Freelance 2014-2

[Tyson Rayles]

What Matt said!

[faraway]

A little bit more work on the second industry. The pillars got reinforced and the downspouts are inspired by the prototype. There are some impressive downspout installations in that area. I use them to camouflage some nasty cuts in the brick walls.
The concrete appears to brown on the photo. It is my standard gray concrete paint.

This colors are much better

[IndyCity]

Good to see, what can be kitbashed from this kit.

Well done.

[fast car]

Reinhard,

Very nice job. Excellent brick shading.

Larry

[Kev1340]

Great work as always Reinhard

Cheers,

Kev

[Harry]

Reinhard ..........

[faraway]

Thank you all for the friendly comments. There are more industry buildings to come (and I have to do more details and weathering too)

A temporary row of King Mill background buildings makes a huge difference

[Catt]

Reinhard,I find that "second"industry rather appealing and may just steal the idea for my Onandaga Sub.

[Rscott417]

I was going through this thread looking for that PHL engine and came across this...

I will take a break and play instead of continuous remodeling in search of an appropriate prototype. May be some small tinkering but nothing serious.

So much for that plan

[faraway]

....So much for that plan

I made that statement on 3/27 and started with the freelance remodeling work on 4/12.
I used that two weeks to finally say goodbye to model after a prototype and to start with an almost new track plan to supporting my freelance idea.
Two weeks are a long time for an old man..... I was afraid to forget why I did a break

[Rscott417]

Just bustin' chops, the new layout is coming along nicely as usual.

[faraway]

Got two veeeeeery old Lifelike CN GP7 from ebay as a nice add-on for my new layout.
Cleanup of the grease (amazing how solid grease becomes after some decades), axis replacement (all split), DCC and LED installation went as usual. The old Lifelige Geeps are still a very smooth runner after an intensive care treatment.
It was fun to add some Canadian specific features like bell at the front (long hood!), scratch build spark arrestor (dimensions estimated from photos), all kind of winterization hatches, antenna on the cab and horn on the center of the long hood.

[sailormatlac]

Love set of locos Reinhard! Really love them! Those old Life-Like are still among my favorite locos and my first "serious" buy when I was a teenager. And now, you will have the real pleasure to run a diesel loco in the RIGHT direction: long hood forward, which is probably the nearer a diesel can mimick a steam loco. Anyway, you just reminded me I should complete my own pair real soon and add some sound in them for the club layout.

BTW, that "strange" brick factory is really looking good. I was skeptic at first, but you did a realistic job with the concrete structure and it paid off.

Matt

[jonte]

Well done improving your locos, Reinhard (now I know who to go to with my many loco queries ).

I must say that your latest structure is fabulous and the finish outshines even the fabulous Kingmill offerings.

I shall continue to enjoy watching developments.

jonte

[faraway]

It is time to start the next industry/warehouse.
Some "City Classic, 103 Smallman St Warehouse Kit" and extension kits are used as a base. They provide raw walls at a style similar to Cornerstone Robert's Printing without the bells and whistles. Perfect material for kit bashing but it requires a lot of sanding due to lack of precision.


Some time later...

The buildings must not be bound to the background only

The final bridge part will be a tad higher attached, aligned to both buildings

Again some time later...

May be another small add-on gets the building complex out of the shoebox design



It's time to let the glue set and start more sanding tomorrow