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Awesome job. The build and lighting are fantastic. I have been really enjoying looking at the build pictures. Ah one day to be retired....
Jim
Well done, superb work on the Shipyard. I'll be coming back here often to help me in finishing mine (diorama scenery is not my strong suit).
Paul
Well done!
Dave
Respectfully,
John
If there was a next time, I would have not glue the roof on and detailed the interior of the buildings (Both floors) I would leave one of the freight doors open, half open the warehouse door and prop open the sales and yardmasters doors. I would then detail those interiors so you could look into them and see "stuff" happening. You would need to research/design what is done in each of those areas. That is the creative part. Also, that would mean replacing the card stock with post and beam or bloom stud construction and gluing strip wood to that. Boy that would make that really interesting.
Given that, there would be a ton more lighting everywhere controlled to switch on and off at various times in the evenings. For example, when would lighting realistically be used in The ShipYard? Only when people are there early in the morning or late evening. There could be late shipments, so lighting on the loading docks is needed. Security lighting in the parking lot (this is what I finally decided on). Most of the lighting would be in the main structure since people could/would work indoors during the early and late evening.
Sounds a bit much? So if I could do it again...
- main dock need a flood
- main loading dock needs 3-4 gooseneck lights
- Sales office needs a gooseneck
- Workbench under stairs needs a work light
- Warehouse needs a light inside and a gooseneck near the door
- Yardmasters needs a office lamp and gooseneck near the door
- Saw Shed needs the two, but dimmer
- Parking lot needs security flood
- Upper Yard shed needs gooseneck and flood for tracks
- interior detailing would need lighting as appropriate to the scene
I would switch/wire the exterior building lighting on one circuit and the building interiors on another circuit, security lighting on the third and the fourth for saw shed and upper yard shed.
Ok, maybe that is a bit extreme, but building the kit is the easy part, make it different, interesting, exciting and award winning is what the next challenge for me would be. That's why I like Paul's innovations so much.
I hope this helps.
Marty
I am at the point of putting in the lower doors. They are prepped - I'll leave them unhung or at some interim point hang them in such a way that they could be rearranged.
As far as the interior, maybe ideas can be taken from the other kits. It would be easy during building to get bogged down on the interior. Do you think that if the roof is made removable, the interior detailing could be revisited when the build is complete?
Respectfully,
John
Marty
John
First thanks for your kind comments Alan, John, James, Brett, Jim, Paul and Dave.
I been trying to solve the problem on how to get the power feeds from the power pole into the building. I could not find and detail parts to purchase, so it was into scratch building what I needed. You would think that this is something that every structure needs, but there is nothing available commercially.
Here is where you can see what I've done so far, more to come:
Power Feed: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1562020260689768.1073741864.1406375389587590&type=1&l=600557a6ac
Thanks
Marty
My hands spontaneous twitches and shakes sometimes and it frustrates when doing fine details....(must be my ejection from the workforce well before my time.) I work better on fine details when I'm tired late at night.
After I get the wires up I will be dulling/greying it all down and blending as needed.
Ken, is it better now? John, there is a say about necessity and invention. I have used the drill technique to make bottle and cans for a General Store shelf. Very cheap and looks good.
So the power feed wires are now in. I could only get green EZLine, so it is what it is.
The power head, conduit and meter installed.
And how the power transformer turned up.
Marty
Dave
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1562020260689768.1073741864.1406375389587590&type=1&l=600557a6ac
These are public and you don't need a Facebook account. If you need more i will see what i can do.
Marty
Dave
Marty
They are bit rough, but gets the message across.
Imagine what you can do yourself! Coke bottles, tins, jacks, oil cans...
Marty
Respectfully,
John
Dave
I really don't like the painting details on HO figures and do my best to have the figures face down or away from the "front" of the scene. Their faceless "blobs" are very scary. I try to make set them is a "action" pose, but have not yet tried to change (melt) them into that pose. Maybe some day I will do it.
For example,
Others at,
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1567408173484310.1073741865.1406375389587590&type=1&l=eaf4ffecd6
Marty
Dave
This is really cool! I have been wondering about doing something for electric lines similar to this to some of the buildings I have finished. The details are really cool too! They just continue to add to the story you telling in your build.
Jim
As I was building the Shipyard I noticed that there were some casting types that were not included. The Shipyard workers are for the most part working with wood, yet I did not see and hand saws, two handed saws, adds ( the curvy axe thingy for hollowing timbers) etc. There since this is a marine diorama, I saw very little ship riggings, piles of rope, steering wheel and/or and fishing type stuff. Hold on, I didn't say the kit had anything missing, just saying I think I have found a way to have more "Fun with Details" (sounds like a TV program).
Here is my first thingy to add and so easy to make - a fishing pole. Not too bad for a prototype.
And this is how it looks in the diorama.
You can see how I made it at this link (starting somewhere in the middle.)
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1567408173484310.1073741865.1406375389587590&type=1&l=eaf4ffecd6
Marty
Dave