Looks great Gary! Your attention to the details of the prototype photos you use always impresses me! The various light fixtures and the weather wraps (what are they called?) around the loading doors really add to this structure! Wonderful!
Ralph
Thanks Ralph. I'm pleased with how this one is turning out. Sometime in the near future, will be adding the fences and greenery, and the scene should really take shape.
Gary, this new building as well as the potato switching thread are outstanding. The lack of any selective compression is amazing again and again.
ps. You may flag your threads PG80, they create a hunger for space that can not be satisfied by most of us legally.... :o
Outstanding job on the warehouse Gary! I especially like the way you've handled the dock seals. They look so prototypical, unlike the oversize representations of them that Walther's has been putting on a few of their structures. Perhaps we could sweet talk you into demonstrating or describing how you made them?
Outstanding work, Gary, as usual.
Wayne
Thanks everyone, for the comments and for taking the time to look.
Reinhard, even with all my space, the Gulf Winds building is actually compressed. The proto has 12 doors, I could only get in seven. :cry:
I'll also be doing a sign to go on the side of this building, probably by making a decal and then putting it on a piece of thin styrene sheet. Or, could print it out and glue the paper to some styrene. Here's the logo, which I think is really cool.
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Recently, Gulf Winds changed their logo to a generic geometric thing... glad I got this photo before they changed it.
FCIN Wrote:Outstanding job on the warehouse Gary! I especially like the way you've handled the dock seals. They look so prototypical, unlike the oversize representations of them that Walther's has been putting on a few of their structures. Perhaps we could sweet talk you into demonstrating or describing how you made them?
Ed, sorry I didn't reply sooner. I'd be happy to show how the dock seals were made. They're actually very simple and easy. I do have to tell you that they are somewhat rough and won't stand up to stringent modeling standards. From 3 feet, they look okay though!
I'll be out of town over the next few days, I'll try to remember to do a "how-to" early next week. Hmnmmm.... actually, I probably have time tonight, just need new batteries for the camera.
Pictures!
A quick tutorial on how the weather shrouds are made - real quick and real rough, just to show the overall method. You certainly need to experiment with dimensions, etc.
First, cut a strip of plastic from a black garbage bag. I start with about 3/4" x 6".
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Bend some wire to fit around the door. You determine the exact size depending on how much space you want around the door. I used .020 music wire.
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Put some CA on one side of the wire:
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Press the wire onto an edge of the plastic:
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CA glue along each edge of the wire:
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Glue around all three sides:
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After the glue is dried, use scissors to trim up the plastic. I cut it at an angle, smaller at the bottom, getting bigger at the top. You can experiment with this to get the look you want.
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Next, take black thread and make a loop/knot, slide over the end of the wire/plastic:
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Pull the knot tight, working the plastic down to the wire. Then put a drop pf CA on the thread to hold the knot. Again, experiment to get the look you want.
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Continue with more knots all around I use two knots on each side and two at the top, for a total of 6 knots. You may decide to use more. Look at proto photos and try to make it look like what you see. Mine were definitely done with the 3 foot rule in mind.
Last, probably wouldn't hurt to spray with some dullcote to hide the shine.
Fantastic Gary! It is increasingly hard to tell which is the model and which is the proto photo.
I was thinking about making cab curtains for my steamers, and this looks like a great way to do it. I've heard tea bags make great weathered canvas...
Andrew
