Well, decided to skip the second top coat, so this afternoon I pulled up the masking tape and voila, we have a container yard. At first, I was a little bummed about the amount of bleed under the thinner masking tape, but in reality it did me a favor. Now I won't have to weather as much to make the paint stripe look worn and faded! I'm really pleased with how this turned out. It took a long time and a lot of work laying out the paint stripe, but in the end very much worth the effort. Now to get it set up and running. Thanks for checking in.
Just finished cutting out the grass mat buffers for Black Diamond. I have them weighted in place to take out the natural curve (package comes in a tight roll) or wrinkles and will look to glue them down in a day or so. The subsurface is a bit uneven in places, so I may put down some sand to level out any areas that are glaring issues.
I am really looking forward to seeing how you detail this town. Thinking of others such as Montanan and Candy Streeter, and how they have done their scenes.
Another work session in the books. I spent the evening doing some fine tuning to the grass buffers, then glued them in place with the recommended carpenters glue. Only one left to do and that's City Hall. Rey was busy detailing a couple of cabooses and then weathered some trailers. Doug and Scott put down real dirt between the two sets of tracks on the highline. The dirt is needed as a buffer so that the different ballast types will not run together. One last activity before calling it a night was to do a quick set up in South Seattle Yard. A good start.
If I can ever get back out your way, your empire is a MUST see this in person. There are so many things you are doing, which I can at this point in time only dream of accomplishing. Wow is far too weak as a descriptive word!
Spent some time working on Black Diamond yesterday. Tidying up some of the median areas that had paint, plaster other discoloration from recent work. Most of that included real dirt and ballast. Here's how it looks today.
Very nice work their' Your backdrop looks killer. Did you do that free hand. Also the Trestle Bridge look great. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the compliments. Yes, the backdrop was freehand. I painted the landforms, my buddy Wain painted the clouds. As for the trestle, it was built by my friend Dick Molzahn, he was a true craftsman. M
Starting a new project tonight, JL Innovative's Brownies Northside Service Station. I am going to build it in a nostalgic Shell theme, given my grandfather worked for Shell for 50 years. I am drawing inspiration from an old Shell Station, now a feed store, in Issaquah, WA. Should be a fun kit to build.
Seeing pictures of that Shell station is making me homesick. I saw that building so many, many times in my life. And the NP RY right behind it...
