07-06-2010, 09:52 AM
Gary S Wrote:Reinhard, it just dawned on me...
Your building interior needs electrical conduits and boxes on some of the columns and also fire extinguishers. Maybe stacks of cardboard boxes on pallets? How about a scratchbuilt palletizer or shrink wrapper machine? Also some oil stains and fork lift tire tracks on the floor?
Gary, I fully agree but I will leave that for the next open building. This was a very first try in the sense of a proof of concept and it went very well (the concept). This building is not worth the effort of super detailing it because I did overlook two mayor design flaws that can not be reasonable corrected afterwards.
1- The walls are only a sheet of styrene (1mm / 1/25") and much to thin. They are not realistic at all. All other buildings I made have a double layer of styrene at the loading docks to imitate a real wall. An open building needs "thick" walls by design not just fake at the openings.
2- The roof should be a liftoff section permitting all the details to be added after the superstructure has been treated with the spray can
Update: I have just started with the new building designed as an open building. That will take much more planning, material and time to look right.
Reinhard