I just got this kit
someone have some tip’s for painting this great kit
I got this one time before and had to send it back for defect in the plastic
Ihope this one is ok
I want to make it look like the Boston Sand and Gravel
Here is my version of it
Good wash in soapy water followed by airbrush and then some weathering.
One tip on getting the window frames painted. Since they are molded into the clear window plastic, use a sharpie marker to draw them in. It is much easier than trying to paint them.
What perfect timing! I just started working on my Cornerstone New River Mining kit a while back. I just have to prep the scenery/tracks where the final buildings will go. It’s built then mounted on 1/4 inch ply. This allows me to set it in place and easily remove if I need to without disturbing the rest of the buildings.
cool
I was thinking silver or chrome
hope to get some more ideas thanks for the info on the sills
its still in the box
hope its a good one this time
I painted it grey, and used silver paint pen to add color back, and a little black wash for the shadow effect. did dullcoat after assembly,which gave the windows that dirty frosted look, and brushed alcohol over areas that need a chalky/ dusty look {see stairs/post under loader}- same color as door
I have later found that Sharpie makes brown pens, that work great over the silver/grey for rust stains.
sorry don’t have better pic, just happened to be in backgroud.
brown sharpie used on coaling tower
click on pic for full size.
`river that looks awsome
oh man now whats mine going to look like
you set the bar high
Here’s another one for ya Kevin, I changed some things around on it.
well I see I’m in good company
And my attempt
Ken.
I feel deprived. Am I the only one who does not own this kit?
It’s a good one. I am just jealous.
bush,
you should get one, or two even it’s a great small railside industry, as is or bashed to your needs.
New River and Glacier Gravel are probally the two best kits out there IMHO, for both HO and N.
Glacier Gravel
oh man now I need to get that
oh boy
I’m in the process of building mine. I painted the parts while on the sprue with acrylic paints that I bought at Walmart. I used a silver metalic looking paint, I thinned it with water and air brushed it on. Looks great so far. When I’m done building it I am going to weather the heck out of it. I can’t picture a clean mine building.
Craig
Great looking kit, correct me if I’m wrong, wouldn’t a mining operation of this size whether hard rock processing or a sand and gravel operation be the dustiest or grimeist bunch of buildings anywhere, any sand and gravel mill I have seen is the dustiest place on earth , just a note.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/saralovering/117623513/in/set-72057594090227338/
www.flickr.com/photos/juliewoo/25297097/
hard building to find
I got mine about 3 years ago and just spray painted it with oxide red paint. Sorry I dont have pics but it is in a box right now.
Victor
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a better view of “mine”
Tatans, I think you are spot on.
This is a more general view of my mine area including the power station that I scratch built. It is all far too clean and nice to be a real coal mine. Time to dirty it up I think.
I built one in N scale. Mine (ha!) was painted with Tamiya’s “Aluminum” straight from the bottle. I wanted a weathered look, so I used a wide brush. Since I was going to weather the building anyway, I wasn’t too concerned about brush strokes. Adding the rust and grime spots was the fun part–I drybrushed everything with rust colors and black…then flowed on a black wa***o tie everything together. As if that wasn’t enough, I lightly sanded the sign decals to look worn. Then, I went back, and used an x-acto knife to gently scrape them.
holy smoke
red blue green
every color in the book
and all of them look super fine thanks for sharing
I love the drybru***ip
thanks guys