Just found this thread. Your modeling is really awesome!!! Keep it up!!!

Steve I am glad you are back and revived my favorite thread. I always look forward to your modeling.

I don't know if you saw it but your work in this thread inspired this work on mine:

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Dave

Painkiller Wrote:Just found this thread. Your modeling is really awesome!!!  Keep it up!!!

Thank you sir!  

Puddlejumper Wrote:Steve I am glad you are back and revived my favorite thread.  I always look forward to your modeling.

I don't know if you saw it but your work in this thread inspired this work on mine:  

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Dave

I appreciate the kind words, but Dave..........I don't mind inspiring you, but at least have the common courtesy to NOT do it better than I did!!!!!!!!    

Excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!        


Here is the promised pic looking from the left side:




I'll keep plugging away.....still need to get to my crummy LHS and get some styrene.........hope they have what I need. They almost always don't though    

You going to model that "little red wagon", by the stairs ? :o
That is one of the more unusually shaped building I've ever seen !

Sumpter250 Wrote:    You going to model that "little red wagon", by the stairs ? :o    
That is one of the more unusually shaped building I've ever seen !

My building stops right at the end of the dock, but I got a chuckle out of the lil' red wagon myself....I may have to put it in  
I also agree about the shape....very unique. I wish I had pics of the structure from all sides.


I put the brick "trim" pieces on, and then painted it yet again. All I have is the brick color on, which I intentionally made a bit darker than I would like the finished color to be (the mortar wash should take care of that).



I have other squares of the brick sheet painted in this color, so tomorrow I will experiment with washes (probably will start out with some grays and see how that works).

Take care  

Wonderful work..!!
Are you going to use commercial windows or will you also scratchbuild them..??

Where would one find a li'l red wagon..?? I could use one....

P.D. I did a similar finish on a freight station, and the mortar wash did lighten up the base color...

The building is looking great Steve. I will be following what you do with the washes for the mortar as this is an area that gives me trouble.
And yes the wagon caught my eye as well, great little detail.

Did a little "internet surfing"...found this:
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looks like one more side , and completely changes the idea of the overall shape of the building.

Steamtrains Wrote:Wonderful work..!!
Are you going to use commercial windows or will you also scratchbuild them..??

Where would one find a li'l red wagon..??  I could use one....

P.D.  I did a similar finish on a freight station, and the mortar wash did lighten up the base color...

Gus, I am much too blind....and lazy to scratchbuild windows   Windows are Tichy...I think that Woodland Scenics has a lil' red wagon in one of their figure sets. Wouldn't be too hard to scratch one though......maybe  

Edit...I found WS wagon  (it is in a few different groupings):
http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.c...931/page/1

Sumpter250 Wrote:Did a little "internet surfing"...found this:
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looks like one more side , and completely changes the idea of the overall shape of the building.

Great pic......I went back to the HABS site and found some more  

JohnyBotto Wrote:The building is looking great Steve. I will be following what you do with the washes for the mortar as this is an area that gives me trouble.

John, as you will see, I can't really help you there  


Well, I have applied the mortar wash....not that you could really tell
I got the look I wanted on a small test piece, but on the the larger model, I really had a hard time getting an even look. I applied some ink washes to try and blend things together, but it made the structure too dark for what I originally wanted. Well, I like the over-all look in spite of all that, and If you remember....a large portion of the building is going to be covered up by the dock and awning any way (may help to lighten things up a bit). It took a long time getting it to a place I thought looked ok.........I should probably go back to the embossed cardboard brick sheets I used on Midland Steel



What ya gunna do?  :oops:  

Hi, Steve.

I really like it too. I particularly like the way you've replicated the mortar which is more apparent in some areas than others.

I think the 'darker than intended appearance' may be accentuated by the lighter background and foreground, so I'm pretty sure that this will 'tone down' once nestled into its 'murkier' surroundings.

Just my humble opinion, of course.

Regards,

Jonte

Steve Wrote:...I put the brick "trim" pieces on,...

Steve, that is very interesting to me. Could you post a closeup photo what you did in detail? Did you use the same styrene brick sheet for the wall and the trim? How did you do the edges of the trim?

The wall looks really very good!

Steve Wrote:...I found WS wagon (it is in a few different groupings):
http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.c...931/page/1

That looks like it will do just fine !!

faraway Wrote:

Steve Wrote:...I put the brick "trim" pieces on,...

Steve, that is very interesting to me. Could you post a closeup photo what you did in detail? Did you use the same styrene brick sheet for the wall and the trim? How did you do the edges of the trim?

The wall looks really very good!

Reinhard...here is a closeup. I used the same brick sheet, so you get what amounts to half-bricks every other one. In HO it is no big deal....I don't think I'd do it in O scale (but you never know with me    )




Well you will see in the next couple of pics that I painted the building yet again, and went with a redder look....still wasn't crazy about it, so I decided I better start on the dock  


I made the "concrete" dock out of wood:







The cinder block wall is a picture I photoshopped, resized, and then glued on some wood. The cement patches on the dock are sculptamold, and the angle iron wrapping the dock slab is just paint.

At this point, I will get the windows in and work on the roofs and downspouts before I do the awning.

Take care  

Steve, thanks for the closeups and the little tutorial. That encourages me to try your technique.

Steve,

Excellent job on the dock and structure. The sculptamold on the dock is a nice touch and looks very realistic.

Larry