Nice little tutorial, Kurt, and one that demonstrates (if anyone actually needs further proof) why your work always looks so good: attention to detail.

Wayne

As always - Wunderbar! I just have to try some of your scratch building tips when I get a little further on my layout!

Smile,
Stein

Thanks for showing us your box making technique Kurt! They are terrific details for scenes!
Ralph

Steamtrains Wrote:And the little cans that belong in those boxes are at..??

Gus, I am working on it ....

Steve Wrote:Awesome Kurt
I'll take 2 dozen! ...............................Oh wait.......................I gotta make 'em? :cry:

Oh you can order them. Just like your omni-directional pressure clamps, they are a real bargain ... ONLY $24.00 a dozen plus $36.00 for shipping and handling


I am glad you liked my little tutorial. Once you have untwined your fingers after doing the first one, you can start mass production . With a little practice you can do a lot of them in no time. I did a few more and stacked them on a pallet.

Brown paper bags can also be a source of "cardboard box" material.

Somebody clip those posts and stick that in the academy! Great tutorial, Kurt!

Galen

The fence, The boxes.....Simply Magic, as is the rest of your thread Kurt.
You explain all, in great, easy to read detail. Thank you, a bookmark must.


Jack

WHOA! Cardboard boxes! Dude Kurt, you have some patients man! LOL. Im with Steve, Ill take a couple dozen

You think im joking dont you? But seriously, where do i sign up to order some I honestly think if you made those and sold them you could make some decent money on them... How long does each one take you to make? I saw the tutorial, they look simple enough, but im sure I would find a way to screw them up LOL

Stacked on pallets, they look awesome and really add a TON of detail. Who would have thought a couple cardboard boxes would bring a scene together so much? lol

Thank you for your kind comments. I am glad you think my little tutorials are useful – makes doing them wort while .

Josh, now that you asked, I was interested myself in knowing how long it takes to make one of the boxes. So I did one and kept an eye on my watch. I managed to do the box in about three minutes ... not bad, but hardly quick enough to make a fortune by selling them, but if you really screw them up, I could do a few for you.

Kurt, I have to agree with whats already been said. You have a great way of explaining how you go about doing your modeling . Looking forward to the further progress of your layout.

Bruce

cnw1961 Wrote:Oh you can order them. Just like your omni-directional pressure clamps, they are a real bargain ... ONLY $24.00 a dozen plus $36.00 for shipping and handling

Great I'll take 4 dozen of them!



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Bruce, thank you.

OK Shane, I’ll start cutting right away. I can guarantee you a delivery date around Christmas ..................................................... next year!

cnw1961 Wrote:Bruce, thank you.

OK Shane, I’ll start cutting right away. I can guarantee you a delivery date around Christmas ..................................................... next year!

Great! I'll start counting my Canadian Tire money. I think I have enough of it stashed around the house somewhere.

After this short excursion into box-making, I turned to some "serious" modeling again. That means I cut off the last segment of the structure that I showed you on page 15 of this thread. I added a sidewall to this segment and fixed it to my layout at he end of the lot with the trailers. The other, much bigger part of the structure was fixed to the extension, so that the two parts of this warehouse line up automtically when I plug in the extension.



The seam between these two parts is almost invisible ... and to make absolutely sure, I don’t show you a close-up



Now with the wall at the end of the lot in place, I could go on detailing the lot. I still have to finish the gate and to weather the containers, but apart from that, the lot is done.



While wandering with Google’s street view through the Miami East Rail district, I found a company that rents out old trailers. I "borrowed" the sign I found on their trailers and put it on the fence. The sign is a simple screenshot from the street view that I resized in Photoshop and printed out. Before cutting it out, I glued thin aluminum foil to the back of the printout, so that it looks like a metal sign if you see the backside through the chainlink fence. Maybe I patch one or even both trailers and put that sign on them, too.

Quote:After this short excursion into box-making, I turned to some serious modeling again.

The ubiquitous cardboard box is found everywhere except many, many model railroads. I'd say your attention to the ordinary details and committment to translate them into the model world is truly 'serious modeling'.

Galen