Over the weekend I had a chance to sit down and build the Downtown deco hotel kit. I also assembled the liquor store kit but haven't had a chance to paint it yet. For the hotel I decided to scratch build the side stairway to save on weight as I plan on borrowing the building for a demo module am taking to York for another reason and the hydrocal walls add so much weight to the project. Anyway here is a couple photos of the hotel. I am pleased with the brick color and the metal roofing worked.
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Tell us how you achieved the varigated colors of the brickwork. It's very well done.
KD
Fantastic work Al
Nice, and there was kitbashing done, too, I see, addng the window airconditioner, and
indenting the entrance. Brick, as mentioned, does look good.
Beautiful paint work - the brick, corrugated metal, wood siding, etc. are really well done.
(But if that's the Angels Flight Hotel, it must be the He*l's Angels.)
First, excellent! Second, for those that have not even tackled something like this (like myself)...it would be greatly beneficial if one could post a how-to article on how to achieve these great results. My fear is that when I sit down to tackle something like I want to look just like yours, however, I fear utter frustration will set in when my expectations are not met.
First, excellent! Second, for those that have not even tackled something like this (like myself)...it would be greatly beneficial if one could post a how-to article on how to achieve these great results. My fear is that when I sit down to tackle something like I want to look just like yours, however, I fear utter frustration will set in when my expectations are not met.
ChessieMD, if you like these hydrocal buildings and their look, you should definitely try one. Randy, who manufacturers them provides excellent assembly and most importantly, painting and weathering instructions. The castings are excellent and you get detail in them that is hard to duplicate in other materials. You do have to be careful with the castings and how you put them down and handle them as they can crack. On the other hand, even if they do, it's pretty easy to put back together which adds even more character and if you were to drop a piece and it's not fixable, Randy will replace it no questions asked. I've built about two dozen of his kits and they're great.
Jerrman
Al great job that kit is one of my favorites.
Hi Al,
It looks absolutely awesome, and so realistic. Very well done.
I'll see you at York !!!!
Thanks,
Alex
Looks good, Al !
Al,
Nice looking building, is the factory exposed stairway also hydrocal?
What materials did you use for yours?
John
Tell us how you achieved the varigated colors of the brickwork. It's very well done.
KD
Nice, and there was kitbashing done, too, I see, addng the window airconditioner, and
indenting the entrance. Brick, as mentioned, does look good.
Beautiful paint work - the brick, corrugated metal, wood siding, etc. are really well
done.
(But if that's the Angels Flight Hotel, it must be the He*l's Angels.)
Great work Al. I look forward to more.
Andy
I just put my post entitled "Railroad Hotel and Restaurant" back up, to show how I found
the hotel entrance in my kit.
I just put my post entitled "Railroad Hotel and Restaurant" back up, to show how I found
the hotel entrance in my kit.
I'm pretty sure the kit you showed is the Palace Hotel. The Angel's Flight Al used would need a lot of modification to get the first floor the same.
Coloradohirailer, Frank is correct your kit was the Palace Hotel & card room as seen here
BTW Frank congratulations on your layout feature in this next issue of CTT
Here is the club building after painting it tonight. It actually looks darker in person compared to the photo.
Good work Al. Realistic looking buildings
My apologies!!...I had no idea there were two kits that similar. I thought my kit version
had been kitbashed, narrowed, to that effect. And here I am still unhappy I didn't find
a 3 story Vinnie's to enlarge the capacity of my hotel. No question that the photography and brick treatment , which really stands up in close inspection, of the original post above is better than mine.
No apologies needed. We all learn stuff on the forum and that's what makes it great.
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