03-05-2009, 06:31 PM
Now compare these shots with the previous two.
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Here is the side wall to which this room is attached, prior to priming and painting.
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There is a difference in painting technique between the little room and the rest of the tower. For the main tower I dry-brushed white directly over the primer then after it had dried mostly I gave it a black wash which I dabbed away, leaving a residue of black mostly in the cracks but also on the surface.
For the little room I primed with gray then painted a solid coat of Raw Sienna. After this had dried I dry-brushed on the white. I did this in order to simulate either a different kind of wood or different age of wood used in the (later) addition of this little room under the stairs.
The prototype had been moved from its original location when the article was written and pictures were taken. My guess is that the room under the stairs was added on after the tower was moved, in order to create more storage for MOW or other railroad stuff. Just a guess, however.
You'll also notice the doors have hardware. The plate (with tiny little keyhole) and knob on the upper door are paper and brass wire. There was little paper bit acting as a knob, but it kept falling off. When I get some CA up there I'll add something on. For the lower door I put a little strip of paper from the door to the frame, then pushed an eye bolt (lift ring) through the wall, almost all the way in. A little square of paper beneath and voila, a padlock.
Up next, catching up with the present!
Galen
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[albumimg]680[/albumimg]
Here is the side wall to which this room is attached, prior to priming and painting.
[albumimg]681[/albumimg]
There is a difference in painting technique between the little room and the rest of the tower. For the main tower I dry-brushed white directly over the primer then after it had dried mostly I gave it a black wash which I dabbed away, leaving a residue of black mostly in the cracks but also on the surface.
For the little room I primed with gray then painted a solid coat of Raw Sienna. After this had dried I dry-brushed on the white. I did this in order to simulate either a different kind of wood or different age of wood used in the (later) addition of this little room under the stairs.
The prototype had been moved from its original location when the article was written and pictures were taken. My guess is that the room under the stairs was added on after the tower was moved, in order to create more storage for MOW or other railroad stuff. Just a guess, however.
You'll also notice the doors have hardware. The plate (with tiny little keyhole) and knob on the upper door are paper and brass wire. There was little paper bit acting as a knob, but it kept falling off. When I get some CA up there I'll add something on. For the lower door I put a little strip of paper from the door to the frame, then pushed an eye bolt (lift ring) through the wall, almost all the way in. A little square of paper beneath and voila, a padlock.
Up next, catching up with the present!
Galen
I may not be a rivet counter, but I sure do like rivets!