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i'd love to have those cars. i have a couple of bachmanns. red plastic. its never easy trying to make that look realistic, but it is a challenge.
i haven't been back to the work bench in quite a while (almost a month) because i have a new baby, she's been taking up most of my free time.
it's not what you think....
I have a wood kit from LaBelle I'm about to start that looks very silimar...are Bill Banta and LaBelle one and the same?
Terry
The car looks great and all but stop teasing me with guitars and cars, I wanna see your skills on the kit build...
Details, walls, windows or doors, I'm easy to please regardless. I sure am looking forward to the next build update
Karl.A
i'm going to make it look pretty beat up over the years. i would really appreciate any suggestions for achieving the color. black and white chalks? gray chalks? all suggestions will be considered and appreciated.
here's a few of the siding boards (pre-detailing) showing my attempt at coming up with a nice sun bleached gray finish. it could have been lighter, but its only a beat up shed..
hmm...i see some fuzzies in the picture. i know what i gotta do....
i used some of the excess ribbed roofing from the main building for the shed roof. it's been painted and baked but i still need to color it.
i made the shed subwalls out of chipboard, and i'm going to install the siding boards vertically (after seeing ken's recent update on the foundry build, i have alot of detailing to do.) i'm debating cutting small windows in the side walls but i don't know if it's necessary. after all...its just a shed. i suppose it should have some ventilation, as sheds can get pretty hot inside and this one's gonna have acetylene stored in it.
well, i'm heading back downstairs. i think i'll try dusting the boards with varying shades of gray.
Terry
the barn is in really bad shape. as in, falling down shape....
i finished the front wall and left wall and glued them together. boy oh boy does the camera show a ton of fuzzies. they are not visible with my naked eye (anyway)...
the lighting is deceiving, because the edges of the signs have been thoroughly rusted and there is no white visible (to my naked eye)......
Terry
the only thing i want to do to it now is find sand the fuzzies away.
I'm in agreement with Ken's comments and your decision to change to the tar paper roof for the auxiliary acetylene shed. We all hate it when the dreaded "fuzzies" show up in our model structure photos. But like you, we should rely on this "critical eye" of the camera to keep our modeling on a high level. I believe the few extra minutes of time spent on "fuzzy" clean-up will be greatly rewarded. Might be interesting to see how it effects the overall weathering as well.
In your final photo above from July 15 there is a great looking pick-truck in the upper left hand corner. What details can you share about the vehicle (scale, manufacturer, model year etc.?) By the paint colors I'd guess it was a late 50's pick-up.
Later, Dave S Tucson, AZ
However, I'm not so keen on its placement, or it's angle. I'll elaborate on 'why', if you ask, but, it just doesn't seem to 'fit'.
Karl.A
dave: it's a die cast 1/48 truck. if you google "1/48 forrest gump truck" it'll pop up.
karl: i think it's because the angle of the shed in relation with the welding shop, where the acetylene tanks are refurbished, just isn't plausible. if that's your reason, it's mine too. once i get all the ground cover down i'll experiment with the placement of the shed, but i would love to hear your thoughts.
karl, i would love to hear your thoughts on the placement of the shed. I've already decided to eliminate the front "road" from the diorama and that gives me almost 2 more inches. the road can be on the layout once o'neill's has been placed.
the shed was just placed there for the purpose of getting a picture of it. i've decided to eliminate the road across the front of the diorama. the road will be on the layout portion once the diorama is placed. this gives me almost 2" more room to place it. i have to get the rest of the ground cover dirt glued down (hopefully today). once the tan colored dirt is all glued down and set i'm going to add a layer of "black dirt" and then some greenery/details will be put down. I'll figure out shed placement at that stage.
Really love the little shed. Just a quick question. What is the chimney there for?
When the shed was repurposed to be used as gas tank storage they couldn't have a stove in there for safety reasons so they removed the stove but left the stack as a vent incase any of the old tanks started leaking....
Karl.A
Terry