Odd Shaped Building

[Harry]

Yes , with Corel Draw and the Epilog machine there is a wide variety of possibilities

T

, good work

[teejay]

....looking a little better I think . I don't know that I've nailed the ivy look but it's coming along . Roof and floor , as well as all windows are in ......doors still need work and I'll probably build an overhang along one side . It's a snug fit between the tracks but I like that look in an industrial scene .

Terry

[doctorwayne]

Lookin' good, but you may wish to extend at least some of the ivy down to the ground - otherwise, it'll starve and start to turn brown.

Wayne

[Tyson Rayles]

What Wayne said!

[Charlie B]

Lookin' good, but you may wish to extend at least some of the ivy down to the ground - otherwise, it'll starve and start to turn brown.

Wayne

That reminds me of a job I had years ago. We made pyrometric cones, but every other Friday was make the place pretty day, and the worst job in the summer was trimming the ivy away from the eaves and all the windows. My boss hated it worse then I did, but the VP of the company loved the vines.
Another job was to use Ortho Triox to kill the grass that grew between the bricks of the front side walk. Tony (my boss) started to get "careless" with the weed killer, and the vines started to turn brown in a very large section. The VP couldn't understand why some of the vines were dying, that is until he saw Tony applying the weed killer.
The darned vines made a remarkable recovery after that.
Charlie

[teejay]

Neat story , Charlie .....I used to spray lawns many years ago . The stuff we used actually killed weeds ( and other things if you weren't careful ). Laws have changed up here to the point where you can't use anything that will be effective with weeds .....I guess that's "progress"

Wayne , Mike , I agree on the need for a stem for the ivy . Any pictures of ivy I found on google really didn't show where the stem originated so I'll have to think back to the house I lived in as a teen where we had ivy on the north wall ...think there was just one stem for the ivy that covered the entire wall ....so I guess I'll just run a single stem up each wall and branch it out somehow .

T

[BR60103]

Terry: I saw a building today with 2 different shades of brick. That one shade of brick appeared in a regular pattern around the windows (regular but weird) suggests that there were larger, odd-shaped windows there that got filled in to regular window size. I'll see if I can get a photo.

[sailormatlac]

Teejay,

Your building reminded me a station built in 1891 for Canadian Northern / Quebec Lake St. John in downtown Quebec City. General proportions and window style are quite similar. I think the doors with transom are exactly what you are looking for. It may also gives you a few idea for the roof cornice.





For the ivy, maybe using steel wool strings could do the job for trunks.

Hope it may help you.

Matt

[Sumpter250]

In lower RH corner of the photo, Ivy, just beginning to grow.....
   

[Ralph]

...same with Canton Box Co.

[sailormatlac]

...same with Canton Box Co.

A rail car full of GERN flux should handle those annoying ramping vegetals...

Matt

[doctorwayne]

Here's some ivy at one of the nearby hobby shops:






The main stem is more like a trunk:




Wayne

[AF350]

Wow great building TeeJay.

I agree with the Good Doc. Wayne about the Ivy unless you want to model a hanging garden?

We have a local restaurant chain here called TEE JAY'S country place their claim to fame is the barnyard buster---2 biscuits sausage, eggs, hashbrowns all covered with sausage gravy.
Good country style food but maybe thats why I have to diet