I have a thread in another place here on the Forum that shows the painting of Adams Ave #1:
Painting & Weathering Adams Avenue #1
I will have it in the corner of my shelf layout, up against the backdrop and it felt a bit too low and it would not really work with the mirror I was going to have where the road ends…
Here’s how it looked in the standard version:
And how it looks like after the “small” modification:
I had a side wall from DPM in the scrap box, but no matching front wall, so I made one out of plaster. I cast a wall of plaster and scribed the bricks into it, I then used a file to square the sides of it before scribing the brick texture there as well.
The Corniche on the top is a dollhouse trim (stolen from the wifes stash.[oX)]) and the windows are from the scrap box (IHC?).
the remainder is made of Matte Board, a black 1.5 mm cardboard.
I had to paint the new addition to match the already finished house, but as I write what colors I use on my houses, it was an easy task to match it.
The result was rather pleasing to my eye.
The edge between the mirror and landscape is to be hidden in the best way possible.
I have been looking for front-reflective mirrors, but not found any on this side of the Atlantic unfortunately…
The ones I have found do not deliver small orders from the U.S. as it is so fragile …
Anyone know if there is some available?
I do find this interesting. But it would be better if the camera angels did not change from the before and after shots. In the first thread the documentation of the processes you take to get to the end result were very well explained.
I get a real “Edward Hopper” feel from those photos particularly the first one. For those who do not know what I am referring to, type in Edward Hopper in Google Images.
Thanks Dave, Hopper is a big inspiration for me in my model building.
I have made some progress on the buildings, I have got all the doors and windows in Adams #2. I have also built a couple of billboards for the roofs:
I have also been trying to evolve the appearance of the mirror and Adams #1. I applied some signs and it already fools the eye even though I haven´t tidied up the gap between the road and the mirror yet.
As can be seen, I haven´t fixed the mirror to the wall either…
I think I can get this to look good with some work.
That’s just a great scene. The structures really capture the urban look. I like the mirror. Now, how do you plan to power the streetlight behind the mirror?
Seriously, the “Danny’s” sign on the mirror boundary is perfect. If it were me, I would change the “Billiards” sign, though, because it’s large enough and close enough to the mirror that the reverse image is obvious. Maybe a picture of a pool table, with smaller lettering? The other signs aren’t as obvious, but that one sticks out, although again, the “Danny’s” sign does a lot to mask it.
I guess its a little late to do anytying about it now, but the window arrangement on the (new) third floor, w/ only 1 window while the 2nd floor has 2 windows - looks very odd. Then mirroring it, so you now have a flipped version adjacent, make the scene look bizarre. I’m sure there’s a prototype or two out there somewhere, but the overwhelming majority of buildings like that in the US (I’m talking 99.99999%) would have had matching numbers of windows 2nd & 3rd floor. OK, buildings get modified over the decades, windows get blocked off, there might be a row of small windows added for a service elevator, and so on, but it seems to represent the as-built condition of the building, and it just looks off - calls attention to itself, but not in a good way.
Very nice piece of modeling, If I can think of one word to describe what you’ve accomplished it would be "seamless " It actually looks like it’s just a continuation of the street. Good modeling is simply effectively fooling the eye into believing that your actually looking at a real building or scene etc. Mirrors are one of those tricks we use that either work or they don’t you’ve made it work very well in your case. Kudos to you sir.
I have actually thought about that window, but it isn´t too late to alter it (it is a plaster wall after all).
One problem is that I don´t have any more of the same windows…
Anyone have one? I think it is a IHC window?
Anyhow, I have ordered a surface reflecting mirror today .
I got recommended a US company by a friend (Etraxx) on this Forum. Mirrors
I took the plunge and ordered a size that will cover the entire sidewall , I think it will be worth it!
It was “only” $ 83 including shipping…
Now to wait a few days before it arrives…
i once noticed an entire section of downtown Pittsburgh Pa where the top floors did not match the lower floors on the buildings. i think the tops were added after elevators became available since no one wanted to walk up to the fifth floor although they could handle 2 or 3.
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, I think it will be worth it!