Sunday Scenic Showcase March 1, 2020

Looks Amazing!!

A freight house I built about 20 years ago - on my 12'-by-8' layout.

MELGAR

Now I remember why I stopped building model cars when I was a kid. Painting the little parts is a PITA

Almost ready to call the walls for this kit done. Put a second coat of white on the windows and a first of red on the doors. Once they are done, need to do some touch ups over the goofs. I'm going to build a loading dock instead of using the one from the kit, it's too small for what I want to do.
I'm not thrilled with the coverage of the Acrylic paints either. For the brick wash they are fine but I may get some better paints for windows and trim, if I do another model.

I've been working on this "underground" stub end station all winter.  Almost finished with the lower part before I start working on the upper part.  I need to find or make something that represents pillars on the platforms.  Not sure if I should go with I beams or cement pillars or something else.  I also need to add some of the fine details, but I'm really bad with that.  Thoughts, comments, and ideas welcome.

Here is the building I kitbashed that is going on top.  I've shared this in the past.

Here was my inspiration.  This scene belongs to RRDoc here on the forum.

RSJB18,

Nice work. I consider Ameritowne brick buildings to be a painting project. For me, painting the trim takes several repeats of touch-up to get the edges looking neat. Definitely finicky and requires patience. I use acrylics that are thick enough to cover in one coat. All done by hand. No airbrush. Here is one of mine.

MELGAR

Great stuff.........I love looking at all the kit-bashes.......I get invaluable ideas!

Peter

Mel- the white I'm using is very thin, I'm two coats in on the windows and the red of the mold is still not covered. Some of the other colors are much thicker. The consistency of the cheap acrylics seems to vary a lot.

Machine shop progress. This is a DD Kozak’s kit. The LED lighting is experimental at this point. I am using 0603s in old Keil Line shades (I believe you can get them from Scale City now) and 1/16” brass tubing. I may swap them for 0805s to throw more light. This will sit at the front of the layout so I will be detailing the interior. I am thinking of building it as a steam powered shop with overhead belts. Right now I am going to build the shell and carve out a space for it on the layout, then I will do the interior and signage. I like the brick so much I doubt I will do the painted signage that comes with it. 

Ron,

Your station looks great the way it is. If you want, add some h columns . I would use 1/4 inch h columns. Toy can get them in styrene or abs from evergreen or plastruct.

Norm,

The building looks real nice and you are right about the brick. 

Mel,

Your work consistently impresses me.

Great pics everyone. Always inspired to the GREAT work posted here every week. THANKS Alan for keeping this thread going.

The TMB model Train club in addition to its 4,000 SqFt permanent layout also maintains a modular layout which we take to various venues to promote the club, the hobby as well as share the joys of our hobby with shut ins like VA hospitals and nursing homes.  We have a simple modular layout with 12 40" straights and 4 corners.  I just completed scenery which will be places on two of the modules. Due to our centralized transportation the modules with track get stored and transportation separately  from the scenery. The club owns a trailer which is our transport.The buildings were donated from the family of one of our past recently deceased members.

Here are a few pics of what I just completed.

Very nice Steve!

                                          BRIDGE REPLACEMENT on the B&S RWY.

Alan and all, most amazing work again this week. Many thanks for all the inspiration. Norm and Steve the most realistic looking projects.

Tom

MELGAR posted:

RSJB18,

Nice work. I consider Ameritowne brick buildings to be a painting project. For me, painting the trim takes several repeats of touch-up to get the edges looking neat. Definitely finicky and requires patience. I use acrylics that are thick enough to cover in one coat. All done by hand. No airbrush. Here is one of mine.

MELGAR

Sometime I use painter tape around sides of what to paint and that keeps paint where you what it.

Very Impressive work from all. Alan, the building is grand in every way. RONO45, the way you disguised those buildings with your kit-bash really made me think hard, great job! Melgar, you really make the kits you build your own. 

Dave

Here's what I've been working on this week more off than on....

I planted a Scenic Express gas station, modified the foot print to fit the space I had, because it's on a corner I wanted room for the grand kids to be able to play with cars and people around it.

I used black sandpaper as concrete/asphalt lightly sprayed with gray pray paint, glued it to the pink foam base then let dry for a couple of days....

Trimmed the sandpaper to make the driveway and painted some cracks with acrylic paints....

I then sceniced around the building, painted the gas pumps, built up the curb, added some decking to the front of the building, added a rear pole and light then added some different building signs....

Roof and roadside signs are currently under construction....

Paul

Here are a couple more progress shots of my machine shop sitting under my layout lighting. The basic shell is done and once I have its new spot set up, I will finish it: