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elwoodblues
Fireman
Canada
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 Posted - 05/05/2010 : 8:07:06 PM
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Thanks for the step-by step on painting people and details, they look fantastic. Who would have thought of using hair spray to create rust.
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Ron Newby
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Clearwater Valley Railway Co.
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dallas_m
Fireman
USA
3013 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2010 : 12:51:36 AM
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The end of the beginning is in sight! Well, making progress on the foundation anyway ... the gray streaks across the top are the start of leveling off for the sill plates on which the walls will sit. Ah, "walls" ... how nice that sounds. I've come to the conclusion that a handlaid stone foundation is not the quickest way to get a structure project rolling ... but what the heck! 
The gray baggie in the background is filled with "mortar" ... the corner's clipped off to make a poor-man's pastry bag for applying the stuff. Wooden blocks and a steel rule used for leveling the top. Not to mention tweezers and billions and billions of teeny weeny little bitty stones. [:-propeller]
But, heck, it's all in good fun ... think I have enough sticks on hand for framing the walls and received some material for plumbing and electrical fittings too ... and lots of little cans, crates, tools and so forth. Guess it's gonna take a while ... but really enjoying the project. Meanwhile, make sure you're out with the cards and flowers and phone calls for Mother's Day ... and we'll all be back to the modeling projects soon enough. Cheers! |
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dallas_m
Fireman
USA
3013 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2010 : 03:30:08 AM
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Rock of Ages ...
At long last ... [:-turtle][:-turtle][:-turtle] ... the foundation is approaching completion. (Hooray!)
Still have to mortar the joints between the walls and floor ... then a few little fill-in areas and final coloring (whatever that may be!)
I'm liking the size of the building ... sort of a big little shop ... larger scale, but a small building that will be packed with lots of action. Will continue efforts to "wrap up" the eternal foundation project and looking forward to framing some walls. Loads and loads of details on hand that need prepping too.
Did I mention (at the beginning hopefully) that this might go on for a while? Well, that's alright, lots of neat stuff to left to learn and fun along the way ... and happy to see the progress on all the other Chambers Challenge efforts as they develop. |
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danpickard
Fireman
Australia
1103 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2010 : 06:08:15 AM
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Hi Dallas,
As time consuming as laying that foundation stone by stone was, it looks like an effective result. Its always a good feeling to see something start to come up from the ground. I look forward to seeing how the walls come out.
Cheers,
Dan Pickard |
http://danpickard.blogspot.com/
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CN6401
Crew Chief
Canada
912 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2010 : 10:47:20 AM
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Dallas,
Your time staking efforts may be time consuming, but the results are beautiful. Can't wait to se the final results.
If you don't mind me asking, I'm not sure if I missed something in the thread but what are you using in the gray bag for mortar?
Thanks
Ralph |
Growing old is mandatory . . . growing up is optional
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A Touch of Yesterday©..............Weathered Rail Cars. |
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postalkarl
Fireman
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Posted - 05/13/2010 : 11:18:45 AM
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Dallas:
Very nice so far.
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dallas_m
Fireman
USA
3013 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2010 : 2:06:02 PM
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Hi Guys -- Thanks for the encouraging comments! Looking forward to the final touch-up and coloring on the foundation ... and really looking forward to building some walls.
Ralph -- It's been a series of adventures and misadventures trying to get the foundation built ... will post some notes on what seemed to go right and what was, um, a bit challenging at some point. One thing that did go right was the use of Liquitex Ceramic Stucco with a touch of gray craft paint to make the mortar ... and the homemade pastry bag was a very useful way of applying it neatly. That Liquitex material is available at Michaels craft store and art supply places, and it's made to be an acrylic paint medium so it takes color well. I'll post some more notes and pictures fairly soon. |
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Frederic Testard
Engineer
France
16456 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2010 : 8:11:16 PM
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The result of all this work is excellent, Dallas!
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dallas_m
Fireman
USA
3013 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2010 : 04:47:10 AM
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Getting down to the nitty-gritty on the foundation now ... did some fill-in around the wood work and general fill-in of some shallow areas.
Modified an extruded tip for super glue bottles to fit a syringe to get into the tiny places. (Yeah, it looks a bit "funny" ... but let's just leave it at that!) 
And, happily, went back and fixed Mr. Mudgeon's eye (had some iris color on eyelid) and lip (needed a little carving on the casting). He's just about ready to return to work ... and no more [:-pirate] patches!
Here's a shot of his gigantic head on a gigantic penny! |
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wesleybeks
Fireman
South Africa
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Posted - 05/17/2010 : 08:36:47 AM
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You right Dallas
Think its best we leave the comments about the glue tip alone. LOL
Mr. Mudgeon is looking really good. Going to look even better when he finds his body. |
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Wes.
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hon3_rr
Fireman
USA
4692 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2010 : 4:51:22 PM
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| Dallas, Your foundation is one of the coolist foundations I've seen. I bet it is really something to behold in real life! Great work and keep these how to and picture posts coming. |
--KP
Life is to short to make all of the models I want to. |
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dallas_m
Fireman
USA
3013 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2010 : 5:27:53 PM
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Thanks KP -- I'm really pleased with the progress ... but had to take a break from the stonework for a couple of days, cuz I got to a point where I was mumbling "this is nuts" while working! 
Very early into the stone foundation, I became painfully aware that I am not Marcel Ackle ... but I did want to take some inspiration from the very "organic" appearance of his modeling, including stonework and scenery ... and I figured even he had to start somewhere! Take a look at Marcel's work here for some really great stuff. And, for those like myself who are just aspiring toward such things, I'll make a "catch-up" post on the foundation work when I get a chance to sit down and sort pictures ... probably around the time it's done or nearly done.
Speaking of going nuts and taking breaks from different parts of the project ... after doing the detailed painting on Mr. Mudgeon and discovering thru the "joy" of macro photography that I'd painted one of his irises onto his eyelid, I had to take a bit of a break from that before going back. Setting him aside for awhile (and having detailed notes about paint colors) really paid off ... now he's essentially "done" and I think he'll always contribute a bit of "character" to the scene.
After painting the "stock" Italeri welding cart, I realized that I should have cut off the molded handle and replaced that with wire. Then I got into discussing 1/35 details with Marc Reusser on another forum and decided to go back and re-work the cart a bit more. It's shown here "in progress" ... I replaced the handle, lowered the wheels and replaced the molded axles, added a little support doo-hickey underneath and a strap across the front near the bottom. Still have to paint and weather the new bits and add some chain and hoses.
That close-up photography business seems like a bit of a mixed blessing ... you can see all sorts of things that'll drive you crazy, but it also lets you see some things that can be easily fixed. This shot is roughly actual size on my 19" monitor.
I'll get back to the foundation in another day or two and post some updates and a catch-up when I can ... meanwhile, I've mixed up a couple of Mike's ink stain formulas and started staining wood for the walls. So far, Mike's formulas are working quite well ... and I'm really looking forward to more building construction! |
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Frederic Testard
Engineer
France
16456 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2010 : 02:08:06 AM
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The finished face is amazing, Dallas. Hat's off!!!
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hon3_rr
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 05/18/2010 : 03:43:07 AM
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| Dallas, your work is... well as Frederic says, "Amazing"! I just went back and re-read the entire thread. The information you have shared is, as MikeC would say, "in the best tradition of this forum"! I have book marked this thread as I'm sure I'll be returning to it many times for information to use in my modeling efforts. Thank you for taking the time to share the information in the detailed manner you have been using. I know that it can take more time to do the posting to this thread then the time it takes to do the actual modeling. Looking forward to many more posts. |
--KP
Life is to short to make all of the models I want to. |
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Rick
Administrator
USA
17742 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2010 : 07:13:46 AM
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Dallas, fantastic job of painting on both the figure and the cart.
I know it's not easy painting eyes on those figures, but Mr. Mudgeon's stand up to the scrutiny of macro photography extremely well.
I also like the chipped effect you got on the tanks.
Very nice work indeed. |
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Chambers Gas & Oil -- structure build
