03-01-2011, 09:30 AM
Wow! I get tied up for a few days and the thread just comes alive! Lots of good information here.
Couple things I'm going to take with me based on the input rec'd from everyone.
1) I'll scribe 45 degree diagonal lines in the interior side of the exposed walls to simulate the T & G sheathing. This will undoubtedly make the interior views very interesting indeed.
2) As I suspected, I was planning on painting the lower 4 feet of the walls black and then a white wash for everything else above 4 feet. The advice that this was done to enhance lighting levels helped with this decision. At first I was just going to paint the interior completely gray or white, but I like the idea of the lower portion painted black... it makes sense. As for lighting I do plan on lighting the interior so stay tuned for that.
3) I agree with the idea that the chimney stacks were fed by stove pipes from a central oil burning stove So for that added detail I'll do some research and see what kind of oil furnace may have been used to heat a structure of this size. Running the stove pipes along the wall to distribute the "heat" also makes a lot of sense.
I will apologize right now. I don't have any progress pictures to share, even though I have been working on the model a bit here and there. One problem I think I've already encountered is the size of the door openings. I measured them correctly, however with the test fitting of the doors, its a bit tight for my GP7. We are talking scale inches on either size which means I'll have to be bang on dead accurate or otherwise this won't work. I think what I will need to do is give myself a bit more room at the front, and widen the openings, by about 6 scale inches. Nothing too wide, but enough to allow for some margin of error if I don't center the openings over the tracks properly, just in case.
So I'll be re doing those.
I'll also be redoing the doors them selves as I laminated the card stock details on the doors they got too thick. Don't forget I'm applying the interior details as well and those details will be showing of the doors are open and closed.
The up side is I managed to finish the # 6 Wye last night. But I figured you guys are bored with my track work, so I'll post a photo of that when its adhered to the model base and ready to be ballasted.
I've been incredibly busy the last several days, with family stuff, work and other life stuff, plus our first Spring Club Train Show was last Sunday and I had some family up to come and check us out. Our president found a video of the layout shot during our Fall showing on November 27th, 2010 that someone posted on Youtube the other night. I'll post a link in the General Discussion forum.
Thanks for the comments guys they help me a lot.
Shane
Couple things I'm going to take with me based on the input rec'd from everyone.
1) I'll scribe 45 degree diagonal lines in the interior side of the exposed walls to simulate the T & G sheathing. This will undoubtedly make the interior views very interesting indeed.
2) As I suspected, I was planning on painting the lower 4 feet of the walls black and then a white wash for everything else above 4 feet. The advice that this was done to enhance lighting levels helped with this decision. At first I was just going to paint the interior completely gray or white, but I like the idea of the lower portion painted black... it makes sense. As for lighting I do plan on lighting the interior so stay tuned for that.
3) I agree with the idea that the chimney stacks were fed by stove pipes from a central oil burning stove So for that added detail I'll do some research and see what kind of oil furnace may have been used to heat a structure of this size. Running the stove pipes along the wall to distribute the "heat" also makes a lot of sense.
I will apologize right now. I don't have any progress pictures to share, even though I have been working on the model a bit here and there. One problem I think I've already encountered is the size of the door openings. I measured them correctly, however with the test fitting of the doors, its a bit tight for my GP7. We are talking scale inches on either size which means I'll have to be bang on dead accurate or otherwise this won't work. I think what I will need to do is give myself a bit more room at the front, and widen the openings, by about 6 scale inches. Nothing too wide, but enough to allow for some margin of error if I don't center the openings over the tracks properly, just in case.
So I'll be re doing those.
I'll also be redoing the doors them selves as I laminated the card stock details on the doors they got too thick. Don't forget I'm applying the interior details as well and those details will be showing of the doors are open and closed.
The up side is I managed to finish the # 6 Wye last night. But I figured you guys are bored with my track work, so I'll post a photo of that when its adhered to the model base and ready to be ballasted.
I've been incredibly busy the last several days, with family stuff, work and other life stuff, plus our first Spring Club Train Show was last Sunday and I had some family up to come and check us out. Our president found a video of the layout shot during our Fall showing on November 27th, 2010 that someone posted on Youtube the other night. I'll post a link in the General Discussion forum.
Thanks for the comments guys they help me a lot.
Shane