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Re: Freelance 2012 - faraway - 04-13-2012
It is time to go back to the left side after the freight house kits arrived. The Cornerstone buildings are to wide for my layout. The middle section has been cut out. The space for trucks is also limited and four truck loading docks got closed.
I will leave it alone over night to give glue and paint time to set until I continue with details, ramps and weathering.
Daniel was with me yesterday. It was a pleasure to discuss lots of aspects of model railroading. Time passed by within seconds. He had lots of photos with him. I was and I am still totally amazed by a quite simple wall on a French layout. I did never see such a detailed and realistic old wall. Have a look at the left wall http://www.club-proto-87.com/crbst_pa_28_p_2ceitc262c2hg1/crbst_rueG_20_2821_29_20_5B_5D.jpg?120tq0fq2f24p7
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Re: Freelance 2012 - Rscott417 - 04-13-2012
The freight house looks good but it looks cramped,I think I still would have went with the double sided loading dock and used the loading dock and over hang from that kit and put them back to back. You'd have a lot more space for truck traffic, but that's just me.
Re: Freelance 2012 - jwb - 04-13-2012
A little off topic for the photo above, but the terra cotta coloring on the warehouse is actually starting to look quite good!
Re: Freelance 2012 - faraway - 04-13-2012
Rscott417 Wrote:The freight house looks good but it looks cramped,I think I still would have went with the double sided loading dock and used the loading dock and over hang from that kit and put them back to back. You'd have a lot more space for truck traffic, but that's just me.
I see what you mean. The freight house is a kind of a counter pole to the large background building. It is more an aesthetic than a technical matter. May be a birds view is better for that reason. However I will pickup your suggestion and extend the loading dock with a ramp into the area where the black car is parked.
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Re: Freelance 2012 - faraway - 04-13-2012
jwb Wrote:A little off topic for the photo above, but the terra cotta coloring on the warehouse is actually starting to look quite good!
The "terra cotta" is a coincidence. That paint is not the color you talked about when you explained the terra cotta tiles surface of a similar building. I was looking for some dull brown rattle can and could find only the usual brown primer (used on all other brick buildings) and a can of "terra cotta" intended for low cost plastic flower pot to look like terra cotta
But I am afraid on that building looks my "terra cotta" paint more like light colored bricks and not like terra cotta tiles.
Re: Freelance 2012 - faraway - 04-14-2012
Give Mr. Mc Namara a call. He is awaiting you!
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Re: Freelance 2012 - fwwrmodeler - 04-14-2012
I like this better, looks more natural.
Re: Freelance 2012 - faraway - 04-14-2012
Weathering proceeded in the east corner of the industry.
I like the brick buildings more than the shoe boxed I did before but I am not happy with the cars and automobiles etc. of 1960 - 1980. I prefer the times after e.g. 2005. The cars, automobiles and trucks have been changed to the present tense. The most plausible way to stay with the old brick buildings is to model an old more or less run down industrial area. Wealthy and growing business has left the area and moved into modern buildings in new created industrial areas. However, there is still enough business to keep the railroad running. You can rent some space at the 3.rd floor!
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Re: Freelance 2012 - Tyson Rayles - 04-14-2012
Very believable complex, nicely done !
Re: Freelance 2012 - Rscott417 - 04-14-2012
the freight house by itself looks great, really great work. what did you use for the boarded up window?
Re: Freelance 2012 - faraway - 04-15-2012
Rscott417 Wrote:the freight house by itself looks great, really great work. what did you use for the boarded up window?It is a small piece of veneer. I got a pack of 10 sheets of the size 7" * 12" several years ago. Do not remember the kind of wood but it is soft and light colored. The piece at the freight house go some layers of black wash.
ps. I did take your advise and removed the high DPM building behind the freight house to have the area lass cramped. Thanks for that.
Re: Freelance 2012 - faraway - 04-15-2012
The ballast and ground cover in that area was done to serve a modern well maintained industry. That is not appropriate any more. I put a thin layer of ground cover of two kind of sand (light and darker) on top. As seen in industrial areas this is partially on top of the ties. Spare weed will be added randomly when the glue has set.
@Daniel, I did use a small sieve as recommended and got rid of the ugly humps in the ground cover we talked about. Thanks for the tip.
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Re: Freelance 2012 - Rscott417 - 04-15-2012
faraway Wrote:ps. I did take your advise and removed the high DPM building behind the freight house to have the area lass cramped. Thanks for that.]No problem, I hope I didn't come off too pushy but it does look much better and the loading dock you added came out really good as well.
faraway Wrote:What do you have on the freight house track, are those 2 crossings?
Re: Freelance 2012 - faraway - 04-15-2012
Rscott417 Wrote:... What do you have on the freight house track, are those 2 crossings?That are residuals from the former tank car unloading facility. It is a flat pan covered with a grill to catch spilled fluid. I left it untouched because it my serve the same purpose unloading tank cars to tank trailers.
HFCS plant - faraway - 04-16-2012
The Mutual Grain Service build for a 1980 layout needs some update to be reused 2005++
My idea is to convert the grain service into a HFCS plant. Input is corn starch shipped in modern pressure differential hoppers (got some nice models from Atlas) and unloaded mostly invisible like the grain under the cross building. Output is HFCS (high fructose corn syrup, the sweetener stuff in most soft drinks). I could use the tower and tanks of the bakery for HFCS storage. A tank car loading facility will be added. I did see such a thing some time ago in Google. It is a small, short building like a little tunnel (looked like Pikestuff made) to protect the top of the car and the tank nozzle from weather while loading.
I could not find a prototype of a dedicated HFCS plant.
Does that make sense on a freelance layout or is it way out of reality?
ps. It is interesting to read about the sugar / HFCS competition. e.g. Coca Cola went HFCS while Pepsi got back to the more expensive sugar and ran a marketing campaign about it. It is all about sugar beets vs. corn farming.
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