Back in the 40s and 50s, Dr Slaughter had his clinic in downtown Sugar Land. Because of his unusual name for being a doctor, many children protested have to go in for a checkup. But, I guess that happens for any doctor.hboy:
That was the Stavinoha Boarding House/Hotel. You can see both it and the clinic in the upper part of this image. It was kit bashed from a bunch of "Hotel" kits.
Managed to build and complete a few more undecorated kits this past week. Another Chicago Great Western 40' PS1 Boxcar, this time with the SL markings for a Spartan Easy Loader equiped car. Painted with Floquil Maroon and lettered with Oddballs Decals. An Athearn 11,000 Gallon Chemical Tank Car, where I removed the platform as per the decal diagram as I could not find a picture of this car. Car painted with Scalecoat II White, Roof Brown and Black and lettered with Champ Decals. Atlas 14,000 Gal Kaolin Tank Car kit, painted with Scalecoat II White and Black and lettered with Islington Station Products Decals. Thanks for looking! Rick J
My first attempt at weathering a steam locomotive. Having only done diesels before, I was sort of at a loss for where to start and how to go about it. I found a Model Railroader article from August 2002 entitled “Realistic weathering for steam locomotives”. Pretty good article as it breaks the process down into steps that are easy to follow. I'm pretty happy with the results.
The third building for my N scale backlot western town might be called a a simulation of a simulation of a simulation of a simulation. I used thin basswood sheet as the main element of the walls, with scale lumber adding to look like framing. Of course, the stiff wood sheet actually supports the framing instead of the other way around. This simulates a Hollywood false front structure which would be made up of scaffolding and framing holding up lightweight plywood walls. The front of this movie set building would have a little plaster painted to represent brick in the old days, or formed plastic or resin sheet nowaways with brick pattern. I used some old Walthers brick paper. The full-size Hollywood phony building would simulate a frontier bank, built of brick to project an image of stability above the rough wood other buildings of the town. The frontier bank might have some wooden columns or other wooden architectural elements as a frontier simulation of the carved stonework details found on the big city bank buildings back east in the 1870s and 80s. But even those big city buildings were a simulation in a way-- commercial copies of styles from classic antiquity, the Greek temples and the Roman forum. Hence the model is a copy of a copy of etc...
Bill, I'll second the notion that you seem to have hit the nail on the head - I've heard it referred to elsewhere as "color modulation," shading to break up a monotone finish.
I've finished another structure for my downtown Auburn, New York scene. It's a bar and grill! This is a DPM structure that I super-detailed. Real glass in the windows, signs, light, brick detail, dry transfers for the lettering....
It is amazing what some extra detail and painting work on the old DPM kits can do. That looks outstanding.
I agree with all the compliments. Those are fine examples of what can be done with some research, some thought, some preparation, some applicationt of skills, and all the time that goes into those. Well done! I posted this image a few years ago, but I like it and here it is again. Norfolk & Western power.
The very first N scale car I ever owned. Bought in Valdosta, Georgia, 1969. It is one of the original Atlas types. Over the years I have: Body mounted couplers Replaced the Arnold Schwarzenegger roof walk. Hated those things. Replaced the trucks. Painted the interior with the intent of getting the doors to open. Never did. Weathered the fool out of it. Re-weathered to improve the looks to no avail. So it is just an old, weathered car but I like it still.
SILVER COLT and SILVER PINE.. Finally figured out how to decal the name boards...Used Bare Metaql Foil, and Micro Scale decals...
