Freelance 2019-2
#91
I agree with Charlie, Reinhard - if you're modelling, lots of us wanna see it.  Your talent, innovative solutions, and creative work is always a pleasure to see.

Wayne
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#92
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Reinhard
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#93
I agree with Charlie. Would love to see what you're up to this year.

Tom
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#94
It is all still in the Flickr and FB albums.

Freelance 2020-1 in German industrial area in the late 60s. I changed my mind two weeks ago and moved the time line in Freelance 2020-2 to 2000+. I am still in the process to update the industries. I like the buildings of the 60s (my time as a teenager) but I did not see a chance to do scratch building. That would bind me to the available styrene kits and some kit bashing. Modern industrial buildings are a better match to my limited skills.

This is the first modern industry still under construction.

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Freelance 2020-1 https://www.flickr.com/photos/89698437@N...2245876632
Freelance 2020-2 https://www.flickr.com/photos/89698437@N...3109009433
Reinhard
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#95
Wonderful modeling. I love the looks of those locomotives and the cars I think they are called wagons aren't they?  
Charlie
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#96
Hi Charlie, yes a rail car is called "wagon" and written either Wagon or Waggon from the english waggon but we pronounce it french. One of the words with foreign roots.
Reinhard
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#97
Replacing my eyes back in their sockets.. That industry is simply gorgeous.
Larry
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#98
(02-19-2020, 06:04 PM)faraway Wrote: ...Modern industrial buildings are a better match to my limited skills.

Reinhard, not meaning to nitpick but you misspelled unlimited.

Those large brick structures in your first link are beautiful...they remind me of some of the large old industrial buildings in my hometown of Hamilton, Ontario.  The style is certainly not limited to Germany. 
I wonder if you could you comment on the makers of those kits, and how many kits you needed to create those believeable-sized structures, please.

Wayne
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#99
Wayne,
I will supply the links to the German kits I used. They are in German language but the pictures will  guide you.

Two of this kits formed the very right end industry
https://www.auhagen-shop.de/product_info...halle.html

Two of this have been placed next to the left and moved to the center later
https://www.auhagen-shop.de/product_info...aeude.html

This one (only one) is the domination center structure
https://viessmann-modell.com/sortiment/s...chuhfabrik

The little tower in the center
https://www.auhagen-shop.de/product_info...chatz.html

Two of this form the freight house at the left end
https://viessmann-modell.com/sortiment/s...iladerampe

The residential buildings are various kits from Kibri and Faller.

They are really great models but there are a couple of problems that made me shift to the year 2000+ time frame

- There are not much more similar kits available.
(about 1/3 of the larger industry kits available in the US, Cornerstone etc.)

- I would kit bash a very limited number of the same kits over and over again
(I was already tired of doing that with all the Cornerstone kits available)

- I really lack the skill and passion even to try to scratch build similar structures
(The is one US brand the makes laser cut wood elements to build fantastic brick structures. But it is extreme expensive, long shipping time and you need to order literally hundred single parts for one wall. Last but not least I don't like to wait a long time for results. One day is a very long time if I am eager to get something done. Waiting for a parcel from US ruins every project to me. 48 hours waiting for a German parcel is a challenge to me)

- The kits are quite expensive. That makes it a brave decision to scrap one and build another one
(It is easy to scrap a foam board structure worth $3 and build a new one for $5)

- None of the buildings on my layout would be "mine"
(Like the Cornerstone kits, I am only the assembler. The designer is someone else)

My photos are in FB stored under https://www.facebook.com/jack.burg.315/photos_albums

ps. Sorry for misspelling "eingeschränkt" ;-)
Reinhard
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Wayne,
I will supply the links to the German kits I used. They are in German language but the pictures will guide you.

Two of this kits formed the very right end industry
https://www.auhagen-shop.de/product_info...halle.html

Two of this have been placed next to the left and moved to the center later
https://www.auhagen-shop.de/product_info...aeude.html

This one (only one) is the domination center structure
https://viessmann-modell.com/sortiment/s...chuhfabrik

The little tower in the center
https://www.auhagen-shop.de/product_info...chatz.html

Two of this form the freight house at the left end
https://viessmann-modell.com/sortiment/s...iladerampe

The residential buildings are various kits from Kibri and Faller.

They are really great models but there are a couple of problems that made me shift to the year 2000+ time frame

- There are not much more similar kits available.
(about 1/3 of the larger industry kits available in the US, Cornerstone etc.)

- I would kit bash a very limited number of the same kits over and over again
(I was already tired of doing that with all the Cornerstone kits available)

- I really lack the skill and passion even to try to scratch build similar structures
(The is one US brand the makes laser cut wood elements to build fantastic brick structures. But it is extreme expensive, long shipping time and you need to order literally hundred single parts for one wall. Last but not least I don't like to wait a long time for results. One day is a very long time if I am eager to get something done. Waiting for a parcel from US ruins every project to me. 48 hours waiting for a German parcel is a challenge to me)

- The kits are quite expensive. That makes it a brave decision to scrap one and build another one
(It is easy to scrap a foam board structure worth $3 and build a new one for $5)

- None of the buildings on my layout would be "mine"
(Like the Cornerstone kits, I am only the assembler. The designer is someone else)

My photos are in FB stored under https://www.facebook.com/jack.burg.315/photos_albums

ps. Sorry for misspelling "eingeschränkt" ;-)
Reinhard
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Thanks, Reinhard. 

Looking at the stock kits, it really shows your talent for making them look not only different, but better, too.

The prices are somewhat surprising to me, although if I wanted to purchase one, it might be available through Walthers, which would at least cut down on the shipping costs. 

I should have recognised this one, though...

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I got it, already built, from a nearby hobbyshop, since closed.  As best I can recall, it was only $10.00 or $15.00.

I've modified it somewhat, but haven't had time to finish it...

[Image: GrandValleyfreighthouseforSouthCayuga020.jpg]

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Wayne
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Any news/process Reinhard?
Stephan

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