Scenery and structures
May have stopped myself from going insane.....window painting
I`m building the Walthers Cornerstone concrete grain elevator and when I opened the clear bag containing the clear sprue of windows, I thought sheeshkabobs.....I`m gonna lose my mind painting all the trim etc. on the 50+ parts and might not live long enough to finish !!
So after a bunch of coffee induced thought, I thought maybe I could try the "ink pad" method.
Just set myself a long task - building fences!
I had a friend round the other day. He is an aviation artist and he has painted all of my back scenes (not installed yet). I was discussing with him what to do about the blank stretch between the last of my yard tracks and the edge.
I had mentioned that I had previously made a short length of fence at the back of a previous yard.
Uses for sawdust?
I just finished up a major effort to complete some benchwork/subroadbed. In the process, I cut a lot of wood and generated a lot of sawdust. My first impulse is to save it -- everything is useful somewhere in modeling, right? Then I thought about it a little longer. It won't be ballast. It won't be ground cover (I have lots of nice light-colored clay for that), I'm not modeling a sawmill anywhere (modeling Illinois Central from Chicago to Kankakee). I couldn't actually think of where I might use it.
Requesting hints on scratchbuilding
I would like to try scratch building the old Illinois Central bridge over the Kankakee River in Kankakee, Illinois as seen below:
Making debris for a layout
I'm starting to experiment again with making inexpensive scenery.
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/14040
I'm attempting to make debris for my layout.
So far ground up some twigs, paper, cardboard, and wood with this sanding screen...
... plus a pinch of pepper.
Modeling era perspective TIPS Austin, Texas
I was looking for modeling ideas through photos I have collected over the years. In the early 1980s, my father was an operator on the MP and often worked in the station building just out of view in this photo.
It seems like the building in the background was always known as TIPS Iron and Steel. The large cover in the background had an overhead crane that extended over a siding that serviced the building and it was still used in the early 1980s.
Any recommendations on commercial backdrops most suitable for the Pacific Northwest?
I'm trying to decide on what to use for a backdrop for a Pacific Northwest steam-based logging layout. I lack both the time and talent to paint my own and Photoshop and I are not on speaking terms. Has anyone used any of the commercially available backdrops for such an application? Materials that are a good fit to the Northwest seem in short supply.
Having some fun with desert modeling
I really enjoy modeling my home state of Arizona, and would like to encourage others to do the same. It's a lot easier than you might think.
Travis Handschug
Gilbert, Arizona
Moderator note: brought the photos in-line.
Detailing a home roof
Gang,
I am working on the Walther's Lancaster farmhouse. The roof could have been done a little easier but it goes together okay. Overall, the kit has an MSRP of like $39. I am not sure it is worth that. It reminds me a lot of older kits with lots of extra flash that needs trimming and sanding. Then the roof caps are separately applied and if you happen to use just a bit too much solvent then you end up with bubbles of plastic that "squish out" from the seams. Oh well...
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