Nice job Alan! Those big buildings are really impressive.
I've been keeping busy with a few projects this week;
A small branch line engine house made from foam core covered with printed paper siding that I downloaded from textures.com and sized in Corel Draw. Right now it's just held together with some blue tack. It will have Tichy windows and doors, as well as a full interior. Still have a lot of work to go, including all the window jambs, sills, and casings.
I also finished a Lionel Lion Scale Railbox box car, complete with graffiti. Please note that I do not support graffiti "vandals" and do not consider them "artists." I don't have a clue what any of the graffiti says, or means, I just paint what I see. This car was lowered 1/8 of an inch, weathered with gouache artists colors and pan pastels. Some of the graffiti was also gouache colors as well as Wicked airbrush colors and Reaper acrylic paints. The Reaper paints are nice for detailing because they have a flow additive that slows down their drying time, making mistakes easy to get rid of!
A couple of steel workers also popped up on the bench. They were converted from Tamiya 1/48 German WWII tank maintenance crewmen. The standing figure just needed an arm lowered, but the bent-over figure had to have his head cut off and repositioned along with removing his left arm, rotating the forearm, and rebuilding the shoulder. The clothing was sculpted on using Kneadatite epoxy putty. The tool is piano wire and putty. Painted with Reaper acrylics. The heat shield clothing is patterned after a picture I found of a guy at the Edgar Thompson plant in Pittsburgh. I don't have any place to put these guys to work so I'm going to drop them off at Mercer Junction. Maybe Dave can give them a job at his beautiful mill!
Joe Shipbaugh
