04-30-2016, 04:21 PM
Obviously, those buildings with the "mortar" have been attacked by the giant Marshmallow Monster from Ghost Busters.
Terrific work!
Terrific work!
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Layout (room) tour, with lots of photos...
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04-30-2016, 04:21 PM
Obviously, those buildings with the "mortar" have been attacked by the giant Marshmallow Monster from Ghost Busters.
Terrific work! ![]()
05-01-2016, 05:32 AM
Great work :!:
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05-13-2016, 12:57 PM
Thanks for your kind comments, guys.
I've not had much time lately for working on the layout, but have made a bit of progress on Tuckett's: ![]() Wayne
05-14-2016, 07:24 AM
That's a great looking building Doc
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05-20-2016, 12:04 PM
A bit of progress on the large curtain wall factory, but not as I had hoped.
After a lot of tedious masking, I was finally able to paint the "concrete" structure of the large factory. I used a mixture of about 46% Floquil Grey Primer, 46% Depot Buff, and 8% of a previously-mixed orange, used on my home road reefers - mostly Floquil Reefer Orange and Trailer Train Yellow. I would have added Reefer White, but have none of that colour left in my supply of Floquil paint, so the "concrete" is a little darker than I would have preferred. ![]() After removing all of the masking tape, I used a stiff paintbrush to apply the drywall compound "mortar". This is easier than the "rag method", and allows for a lighter application: ![]() ![]() I used an X-Acto #19 chisel blade to remove the majority of the excess mortar, then finished with a toothbrush and a wipe with a dry rag: ![]() ![]() While it's not readily apparent in the last two photos above, the clean-up left the concrete with a distinctly greenish cast, more representative of newly-poured concrete than of material supposedly more than a couple of decades in place. And, equally distressing, is that the "bricks" have taken on a too-faded appearance. I'll have to hope that weathering will make things more acceptable, as this will be an expensive project to write off. ![]() ![]() Wayne
05-21-2016, 08:10 AM
All of the soot and cinders from the steam locomotives will have that building covered in soot in no time, everything will be darker.
![]() Charlie
06-06-2016, 08:05 AM
A bit of progress....
![]() ![]() ....still not sure if I like it, though. Wayne
06-06-2016, 08:18 AM
Wayne, I think it is great, but if you aren't quite happy with it, it could take a lot more weathering.
Charlie
06-06-2016, 09:10 AM
That's a great looking building
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06-06-2016, 09:20 AM
Thanks for the kind comments, guys.
![]() I actually wish it weren't quite so dirty, Charlie, but I'm not upset enough that I want to repaint it. ![]() Wayne
06-06-2016, 09:53 AM
I like it... don't change a thing as far as the weathering goes.
My other car is a locomotive, ARHS restoration crew
06-06-2016, 11:00 AM
It is not "dirty" in the sense of weathering. That is just patina every older building collects in downtown and industrial areas. I like it!
Reinhard
06-09-2016, 04:26 AM
You've cheered me up no end Doc, here I thought that I was on my own for being far too critical on my own work.
![]() For what it's worth I think it looks good even though it is just sitting on plywood at present, especially the photo with the boxcars in the loading dock. ![]() Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
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