My latest scratchbuild -- Serenity's Sandwich Shop. Made of Sintra PVC board and styrene, with corrugated metal. The door and window are from Grandt Line:
Ray,
I must say that is sure some highly skilled Modeling.
Also all the other poster's..too many to remember.
Nothing from Me this time either....trying to finish some vehicles for other's that My being sick set me back some time in completed them.
Take Care!
Frank
Ray, that shop looks more real than the real thing! How did you do the lettering?
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
Tomkat and Ray,
Beautiful work!
I was also admiring Ray's lettering.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Thanks Mike, The only 912 I could afford was the Brekina, and even that was expensive, lol. Dad's love affair with sports cars began with a cantankerous 58' MGA and at the risk of a whuppin' I would sit in it when he was away at work, make motor sounds and pretend to be Dan Gurney.
Again Happy Father's Day, regards, Peter
Thanks!
The sign on the top of the front of the building (Serenity's Sandwich Shack) and the sign on the front of the porch (Sandwiches/Cold Drinks) was done with stencils. I laid out the lettering in Pages on my iMac, and printed it onto self-adhesive vinyl. Then I cut out the letters, peeled off the vinyl and placed it in position. I applied the paint using a combination of light dry-brushing, and stippling. After removing the stencil, I touched it up as needed with a fine brush. Then I painted the dark outline by hand using a good, #0 artist's brush.
The large signs on the sides that say, "Cold Drinks" were tricky. Because of the battens, I couldn't use a stencil. So I used a pink colored pencil to very lightly lay out the shapes of the letters. This was not done to any detail, just very rough forms, like stick-figure letters, mainly to make sure the size and spacing would fit the area. Then I hand-painted it with a #1 brush, using very thinned down paint and mostly kind of dry-brushing it. The outlines were done as before, with a #0 brush. The saving grace is that I was going for a not-very-professional look for the signs on the sides.
The smaller signs were were supposed to be very amateurish and crude, so I just winged it, painting them freehand with the #0 brush.
One thing that really helps when painting freehand, whether lettering or any other small detail, is that the hand holding the brush should have at least one finger resting against the model. This makes a big difference in steadying your hand.
Ray DunakinThe sign on the top of the front of the building (Serenity's Sandwich Shack) and the sign on the front of the porch (Sandwiches/Cold Drinks) was done with stencils. I laid out the lettering in Pages on my iMac, and printed it onto self-adhesive vinyl.
Ah, that's the trick. I should've used the self-sticking vinyl for my stencil on the Goble building. Would've solved the underspary issue I had.
Well this past weekend I Continued to work on the refinery. I finally got to the paint stage of the model.
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Renegade,
Beautiful work
All those yellow handrails...what a challenge!
mlehman Renegade, Beautiful work All those yellow handrails...what a challenge!
Thank you. I have a whole bunch more of them to do. It took me two hours to paint those hand railings on the stairs. I am hoping the deck rails are much quicker. I have to paint all the valves and piping next. I am trying to figure out how I can speed it up but I think I patience will be the only way to get it done right.
Luckily this is the largest structure for the refinery and all of the others are much, much smaller. Although the backdrop (showing the East Plant) may take some time to build.
Holy moly, that refinery is amazing! Is that brass or styrene?
Ray Dunakin Holy moly, that refinery is amazing! Is that brass or styrene?
Renegade1c.,
Really great job!! And You are correct....Patience...is a key,that many never learn.
HO-Velo Bear, Thanks for starting the fun. Sounds like you had a nice early Father's Day gift. Adding a license plate and some black paint to the nerf bars makes the Brekina model pretty near a dead ringer for my dear ol' departed Dad's dream car, the one he wisely didn't allow his teenaged son to drive. Hopefully I can some day recreate the scene in the orig. photo on my layout. Thanks to all and Happy Father's Day, Peter
Bear, Thanks for starting the fun. Sounds like you had a nice early Father's Day gift.
Adding a license plate and some black paint to the nerf bars makes the Brekina model pretty near a dead ringer for my dear ol' departed Dad's dream car, the one he wisely didn't allow his teenaged son to drive. Hopefully I can some day recreate the scene in the orig. photo on my layout.
Thanks to all and Happy Father's Day, Peter
That photo in the pine tree's, that looks like northern California - is that up near Lake Tahoe? Looks awefully familiar.
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
Yes indeed, Lake Tahoe, Aug. 1970.
Regards, Peter
Renegade1cI have a whole bunch more of them to do. It took me two hours to paint those hand railings on the stairs. I am hoping the deck rails are much quicker.
PS. Great stuff again everyone, thank you all.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Renegade1c:
The paint job is excellent. If it only took you two hours to do all those stair railings I think you were doing pretty good!
Just curious, what paint were you using?
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Ah, Lake Tahoe is one of my favorite places! Too bad I'm so far away in Virginia - hope to get back out there in the next few years!
hon30critter Renegade1c: Just curious, what paint were you using? Dave
I use a combination of paints. The Base coat was Polly Scale since it is mostly styrene. The Yellow was Scalecoat and the detail work will be a combination of polly scale and floquil.