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The two smudges on the roof are a goof. I'm going to have to cover those. Below is the almost-finished pump and wood chopping area:
final position of boats:
I'll be offline (literally) for a month or two. Adopting another child out of Asia. Have fun modelling over the summer!
And that one yellow drum in the second photo. Yeah - you know I really liked it and all… but it wasn't right. This is something the SW (Brett) instructions always note, and other modellers comment on too. Bright colours, even if prototypically right, don't necessarily look right. I black-washed the drum. There - done with it.
On explanation is that we look at colours through an atmosphere. Some modelling paint companies deliberately "grey out" their paint to look like it's being viewed at a certain distance. Things should always look more faded than we think. But who knows…
BTW metal gate needs to be rusted up yet. Not glued down yet…
Nice work on the boats.
Karl.A
Karl.A
Karl.A
also this stuff, other than the tractors and the benches, hasn't been "chalked" for the most part yet either. That will help tone down/ blend things too of course. In retrospect, I'll probably find that some things/details should have been chalked ahead of time (i.e. before gluing down).