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By Way of Introduction
I've waited my whole life to build a kit like Brett produces. As I teenager I drooled over the SS Limited cast offerings during the 1970s, unable to afford a single one. But now I feel as the mail will soon rain railroad modeler's joy. Looking forward to beginning my kit. I've been working on some structures and on my 3rd floor pike, which is set on the Maine Coast in a defeated and broken town. It has been called "a drinking town with a fishing problem." Cheers! Ec
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Terry
Welcome to the SierraWest forum. Your photos show some great modeling ability and attention to detail. The sort of stuff we all thrive on here. Several nice builds you have shared, like the 1942 Ford. the elevated crossing tower, the signals and water tank to mention a few. Sweat stuff!
What scale? My guess is 1/48th scale based on the vehicle in the last photo. It looks like a build of a Tamiya 1942 Ford staff car kit. The perfect kit to make into a taxi. Love the chair as well. I can just picture the occupant taking long draws on a cigar and listening to the radio on a table next to him (kinda like my Irish grandpa). Looking forward to seeing more of your modeling here.
Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ (The heart of the Sonoran Desert)
Dave, I'm mostly Celtic myself. It comes with its flaws, but I think the advantages outweigh those. The chair is an old narrow gauge passenger car seat. I still love narrow gauge and since I'm a Mainer how can I not love 2-foot? I do however model in On30. If something look right, I could care less about the rest of it being EXACTLY correct.
Looking forward to seeing your build of the SW kit. Which one is it?
Thanks for the intro and keep us up to date with your SW kit progress.
Karl.A
Bill Obenauf.
http://www.craftsmankituniversity.com/vanforum/index.php?p=/discussion/894/another-o-scale-sawmill/p1
Karl.A
http://www.craftsmankituniversity.com/vanforum/index.php?p=/discussion/302/sierrawest-o-scale-sawmill-project-kit-308/p1
Brian Brown
http://www.craftsmankituniversity.com/vanforum/index.php?p=/discussion/362/the-sawmill-project-kit-308/p1
Joe Morgan
http://www.craftsmankituniversity.com/vanforum/index.php?p=/discussion/176/sawmill-complex-on30-module/p1
These are the four build threads I found going back to when the sawmill was released in 2013.
Hopefully what you are looking for is contained within one of those threads Eric.
Karl.A
Karl.A
My buddy here in Maine is Earle Michell who logged the Maine woods for 20 years. He is 70 and still has the back! Lovely guy who would answer any question.
its in the second thread I listed up above for you.
I'm pretty sure I outlined the 'method' in the thread.
Any questions just ask, there are many great modelers here,
happy to answer or assist.
Karl.A
How and when is the green paint applied?
Would other colors like orange be correct for the era.
A lot of people do not understand the gradual advancement of colored paints. Base pigments for certain colors were too expensive to make until chemistry found a way. Not sure bright greens were offered until about 1960. Note the change in car paint, kitchen paint, house paint, etc. Look at paint in the 1850s. Do you see bright colors used extensively? Paint is mainly the binder to which ground pigment is added. Artist paints are the same. Certain blues for instance were extremely expensive because precious stone was being ground to create them.
Indeed you are correct Eric, bright colours were used as a display of oppulance during the 1800's, red especially. Due to the transparency of the pigments.It was therefore much more expensive.
Hence the fact that most wealthy estates, palaces and such are decorated with deep red walls and red linens/fabrics... to show their wealth. To make the statement.
Into the 20th century, advancements were made, most machinery I have seen from that period is either black, grey or green. They seem to be the predominant colours, although by no means exclusive.
Personally in my modeling I prefer the green because primarily it creates a good contrast with the metal base/oil marks/rust etc. It dulls down really well to scale and doesn't jump out, it provides good modeling opportunities without bein garish or overpowering in a scene.
Black just is hard to get any definition or contrast, grey was a very 'period' colour and I don't like to limit myself to a timeline... yellows/oranges etc for me are too bright and over power a scene, maybe one or two small items, heavily dulled down, but that's about it.
Karl.A