Sunday Scenic Showcase March 25,2018

Fantastic, Alan!

Peter

Nice job Alan! Those big buildings are really impressive.

I've been keeping busy with a few projects this week;

A small branch line engine house made from foam core covered with printed paper siding that I downloaded from textures.com and sized in Corel Draw. Right now it's just held together with some blue tack. It will have Tichy windows and doors, as well as a full interior. Still have a lot of work to go, including all the window jambs, sills, and casings.

I also finished a Lionel Lion Scale Railbox box car, complete with graffiti. Please note that I do not support graffiti "vandals" and do not consider them "artists." I don't have a clue what any of the graffiti says, or means, I just paint what I see. This car was lowered 1/8 of an inch, weathered with gouache artists colors and pan pastels. Some of the graffiti was also gouache colors as well as Wicked airbrush colors and Reaper acrylic paints. The Reaper paints are nice for detailing because they have a flow additive that slows down their drying time, making mistakes easy to get rid of!

A couple of steel workers also popped up on the bench. They were converted from  Tamiya 1/48 German WWII tank maintenance crewmen. The standing figure just needed an arm lowered, but the bent-over figure had to have his head cut off and repositioned along with removing his left arm, rotating the forearm, and rebuilding the shoulder. The clothing was sculpted on using Kneadatite epoxy putty. The tool is piano wire and putty. Painted with Reaper acrylics. The heat shield clothing is patterned after a picture I found of a guy at the Edgar Thompson plant in Pittsburgh. I don't have any place to put these guys to work so I'm going to drop them off at Mercer Junction. Maybe Dave can give them a job at his beautiful mill!

Joe Shipbaugh

Alan,

Very Nice!

Joe,

AWESOME!  The cats in silvers look great!  We can definitely find work for them!

Nothing to show for me at this point in the day.

    Tank Car finished for Walthers  (raised) H.O. background structure...............

                                               Something like that.....................................

Thanks Dave! Glad you can employ them!

I haven't been able to contribute to the SSS thread in a looooong time due to life's other demands; however, SSS is one of my favorite recurring threads here on the Forum and I really look forward to checking in EVERY weekend.  Thank you, Alan, for keeping SSS going...and thank you to all who post here for sharing your work!  There are some very talented people providing inspiration to guys like me! 

I'm happy to report that I have a couple new items in the works, so I should finally be able to contribute something here once again.  My "big" project is to build a good-sized diorama to use for photographing my train collection and weathering/detailing work.  I'm in the very early stages of the build and plan to take my time with this project.  Below are a few photos of what's been completed so far.  I'll post periodic updates here moving forward.

Raw pink foam sheets.  You have to start somewhere, right?

Two foam sheets cut to size, glued together and painted with brown latex paint.  I then decided to add an elevated mainline in the back.  This will be up against a hilly or mountainous backdrop and will be faced with a cut-stone or rock retaining wall...

Here's the backdrop mounting board with backdrop attached.  I'm not 100% set on using this backdrop scene yet.  We'll see...

Here's the back side.  I added a couple strips of wood to eliminate the flex inherent in the long piece of 1/4" MDF.  This also provides convenient "handles" for lifting/moving the backdrop without grabbing the surface...

All track was given a base coat of Rust-Oleum "Camo Brown".  First shot is of a couple turn-outs before painting...

I hope to get the cork roadbed and track laid on the elevated line today.  Thanks for looking!

Finished my City Hall/Fire dept. Scratch built from wood. Hat's off to Grandt Line products, Rusty Stumps O scale dragon scale shingles, & Monster Modelworks  brick siding. The white stepped portion on the back sides bottom are left as is because the building will be set into a hillside on the layout. The structure can be separated if I decide to further do the interior or add lighting. Looking forward to landscaping it. Thanks for looking.

jackiejr posted:

Finished my City Hall/Fire dept. Scratch built from wood. Hat's off to Grandt Line products, Rusty Stumps O scale dragon scale shingles, & Monster Modelworks  brick siding. The white stepped portion on the back sides bottom are left as is because the building will be set into a hillside on the layout. The structure can be separated if I decide to further do the interior or add lighting. Looking forward to landscaping it. Thanks for looking.

Outstanding great character and lines!

jackiejr posted:

Finished my City Hall/Fire dept. Scratch built from wood. Hat's off to Grandt Line products, Rusty Stumps O scale dragon scale shingles, & Monster Modelworks  brick siding. The white stepped portion on the back sides bottom are left as is because the building will be set into a hillside on the layout. The structure can be separated if I decide to further do the interior or add lighting. Looking forward to landscaping it. Thanks for looking.

jackiejr,

Nice looking building! All kinds of interesting architectural details and I really like the Monster Modelworks brick siding. I've thought about it for several projects but seeing your results have convinced me to give it a try.

Joe Shipbaugh

Jackiejr,

that is one heck of a building. Great job.

alan graziano

Alan,

Another Great SundayScenic Showcase.

Your Grand Central Station is amazing. 

Kudos to all the other contributors  for outstanding contributions. All of your projects are excellent.

- Tom

Alan, that's a neat rendition of GCT!

 That's a terrific building! I love the challenge that the Victorian Era structures provide. They test out mettle alright.

Trainman2001 posted:

 That's a terrific building! I love the challenge that the Victorian Era structures provide. They test out mettle alright.

I just finished reading your latest post and what a coincidence to see your structure with the Mansard roof! I like Second Empire (Victorian) type buildings and was up to the challenge although I was not too sure if I could pull it off. But with all those neat architectural offerings from Grandt Line I had to give it a try. As I did my research on  fire stations from the 1800/1900 era I came across a lot of interesting designs. Thinking  the design I had in mind maybe too elaborate for just a fire station, I combined city hall with it. As you mentioned in your post, these type of buildings were found in many municipalities through out the country. My building is not a copy, it is an accumulation of ideas from too many weeks of research. Standing alone the building may appear a little out of proportion but once situated on the layout I couldn't be happier. 

     Thanks for your comment Trainman2001 as well from other forum members. 

                                                Jackiejr

Amazing craftsmanship on display this week!