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kirk
Fireman
Sweden
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 Posted - 11/05/2010 : 07:47:20 AM
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| Dave, I have seen hundreds of wharves from Maine/ New England in the early 1900eds, ranging from tiny lobster shed ones, to huge wharves with several big factories on them... Searching Library of Congress photo archives are a good way to see prototypes, as is image googling, perhaps with the black&white limit set. |
Troels Kirk
Näsum, Sweden
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lemkerailroad1
Crew Chief
USA
624 Posts |
Posted - 11/05/2010 : 09:52:30 AM
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what i was talking about is the height of the pilings
maybe i didnt wright it correctly........lol
i have decided on making a 24 inch deep and 72 inch long warf
but i was wondering on the height of the pilings / track height
from the ocean surface?????????
is their a typical height???????? |
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
4927 Posts |
Posted - 11/05/2010 : 10:02:47 AM
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| Got it wrong then, not native english...lol. Made mine from ocean surface to top of the deck around 3.5". Pilings 3.14 or 8cm, used to metric around here...will cover a 13' tide... |
Grtz Martin..
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lemkerailroad1
Crew Chief
USA
624 Posts |
Posted - 11/05/2010 : 11:24:57 AM
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thats the ticket......
thanks for the insite, now i can get busy |
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
4927 Posts |
Posted - 11/05/2010 : 3:09:37 PM
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| Dave, there's a thing I have to mention. If you want lights on youre wharf don't forget to lay somekinda conduit for the cable..it's hard to pull them after everythings glued together.....have a nice build |
Grtz Martin..
http://cardiganbaycoastalrailroad.wordpress.com/ |
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
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Frederic Testard
Engineer
France
16455 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2010 : 09:54:01 AM
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Nice building, Marty. Your lamp looks beautiful.
If I may make a suggestion though, I think you should try to keep your nails heads much smaller. Even with a hint of rust to make thme more visible, they certainly shouldn't be so wide.
On such a wall, they could certainly be made more discrete by applying a micro-bit of white on their 'outskirts'.
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
4927 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2010 : 5:16:24 PM
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First try of smaller nailholes. Mounted an ordinary needle into an refillable 0.7 pencil and added rust with acrylics the same way.....
maybe some drybrushing to blend it a little more |
Grtz Martin..
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Geezer
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 11/08/2010 : 5:59:51 PM
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Looks good to me Marty - and I dont think your
roofing looks that bad.....I kinda like it.
Here's a trick you may want to try:
Get a piece of IDE ribbon (From a discarded
computer) you know...the gray flat ribbon...
that connects to the hard drive.....
glue it down on a flat surface.....
Take some thin aluminum like heavy duty
baking stuff and lay it on the ribbon.
Take a small burnisher (dull toothpick will work)
and scribe some lines in the aluminum....
Play with that and see if you like the idea.
When you get what you like, first cut them
to size and then scribe them. Scale 4 x 8 sheet
would be 1 x 2 inches or 4 x 10 would be 1 x 2.5
inches....I hope this gives you an idea....
Keep up the good work.... |
Bill
CC&BW
Wilani Lumber & Mining Co.
http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=34275&whichpage=58
http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=28172&whichpage=89 |
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Frederic Testard
Engineer
France
16455 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2010 : 6:00:06 PM
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Marty, I think the new, smaller size is more realistic. With a bit of drybrushing as you mention, you should be able to have them look a little more discrete and feel happier, I think.
I like the subtle hints of rust going downwards on some of them. If you can combine this with the smaller holes, and maybe use a lighter shade of rust, the drybrushing might not even be necessary (I'm saying this for other buildings, clearly...).
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
4927 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2010 : 6:26:40 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Geezer
Looks good to me Marty - and I dont think your
roofing looks that bad.....I kinda like it.
Here's a trick you may want to try:
Get a piece of IDE ribbon (From a discarded
computer) you know...the gray flat ribbon...
that connects to the hard drive.....
glue it down on a flat surface.....
Take some thin aluminum like heavy duty
baking stuff and lay it on the ribbon.
Take a small burnisher (dull toothpick will work)
and scribe some lines in the aluminum....
Play with that and see if you like the idea.
When you get what you like, first cut them
to size and then scribe them. Scale 4 x 8 sheet
would be 1 x 2 inches or 4 x 10 would be 1 x 2.5
inches....I hope this gives you an idea....
Keep up the good work....
Shure will give that a shot Geezer, thanx for the tip |
Grtz Martin..
http://cardiganbaycoastalrailroad.wordpress.com/ |
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
4927 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2010 : 6:30:58 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Frederic Testard
Marty, I think the new, smaller size is more realistic. With a bit of drybrushing as you mention, you should be able to have them look a little more discrete and feel happier, I think.
I like the subtle hints of rust going downwards on some of them. If you can combine this with the smaller holes, and maybe use a lighter shade of rust, the drybrushing might not even be necessary (I'm saying this for other buildings, clearly...).
You're right Frederic, I dfeel happier with this smaller nailholes, got carried away somehow..still got some trouble with blending colour to various heu's / shades of rust. Should have a lesson or more from Troels I guess |
Grtz Martin..
http://cardiganbaycoastalrailroad.wordpress.com/ |
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
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Marty's wharf, first steps into this scale
