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Right working on the fourth one but not sure I'll add it. Kind of like the look with three despite the possibility of a break-in! Two for sure not enough, four seemed a bit busy...we'll see.
On a side note I love the crackle on the window...
To be critical of myself, which I also enjoy doing...
The bars may be slightly wider than they should be, the bolt heads are a bit large as well but are the smallest I can get, I may try the cut solder trick on the other one. and they need a little worn paint on them as well. It does however look fairly good just looking at it.
The only reason I used the "crackle" paint was that I didn't use any resist layer on the window and it lifts readily without it. Hairspray and regular white paint would accomplish the same thing, as the cracked finish really can't be decerned without magnification! The scorge of 1:87 scale details...many are difficult to see! I love the look though as well.
A bolt on each side or is it possible to make the bar hanging down as if the threads didn't hold on one side?
Just a thought.
Thanks much Nejc. I was pleased with how it turned out and a testament to how versatile Brett's resin castings are. Working on the rest of the windows in similar fashion...Ken
Taking another vacation there Dr Grunge? Or are you working on another lot of mind blowingly wonderful HO details?
As I mentioned in my Wood Clinic, the treatment of the wood, which here includes both stripwood and clapboard siding, is so important to the overall build that I'm treating each separate wall as a individual model.
Thanks for "rattling my cage" Wes, I get fired up just talking about this stuff...
The gabled two-sided wall originally displayed the large main "BlueSky Company" sign and was supplied as a dry transfer decal. This BlueSky kit is now 22 years old and following an experiment I performed with the extra dry transfer decals Brett provided in the kit on a test piece of clapboard siding, I found the paint was quite dry and did not transfer well. I discussed this with Brett and decided rather than risk a poor transfer on this highly visible wall I decided to make a sign to install in the same location as the original spot for the BlueSky decal.
The picture below is of the completed sign and Gabled "Front Wall". Art work was found on the internet and was sized and printed on a color printer. The images were glued to a piece of styrene sheet cut to size, covered with matte finish Magic Tape by 3M, and weathered with chalks and raw umber gouache.
Those not familiar with BlueSky, the "un-stained" portion of this wall does not show and the door seen along the right side is the inside of a door that is entered from the outside loading dock area and is not visible. Note the simple paper blind glued to the back of the window.
The following picture is the other side of the wall. I wanted to maintain the iconic BlueSky name somewhere on the diorama. I decided to make a sign from one of the smaller BlueSky Dry Transfer decals but once again did not want to risk a poor transfer onto a finished wall. I made a sign board and performed the transfer, this way if it turned out poorly it could be re-done or not done at all. The transfer on the flat board went very well I think and proudly displays the BlueSky name!
A bit of scale perspective. More walls to come...
The wood color has me a little concerned...
Really dark stained siding didn't hold it's deep color for long (since it attracts sunlight more readily than other colors). The area around the man door looks about right to my eye, but the higher gable area is what I thought might be as faded--or maybe even more so. Just an observation--
(who knows, maybe you haven't finished weathering the siding and I'm supposed to be looking only at the grocery sign!!!)
I paid much more attention to fading the paint along the bottom edges of the walls (dark to light) as you'll see in my future posts and less attention to the reverse needed under the eaves (light to dark)...
Hey Joel, thanks much and due to the close up shots the paint peel looks a bit harsh in the image but is much more subdued in front of me
Bryan, those stumble bums can't follow instructions for anything! Sorry that area is a distraction for sure but of course is covered once the walls are together.
Ed, You can't shame me into moving to the "dark side"! That diorama Brett came up has the ability to convert the purist of HO Scale Modelers.
Did you take a scratch pen to those boards or how did you do it?
The rotted boards at the bottom of the other wall are well done, too.
Ed--you're too kind!
The problem is, a lot of times I can't see similar things in my own work. I try to think stuff through ahead of time, but just like what Ken said...it's easy to fixate on getting one component correct and overlook the basics.
With the dark siding, I had some real world help:
My parent's house had dark brown wood siding and it was a colossal pain in the a$$--constantly fading and cracking (especially on the southern exposure). It developed that bleached out look about a year after staining it, and Ken captured the effect to a "T".
Appreciate that Bill and thanks for the schooling. This is what this forum is all about!
Phil, thanks for the vote of confidence and glad I re-worked things a bit.