MRH January 2011 - Issue 11

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MY MODULAR ADVENTURE: Having fun a module at a time The ongoing story... Reader Feedback

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Weathering the roundhouse floor, painting track, trusses, windows and doors ...

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Les Halmos has been a model railroader since 1979. He’s been involved with setting modular standards for the NMRA since 1981. In 2001, he founded the FreeModu-Rail Group and has been active in promoting ­Free-mo module standards.

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n my last column, MRH issue #9 Sept/Oct 2010, I started prepping and weathering the floor of the roundhouse. There was still a lot of work finishing the weathering, so to highlight the weathering process I used to “Faux Finish” the Roundhouse floor I made a short video. I was planning on covering the weathering and painting on this module, and adding the brick paper to the walls. I was also planning to detail and install the machine shop walls. However, in this issue I will cover weathering of the floor of the roundhouse, painting the track, trusses, windows and doors. In the March issue I will cover adding the brick paper to the walls and assembling the machine shop and the first five stalls. Take a look at the short video showing the way I achieved the “Faux Finish” on the roundhouse floor.

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Figure 1: Trial fitting before painting.

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