Scenery - Structures
Route 66 coffee shop
I just found this pic of a Route 66 coffee shop that just BEGS to be modeled:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrphilmy/5250140899/sizes/o/in/pool-8557427...
any takers?. Note that there is a mannequin inside the car.
Small issues with zip texturing
A couple of numbers back, Joe Fugate had an excellent article about zip texturing. I've found the method working excellent on foam support, but recently I tried adding some plaster to simulate small earth irregularities. After painting the foam + plaster with some brown color, I went on to spraying the whole area lightly, just as the article says. Unfortunately, the plaster portions "suck up" the water incredibly fast. One resolution to this problem i found to be sifting the "earth" formula and then mist the whole area.
A Fieldtrip to SASME: Welcome to Facebook!
I realized I've been completing projects but otherwise leaving the peanut gallery out of the fray! My apologies - here's a couple links!!
Wait a second!! Ok, I say links because I've been trying something newer but not new. I used to maintain a website on geocities, which neatly contained all my railroad projects and too much else. Ugh. Then they shut geocities down one night a couple years back and that was it, no more geocities. So I no longer post a website anymore.
Operation Session in Virginia’s Tidewater
Last Saturday the 26th of March was the fourth Saturday of the month. That meant the Tidewater modular Rail Road Club - TMRC – Tidewater Division of the Mid-East Region (MER) of the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) was going to hold their monthly op session.
Port Andrews City Streets
It's finally happened........I went ahead and made an executive decision several weeks ago and decided on the arrangement of my buildings for the mean City Streets of Port Andrews. Here are the partially finished results. Still a lot of details to add, interior lightening to instal, etc. I also plan to model the full electrical system for the downtown area eventually. Many more pictures and detailed descriptions of the area and modeling techniques on my website on the photos page. http://wnrr.net
Any and all comments are welcome.
Culvert
I recently completed a small culvert on my layout and I'd like some comments from the group on its appearance. I used real rocks, gravel and sand secured with white glue followed by a wash of brown acrylic paint in the "wet" area. On top of that I added two coats of gloss medium and added highlights by dry-brushing white acrylic paint.
Paper models
Just came across this site:
http://www.ss42.com/pt-buildings.html#10
where you can download paper model templates of buildings and such. Can be used as plans for scratchbuilt models or as temporary fillers for those empty spots. And they are free!.
What happens when you cross a lighthouse with a lift bridge?
I wanted to add a lift bridge to my layout.
And I wanted a lighthouse.
But I didn`t have room for both. So a little plastic surgery was in order.
These are the two victims of my bashing:
Hall's Seafood Shack
The newest addition to the Tideflats waterfront is Hall's Seafood Shack. This is a Bar Mills Waterfront Willy's/Trackside Jacks kit. The kit was built fairly close to instructions with a few touches and details added to better reflect a more modern business. This kit was really a fun little project. This was my first Bar Mills kit, and I would highly recommend them based on my experience here.
Need Help!
I need your help, I had a walthers 90 foot turn table kit (HO). The word had is in bold, it seems that you can't accidently drop a hammer on it while fixing your backdrop.....it just didn't stand up to it.
So, this is where I need your help. I have been looking everywhere for a new one. Every site I go to has it on the web page, but go to order it and you find out it's on back order..... I kinda need it now, so I can lay down track to and from the turn table. If you see one, the kit not the $300. + built up....please let me know.
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