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i think i used too much rust on my oil tank.
The slate roof is mocked up along with the colored wall. To me the slates are oversized (they were made with a 1:35 mold) and the color doesn't give the feel I want on the tower. So I will be moving forward with the gray walls and shake roof.
I'll revisit the water tower idea some other time.
I started with a dark gray primer followed by SW concrete and aged concrete washes. Followed this up with some enamel washes in tan and gray. Streaks of rust, lime, and grime are enamels.
It's ready to mount the buildings. But they are not quite ready yet. I'll do some final weathering on the surface once the details are laid out.
Geezerbill
Re-working the tarpaper overhang per Robert's instructions. It's turning out great. Here it is installed, but not weathered yet.
Welcome back! I am enjoying watching you put your touches on the build. The slate is an interesting touch. Once your done would love to see pictures of O'Neills on your layout.
Jim
With this in mind, I'm looking for ideas on how to power lights with batteries. I'll need enough juice for 8ish lights plus a welding module...push button on/off, etc. Thoughts?
I primed up some castings today and plan on working on them for a while. I'm on hold with the structures until I get interior lights installed.
Still looking for battery operated ideas.
Geezerbill
Hopefully I can suggest some lighting. I have been using Ngineering lighting modules, LEDs, and the gooseneck lamp kits for HO scale lighting. I recently did the torch module with LEDs for a cutting torch to add to the yard of the warehouse from main street. They have a lighting module for welding lights too. The lights add a lot. It really adds to Brett's beautiful kits. The modules for led lighting can definitely accommodate your needs. Alan did a great tutorial on led lighting awhile back here on the forum. Microillumina I have heard is really nice as well. Check it out. The biggest expense was the variable temp soldering iron from Weller.
A diorama would be cool too. Maybe you will find a home for this beautiful kit on your layout though. The other models on the layout are really special you have built.
Any progress?
Jim
I've been working on the roof of the tower and decided to go with real wood shingles. I struggled with the ridge caps. Couldn't quite get them the way I wanted them. Tried metal and a couple of different widths of wood. This is what I came up with.
I'm also trying to figure out if it is possible to build a bird's nest in the missing shingle area that would look realistic. That would just make me smile every time I looked at it.
I imagined that the finial trim would be tin, so I tried it with metal first, then ended up painting the paper trim to look like tin. No chalks/powders applied yet.
Next here will be to get more of a gray tone to the shingles and to get some nice streaking effects going down the roof.