Industry Ave - a modular switching layout

ia Oct 8, 2012

  1. bremner

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    WOW, this is great! the ONLY thing that I would do different is the electircal buttons on the fascia, I would have 2 different colors
     
  2. ia

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    Thanks!

    The shop had only red buttons! :)

    But the handling is no problem: The lower button is for the track closer to me, the upper button for the track farther to me.
     
  3. ia

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    Just a little bit of detailing:

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  4. Shortround

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    Looking good. Will you be putting an overhead door on the building?
     
  5. Avel

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    Wow, really nice. I just started a 48" x 9" layout yesterday, the 22nd, and have all track laid, wired and painted a brown color, might spray paint the rail side today, or hold off and purchase a chemical blackener. Mine is just three Atlas code 55 #7 turnouts, so it went pretty fast.
     
  6. ia

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    Yes, doors (second building is already painted) will follow. The next to do after painting (airbrushing) the buildings is weathering and detailing, pictures are coming soon.
     
  7. Avel

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    How did you paint/weather your track?
     
  8. ia

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    Painting of my track was quite easy: Brown color and a fine brush. Next time I'll take the airbrush because after glueing the ballast you won't see if some color came on the ties or not.
     
  9. ia

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    Cold Storage is completed so far:

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    Roof details should be added and LED-light - so the building is easily removable.
     
  10. Avel

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    Nice! Keep us updated.
     
  11. ia

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    Today I'll show you some new pictures - the tire dealer:

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    Roof details will be added as soon as available.
     
  12. MC Fujiwara

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    Looks good!
    I like the bars on the windows (screen door mesh?)
    For the stucco-ish texture: did you use a spray or the Liquitex Stucco paste?
    It seems a bit too grainy for N: a light sanding with fine paper takes down the big bumps and makes a nifty stucco texture.
    But a very groovy building!
    Simple and "non-descript" yet pretty striking as unique on a layout.
     
  13. ia

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    It's made out of fine copper wires, each one mounted in small holes drilled into the styrene walls and fixed with glue from behind.

    It's acrylic color with fine sand mixed in.

    Yes, you're right, it should be a little bit finer; I'd this idea too, but I was afraid to scrape everything off. Next time I'll give it a try.

    Thanks!

    Now I'm looking for roof details and I'll install LEDs and some equipment inside.
     
  14. MC Fujiwara

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    The Liquitex Ceramic Stucco paste works pretty well.
    Just stipple it on the styrene:

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    When completely dry, lightly sand it down about 1/2 way.
    I spray painted it primer grey first, sanded a little more, and then flat white:

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    Still a little large for stucco in N scale, but one of those details that's better exaggerated slighted larger for proper effect.

    Those copper wire window bars probably took a minute or two to do, but the effect is worth it & really sells the scene.
    Might have to try that technique myself :)
    Thanks for sharing!
     
  15. ia

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    LEDs are added - cold storage and tire dealer at night:

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    Both buildings have a roof that can be lift off to have access to switches to turn off and on exterior and interior lights separatly.
     
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  16. MC Fujiwara

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    Very groovy.
    How'd you detail the interior?
     
  17. ia

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    Thanks!

    The backdrop is a print of some pictures combined together.

    The pallets are drawings made in Open Office Draw, printed out and glued over a wooden core. Some details will follow, e.g. a fork lift.

    The tire dealer needs some shelves, some tire stacks and so on to be added.
     
  18. BoxcabE50

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    Just the right amount of weathering and debris. Makes it look very active, but not a disaster zone.
     
  19. Logtrain

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    My Dads cousin wrote an article years ago about making stucco buildings. I dont remember in detail the exact process but I do know that he brushed liquid cement onto the styrene and then shot the styrene with a sand blaster to give him the stucco effect. Maybe this would give a more scaled stucco finish.
     
  20. paperkite

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    Stucco can be sprayed on giving it the effect you achieved here or applied the hard way with hawk and trowel giving it a nicer stippling effect with patterns of flat scattered around, but that is very labor intensive and my bet that commerical buildiings would have been sprayed much like gunnite is done for swimming pools , but not troweled smooth like a swimming pool .
    I think your buildings look excelllent , and the stucco finish gives a nice ambience of South West buildings ...
     

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