01-27-2010, 04:41 PM
A couple of progress pics:
first, a shot of pretty much all three,
Next shot, the bridges,
and last, a zoom in on the rolling lift bridge....this one an old Heljan kit (one of many, as the tool went from one company to another)
Yeah, the color of the water is definitely too blue! I need to figure out what colors I need to mix with a clear, to tint the water down a bit, I'm thinking greens, at least for a start. I really liked the old Testors "Sky Blue Metallic", it was almost a perfect color for "scale water".
I have to get the water right before I can permanently attach everything.
In that first pic, the building on the far left, still mostly red, is the old Revell depot kit. I removed the curved dormer from the front roof, and added one of the Atlas dormers left over from one of the other building kitbashes, to the back. The hole in the front roof was filled, with styrene sheet, and shingled over. This will get a "Seaport Gray" before it gets fastened down.
first, a shot of pretty much all three,
Next shot, the bridges,
and last, a zoom in on the rolling lift bridge....this one an old Heljan kit (one of many, as the tool went from one company to another)
Yeah, the color of the water is definitely too blue! I need to figure out what colors I need to mix with a clear, to tint the water down a bit, I'm thinking greens, at least for a start. I really liked the old Testors "Sky Blue Metallic", it was almost a perfect color for "scale water".
I have to get the water right before I can permanently attach everything.
In that first pic, the building on the far left, still mostly red, is the old Revell depot kit. I removed the curved dormer from the front roof, and added one of the Atlas dormers left over from one of the other building kitbashes, to the back. The hole in the front roof was filled, with styrene sheet, and shingled over. This will get a "Seaport Gray" before it gets fastened down.
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Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!