Garden Railroad Portal Part Three - The "Stone" Retaining Walls

[@bob_._.]

Looking good but I hope you fixed that joint in the conduit; there's a healthy gap there to let the weather in.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi. Thinking of things to do with the conduit.

[@vincenthuying98]

Dear Dale and Karyn, some appropriate trowel cement throwing you did there.
Love the looks of the rocks, the abutments and the Donner Pass China Wall. Cool to see it’s working out.
Curious to see your next steps.
Cheerio

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks 👍. Well first up when it’s warmer out there is some redo on the color. And patch ling a bit of “stonework”. Then onto the area behind the tracks!!

[@khyron6]

Looks Great. Keep em coming.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks, will do!

[@mikihill88]

That wall is impressive and I can't wait until next week. 😳

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi. Yup onto more stonework and colors.

[@philipwilliams6270]

I’m so proud to see your large scale layout can’t wait to see more loving it 😊

[@ToyManTelevision]

Yay! Thank you! Much more coming soon as well as the odd failure. That’s life. That’s building something. That’s experimenting. That’s learning.

[@garyjones9023]

The "rock" etchings really turned out well. As for the mortar walls, there is a positive side to the first not being as thick as the second. It gives that feel of being hand built, as if there were two different crews building the two walls simultaneously, with each "crew" having a slightly different approach to their build.

[@ToyManTelevision]

And my fear about the first one falling apart turned out to be unfounded. 😊

[@kenshores9900]

Awesome episode. Loved Karyn’s zinger.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi Ken!!

[@joellekarma]

Great show I enjoyed it a lot. Keep up the great work'

[@ToyManTelevision]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

This is a great informative tutorial on how you make the wall. Always a great Sunday morning to view. Cool!!!

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks so much

[@historybuff7491]

I really like the wall. I can't tell you how many times I have said that's good enough for some non-support out of the way decor. Anyway, it is all looking good.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thank you so much! It’s a slow go out there. Soon spring will spring and we can get back at that area. I know we will have a bit of redo and repair. Not much I think..

[@gardenrailroading]

That is Beautiful!

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks!!!

[@tomas5376]

Looks pretty rocky!🚂🚂🚂

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi Tomás!! Thanks!!!

[@stevemellin5806]

Great work Have a great week

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks, you too!

[@jimkammerer5240]

AWESOME GOOD VIDEO YOU TWO ARE TRUE CRAFTSMAN .

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks 👍 Jim!!

[@dodgydioramas]

It's all coming together really well, enjoying watching the progress.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks!!!!!

[@robertweldon7909]

Well, since you did this last fall, I'm too late with my comment. Even so, southeastern Utah is on the northern edge of the Monument Valley features, so you could turn that conduit pipe into a chimney rock and have a butte or two too. Question; Why didn't you pre-tint the mortar mix?
This is interesting to the max. You are replacing the indoor scenery materials with outdoor stuff. By your doing this, it is saving US the learning curve, thanks. ;-)

[@ToyManTelevision]

I’m going to tint now. I thought it would be easier to stain. And it is and isn’t. Still testing ideas. But next up.. redish tint. Red sand. And color water based stain.

[@gilheuss7830]

Wisdom comes from experience, experience comes from mistakes. The trick is to not make the same mistakes over and over again. I really enjoy your channel so don't take my above as criticism.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Well said!!!

[@loispadgett6306]

That is looking great and we get to learn and enjoy the show. Can't wait for the next step in your outdoor railroad.
GOD BLESS 🚂💖🚂💖🚂💖🚂💖

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks 👍as always ❤!

[@daviemaclean61]

Looks absolutely brilliant. What about a plaster or wood deciduous tree with C clips on the rear to cover that conduit? Sod's law, if you cover it up permanently, you'll need access to that junction box five minutes later!

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thinking your right. ❤

[@ToyManTelevision]

Have a plan for that…

[@Santafefrank]

Thanks for the video

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi!! And as always thank you!

[@BoogeymanDracula]

i use cloth and dip it in mortar. I then drape it over chicken wire, rocks, wood, foam, whatever i have laying around i can form into a hill or mountain.

[@ToyManTelevision]

I have done similar. Check the next video!!

[@thebackyardrailroader]

a dry surface will suck the moister out of the mortor, you need to dampen the wood and or old cement and it helps with adhesion.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks. Getting a handle on it. Bit be bit. A little voodoo in it as well…

[@TheSonofruss]

You should get together with a guy that does 3D printing and have them make you some custom stamps of random stone walls

[@ToyManTelevision]

Have some. But they don’t work well… I suppose I could figure it out..

[@brucehathaway7573]

Spraying the board with water first, and use wood glue mixed with the morter

[@ToyManTelevision]

Yup. Getting much better at it.

[@garyacker7388]

Your quite the structural engineer Dale! What were you teaching when you were doing that? Love watching your work and of course your fine associate Kayren. Big thumbs 👍.I'm blown away with your "China wall!

[@ToyManTelevision]

Wow, thanks!! Karyn taught English as a second language. I taught filmmaking. Mostly sound production and postproduction. But also beginning video, animation history, and a few things. University of Utah. Then Sierra Nevada. Then Brooks Institute.

[@garyacker7388]

@@ToyManTelevision wow guys it shows 👏

[@royreynolds108]

A trick for getting mortar or plaster to stick to vertical surfaces is to start at the bottom, spread up then give a sweep to the right or left. I am not sure why it works.

[@ToyManTelevision]

I’ll try that!!

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

What do you think of putting a tree trunk over the conduit pipe, like a dead tree stump? Just a thought.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Karyn suggested that too. I was planning more stone but a tree. Tree trunk… better I think!!

[@irish00011]

If it was concrete, you would have run a screed for leveling and smoothing.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Yup!!

[@jaystuckey4920]

You should have tried to morter a sort of rock face in the canyon and call it "Wally" the canyon god.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Well … karyn is making… well sort of like that. But..

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Foist

[@tgmccoy1556]

Balanced rock with a Coyote trying to pry it off?

[@ToyManTelevision]

Now… that’s a thought 💭

[@ronniedavis3713]

Dale,
Outstanding Work !!! Way more than I want to take on (laughing) Quick question for you?? Are you guys attending the Narrow Gauge Convention here in Denver this year ???

[@ToyManTelevision]

That’s the plan!!

[@ronniedavis3713]

Great!!
Hope to see you there.