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Thanks
I'm now much happier with the walls and can now move forward past this stumbling block.
Shingles are always fun.
I always look forward to your updates.
Are those type of shingles included in the kit?
Are you planning on coloring them?
Is there a lemon in that Corona?
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Thanks for the kind words also Bill.
I actually enjoy doing individual shingles and havent been able to replicate the look any other way.
The kit actually comes with excellent lasercut shingles, unfortunately for me I cant seem to master colouring them to a way I like personally, too heavy handed or maybe set in my ways, all my builds are individual.
Besides, individual doesnt really take too long, once you get in the flow, turn the music up and pop a C , or two.
The shingles are already coloured, the over desk lighting is washing them out in the picture.
However, as the building is modelled in good repair and not 'old', I coloured the shingles accordingly.
ie:Just starting to age gracefully and turning slightly grey, just like me.
No lemon and we ran out of lime so, it's crisp, cold and pure. Besides I couldnt find any lemons at the store small enough to fit down the bottleneck.
Karl.A
Glad to you you're back working on this one!
It is part of your job as a manufacturer to educate your customers as to how they should be building their kits to get the best possible results . If sticking shingles on individually is the way to do that then that is what you should be telling them . If this is too much trouble for them then you can also sell them a nice roll of Campbells shingles !
So how big are your ***** ?
MM ( formerly Middle Minion , now changed to Mischievous Minion ! )
It is my job as the modeler to take the kit, add my skills, add things learned from my betters and try to produce a finished product that looks better than the kit box-top.
Karl.A
Next up will be dirt and details on the diorama base.
Karl.A
Planning placement of a few of the deatails on the dock area, nothing glued, just staring and adjusting.
Karl.A
where would normal traffic flow direction be ?
to steps...to doors... to boxcar and or truck ?
I had planned in all the logical 'pathways' as I positioned the details, it just wasnt so visible in the previous shot.
Here is an over head view to show my line of thinking more clearly.
Karl.A
i do feel you do it right
Finally a day off work today so.... I cleared the desk, finished glueing down the dock details and prepped the dio base.
Time for a funfilled afternoon of dirt, details and debauchery.... well, dirt and details anyway.
Karl.A
I've made some progress with the scenery base layers and started adding in a few more of the details...
Karl.A
You are bang on again.
I found and installed the missing doors.
Next will be the truck loading door area.
Time for work...
Karl.A
Does that one green bottle on the bench stand out a bit? That's pretty nit-picky, but it caught my eye and thought I'd mention it.
Yep, the green bottle does stand out a bit too much even though it ties into the nearby crate of bottle. I plan to tone it down a little with some chalk when I fix the lunch box that is next to it.
The crates do look a little too uniform in the pics Bryan although in person there is variations between them. I will try to accentuate these tonal differences when I get to the final touch-ups on the build.
Thanks again.
Karl.A
I decided to just keep it fairly simple and came up with this.... essentially the layout in the manual, a little more scenery and a few less details.
Next will be roof vents, chimney, final details and touch ups..
Karl.A
Dang you Karl. You're making me want to get this kit...I don't have room for it.