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Joel, i'll see if some alcohol that may work? If not, I have some matt lacquer i could possibly try. Or, just replace the rope with chain.
Here are some other photos of progress as well.
If you want to cut down on the red, shop rags come in blue.
Same goes for the wood pile.
I copied one of Roberts techniques with the lacquer and it seems to have saved me on the concrete. I also dry brushed some chalk on the sides.
Carl, I've never seen any like that. Those would need to be printed.. unfortunately, I don't have a printer good enough..
I started on the boiler over the weekend. I'm trying to copy what Karl did with his boiler on his mill engine and boiler house. we'll see how close I get.. Or, how far I fall short
painted and dry brushed so far. I went with a dark automotive primer instead of black paint though..
Thoughts or critiques (I didn't do anything to the smoke stack yet, as that will be installed later and want to blend that all at once)?
Here is something I have always struggled with myself but you may want to consider. there always seems to be a white (presumably lime) buildup around water pipes, whistles, etc. It's hard to do in a subtle way. Don't think I would try it on this model as it looks good already.
I was thinking about your color comment..
I took a few reference photos. Both of these pieces of steel are hot rolled steel with the mill scale still on them. As you can tell the square tube steel (the first photo) is almost the exact same color as the primer lid while the plate steel is just a few shades lighter.. If the plate was a bit dirtier it would be darker..
During the manufacturing process square or round pipe steel gets pretty nasty with the lubricants as the steel goes through the extrusion process. These contaminants also make the steel darker, which is why the square pipe steel is nearly the same shade as the primer. If I were to clean this square pipe steel with some acetone it would lighten up several shades.
The buildup around the pipes and whistles you see would almost certainly be Sodium Chloride or salt which is why it's always white. I agree the buildup on the valve stems and valve joints on piping would be nearly impossible to model in the correct proportions.
I was thinking about maybe seeing if someone in the neighborhood had some fishing line to use for the gauge glass?
Today i cut a new base. i "think" i'm going to go with this.. it measures 21"X24" Also, i'm thinking about incoroorating a small repair yard.. next to the open shed. Crazy idea?
As of right now i'm at a complete impass as to placement. here are a few photos i took. Any help or opinions would be greatly appreciated. I working on getting the materials for lighting, i'll probably copy Roberts idea's as it pertains to that. i've also worked on getting some trees, they are probably a couple weeks out. i think i want to put the shack in a forest setting? i used some ho scale fast track as a quick template.
i like the way the various buildings are arranged. is that an outhouse out back?
Rick
Thoughts on this idea?