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Comments
Jerry
I'm going to add grease and oil stains but I wanted to get this posted for your review and comment.
Terry
Looking forward to seeing it progress with the next steps that you outlined, it is going to be terrific.
Great colouring on the concrete base already.
Jerry
If the wheel is still able to spin, I would spin it to try to hide the little bump in front.
Terry
Terry
Terry
That is a fine example of good workman ship. ......Carl.....
Muddy, I just looked looked up the phrase “customer service “ in my Funk & Wagnals and lo and behold…there was a picture of Brett. ;-))
I don't post much but I am always on this forum looking at what the experienced builders such as yourself do so I can improve my modeling skills. I saw your comment regarding making the piers equal in size, and you may want to visit the web site ultimation.ca that makes a great "sander and repeater" tool that allows you to cut the exact same size again and again. I have both the slicer and sander/repeater tools and they are great and I use them on every Sierra West model I build. Just a thought that may help you. Keep up the great job you're doing. I love your work and thanks for sharing.
Thanks also for your comments about my modeling. Truth of the matter is that just as you mentioned, any skill/knowledge i have in modeling is mostly due to following what’s being done here by other modelers. The guys who hang out here not only show their work but many times explain their process
Terry
Terry
Hopefully next month the modeling will continue and an update will follow. If I recall, basic ground cover and ‘planting’ of the base structure is next up. Thanks for checking on me…. I know better than to try pulling a fast one on you ;-))
Terry
A great little kit. It lends itself to modeling several disconnects at once but then I fear they would all look alike. Rather than that I'm going to build them one at a time with a couple of weeks or a month in between, Hopefully this will present some differences in color and weathering between them.
The 'Bunk', the cross timber which supports the log(s) is a cast resin piece. I'm not completely satisfied with how it finished out to look like wood. I'm open to comments and or suggestions. I finished the bunk in the photo as follows:
1) Rattlecan gray primer
2) AK783 Weathered Wood
3) Diluted Reaper black paint wiped on with a cloth and wiped off (to leave the wood grain dark
Help me out here guys...with the bunk color or anything else you suggest
Terry