New River Minning Co

[Budliner]

I just got this kit
someone have some tip's for painting this great kit
I got this one time before and had to send it back for defect in the plastic
Ihope this one is ok
I want to make it look like the Boston Sand and Gravel

[simon1966]

Here is my version of it



Good wash in soapy water followed by airbrush and then some weathering.

One tip on getting the window frames painted. Since they are molded into the clear window plastic, use a sharpie marker to draw them in. It is much easier than trying to paint them.

[Medina1128]

What perfect timing! I just started working on my Cornerstone New River Mining kit a while back. I just have to prep the scenery/tracks where the final buildings will go. It's built then mounted on 1/4 inch ply. This allows me to set it in place and easily remove if I need to without disturbing the rest of the buildings.

[Budliner]

cool
I was thinking silver or chrome
hope to get some more ideas thanks for the info on the sills
its still in the box
hope its a good one this time

[river_eagle]

I painted it grey, and used silver paint pen to add color back, and a little black wash for the shadow effect. did dullcoat after assembly,which gave the windows that dirty frosted look, and brushed alcohol over areas that need a chalky/ dusty look {see stairs/post under loader}- same color as door
I have later found that Sharpie makes brown pens, that work great over the silver/grey for rust stains.
sorry don't have better pic, just happened to be in backgroud.


brown sharpie used on coaling tower

click on pic for full size.

[Budliner]

`river that looks awsome
oh man now whats mine going to look like


you set the bar high

[Anonymous]

Here's another one for ya Kevin, I changed some things around on it.

[Budliner]

well I see I'm in good company

[NZRMac]

And my attempt





Ken.

[Anonymous]

I feel deprived. Am I the only one who does not own this kit?

It's a good one. I am just jealous.

[river_eagle]

bush,
you should get one, or two even it's a great small railside industry, as is or bashed to your needs.
New River and Glacier Gravel are probally the two best kits out there IMHO, for both HO and N.

[Budliner]

Glacier Gravel
oh man now I need to get that



oh boy

[CraigN]

I'm in the process of building mine. I painted the parts while on the sprue with acrylic paints that I bought at Walmart. I used a silver metalic looking paint, I thinned it with water and air brushed it on. Looks great so far. When I'm done building it I am going to weather the heck out of it. I can't picture a clean mine building.

Craig

[tatans]

Great looking kit, correct me if I'm wrong, wouldn't a mining operation of this size whether hard rock processing or a sand and gravel operation be the dustiest or grimeist bunch of buildings anywhere, any sand and gravel mill I have seen is the dustiest place on earth , just a note.

[Budliner]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/saralovering/117623513/in/set-72057594090227338/

www.flickr.com/photos/juliewoo/25297097/
hard building to find

[icmr]

I got mine about 3 years ago and just spray painted it with oxide red paint. Sorry I dont have pics but it is in a box right now.



Victor

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[river_eagle]

a better view of "mine"

[simon1966]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tatans

Great looking kit, correct me if I'm wrong, wouldn't a mining operation of this size whether hard rock processing or a sand and gravel operation be the dustiest or grimeist bunch of buildings anywhere, any sand and gravel mill I have seen is the dustiest place on earth , just a note.

Tatans, I think you are spot on.



This is a more general view of my mine area including the power station that I scratch built. It is all far too clean and nice to be a real coal mine. Time to dirty it up I think.

[emdgp92]

I built one in N scale. Mine (ha!) was painted with Tamiya's "Aluminum" straight from the bottle. I wanted a weathered look, so I used a wide brush. Since I was going to weather the building anyway, I wasn't too concerned about brush strokes. Adding the rust and grime spots was the fun part--I drybrushed everything with rust colors and black...then flowed on a black wa***o tie everything together. As if that wasn't enough, I lightly sanded the sign decals to look worn. Then, I went back, and used an x-acto knife to gently scrape them.

[Budliner]

holy smoke
red blue green
every color in the book
and all of them look super fine thanks for sharing

I love the drybru***ip
thanks guys

[zgardner18]

Does anyone have a picture of the real one. If I'm not mastaken the real one is in Colorado. Back when I was in high school, and living in Orem, Utah, we took a trip to Glenwood Springs, and between there and Vail, we headed off to Steamboat Springs, and low and behold there it was. The Mine looked just like the Walther's model that I had back at home. Being only 16, I didn't have my camera at the time, but boy do I wish I could go back and see it again.

[Budliner]

I too will like to see the proto type
I need to get some ideas fast

( Ken )not Kent

[Piedsou]

Here's mine, greatly modified. I added etched corrigated siding over the walls, opened some of the windows and added a long conveyor to the mine opening high on the neighboring ridge.




Dale Latham

[zgardner18]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Piedsou

Here's mine, greatly modified. I added etched corrigated siding over the walls, opened some of the windows and added a long conveyor to the mine opening high on the neighboring ridge.




Dale Latham

Dale,
I think that we need to see more pictures of your layout. Boy that picture looked good.

[Budliner]

wow

[Piedsou]

Here are two more photos of the mine.





Click on image for larger picture.

Dale Latham

[Budliner]

Piedsou
added siding is the way to go
that is unbelievable
just looks like some old work hardend building

Ken

[304live]

i registered and joined this forum today just because i was about to buy this product and wanted to get some input on how good of a product it was

from the looks of it ... its great

how did you build (or where did you buy) that conveyor belt that you added Peidsou?

[simon1966]

Dale, fantastic work. It really improves the look of the mine structure. The rusting siding is very effective.

[Budliner]

I like the open windows
nice job

K