Beautiful!!!
That scene is awesome (both stone-work and scenery).
The cabin is another work of art! How did you achieve the realistic styrene-to-wood transformation? Looks fantastic!!!!
Impressive painting! Please share your technique!
Galen
Thanks guys!
Galen,
I sprayed everything with flat black spray paint, & then I dry-brushed with acrylic paint - (raw umber, raw sienna, & titanium white)
I've started on the roof of the cabin...
I decided I would try to make "wood" shingles from styrene, after I found a real thin sheet in my box of goodies...
A few years ago, I tried this on an N scale structure...it worked OK, but I'm thinking this will work even better in the larger scale...
I cut a strip of the styrene 2 scale feet wide...I score it with sandpaper to look like wood grain, & then I randomly make cuts every 6 - 12 scale inches apart, cutting roughly halfway across the width of the strip...as you can see, the strips curl up after they've been cut, so I break them into shorter, more manageable lengths...
Here's what they look like glued to the roof...
Here's some progress pics...
Wow! That is a very nice scene you are creating! That bridge area looks incredible!
Excellent Work! That's a great looking scene. Good idea using the styrene as shingles...I've got to remember that little trick.
Nice idea for shingles.
I'll have to give it a shot.
Great work, Drew, not only on that little gem of a cabin, but on the entire layout.
Wayne
....Terrific work...!!!
I'm going to keep in mind (what little there's left of it...) the shingles idea for an upcoming scratch build.....
Thanks guyz!
I guess this will be my next project...
Gotta get the quarry fleet up & running...
I got the MDC HO hoppers from my friend Jim Marksberry...the remains of the old 4-wheel caboose (upper right) I'm going to make into a gondola...I love these little cars & I think they'll make a really cool little train...
Well, here's where we stand at this point...
The unfinished side to the right is where the quarry scene will be...
A little more progress on the rolling stock...
It's supposed to rain all day, so I might get to stay in & work on the RR!
Thanks MM!
Here's the 4-wheel gon at this point...
It measures 12' long & 6 1/2' wide ( O scale)
Very, very, very nice indeed!
Your painting technique probably works so well because it's utter simplicity...that and you've got a real artistic eye.
Galen