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Once the colors look correct I'll add all the fun details like door handles, hinges, the dock bumper, signs and a few other details to the front and the side walls.
I put a few floor boards behind the sliding front door so I can put a few details to act as a view block for the open door.
SteveF
SteveF
SteveF
Brett, That's an incredible complement coming from you! Thank you for that. And thank you for your continued commitment to excellence in the hobby. Your kits and this forum have rekindled my interest in the hobby. Thank you for your continued encouragement.
Bryan, Thank's for the comments. I agree that the front wall needed a similar treatment with the pastel chalks and I've tried doing so in the pictures below.
So I've got the four walls together and almost complete. Along with the additional "dirtying up", I've added a broken window to the back wall and a man door to the tall side wall. The door will provide access to the boardwalk that will be between the warehouse and the stone building. There is a bit more fine tuning left on the walls before I start the roof. I have siding to put on the back of the front wall and view blocks to place inside. I want to put a working light fixture over the front door. I may eliminate at least one of the board splits on the tall wall as I ended up with too many at the high level. There is a few fuzzies and bits of weathering to clean up. And I'm still not happy with the board splits in the sign. As always, I appreciate your comments and support.
SteveF
While I was waiting for things to dry, I made a few tweaks to my previous work. I replaced one of the two piece boards on the tall wall to break up the uniformity of the four splits at the top of the wall. I did some more weathering on the sign by adding wood grain in the paper and highlighting with more chalks. And adjusted the weathering on the front wall.
I had to cut a new roof because the warehouse won't butt up against the stone building so it needed overhang on both sides. Tomorrow, I hope to tarpaper the roof. I'm thinking of trying tissue paper and look forward to anyone's experience or suggestions.
Thanks,
SteveF
SteveF
I waited a few minutes then applied single ply facial tissue to the newsprint. We only had two ply in the house but I found it fairly easy to separate in two layers. I found it easy to lay the tissue starting at a corner without putting any tension on it. As you can see in the picture, the one on the left was my first attempt where I was trying to pull the tissue as I applied it actually creating more wrinkles. In the second attempt, I just attached one corner and tried smoothing the tissue as I placed it on the newsprint. I like some of the texture in the first attempt and will use some of the smaller wrinkles to add to the personality to the roof but I find the larger wrinkles out of scale. I finished by brushing a diluted mixture of black acrylic paint on the paper.
SteveF
The pastel chalks are more noticeable in the pictures than on the actual model. For the most part, this is all new for me and I welcome any comments or suggestions. I'm trying to stretch my modeling skills through this forum so I spend a fair amount of time questioning my results.
SteveF
This is the syringe I used to apply the tar lines. I attached a fine tip applicator to achieve as fine a line as possible. Even with that, it takes a light touch and a steady hand.
A light rust streak down the wall underneath the rusting sign by the loading door.
Remove/wear down a little bit of paint from the peak of the false-front wall.
Add overall rusting to the corrugated panel (only) that is rusted through.
An idea for the next time you are doing rolled roofing and want to add some distress. Place a piece of your roofing on your workbench, directly on top of a spot of dried glue. Sand the spot until it wears through to the glue. It makes a nice, random looking worn spot.
SteveF
Really fantastic job on this kit. I really have enjoyed looking at the Stone work and how you did this. The pan pastel colors on page one are fantastic. All the little details really show what you can do in O scale. The structure on page 3 is fantastic, feels and looks old. The roof is really nicely done.
Jim
This has been another business travel week for me so not much progress yet. I did have time to weather, stain and cut strip wood to make individual shingles for the main office roof. I'm going to start shingling when I return on Friday. This will be my first time using individual shingles. If anyone has any tips or thoughts on individual shingles, I could certainly use the advise before starting.
Steve F
Surprisingly the process is very quick. Two sharp items, ie exacto's, one to stab and pick up the shingle and place it. the other to position, pry it off and set it in place.. once you have your rhythm it goes very quickly, individual shingles cant be beat.
Karl.A
SteveF
I decided to get the buildings on their own diorama base to help the focus.
If you originally looked at this thread you would see that not only did I move the warehouse to the opposite side of the office but I was also planning to locate the storage shed on the rear wall of the office building with two warehouse doors opening into the alley between the main office and the warehouse. When getting back to the project this weekend, I decided that the storage shed worked better on the side of the office and better captured the original design of the kit. This required that I cut the long walls apart. Flipping the warehouse doors to the other end of the tall wall and moving the man door from the angled wall to the short long wall. This also required I make a new angled wall. As you can see in the picture below, I've put joists under the floor and still need to add some type of footings to raise the shed to the height of the dock.
You can see in the picture that I've added individual wood boards to the interior in which I will be adding plenty of SWSM castings and some LED lighting. The next step is to replace the flex track with hand laid rail, add footings to the base for the shed, complete the shed interior, mount the shed on the piers then add a removable roof and some stairs for the man door. Then, it's back to completing and weathering the main office building. Speaking of interiors, I started a small drop in for the second floor of the office building.
It's good to be back! I really missed the modeling and the camaraderie of this forum.
SteveF
I have one concern with the exterior of the office. While the reddish boards appear to show some fading or lightening, the trim does not. Perhaps you're not at that stage of construction yet. If I read correctly, your intent was to show that the building had been newly sided (or words to that effect).
Given that one structure shows considerable age (white cracked & peeling paint) and the opposite structure is a tar paper shed (which by nature implies "run down") the newness of the second story might stick out even more than you had intended. Yes, in the real world, that's how a re-worked building would look. But, they don't stay new looking for very long.
I hope it's okay that I said something.
Your work on these buildings is so well done, that I wanted to mention that it kinda "stuck out" to my eye. A question I like to ask while I'm mid-project: "will the typical viewer get the idea of what "this" is or what is going on in the diorama...even if I'm not there to explain it?"
In other words, can the model stand on its own, or will you constantly be having to tell people 'ya see, that's because they just resided the building'? Sometimes the only way to convey that is to have evidence in the model (i.e.: scaffolding still in place, unfinished areas, new construction materials laying about, etc.)
Just something to think about.
Again, if you haven't completed the weathing, ignore my ramblings!
Bill
Brownbr - That's a great comment. I've always prided myself in trying to have my structures reflect real world designs and you're right! Sometimes you miss the most obvious. There is no way that safe made it to the second floor without a hoist. I'm going to replace it with a table or cabinets.
Thanks guys. I really enjoy the input.
SteveF