Good Morning Everyone,
Here are some pictures of the completed Sandy Hook Lighthouse.
Lets see what you have been working on.
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That looks great Alan. Nice work as always.
Bob
With the Holidays and a busy train season looming, I'm into small, limited projects. I owned this Lionel workhouse.......but it was too pristine for the layout. I did some weathering, a gravel roof and gave it a base.......now I'm trying out different places to put it.
Maybe here? Nothing is definite......
Have a great and safe week, everyone......
Peter
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@Putnam Division posted:With the Holidays and a busy train season looming, I'm into small, limited projects. I owned this Lionel workhouse.......but it was too pristine for the layout. I did some weathering, a gravel roof and gave it a base.......now I'm trying out different places to put it.
Maybe here? Nothing is definite......
Have a great and safe week, everyone......
Peter
It looks much better with the light weathering, and its size could fit just about anywhere.
Gene
Alan, the lighthouse is wonderful! I love the top portion especially. The detail is amazing as usual.Glad to see you are creating beautiful models in your new digs! Have a great Thanksgiving!
Weather has been as crappy as the football in WV this past couple weeks. I began working on another building from my father's hometown of Johnstown, PA, that I remember seeing as a kid. This one has been torn down, but was a sort of odd shaped iconic building in town. I'm using tinkercad and my SLA 3D printer along with plastruct and evergreen styrene components and some wood strips will be used for support and floor support as well. Early stages but coming together. I also weathered a couple light poles for a steel mill work yard I have been working on. Threw those pics in too. Used the Metal Masters metal paint and rusting spray. Usually takes a few hours to really rust up. Gets better with time. LOL. 
Have a great week everyone and Happy Thanksgiving!
Mike
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Bob, Peter, thank you.
Mike, The new place is working out. The work takes a little more time but I am able to do what I did at the old shop.
@Genemed posted:It looks much better with the light weathering, and its size could fit just about anywhere.
Gene
Thank you!
Peter
@Alan Graziano posted:Bob, Peter, thank you.
Mike, The new place is working out. The work takes a little more time but I am able to do what I did at the old shop.
I said it before you can create incredible model structures anywhere. The lighthouse turned out great, love the baking soda finish.
I made some progress on my light house improvement project but still no photos. I hope to have something to post in a few weeks.
@Putnam Division, Nice work Peter.
@LT1Poncho, Looking good Poncho!
@Jim Tighe, another unbelievably detailed model. I love that he's still a "Blacksmith".
@Alan Graziano I’m a big lighthouse fan Alan and your creation is a wonderful display. Always enjoy and learn from your talents Alan. You are our beacon to the hobby.
I began this weekend on a tall vine I saw on the Forum over two years ago. Trying my luck to create a few for the exterior walls of my tunnel.
I enjoyed your display of your talents guys. Have a good week!
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Nice work guys & thank you for sharing!
I’ve been working on terrain development and scenery in an industrial peninsula on my layout.
Here’s an access road to a factory. I’m trying to reuse some cast stone walls salvaged from my previous layout as a retaining wall below the road.
I’m also casting rocks from hydrocal and here are some in various states of painting on my workbench.
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@LT1Poncho posted:Alan, the lighthouse is wonderful! I love the top portion especially. The detail is amazing as usual.Glad to see you are creating beautiful models in your new digs! Have a great Thanksgiving!
Weather has been as crappy as the football in WV this past couple weeks. I began working on another building from my father's hometown of Johnstown, PA, that I remember seeing as a kid. This one has been torn down, but was a sort of odd shaped iconic building in town. I'm using tinkercad and my SLA 3D printer along with plastruct and evergreen styrene components and some wood strips will be used for support and floor support as well. Early stages but coming together. I also weathered a couple light poles for a steel mill work yard I have been working on. Threw those pics in too. Used the Metal Masters metal paint and rusting spray. Usually takes a few hours to really rust up. Gets better with time. LOL.
Have a great week everyone and Happy Thanksgiving!
Mike
Some great work this Sunday everyone. This looks like a nice project. These are the type of buildings that give a layout character. Keep us posted.
Dave
@Seth Thomas, Looking good Seth. Is that a sisal twine you're using? Will your vine be green with foliage or barren for the winter?
Recently finished painting and weathering in a Chicago style this 3D printed "Brownstone" I purchased.
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Some amazing talent on display this week! Thanks for sharing and inspiring us!
Yes @ coach Joe the vines will be green with color. I should have had a photo to share with you this evening. The twine is jute my wife had left over from 45 years ago from when she weaved pot hangers for her plants.
@Harry's Trains posted:Recently finished painting and weathering in a Chicago style this 3D printed "Brownstone" I purchased.
Any chance to share the paint types/brands/colors used here? This is a very close match to a yellow brick I've been trying to match for quite some time.
@coach joe I left the heat on in the shop and the jute has dried and stiffened. I attached a photo with the green glued to the vine for you. The jute was soaked with Titebond and water solution probably 50/50.
Vine photo
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@Jim Teeple nice work on the track cleaner car. Do you know address to buy the cleaning pads?? I’ve apparently filed away the address of supplier.😆
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@Seth Thomas posted:@Jim Teeple nice work on the track cleaner car. Do you know address to buy the cleaning pads?? I’ve apparently filed away the address of supplier.😆
@Seth Thomas posted:@Jim Teeple nice work on the track cleaner car. Do you know address to buy the cleaning pads?? I’ve apparently filed away the address of supplier.😆
i buy mine at the local fabric store, i took a pad in and they had a matching product.
Lately i have been using scotch-brite on the front.
The address i have is:
Don Stubbs , Northeast Trains
18 Main Street
Peabody, MA 01960
@Jim Teeple posted:
Nicely done Jim. A couple months ago I kit bashed a Labelle 50’ box car to fit the aluminum base. It can be lifted off to access the knobs. It took a bit of bracing to be sturdy enough when off the base.
Gene
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@Genemed posted:Nicely done Jim. A couple months ago I kit bashed a Labelle 50’ box car to fit the aluminum base. It can be lifted off to access the knobs. It took a bit of bracing to be sturdy enough when off the base.
Gene
I like it Gene, i have another one to do with a combine for my passenger train , hope it turns out as nice as yours.
@Jim Teeple posted:I like it Gene, i have another one to do with a combine for my passenger train , hope it turns out as nice as yours.
Thank you Jim, after seeing the high quality work you have done, that’s quite a compliment.
Gene
@Andrew B. posted:Any chance to share the paint types/brands/colors used here? This is a very close match to a yellow brick I've been trying to match for quite some time.
The paint I used is a Sherman Williams color sample I got from the oops section at Lowes for a buck. There isn't a label saying what they were aiming for, otherwise I'd share.
I dry brushed that over primer/mortar color. Also dry brushed some Tamiya Dark Yellow acrylic in spots for some accents.
@Andrew B. posted:Any chance to share the paint types/brands/colors used here? This is a very close match to a yellow brick I've been trying to match for quite some time.
Try almond for a base coat, then go over it with yellow ochre. It takes some play. You may have to add a bit of white to the yellow if its too dark, or you can thin it out. You might be able to dab it on with a sponge and get the right effect, or you can brush it all over the whole thing. Yellow paint is inherently transparent, but some acrylics still come out of the tube with too much body to "flow" around freely.
Definitely go back over it with some dry brush effects after its dry if the brick surface has any kind of texture to it. If its plastic, go real lightly.
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@Jim Teeple share with us your source for your characters in the Depot scene. They are all really special ones…
thanks
@Seth Thomas posted:@Jim Teeple share with us your source for your characters in the Depot scene. They are all really special ones…
thanks
Many from ebay , they were a bulk import offering, very crude but cleaning the mold lines and repainting helped , the others are Preiser, Scenic Accents and Artista through Scenic Express and hobby shops that I visit. I add clear bases on many and others I added a thin piano wire that goes into a drilled hole in the layout, a must to make them removable for dusting and vacuum.
most of the depot are Artista,
Hope this Helps
Jim
@ Jim Teeple
yes I appreciate the response.
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Very nice. Love the wainscoting.
Great showcase everyone
