I am pleased to announce that I am now an OGR Forum sponsor. My plan is to post both finished buildings on the appropriate forums, and progress photos of buildings that I am making for my clients on the scenery and structures forum. You can now find a hot link to my Model Building Services web page and a direct link to my email in my signature.
I build both kits and scratch built prototype buildings. I have posted some of my buildings in earlier posts which you can find by clicking on the magnifying glass icon, search Stu Gralnik, click on my name, then click on activity.
Here are the steps to develop and build a structure for a client.
- I started with the client sending me pictures of the layout and a full size tracing of the tracks.
- The next step was to do some quick drawings of the structure and Photoshop them onto the layout pictures.
- We than discussed the drawings/pictures and made changes where necessary.
- I then made some full size drawings and cut the the corrugated sections out of wood and picked the parts for the tilt up section (now being made by Korber Models).
- After assembly the building it was painted and weathered.
- To get the look of the corrugated panels I use a mask that has cutouts the size of the panels.
- The chimney castings are made by Altoona Model Works.
- This building was made in 4 sections so it could be shipped.
I hope you will enjoy seeing this post and look for more progress posts on this forum and finished models on some of the other forums.
Stu
