Okay all, I have finally entered the world of the model maker… below is my first ever attempt at building a scale model. The structure is a Walthers Cornerstone “Washington Salvage Yard” Well, it’s not finished 100% but it is at say 97%. It has a few minor issues but all in all I’m happy with it.
Tom
TOM,
NICE JOB. ONE THING I WOULD ADD, SOME GUTTERS OR A FEW DOWNSPOUTS. YOU CAN MAKE THEM FROM OLD SPRU PARTS. AND A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF WEATHERING. IT WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERANCE. BUT OVERALL IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
MIKE
Tom, You have done a very good job for Your first structure. And you chose a very nice structure to build. You do have a broken support bracket on the overhang. You should be able to fix that pretty easily with a piece of wire. Thanks for sharing it with us!
The brick looks great!
VERY good job. First time huh. I can hardly wait to see what you do with some practice!!!
Too modern for my tastes, but GOOD MODELING! That’s impressive work, as just getting the basics down can be a challenge. You seem to be on the right track. In a RTR world, kit-building, -bashing, and scratch-building are that much more satisfying.
Hi Guys,
Thanks for the kind words… I have been reading and studying different tips on model making for a couple of years now and finally got to try it out. Still trying to plan a layout so don’t know if this structure will even find a place but it was a good stepping stone. Painting each individual brick was tedious but I think it gives it a more realistic appearance.
Tom
I always had a problem with motar detail. Very Very Nice Work for a first timer!
[:O] You painted EACH BRICK!!! Oh my, if you have that kind of patience. Please, please, PUHLEEEEZE. Post your models you build. (It sure paid off by the way)
Nice, all you need now is a little bit of “Weather” and you are set.
Wow I didn’t realize You painted the individual bricks… My hats off to You!! Please explain what steps You took to paint the bricks, If You don’t mind. I have to try that!!
Well, I’m not sure where or whom I got the trick from; I believe it was from MR sometime back in the early 90’s. Anyway I have been waiting and waiting to actually buy a kit a try it out and I think it came out very well. All I did was, first spray paint the wall a mortar color, in my case the only thing I could find was testor’s gray primer paint. Once that had dried I paid a visit to Micheal’s craft store and bought three art markers… I don’t have them in front of me at the moment but they are used by artists and cost about $3.00 each and come in a huge array of colors. I chose one that I thought looked the most like brick for the main color and then a lighter one and a darker one. I used the main color the most and put in random bricks of the other two colors. Well actually, I would start out by filling in the two random colors of a small section and then go back and fill in the rest of the bricks with the main color. It doesn’t take much, just a quick swipe with the pen on the face of the brick. Tom