04-20-2014, 01:58 PM
Thanks guys!!
Every time I am at a train show I dig through the detail parts and pieces and usually can get a bunch of parts for little to nothing. I had one where they had a huge box with everything was $1.00. I think I picked up two hundred dollars worth of details for $30. I also bought some of those parts organizers and I mark them out by type. So when I am decorating an office, I have a little drawer marked "office." I then place the parts on tape and paint them white with my airbrush, I then hand paint everything using craft paint. It is time consuming but worth the effort. In the scene I would say the 50% of the details are from the manufacturer, 25% are scratchbuilt and %25 are kitbashed. I find that variety is what makes it believable.
Every time I am at a train show I dig through the detail parts and pieces and usually can get a bunch of parts for little to nothing. I had one where they had a huge box with everything was $1.00. I think I picked up two hundred dollars worth of details for $30. I also bought some of those parts organizers and I mark them out by type. So when I am decorating an office, I have a little drawer marked "office." I then place the parts on tape and paint them white with my airbrush, I then hand paint everything using craft paint. It is time consuming but worth the effort. In the scene I would say the 50% of the details are from the manufacturer, 25% are scratchbuilt and %25 are kitbashed. I find that variety is what makes it believable.