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Duluth Plumbing

TomH
in HO Scale Builds
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Starting on build #2.
Duluth Plumbing
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  • MountaingoatMountaingoat
    This was my first SW build. Really enjoyed it. Have fun and post your progress....Rick
  • adminadmin
    Cannot wait to follow along! Super fun kit.
  • Karl.AKarl.A
    Great kit and choice Tom, I'll be following along.
  • mikemettelka
    Interested as this one will be in the lineup
  • Alan_HAlan_H
    Nice! I may have to add one of those to the stash. Looking forward to your build.
  • TomH
    edited June 2021
    And finally some forward motion!
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  • TomH
    More yellow than it looks here but nice and shabby looking!
  • adminadmin
    Great foundation for the diorama. Love the beaten up look/weathering of the walls.
  • Robert.GRobert.G
    Great base color for further more detailled weathering. Shabby Chique as we say here.... :wink:
  • Karl.AKarl.A
    Looking good Tom, I like the random darker patches/weathering/etc on the walls, as you progress this will all come together great.
    Forward thinking kinda seems to come together later in the build, this looks like it will work out well.
    My yellow on my build scared me at first, but I feel it worked out OK in the end.

    Looking forward to more on this.
  • TomH
    It's been a while. Picking up Duluth where I left off. Not real happy with the dark window frame and not sure how I'm going to address it. Might dirty up the doors a bit. Right now it's just set in place. I figured I'd build one complete window and see how it turned out.
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  • Karl.AKarl.A
    edited March 2023
    Looking good Tom, that yellow has come down to a wonderful colour.
    For the window (left) that you feel is too dark I would just add (damp-brush) some of the red back to only the face of the frame to bring it more inline with the doors colouring.

    I think the doors look perfect as they are incidentally.

    I looked back at my build and that is one of the few windows on the structure that doesn't have an awning over it. Therefore, theoretically it would be more weathered than the others anyway.

    I think just adding back some of the red, then fading the red with a light grey carefully to the board faces will blend it back in nicely with the others.

    So glad to see this/your thread 'pop' back up, I look forward to what comes next on your build.
  • brownbr
    Glad to see you back at this.
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Really looks nice and grungy Tom. Love the subdued framing color and the siding color and weathering is top shelf! Nice work.
  • mikemettelka
    Excited to see this one..... its one my list of builds.... what did you use to darken the walls before you painted it?
  • TomH
    Thanks guys, I'm glad to be back at it finally!
    Mike, I hit the walls with some AI and then various shades of chalks.
    Should be moving steady so I'll have some more progress pics soon.
  • TomMich
    Wall color is very nice. Like the trim colors as well.
  • TomH
    edited March 2023


    First completed wall. Only took 2 years! lol
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  • mikemettelka
    That looks great.... I will be building mine in a couple months.... working on an off topic one right now.
  • Joel
    Great colouring. Glad you are back at it.
  • KKarnsKKarns
    looks great Tom. Like how you're taking your time and detailing each wall, as it shows the care and attention to the all important basics. Sets the stage for the rest of the project.
  • TomH
    Thanks guys. Little busy with work the last few days, but I'll have more up soon.
  • adminadmin
    fantasitcally grungy and nasty.... well done!
  • Karl.AKarl.A
    Making good progress Tom, definitely a lineside structure from the dirty days of steam.

    Keep on keeping on, and of course sharing with us all.
  • TomH
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    What are the thoughts on the corners? Am I to critical or do they need to be redone?
  • brownbr
    They seem OK in the pics here.
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