Good morning, All!
I'm slowly making progress on what will eventually be "Cameron Station". I'm not really happy with the weathering on the large doors, so that might get redone.
My attempt at creating marble blocks:
What does everyone else have?
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t8afao, beautiful weathering job. what was the process you used?
great start, zeke. those stairs and platform are terrific, fat boy.
SIRT, the roof weathering is outstanding but I wouldn't expect less from you.
jerrman
Well these are clearly not "showcase" type pictures so I'll call them Sunday Scenery "progress" shots.
This "cut" will blend into the hill side and then transition to the rock face cliff along the front of the layout.
Started weathering the pit and RH tracks so we can build the floor and start putting up the RH walls.
Rock face cliff along the front, above the display case.
After looking at this picture of the primed hill side, I need to add a few more rocks where it transitions to the cliff.
VW Dealership
Very nice work. What kit or building did you start with?
Well these are clearly not "showcase" type pictures so I'll call them Sunday Scenery "progress" shots.
This "cut" will blend into the hill side and then transition to the rock face cliff along the front of the layout.
Started weathering the pit and RH tracks so we can build the floor and start putting up the RH walls.
Rock face cliff along the front, above the display case.
After looking at this picture of the primed hill side, I need to add a few more rocks where it transitions to the cliff.
Really great work by everyone this week! Laser cut kits, weathered rolling stock, landscaping - wow!
Pete - thank you! This was an MTH Public Works building that I chopped up. It used to look like this:
A lot of very nice work shown today, Gentlemen. Thank you!!
Branline resin kit:
t8afao, beautiful weathering job. what was the process you used?
great start, zeke. those stairs and platform are terrific, fat boy.
SIRT, the roof weathering is outstanding but I wouldn't expect less from you.
jerrman
Thanks Jerrman, I disassembled the car 1st, dullcote, then I used some 400 grit sandpaper to lighten some of the writing. I then used a water based oils. I placed dots of white, burnt umber, black, and sienna all over the side of the car then used different sizes of brushes to pull the oil paint down the side of the car. It takes some time to work the oil to give the look you want. I should take some photos of it in progress to show the folks, maybe next wee I will. Nick
Wow Guys,
Some really nice photos this week.
I like the rock cut!
here is a tall background building that I made, about 32" tall.
The box car I did is modeled for the early days of service. Very slight weathering applied. It’s all about the custom Budweiser box load.
Next week, I will showcase the opposite results, a B&M 105 #590 in its rusty final days. Shown below with UV fading.
Nick - I would add grey primer to the roof of your car. Also, cards were not used any more on later model cars. Not sure of the time frame the ATSF represents?
Now you need to get the process down to under 15 min.
Overall, very nice, including the graphics fading.
S.
Thank goodness Screamsteen is not the really the boss. Its the guy in the white helmet.
I only listen to good music as posted on my photo site. 
Zeke nice work on the station. what are you using to make the marble blocks?
SIRT- outstanding. Really like how everything is weathered. Not just the gondola but also the loads, flat bed truck and other equipment. Learn a lot from your pics.
T8afao- more nice weathering from you as well!
Not much of a contribution this week from me. However I did complete the brew house control stand for my brewery project. Here the brewmaster left the orders on the chalk board for the shift to run lager cans on Monday night.
A lot of nice stuff this week again.
Zeke looking good!
To everyone nice job , I learn a lot each week.
SIRT, 15 minutes, man it takes me that long to break a car down. Thanks for the hints, I know the roof needs more fading. This style of car was built in 1949. I guess I do not know the time frame when cards where used and not used. I will need to do some research. Lots of nice work on the Sunday show case today guys. Nick
Nice work shown this weekend. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks guys!
GEF - The blocks were already molded into the building. I gave them two solid coats of an acrylic color called Linen. After that was dry, I dabbed a just little bit of gray acrylic paint on each one and then gently smeared it around using my finger. The last step was to apply some latex paint. I don't have the bottle in front of me so I don't know what it's called, but it's sort of khaki that's darker than the Linen. I just put a very little bit on the end of a brush and dabbed it on by moving the brush straight up and down and being careful to let some of the Linen and gray to show through.
I guess there could be an easier way to do it, but that's what worked for me. I hope it all makes sense.
BTW - Your control stand is excellent!
Sirt
Tell us about how you made the plate load!
thx
Rich, can you tell us the width. Thanks
Jack
Put an awning on my 3 story mth building .
How did you make the awning?
Our Lionel building with awnings, they are too low and all hit the shoppers and residents in the head!!
Sirt
Tell us about how you made the plate load!
thx
I can't speak for Sirt but I have some that I bought that are made from sheet styrene that is cut to appropriate size and banded together with wire. Then the whole stack got weathered.
Put an awning on my 3 story mth building .
How did you make the awning?
Our Lionel building with awnings, they are too low and all hit the shoppers and residents in the head!!
Sirt
Tell us about how you made the plate load!
thx
I can't speak for Sirt but I have some that I bought that are made from sheet styrene that is cut to appropriate size and banded together with wire. Then the whole stack got weathered.
Glued cardboard together with 3M spray glue, clamped and spray painted only areas seen.
Added numbers using dry transfers.
Cut 2 pieces of stranded picture frame hanger wire and super glued to cardboard on bottom. Added 4 pieces of wood to the gondola.
30 minutes, BOOM - DONE! 
Just finished a gantry crane. One side slides on a O scale rail. The block/hook is missing. I have a YCC block on order but there seems to be a problem getting it in.
Joe
Below is one I built with both sides stationary. The pictures are from a customer layout. In this case I used the Walthers Heavy duty crane. Even though it is HO scale it stills looks good for O scale use.
Sorry for the delay in responding.
The building is 11" wide and 1" deep 32" high
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