The way I've done lava before is I put LED strip lights in a photo frame. I masked off anywhere that I didn't want lava and blended the edges of the frame with sculptamold to make it less square. Then I put caulk on top of the glass of the frame so the lights would shine up through it. I ripped up some cork with my fingers and pressed the cork in when the caulk was wet. After I painted the caulk with reds, yellows, and oranges and the cork with blacks and browns. I painted with the lights on so I could find the natural "hot spots" where the LEDs were closer together, then I turned the lights off for blending the colors. I constantly toggled back and forth. It turned out really nicely and works good in the light or the dark. I built a shadowbox just to accentuate it but it worked fine without the shadowbox.
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Nice start. We are happy with our T-Trak as it is lite and easy. We do 5 shows a year and the kids have a great time with it.
Our club thought it would be good for us to have a travel setup. We did this right at the beginning of covid so are now getting back to it.
Mike
That will be cool when done Mike, Great idea with the HO roadbed for the N scale road! (Dave).
Thank You Dave and Thanks for todays Video with the ballast cars.
Excellent share Mike looks great and enjoyed 👍🏻 Have a great day 🚂🫵
Thanks Mike , I will make more progress soon.
Mike
Well done, 👍🏻
Thanks Mike! I'm already into it! That little station is just the cutest little gal, ain't she? Can't wait for the saga to continue!
Thanks Michael , I have a vision , in my head !!
What fun. Always wanted a switching yard.
The way I've done lava before is I put LED strip lights in a photo frame.
I masked off anywhere that I didn't want lava and blended the edges of the frame with sculptamold to make it less square.
Then I put caulk on top of the glass of the frame so the lights would shine up through it. I ripped up some cork with my fingers and pressed the cork in when the caulk was wet.
After I painted the caulk with reds, yellows, and oranges and the cork with blacks and browns. I painted with the lights on so I could find the natural "hot spots" where the LEDs were closer together, then I turned the lights off for blending the colors. I constantly toggled back and forth.
It turned out really nicely and works good in the light or the dark. I built a shadowbox just to accentuate it but it worked fine without the shadowbox.
Thanks so much but this will be dormant Lava
Between a rock and a hot place
You could say that !!! LOL
Seems to be a nice start to a small little project
Thanks Eric , It will be fun.
Mike
Looking forward to your neew series.
Thanks Michael !!!
that is like adding a bit of fun and variety to life. lol
Thanks Sparky, Mike
Hi Mike. I very much look forward to this series. And I’m sure a lot of t trak guys will too. See ya next time.
Thanks Norman , we will see how it turns out !!
Neat 😀😀
Thanks John , It is fun !!
Looking forward for new series Mike.
Thanks Gary , Mike
Looks interesting. Hope things go OK the the roofers😮
They left after we confronted them and they did blow off the camp trailer and my truck but still a mess on the house and yard.
@@N-Scale to bad .people just don't pride in their work or care about others either 😏
Look good so far, looking forward to seeing more updates. What color ballast are you going to be using.
No ballast on T Trak Modules
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Your T Trak is going to look good, make them idiots wash your Truck. Bob
I am hopeing they will.
Mike
Ive been looking at doing one of these. Where did you buy the module kit or did you build it yourself?
We got these from a man who passed away and you will need to search Google to try and find modules.
Will this be the "Roswell" station? 🙂
Lava Station
Is this n scale? My eyes are so bad can’t hardly tell lol
Yes sir !!
Is that Osborn?
Nope, it was made by a man who has passed away.
Mike