Sunday Scenic Showcase May 13, 2013

Fantastic, Alan. And screens for the back porch, no less! Who thinks of such details! Only a master craftsman, that's who. Wow! Everything is beautiful.

FrankM

Really nice model excellent details.  

RICHARD SEGAL

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 Updated May 13th 

Added close to 40 Windows and doors.  Added docks, ramps and stairs, Trim and roofing should be completed today. During design we made several changes that will be reflected in the final kit. During this build we are developing the instruction so we need to go slow.  This kit will have 2 main structures and 5 additional out buildings that can be used in many configurations with minor alterations. Enough windows and doors will be provided with the kit for every opening. Every wall component is engraved so all the buildings can be stand alone.  Will post complete structure as soon as its completed.

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Alan, outstanding work (as always!) on the house!  I may be contacting you in the near future regarding another custom build for me.  Thanks for continuing to share your work with us, and for starting this weekly SSS thread.

Richard, I’ve been meaning to say welcome to the Forum, and thanks for your sponsorship.  You have some really nice offerings...almost makes me what to try kit building!

Not much to show this week.  I just repainted this MTH building for my new section of town. 

Dave....LOVE the awning and advertisements.....sweet!

David Minarik posted:

Not much to show this week.  I just repainted this MTH building for my new section of town. 

Very nice work. How did you do the advertisements on the side of the building? I'm going to working on Some Aneritowne in the future.

Alan, no stone unturned. Your eye for detail brings out the house even more. Rich, thanks for being a forum sponsor and welcome. I will be buying a few of your kits. Dave, nice job on your building. How did you get such good separation between brick and mortar....................Paul 

Here is my attempt at sprucing up my MTH Station. I also got some track work done in the area. The Lionel smoking hobo shack scene now has a fire and some barrels with a lantern. 

No less than Awesome every one of you and your structures      ...   thank you for your constant inspirations    

paul 2 posted:

Dave, nice job on your building. How did you get such good separation between brick and mortar....................Paul 

Paul, I was wondering the exact same thing!  I often see people's attempts to represent mortar lines where the mortar color ends up not only between the bricks, but all over the bricks themselves...thus causing an awful-looking white haze over the entire building.  The bricks end up looking very muted and lose their individual color/character...at least IMO anyway.

Dave, can you share your method with us?

Nice models everyone!

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Wow. Really nice work this week guys.  SIRT your weathering is just outstanding.

i finally got around to completing a rock wall face that I started before I expanded the layout.  Like the walls near the coal mine this is done with ceiling tile.  The tiles are broken to form an uneven edge and stacked.  

I paint in Two processes, first is a spray paint using rustolium camo earth brown, this is to get in all the small cracks since the tile is light.   Next I used earth color flat brown latex paint. When the latex paint is still wet I took some fine turf "grass" ground cover, poured some in my hand and "blew" it into the wet paint.  This represents grass growing in the crumbling rock wall.

Here are some photos the first shows the contrast between the unpainted tiles and the first spray paint coat.

Here is another one I started this morning. 

The mortar is just Roberts. Nothing special. I wipe it with a dry cloth and dust it with whatever color I used for the bricks.  This will tone it down quite a bit.  Sometimes I will hit it with a light wash of ia.  

Dave, looks good, what color do you use for the tan bricks?

David Minarik posted:

The mortar is just Roberts. Nothing special. I wipe it with a dry cloth and dust it with whatever color I used for the bricks.  This will tone it down quite a bit.  Sometimes I will hit it with a light wash of ia.  

Dave, will you share with us how the advertisements on the side of the buildings are done? I want to do some of those  on my buildings in the future.

Very nice work from everyone this week. I wish I had something to share but I was out of town for several days a couple weeks ago and when I got back "springtime" got ahold of me and hasn't let go yet! I wish the grass on my layout would grow as fast as it does in my yard. 

Joe Shipbaugh

Rich,

i just use whatever is at hand.  Sometimes I won’t clean my airbrush in between colors to get a custom mix.  This also ensures that no two structures look the same.  

The advertisements are are copied from the inter web and attached with white glue.  

Dave,

I can't believe it's MTH! Makes me think of the commercial, I can't believe it's not butter. Anywho, I apologize for the ignorance but what is Roberts?

Thanks,

Dave

luvindemtrains posted:

Dave,

I can't believe it's MTH! Makes me think of the commercial, I can't believe it's not butter. Anywho, I apologize for the ignorance but what is Roberts?

Thanks,

Dave

Roberts Brick Mortar. 

http://robertsbrickmortar.com/

You can also use spackle or dry wall compound.  Roberts works the best.

David Minarik posted:

luvindemtrains posted:

Dave,

I can't believe it's MTH! Makes me think of the commercial, I can't believe it's not butter. Anywho, I apologize for the ignorance but what is Roberts?

Thanks,

Dave

Roberts Brick Mortar. 

http://robertsbrickmortar.com/

You can also use spackle or dry wall compound.  Roberts works the best.

 

Thanks Dave!

Thanks RICH833. Wish I had the room you have. Nice layout!  

Just 47 ea. gets you into REAL..... 

So much talent in this forum. Everyone kudos to all your buildings. This is inspiring !!!!!!!!!!!  thank you