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Just my two cents
The damp brushing and color of the build is really great.
Jim
Like the color variations in the wood. Personally I would add a few more knots.
oh, i guess the point is, i'll add more knots in the wood i'm taking from the loading dock.
pics after trimming.....
that will probably leave me with enough extra boards to add a false floor to the visible part of the warehouse (with the door open)
i like the way the warehouse is turning out.
i'll take an emery board to the window and clean that up after i trim all the walls.
Great photos of the junk that has accumulated outside that auto repair shop. Thanks for posting them.
You have made some great progress on this build fitting it in with your rebuild after the flood, real life work and music gig schedules.
Now that watching college hoops and pulling for the Blackhawks to sneak into the playoffs are not taking so much of my time, I'm reading and rereading the manual for the Truck Repair kit. There are some new build ideas introduced for the exterior structure wall framing which are a bit different than the laser cut frame walls we are accustomed to in Brett's kits.
The new white metal castings in the Truck Repair Kit will blow you away. Going through them now and doing some preliminary sorting prior to blackening. Next up sorting the resin castings. Love that resin smell!!!
Later, Dave S Tucson, AZ
You have made some great progress on this build fitting it in with your rebuild after the flood, real life work and music gig schedules.
Great photos of the junk that has accumulated outside that auto repair shop. Thanks for posting them.
Just ordered some of those "grease monkeys" (http://www.craftsmankituniversity.com/vanforum/uploads/imageupload/105/QIAC8DZQIL8W.JPG )
for the Truck Repair shop from Nigel at Omen-Miniatures. His web page shows that they are available in five different colors.
Now that watching college hoops and pulling for the Blackhawks to sneak into the playoffs are not taking so much of my time, I'm reading and rereading the manual for the Truck Repair kit. There are some new build ideas introduced for the exterior structure wall framing which are a bit different than the laser cut frame walls we are accustomed to in Brett's kits.
The new white metal castings in the Truck Repair Kit will blow you away. Going through them now and doing some preliminary sorting prior to blackening. Next up sorting the resin castings. Love that resin smell!!!
Later, Dave S Tucson, AZ
heading up to miller park tonight for the cubs/brewers game.
i'm hoping something good happens.
7 game losing streaks are no fun.
i got my truck repair kit today. lots of white metal castings. lots of resin castings too, i may have to contact brett about one of them. one of the cabinet sides is paper thin and separated near the bottom, other than that, they're awesome as usual. i haven't even touched the castings on the railroad camp yet. i had to feed my wood jones first......
heyward-2 dingers.
the grease monkeys that i got from omen were unpainted. i enjoy painting figures, so i ordered them unpainted and saved a few bucks. they are great figures though. i think they're on a par with buffalo landing figures.
i realized my mistake as i was test fitting the walls together.
oh well, it's an easy fix and i'm already making pretty good time on this kit (relatively speaking)....
I agree with your assessment of the Omen figures being on a par with Buffalo Landing figures. Might venture into a few unpainted Omen figures in the future. Your painting of those "grease monkeys" is fantastic.
Cub fans had better all chip in and buy you season tickets for the Cubs as their win this early season was at a game you attended. Just read where a Cub pitcher left the game early with a possible ham string injury. What next? White Sox are also having their share of woes. An early season ending for my Blackhawks with another year of no post season play for the once mighty Blackhawks. Hoping for a better outcome next season.
Later, Dave S. Tucson,AZ
prime the figures with a tan spray paint. make a flesh tone wash and apply that to all the "skin" that's showing. then take an acrylic paint and a fine brush and go to town on the clothes. when dry touch up the flesh tone and voila! it's pretty easy.
by the way, i re-trimmed the right wall the right way, and did a test fit. perfect. now i'm working on a floor with a bunch of 1x6"s that i happen to have a good stash of, so i can keep the door slightly open.
Thanks for your reply. I enjoy building structures with interiors whether they will be seen or not. It is just part my rough-in and finish carpentry DNA/background, I guess.
Wow, what a final NCAA championship game last night. I'm not a fan of either team so I wasn't really rooting for either to win. Just sat back and enjoyed the game. In my mind Virginia had to win that game it wasn't handed to them as so many past championship games have been where one team is primed and the other is flat. Texas Tech will be back next year with a bit more experience and a new group of players who buy into that coach's program.
Later, Dave S Tucson, AZ
the pinhead in me struck again a few minutes ago:
while cleaning off the glass worktop and scraping piles of rembrandt powder into tray, i sneezed and spilled a boatload of powder on my jeans. does anyone have any tricks for removing the powder from jeans without staining them?
sheesh......
I have learned the hard way, spilling A/I, paint, chalk, etc. on my cloths. I have special "modeling" clothes that I wear just to work on my dioramas. ;-)