I’m not exactly sure what you mean. I drove around town and looked at I noticed here that it seemed to be on the west sides of buildings mostly. Check what is true for your area.
I used a dark-green foam.
That is very nice, Chip. I would be interested in how you feel about it? Are you happy with that result?
I think it looks very quaint, and ‘right’. Good job. Hack away at that ballast!
I feel good about it. Took a couple days to sink in. I got out the dremel tool last night and cut it in. Parked the 2-6-0 in it for service and I could swear that little steams sighed. “Home!”
I use good old-fashioned cool white fluorescents and set my digi-cam to “fluorescent” in the white balance area. Get excellent results!
Very nice job!
Chip, that looks great!
As far as 4 weeks to build, I have a fairly simple lumber company kit on my workbench that has been there for about 6 months, waiting for me to do some decaling, so I can weather parts of it, fini***he assembly and then finish weathering it. It may celebrate a birthday before it is finished! And that is one of the simpler kits I have on the docket!
Chip,
great job, i think it looks great. i would be proud to have it on my layout. 4 weeks might seem bad, but this winter i started a DPM building, and it still isn’y done! Four walls and it couldn’t seem easier, however the more you work the more ideas you get. there is always something else to add. Once again great job!!!
Four weeks to build a $7 kit? Sounds like a very good investment in the amount of modeling fun per dollar spent. A lot better than a guy who spends $700 for a brass engine, looks at it 4 minutes and puts it away forever because its not really right, and doesn’t really fit his railroad and etc etc etc.
I have been working on and off for 6 weeks-- mostly off- on a modeling project at considerably less “kit” cost than $7-- though of course there are my paints and materials…
I needed a dishwashing bruo wahe insides of glasses where my hand couldn’t fit with a dishrag. Got one for a buck. It had a plastic handle which broke after a couple months. I tried used brush with the spiral-wound-wire shaft but it was a hassle. Bought a new brush, and the loving wife eventually suggested it was time to throw out the old brush. I got to thinking: I have heard of the “bottle-brush” method of making model pine trees. Why not start with an actual dishwashing brush- although this was one with limp string type head instead of bristles like “bottle brush” usually means.
I took picture of disabled dish scrubber, then started by trimming head until it started looking a little like shape of top of tree. Photo. Put some putty on wire shaft to make it look a little like trunk. Wait a week to solidify (mostly busy doing other stuff) Photo. Not complately satisfied. Dolloped on old unwanted color acrylic paint really thick on trunk just to add bulk (not desired color). Wait a week to set up. Photo. I still have to spray everything black, then touchup spray tree top dark green, green foam, paint trunk etc. May be another month or two to finihis project. Been shooting digital pix but none uploaded or posted yet-- will edit them down to small montage to illustrate when I finihis one tree. (And it will probably be a background tree, not a foreground “hero” tree. But what the heck. Will give my forest some variety.
Great example of getting your money’s worth, Space
Great Work!!!