Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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Oh oh, now we have trouble. Those ferroequinologists can be a rowdy bunch sometimes.


Don

Don,

Love what you are doing. I have always used the pink dense insulation foam. I would glue it together with 3M spray adheasive, keep it away from the edges that you will be removing. I then used a thin coat of plaster and alot of release.

From experience masking tape doesn't protect the foam. I really like using the foam you can just the right shape.

I can't wait for your next update.

Z

Well thank you. Everybody in the world uses foam and it works, what the heck is wrong with me? I really liked the concept and it would have probably done great if I could have kept that resin away.

I feel bad, because I know everybody was really trying to help me out on this one too. Oh well, maybe next time.

Don

Henry dont know about the Ferro thing but i do really enjoy trains LOL . I also would mix a drywall compound with plaster of paris (budget at the time) . Its boxed up and waiting on retirement now. LOL first house i sold new owner said you are going to remove that aren't you . It was mountains going up wall 3 1/2 feet .

Don if i were to try glass i would use the foam for ease of cutting versus wood . I think i would test a barrier now though before continueing . But your work on foam was great and plaster will give you the smooth under side .

Originally Posted by bluestang67

Henry dont know about the Ferro thing but i do really enjoy trains LOL.

Ferro = Iron
Equin = Horse
Ologist = Scientist or practitioner.

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Well thank you. Everybody in the world uses foam and it works, what the heck is wrong with me? I really liked the concept and it would have probably done great if I could have kept that resin away.

I feel bad, because I know everybody was really trying to help me out on this one too. Oh well, maybe next time.

Don

Don, We just want to pay you back for all the help that you have provided us with this thread.

Thanks,
Z

Originally Posted by oddcarout

Don, We just want to pay you back for all the help that you have provided us with this thread.

Thanks,
Z

And I sincerely thank every person who has contributed suggestions or just stopped by to look at it or shoot the breeze. Their contributions have made this thread a whole lot of fun for me to do, and have kept me moving.

Thanks to all.


Don

I was anxious to get to the shop today to see how the transmission looked now that it had dried overnight. I thought it looked like a 20 footer yesterday but I was wrong...........it was a 50 footer. It really turned out rough, and no matter how I tried to pacify myself by saving "it's only a transmission" it was really eating at me. I just hadn't spent enough time prepping it for paint, and all the bumps and bruises were showing big time.

I got away from it and decided to build my taillight brackets, and after a couple of hours had them all done, but the transmission kept staring at me. So I then put some more plaster on top of the tunnel because it is cracking as it was drying. A thin coat seemed to fill in the cracks, and I will let that dry for a few days before I do anything else to it.

Finally, I couldn't take the transmission any more, so I spent the next 6 hours sanding it completely with 220 grit and then a scuff pad. Took pretty much all the orange paint off, and luckily I had put 3 heavy coats of primer on it, so I was able to smooth it out really well. In fact, now it looks like it is molded.

I threw on another coat of primer and will scuff and paint it orange tomorrow. I think I finally have it ok to paint. I know it will never be seen, but I would know it was there.

Here are some pictures of the tunnel cracks, the second coat of plaster, my taillights and brackets, and the primered transmission. I'm ready for the witness protection program........I have NO FINGERPRINTS left from sanding all day.


Don