Sunday Scenic Showcase August 28, 2021

G.D.D. Battleship Gondolas 1940's...

Alan, your modelling mastery extends far beyond tanks, refineries and processing plants.

Steve when you posted the battleships you mentioned, off to the blaster.  Were you referencing a bead blaster or similar unit?  The bodies do not look as if you stripped them so I was wondering what process you used and why?

Alan...

Gorgeous home!  You said it's a "past model"...but had you ever shown it on the forum?...I don't recall ever seeing it...and you're posting is part of my every Sunday AM.

BTW: today is August 28, 2022...last I checked.

Steve...

Awesome weathering!!  I know you're well past the I-can't-bear-to-mess-with-Scott's-finest, but I'm not there yet.  Have you ever done a DIY video, start to finish, on an effort like these...or at least one of these??

For you both...

@SIRT  Clicking the heart icon just doesn't seem like enough.    Awesome.

I want to thank Steve/ @SIRT for the weathering he has been doing for me. While most of the equipment I have sent him (not all) is mine personally, I've been running more and more of my equipment at the RFC Train Garden each December so we can have more scale locomotives/rolling stock on the layout.

Thanks to Steve's great work, this will be the first year in the now 88 years the display has been put on that weathered rolling stock will be featured.

I worked on a small project this week to decal two trucks for my businesses. One is a Corgi 1/50 Box Van and the other is a Athearn 1/50 Panel Truck.

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This is a new section we are installing   All these buildings were donated to us

Dkdkrd,

l completed this model last year. It had its own thread.

Nice work Steve as always

Ben,

That is a nice acquisition for the club. Beautiful stuff.

Matt,

I love your scene.

TI just finished this is an inspection stand that can be used just about any type of car though I first designed it for cabooses.

I have another topic in this scenery forum -  https://ogrforum.com/...7#163461606284797197 in which I have been building my model RR. The building below is a scratched built design in which the walls, windows and door were all cut out using a Cricut Maker 3. This building will be a feed mill though I have not made the signs as yet. There is more details in the above forum topic.

@coach joe posted:

Alan, your modelling mastery extends far beyond tanks, refineries and processing plants.

Steve when you posted the battleships you mentioned, off to the blaster.  Were you referencing a bead blaster or similar unit?  The bodies do not look as if you stripped them so I was wondering what process you used and why?

Been modeling for years, never knew these cars even existed.

Baking soda blasting is a must to quickly fade or remove lettering. When white lettering thins with age, and runs down the car side, a void must be created first prior to streaking the running white. Blasting takes about 2 minutes per side.

A cut wet sponge with white is dragged down the car side using a wood block as a guide.

Hope this helps.

A continuation of progress with Dennis Brennan's Oblong Box & Hamper Company.....I posted part of this earlier this week.

I put the siding on the wall and started assembling the building. Look at the 1st 4 pictures of the same wall. Dennis wanted the effect of the upper Aluminum panels overhanging the lower. Look at how he achieves this.....on picture 3 there is an additional 1/8" strip of cardboard that raises the bottom and gives the effect

There is a 1/8" strip on this wall

.....and the front and back walls use two 1/8" strips for the effect......

.....next the windows and freight door went in.....

.....now, finally, some progress on the superstructure!

Have a great Sunday, folks!

Peter

Thanks Steve  I always thought your weathering was added on top of of the existing finish like weathering powders, chalks and air brushing.  I never even considered actual "weathering" per se like you're doing with baking soda.

@coach joe posted:

Thanks Steve  I always thought your weathering was added on top of of the existing finish like weathering powders, chalks and air brushing.  I never even considered actual "weathering" per se like you're doing with baking soda.

No air brushes for me. Too time consuming to mix and clean, no control either.

Alan, I'm curious: what is the "vent" from what appears to be the electrical box up through the roof by the back door?

@bluelinec4 posted:

This is a new section we are installing   All these buildings were donated to us

Pretty nice donation, I'd say.

Ben I'm trying to place the area of redevelopment on the layout.  I recognize the dam and at first thought the Resort Hotel was razed in favor of the new waterfront but "upon further review the call on the the ice stands.' oops I mean upon further review I see the hotel in the background of the first picture and also Morton Salt.  I don't believe the refinery was that close to dam or was it?

Tom,

what you are seeing is the weather hood at the top of the meter. I tried to match what was in the pictures given to me. The customer would attach a power line from a pole to this connection.

Great progress Peter. Keep pounding away on Oblong Box.

@coach joe posted:

Ben I'm trying to place the area of redevelopment on the layout.  I recognize the dam and at first thought the Resort Hotel was razed in favor of the new waterfront but "upon further review the call on the the ice stands.' oops I mean upon further review I see the hotel in the background of the first picture and also Morton Salt.  I don't believe the refinery was that close to dam or was it?

Joe

The whole refinery was moved to the plateau over the staging yard  We made room by rearranging the coal mine up there   I then lowered the whole area where the refinery was a these are all waterfront buildings   Next step is to blend the color for the base and pour some water

Never saw one before and it confused this poor old country boy.

Thanks for the response.