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John, you have great friends on this forum and tons of photos and captions that you can start with. Doing is learning in this hobby as well you know.
Byran, What I had done is use the Winston & Newton water mixable oil watered (with Windex) down and then dabbed, waited 30 seconds and then using a small clean brush dipped into Alcohol, took most of it off and then did the streaking. Seems to work. I even did the same with water (Windex).
Wes, thanks, it’s an iterative effort.
Karl, thanks for the screw jack tip. I keep experimenting and finding new ways to add texture and dimension.
Dave, thanks. I was happy to see how it turned out.
I proceeded to work finishing off the casting, installing valve assemblies, building stands and some final touches. (I will left you discovered what else I did to the tank castings.)
Tank #1
Tank #2
Oil Tank #1
Oil Tank #2 (not too happy with this one – yet.)
I guess I plod along completing al the little details that will be fill the future diorama with interest. (If anyone is following along, I'm on Page 74)
Until next time.
Marty
DJ
Dave
Here are a few more details that make the Logging Essentials kit special.
Empty Cable Reels.
Ladders.
Passenger Station Benches.
I have now completed the details section of the construction manual (Pg. 76) and now have to decide on my track plan and how all the Sierra West kits will fit together. Somehow I have to make this kit, The Shipyard, Foss Landing and the Twin Mills all tie seamless together in a integrated logging and harbour scene. My mind is spinning around in circles. Suggestions would be welcome.
Until next time.
Marty
I hope tedious is the right expression I'm not sure, I'm dutch forgive me
DJ
Dave
Respectfully,
John
I've have just been painting them some colours that look pleasing, but real don't know what they are and what they are used for in.
Can someone help?
Marty
(PS found reference photo. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12747/using-timber-jacks)
Marty
John
I am new to building these great kits and nearly finished The Shipyard watching Paul's build. I was wondering which chalks you eventually used although I see you used a stain of your own making.
I tried to find your facebook page but failed. I followed (More detailed photo and pictures can be found at https://www.facebook.com/MKRailway/photos_albums)
Michael Pearce Blacks Beach North Queensland Australia
Respectfully,
John Maguire
Seattle
Which structure are you referring to? There are many and each was different.
Marty
The front view gets tons of details.
The right side gets enough to make it interesting.
Marty
Really nice. I love your detailing . . .
John
I've added now details to the passenger station and have attached a few pics for your enjoyment.
I've added some details and passengers and dock workers to the back side of the Passenger Station. It's a very busy station handling freight and people on two tracks.
The office end gets a few more details.
The front side get the same treatment of adding details and people. I use Prieser unpainted fugures and painted them "all by myself". LOL
The shed gets some details to help the viewer stay engaged.
I think the passenger station is mostly done.
Marty
The station looks well built and maintained. The figures add a busy feel to the setting. Some of the figures look like they came as pre-painted and the finish has a slight shine to it. You did a better job painting your details than the factory did in painting the figures. Have you considered painting them yourself? I think you could enhance their look.
The toolshed leftside door has rusted hinges and is nailed shut. The right door keeps closing so it has to be held open with a box.
Yea, the "Ojaste Figure Painting" factory workers are new on the job and are still learning how to paint Preiser figures. They are nervous and their hands shake painting the one micron details. I wish I could get painters that did not need a learning curve. HO figures are excessively expensive and getting superb ones cost a kings ransom. I wish there was a definitive tutorial and/or YouTube video on how to do it from the sprue to painting an excellent figure, but I could not find one. (The staff did watch tons of War Gamers videos, but their 1:72 figures are so much better than the Preiser figures.)
More weathering to do and harmonize colours still to come, when I get into the mood.
Marty
The one that I found the most informative was
Marty
https://www.google.com/search?q=painting+ho+scale+figures&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
I saw that video in my journey through the Internet. He still has good eyes and the desire, I only have one of them. I will go through the list, but a first glance most of them I have watched a few times already. At one point I said to myself, yes I talk to myself, "...self its time to paint."
On a side note, I used to renovate houses and I hated the "3P's"; plumbing, plastering and oainting. These were the tasks the customers got to see progress in a job and for some reason I just could not do it good enough, so I contracted it out. I tried to do the same thing with my daughter, who had painted N-scale people for her layout. She flatly refused and quickly left the room. Maybe I should have just bought the painted Preiser people, it would have only cost me ~$200. LOL.
YouTube here I come...
Marty