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PostPosted: Sun Dec 15, 2013 2:26 pm 
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Good Sunday!

A very AWESOME person hooked me up with a good supply of single face cardboard, so it was time to try my hand at a loggie.
It's been fun to assemble, but definitely requires a tiny bit different skill set. Trying not to crush the tubes on the single face board is a bit of a trick. I did find that you can stick a toothpick down them and pop them back out a bit if it happens.
Looking fwd to painting this one, I'm guessing that it is going to require a little more technique too than Im use to.
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I actually like your smaller, condensed version...we are sure your paint and finish job will be perfect...

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Thanks Howard!

Just got the primer on it... might start painting tonight. :)


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This one should be cool.


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Looking good!


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Being a loggie fan....can't wait to see it finished!!!!


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Hi Brian, this look great!!, I have the same problem with the one sided corrugated cardboard and I also used the toothpick when I glued the pieces in place so I wouldn’t crush the flutes. I even had problems crushing the flutes when I was cutting the cardboard so I but two pieces together, so the flutes interlock, then I cut through both pieces at once, this helped to prevent crushing the flutes.


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Thank You Everybody!!

Lynn thank you for the tip! I will remember for next time! I think I got all the dents out, thankfully I didn't flatten anything beyond repair. I had a few ends start to flatten out when cutting too, but not too bad.

I've had a lot of fun painting this one. It looks a little different from the original but the same general idea I think. I believe I read on Papa Ted's site the original had white over spray, but I think Im going to leave it off this version. It's getting close to being done, I had to make a new batch of white coco for the roof and snow, and Im going to do a dark green coco on the base I think, and still need to make that. Hoping to have it all finished up by the weekend!

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P.S. Heres a link to building a Loggie that Howard and Paul did. Some great stuff in here! :)
http://www.bigindoortrains.com/primer/b ... loggie.htm


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Good Morning!!

Worked on this house for about 3 hours last night after everybody went to bed and put the finishing touches on it while eating my Honey Nut Cheerios this morning. :)

You may notice I went with a little different color scheme than the original. Since this house was a Wee bit smaller the than its older counterpart, I decided to take a few more liberties with it. I only have one original loggie in my collection of vintage pieces, but I LOVE it for two reasons. The first is because it has a dark green base, and I dont have any other houses with a forest green base. The second is because it has Metallic Silver accents.
I didn't use the Silver on this house, but it was my inspiration for base color.

Hope everybody has a SUPER weekend!!
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DAG! You did it again. Thanks for posting!


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