Splendid modeling Shane! Yep, looks like tissue paper works well for drapes!
Ralph

Quote:I'm going to let this dry over night and sand off some of the fuzzies...

A-HA! I was wondering if you'd get the fuzzies too! (Or, do the fuzzies get you? 8-) )

I am looking forward to seeing how it looks after sanding. Please let us know what you use to sand them away without creating more fuzzies.

Also, great work Jack! Would that building be constructed from cardstock too?

Galen

I shared this little update on the chat board last night.



I lightly sanded the whole structure with some 400 grit paper and it got most of the fuzz off. In the areas around the windows I just used the back of my X-acto blade and lightly scrapped them off. I then applied a third coat of primer and here is where it is at. Not bad. After waited for the third coat to dry sufficiently and doing a bit more sanding, I think this is a good as it is going to get. I run the risk of sanding too much and creating a whole mess of fuzz that I may not be able to sand off at all. I do think with a lighter colour choice any imperfections will be hidden as IMHO, the dark gray really highlights them.

....now what colour to paint it??? :|

Quote:....now what colour to paint it???

Whatever color you like! Great job!

I am glad to be working on card structures at the same time in order to learn from each other. Nice work getting rid of the fuzzies.

Galen

ocalicreek Wrote:

Quote:....now what colour to paint it???

Whatever color you like! Great job!

I am glad to be working on card structures at the same time in order to learn from each other. Nice work getting rid of the fuzzies.

Galen

Thanks Galen. I know that a CN tower in the Downtown Toronto area by Union Station is painted this off yellow colour with a kinda pine green trim. Don't know if I want to go that route, but I think some colour would be nice. I like the idea of maroon for the trim as it will go with my RR's colours. I just don't want the main colour to be gray... Maybe I will paint the siding white?...

As an added note, I was also going to use that same 400 grit paper to make shingles for the roof.

It's been some time since I've had anything to add to this thread. I keep looking at the several different things I have going on my workbench right now and often sigh and wonder where to start. Not today.

First off a couple of things. I decided after some deliberation that I was going to redo the windows and make them out of strip styrene instead. I also didn't get crazy trying to model sashes and stuff. Just make them look like windows. It would also make them easier to add a pane of glass to later on as well.



So the windows were a build in place, as I usually do these things it seems, made out of various small bits of styrene. Simply "hacked" out the old cardboard and stripwood framing I had done and used some CA to glue them to the card stock.





I also picked up some HO scale doors from Grandt Line while at te LHS this morning. I figured why the heck not?

Oooo!!! Now comes the good part. After looking at the bright red base coat I had applied over top of the grey primer I finally got to play with my airbrush set up. I practiced making lines and dots for about an hour this morning, before I got bored and really wanted to paint something...



So I started with the CPR Tuscan Red from Trueline Trains. I found that it was a bit too dark so I applied a light mist of some box car (oxide) red which helped brighten it up a bit. I then sprayed some rail tie brown close to the bottom. I think it turned out alright for a first time. CP also typically painted the trim on their building a creme white. The guys at the LHS once upon a time picked out an appropriate colour and I hand painted the window and door trim.





I don't think its a bad effort for my first attempt at just about everything I've tried in this build. Tomorrow I put the windows in and call this little build a done deal.

Comments and critiques are most welcome.

Looks good, real good. I hope you post pics when It's installed on a layout.

Really great job! That looks terrific.

I put the windows in and added some blinds today. I just realized though that I need to add a smoke stack for the wood stove and some galvanized flashing to go around the roof top area. So almost done! I apologize for the fuzzy pics...I don't know why my digi is acting up.





The blinds were also made from some strip styrene .010 thick of various widths. I made a hanger the length of a bank of windows then cut individual blinds to various lengths. I didn't want to completely obscure too many of the windows which is why I left them pretty high. Oh...BTW - The microscope slide glass was a really big P.I.T.A. to work with. I ended up using .010 thick clear styrene for them too.

Both the windows and the CPR colour scheme look good, Shane.

Wayne

WOW its amazing what a little paint and some weathering can do to a little structure like that!! I like the colors, nice job Shane!!

How in the world did you keep such crisp paint lines around the window edges using an air brush?

Thanks Guys!

Quote:How in the world did you keep such crisp paint lines around the window edges using an air brush?

Haha! I wish. The window trim was hand painted with a fine tipped brush. I had to do a couple of light coats of the colour in order to hide the Tuscan Red which I applied to the whole building at first. I learned a lot from this build. The next time to get even crisper lines, I'm going to try and build the windows separately hit them with the airbrush and then install them in the building.

Thanks again for the compliments. I think the final step for this project is to get the chimney installed, get the interior lights working again, and the flashing on the roof. I also plan to place it on a small 1/4 plywood base with a bit of ground cover and scenery, sort of a mini diorama, that I can spot on the layout when I ready to.

Shane

Shane,

Excellent paint job! Tuscan Red is always a nice choice, IMO (says the diehard N&W fan).

Although, I must say, I think the cardstock windows looked better, cleaner somehow, despite the fuzzies, but the end result with styrene is very nice.

Galen

ocalicreek Wrote:Shane,

Excellent paint job! Tuscan Red is always a nice choice, IMO (says the diehard N&W fan).

Although, I must say, I think the cardstock windows looked better, cleaner somehow, despite the fuzzies, but the end result with styrene is very nice.

Galen

Thanks Galen!

The only thing that bothered me about this build was the windows. Honestly, I initially built them out of scale strip wood and it wasn't the fuzzies that really bothered me. I also just wanted to simplify the construction of them. I felt that I was trying too hard and making things too difficult for myself. This after all was my first scratch build.

I have my sand tower to finish and I started work on an Engine House too for my new layout. So, as I go, I hope to learn from each successive build and welcome any critiques.

Thanks!

Shane