathering products! I don’t have quite as deep of pockets; so, as to able to purchase every new product that comes along! So, to get the job done, I rely on my acrylic paints, sometimes thinned down with both water and alcohol to produce the same effects as the myriad of products David, Cody and crew have access to. My stuff might not look as good; but, I’m satisfied with my results. I am interested in the Vallejo Chipping paint product, however!
Great Camp. I wish there was a camp like this when I was a kid. God modeling tips for all scales. I am trying to figure out how to make Lincoln logs in HO scale.
Hey guys, thanks for the notes (and the concern for my knife habits).
As for livestock, we’re assuming that there is a lot more to the lumber camp than we’ve shown. In fact, there wold have to be, as this is just representational of a tiny piece of the infrastructure required to support even a small logging operation. That being said, we can assume the livestock pens are someplace else through the trees on the layout (along with a blacksmith, cook house, cabins, and more).
Yes, a path would be good, and it is something I could easily add between the log loader and the track, making it disappear behind the camp supply shack to give the idea that there is more beyond. If I had Jay Smith’s painting skills, I might even consider rendering some of the camp on the backdrop – but alas, I do not!
Still plenty more summer camp to come this week on MRVP!
D.
It’s all coming together David. I think the ramp will add a lot of interest and be very practical for animals and pulpwood. It’s that narrow gauge mentality, lets use what we have to do a lot of different jobs. Looking forward to day 4, I’ll get writing the letter home……………….
A comment and a question David. First I cringed watching you cut that notch in that dowel with a new exact blade towards your fingers……eeek. The question, where do the cattle go when they get out of the stock car, don’t they need a path to the forest there somewhere? Thanks for a great summer camp experience.
On the animal unloading ramp you made, where do the animals go after you get them off the car, down the track in the behind the ramp as you made no provision on what to do with the animals after they leave the car.
Nice ramp you built.
Good activities in this session. Your detailing covers so many areas, so don’t forget the manure stains that drip down the sides of the cattle car!
this is a good example that your railroad is never done. There is always something new to add.
Remember the lime layer at the bottom of the car. Lime was used as a disinfectant on stock cars. Never been a camper at summer camp but this is great,
Outstanding summer camp David can’t wait for day four!
Hello all,
Wow! Lot’s of feelings on the “tree/no tree”. Thanks for the input, but you’ll have to wait until the final moments of the final episode to learn how it all turns out.
Know that I, too, thought the stand of small pines in the corner were too even. Although I don’t address it directly in the video, you’ll see that area change over the next three days of summer camp as I try different options or adding more or less trees of different sizes.
…and yes, those small pines likely wouldn’t have been left there at all, but I was looking for ways to hide the backdrop/scenery connection. The painted tree hills work great when glimpsed through other trees. Not so great when viewed directly without any foreground detail.
Just a reminder that we had shot so much video for the series (more than 2 hours of finish-edited video), we decided to spread Summer Camp over two weeks for you to better enjoy it. Sorry for those who were looking for videos on Tuesday and Thursday. Rest assured, there are plenty more camp activities coming Monday, Wednesday, and Friday next week, so don’t miss them!
And don’t forget to write home once in a while – your mom worries about you.
Thanks for joining us for Summer Camp 2019!
David
Nice loading platform; but when do we go swimming?
David I love the camp but have to say you really scared me using the knife toward your fingers holding the dowel. I’ll have to tear off a corner of your Whittlin’ Chip. Should always look for a clamp or vice to hold the work so as not to put your fingers in danger zone.
In your letter you forget to mention how many box tops we would have to send in for even more tips.
I have, in th past, used both wire and nylon bristle brushes to work through layers of paint. I have also used a product called “Magic Masker” to produce areas of different layers of paint. Both worked well, the brushes took a bit of time and effort and the “Magic Masker” used words that would make a sailor blush while trying to get it off.
Can’t wait to see how this turns out!