Appalachian Southern

This morning,  I completed a scratch build of Sinclair Station from the original build article at N Scale Limited. This was my first scratch build attempt and the final results are quite pleasing. I hope to do more scratch building in the future and improve my skills even more. In order to provide some insight, here are the final steps that were followed to complete the build.

Clear laser printer decal paper was used to print the Sinclair Station decal on an HP Color Laser Jet. After printing several copies of the decal on one sheet of clear laser decal paper,  a small brush was used to coat the decals with MicroScale Liquid Decal Film. Once the first coat was dry, a liberal second coat was applied. Once the second coat dries, the decal can be cut and immersed in water in preparation for application to the model.

Just prior to placing the decal on the structure, I brushed MicroScale Micro Sol onto the painted surface of the structure. I slid the decal into place on the structure, positioning it with your finger as needed. Once the decal is in the proper position, a small brush was used once again to apply Micro Sol over the top of the decal, being careful not to displace or move it. Once the Micro Sol dries in about ten minutes, you can move on to the final steps of weathering the sign / decal and the model in general.

The weathering techniques consisted of the india ink / alchohol solution procedure detailed on N Scale Limited, and several applications of Bar Mills weathering chalk.

Building this structure was enjoyable and rewarding.  I appreciate the work Chris Brimley did to detail its construction.  Without his excellent article, I would have never discovered the joy of scratch building my own structure. It has opened a whole new area of interest in my model railroading activities. Thank you.

How about something for free? If you would like one of the decals I had left over from my printing, please send me your mailing address and I will drop one in the mail for you.

Sinclair Station

Sinclair Station

Sinclair Station

Sinclair Station