My first Scratch Build.

[tetters]

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.