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And your face if your so inclined.
Outside of that your work is always top notch!!
Jerry
Jim
Karl.A
Karl.A
Dave
Dave, I originally started this back in 2011 so I'm also anxious to see it finished......
Coors, the tools have only been blackened and a base coat of paint on the handles so far, but I'll take a quick pic tomorrow for you. As usual, Brett's castings are so good that they look amazing at 'step 1'.
Karl.A
Actually, it has all been on a base (painted brown and ties glued down) for about three weeks, well, since my last update. I'm still finding it hard to make that 'final push' and in reality it's only a two day push.
I need to go back and read the "Dirt, Details and Dioramas" thread to remind myself of a few things and ultimately how easy/quick it is to finish off. Keep nagging at me 'cause until this ones finished I'm not pulling anything else off the shelf !!
Karl.A
The open shed roof looks fantastic! Ken
Seems like a fair deadline to me, thanks for the kind words, and the 'push'.
Karl.A
You get yours done in a week and I'll follow with mine the week after.....
Ken
Paul
What...no comment...afraid I'll actually show up aren't ya?
Several and a steak are within the realms of possibility Ken.
Karl.A
I am glad to hear that I was not the only one 'slightly' unmotivated last month and how this forum members help you/us into the light.
As usual, your build here is exceptional.and makes want to model in O scale if i was not so invested in HO kits from Brett.
I like the tearing of the tar paper; have you ever thought of just tearing the raw unpainted paper and the spraying the pieces after? I think it could/would give better colour variations to the strips, especially if different tones of spray paint were used.
Marty
Its been such a treat to come back and see the brilliant work you have completed so far. Im loving this thread buddy. Keep it up.
How is the finishing work on the diorama going ? Everything you have done is exceptional on this build. Looking forward to seeing those superb final pictures you do on your builds. Always a real treat to see and helps all of us to be motivated to do some model building.
Jim
I finally spent some time yesterday finishing off some things that I had been 'putting off'...
Rafter tails are installed and I have finished work on the details except for some can labels to add.
With all the work done now I can start putting it all together, the base is prepped and everything is ready to go down.
As usual there sure is a bunch of stuff in Brett's box, ..
Added some of the smaller details to the half empty benches as per instruction
and following the pics in the manual.
Having these individual small items separate from the main casting is an incredible
way of modeling these items. Not only because of the versatility this gives you but the
crispness and realism in the positioning of the items just cant be matched with everything cast in place.
Another ground breaking innovation in detail modelling from Brett. Just superb.
Close up of the tools for Coors2u. These have just been blackened and buffed as per the technique created by Brett. The handles have been painted a wood colour. They will get dirtied up with chalk as I place them.
Karl.A
Jerry
Respectfully,
John
Dirt work tomorrow I'm thinking.....
Karl.A
Dustin
This is the bare bench that you would receive in the kit. (The one in the kit however would be a tinted resin, this is Bretts yellow casting master).
The genius and beauty of having the details produced like this is the flexibility and individuality it gives each modeler. Not only are the smaller items much easier to paint separately but each modeler can use them to their own taste.
A highly cluttered and detailed work area or a more clean and tidy look with just a few details placed.
My own workshop/garage is constantly cluttered with tools, cans, scraps left over from the last project.... etc. and that's the way I like to model, high detail.
Brett has again taken a giant leap in the way details are produced and provided to the modeler, opening the door even wider for the modelers creativity. A perfect balance of cast-in-place and individual items is fantastic to work with.
I added 14 individual castings to my bench, (which is more than you get in most other kits, haha) I basically copied Bretts layout from the manual pics, so no creativity there from me.
Karl.A
To me the way you have brought out small details and minute features on the separate components and on the main castings and then arranged everything to suit your taste clearly demonstrates the practical difference between modelling in HO and O scale that you, Brett and others talk about.