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Post by stevef45 on Jan 28, 2023 18:55:29 GMT -8
I need to create realistic looking loads of newly creosoted ties in gondolas. What's the best way to achieve the dark black look?
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Post by Baikal on Jan 28, 2023 19:14:39 GMT -8
I need to create realistic looking loads of newly creosoted ties in gondolas. What's the best way to achieve the dark black look?
There was an artice in the last 6 months(?) in MR or RMC(??) about building a reversible tie load. Untreated on one side and fresh creosote on the other. The color looked good. Maybe someone remembers the issue it was in.
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Post by el3625 on Jan 28, 2023 20:42:33 GMT -8
I did some a few years ago and thought they turned out pretty good. If I remember correctly, I soaked real scale wood ties in black leather dye or shoe polish, I cannot remember which, but they looked very real. The wood really sucked up the dye and they looked very prototypical. I did some for gondola loads and some for placing along the RR right of way for a tie replacement project.
Bruce
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Post by bridge2nowhere on Jan 28, 2023 21:16:13 GMT -8
I've used leather dye as well successfully, although I've also just painted the ties with an appropriate dark brown for very fresh ties.
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Post by Baikal on Jan 29, 2023 11:33:10 GMT -8
I've used leather dye as well successfully, although I've also just painted the ties with an appropriate dark brown for very fresh ties.
Freshly cresoted ties, while an irregular very dark brown, can have a sort of blue-black sheen in places. I'd like to know how to replicate that.
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Post by edwardsutorik on Jan 29, 2023 12:26:44 GMT -8
I've used leather dye as well successfully, although I've also just painted the ties with an appropriate dark brown for very fresh ties. Freshly cresoted ties, while an irregular very dark brown, can have a sort of blue-black sheen in places. I'd like to know how to replicate that.
Like here:  I suspect that's sky reflection off of the shiny surface of creosote that's just sitting on top of the wood. I think the blue disappears on a grey day. That shiny surface would be neat to replicate. It's only on parts of the tie, following the grain. My thought is to streak clear gloss over the tie, but it sure is going to take a lot of practice before I could get it right. Might could add some "transparent blue" to get the blue effect. Ed |
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Post by bcrn on Mar 25, 2023 18:12:42 GMT -8
i just stuck ties to half inch masking tape and sprayed them with flat black paint
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Apr 12, 2023 15:54:00 GMT -8
Freshly cresoted ties, while an irregular very dark brown, can have a sort of blue-black sheen in places. I'd like to know how to replicate that.
The bluish tint in the photo above appears taken on a nice clear day. Use a blue light to take pictures of models? Lightly mist some very dilute blue on your prepared model ties. True example of the YMMV. |
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