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BlueSky Company Warehouse HO/HOn3

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  • adminadmin
    Color, texture, just perfect Ken. I love the subtle roof boards under the tarpaper. I have always had a special place in my modeling heart for bluesky, after all it was my first!
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Thanks much Brett and that was a big motivation for me to build this kit...a tribute to you and SWSM. I thought it fitting that since I just completed O'Neills, your latest HO/HOn3 offering, I would build your very first!...a span of 22 years. Great stuff and hope I build BlueSky as it deserves...
  • WesWes
    ken my man. Sorry for the delayed response. Work and and a almost 3 year old have been taking up the majority of my time lately.

    Your recent posts are up to your wonderful standards.The last pic in particular is a real beauty. The siding and old roofing just look so real. Keep up the great work buddy.
  • Joel
    Great detailing as always.
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Well Wes...work is no excuse, but an almost 3 year old trumps everything! Always nice hearing from you and your one of the best friends I've never met! That last picture did highlight the look I am after for this build...you have a good eye and appreciate your thoughts. I have three more roofs to go so I'm contemplating at least a couple of other different looks...we'll see how the experiments go...particularly targeting the Dry Goods Store roof as it is nearly flat.

    Hey Joel, thanks my friend and my goal is to have BlueSky ready for the EXPO in the fall, and trust I'll see you there.
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Quick and lean update. I have finished the initial detailing on the roof for the Dry Goods Store. I was contemplating a slightly different roof here but quickly decided aginst that idea. Much more detailing to go here but wanted to get something up...

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  • ironmountainlumber
    Ken,
    Very well done!!!!!!! The flashing on the chimney is superb. The tar paper really looks prototypical. The rot on the barn and the bottom of the main building is really well done as well as the paint on the windows and main building. Just outstanding! As I told you before you are certainly the master of the details!

    Jim
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Thanks Jim...its slowly getting there. I'm happy the way the paper I used hugs the roof boards and appears prototypically thin. Not long and it will be time to plant it on the diorama base.
  • Karl.AKarl.A
    Looks fantastic Ken, beautiful work.

    Karl.A
  • nextceonextceo
    Looks fantastic Ken. All the color tones flow together quite nicely.
  • mikemettelka
    Something to aspire too....
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Apprecaite that Karl and I know it wasn't much of an update but wanted to get something posted. I plan some debris on the flat roof as the pitch is so slight leaves and debris would have collected up there. I will likely wait until the diorama is further along to see what kind of tree species and where they will be located so the debris field is appropriate...you know...will I model tree leaves or pine needles!

    Thanks Alan...always nice hearing from you.

    Hey Mike, thanks for your thoughts and thanks.
  • Karl.AKarl.A
    I like the way you think..
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Thanks Karl...great minds kind of thing??...nah, I didn't think so either!

    Hah...you're all fired!...nobody mentioned from the last picture that my hanging Texaco sign on the front left of the Dry Goods store wall is gone. Knocked it off fooling around with the roof work, *&^!@&%#&!....didn't damage it at all though, and I am leaving it off until I'm done fooling around!
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Well nobody gets my wit and wisdom...lol...so moving along...I added a fun little detail to the Dry Goods Store sign wall. An old light fixture base with exposed wires...this will run down to the electrical panel mounted on the wall later on. Wanted to get this done while I could still manipulate the building on its side to facilitate the "fiddly" running and attacment of the wire.

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  • nextceonextceo
    Nice little touch there Ken...what did you use for the wire...solder?
  • BillBill
    That's awesome! An electrical code violation...before there were electrical codes. Very prototypical and seldom (ever?) modeled.
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  • Joel
    Love it. So many ideas to steal and so little time...
  • mikemettelka
    That's great! What did you use for the light base?
  • adminadmin
    Love it. All these seemingly benign additional details make your builds wonderfully unique.
  • sdrees
    like your nice detail.
  • CarlRoweCarlRowe
    R E diculous. Great ideas and building.
  • brownbr
    Lovin all the little extras
  • KKarnsKKarns
    edited May 2017
    Thanks much Brett...your wonderful kits just support details so well...can't help myself!

    Appreciate that Alan. The wire is actually fine ship rigging thread that I textured with chalk.

    Thanks Ed and nice hearing from you.

    Hey Bill...glad you think so. When looking at old buildings such as BlueSky's Dry Goods Store, I'm moved by all the old wiring going to nothing, old pipes and cables attached to the siding, etc...it really gives the building that look of a succession of features that convey the age and neglect of the building. When a light went bad and not replaced, rather than tear out all the wiring it was just left there. I purposely made some sags in the wiring as it ran along the siding for effect.

    Thanks Joel...you hereby have permission to use any said detail ideas you wish...just fill out the required paperwork for copywrite relief...

    Mike, thanks...the base is just a small fiber board "washer" from my junk box. I drilled two small holes in the sides...very small holes!...and inserted two very thin pieces of short wire to simulate the mounting screws for the light fixture beasel. I then glued a couple pieces of very thin thread inside the opening and hanging out for the wire.

    Thanks Steve...like Brettt eluded to...sum of the parts kind of thing where each individual detail may have a small impact, but when combined with many small details makes a big difference on the finished project...at least I think so...

    Hey Carl...I know a bit fiddly but I enjoy that stuff...and requires a posting like this to point it out or it may never be seen!

    Well Bryan, good to hear from you and thanks much.
  • SteveCuster
    This is really turning out fantastic Ken. That wire is a great detail.
    -Steve
  • WesWes
    How flippen fantastic is that last pic.

    Ken you are the man. Most of us struggle to even achieve this reality in O scale.

    Keep up the good work brother.
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Hey Steve, been thinking about you and your terrific diorama...hope its coming along well. Thanks for your thoughts on the update.

    Wes my friend!...thanks so much and it was one of those details you're not sure will work but can visualize it in your mind. Again, appreciate the kind words of encouragement. Just too bad you're so darn far away...forum keeps us all close though!

    One thing I noticed that I think is subtile but makes the deatil work well is Brett's design here. The pitch and angle of the roof lines requires the sign, if centered between the walls, is not in the center of the ridge peak. So when I put the light fixture base centered over the sign it's off center from the ridge peak which I think looks cool as hell! Not all uniform and in a line...
  • Karl.AKarl.A
    Outstanding as always Ken.
    Love the way you weathered the sign so meticulously and thoughtfully.
    Wiring is perfectly executed, down to the sags in the line and the loose wires on the fixture.
    Nobody could improve on this... except well, maybe you.

    Karl.A

    and yes I saw what you saw, but that's just the camera angle and the lighting.
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Thanks Ed, you're one of kind...glad to have you checking in.

    Hey Karl, appreciate that and you know how much I value your critical eye.
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Thanks Ed and I plan to work Ho Scale as long as I'm able to see and construct those tiny, minuscule little details without screwing them up to badly!
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