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centercab
Engine Wiper
USA
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 Posted - 07/24/2012 : 08:22:15 AM
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It's been many moons since I've actually built a structure, and those were either in HO or N. This is an S scale Downtown Deco station that I raised the roof a little and added an O scale Grandt door.
Still a bit of work to do, but I like it so far! |
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andykins
Fireman
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/24/2012 : 11:34:59 AM
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nice work chuck.
i liked the looks of those buildings, didnt think they would convert to o scale well.
nice one |
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centercab
Engine Wiper
USA
225 Posts |
Posted - 07/25/2012 : 06:58:15 AM
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Thanks, Andy. To me, the size of the stones and windows made it a natural for the conversion to O.
I have just started on the same station in HO. If nothing else, just to compare the 2 sizes! |
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wesleybeks
Fireman
South Africa
2215 Posts |
Posted - 07/25/2012 : 08:30:32 AM
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Very nice Chuck
What was your method for the painting of the stonework? It Turned out great. |
Regards
Wes.
Dont leave for tomorrow what you can do today. |
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eTraxx
Fireman
USA
1947 Posts |
Posted - 07/25/2012 : 08:47:51 AM
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| yeah .. that came out really good. [:-thumbu] |
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Frederic Testard
Engineer
France
16457 Posts |
Posted - 07/25/2012 : 5:37:11 PM
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| Very nice, Chuck. I thought you had some projects in S scale. Did you decide to change for O? |
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centercab
Engine Wiper
USA
225 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2012 : 7:34:40 PM
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Thanks Wes, Edward and Frederic!
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centercab
Engine Wiper
USA
225 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2012 : 7:42:27 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by wesleybeks
Very nice Chuck
What was your method for the painting of the stonework? It Turned out great.
I pretty much followed the instructions, except that I used a couple of different colors.
After the 4 walls were glued together, I sprayed a cheap coat of white paint. When that was completely dry, I applied a thin wash of burnt umber. Then I used a piece of steel wool and wiped the structure to give a bit of a buff finish. After that, I highlighted the individual stones using various shades of brown, black, etc. I used what I thought would look right. I then finished it off with a wash of alcohol and India ink.
Pretty simple! |
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centercab
Engine Wiper
USA
225 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2012 : 7:45:51 PM
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Originally posted by Frederic Testard
Very nice, Chuck. I thought you had some projects in S scale. Did you decide to change for O?
Frederic, I did originally build this for use on an Sn3 layout that I had planned on building. For some reason, O just had more of an appeal for me.
After all of that, it looks like my layout will end up being standard gauge!
Sometimes it's hard to figure this stuff out... |
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northern6400
Fireman
Canada
3093 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2012 : 7:55:19 PM
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| Your stone colouring looks really good. |
Chuck Faist
Burlington, Ontario
Enjoy yourself it is later than you think! |
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TRAINS1941
Fireman
USA
4900 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2012 : 10:23:14 PM
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I like the coloring in the stone work. Nice job.
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centercab
Engine Wiper
USA
225 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2012 : 8:17:55 PM
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| Thanks, Jerry! |
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closetguy
Fireman
USA
1296 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2012 : 10:23:54 AM
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Nice work Chuck
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centercab
Engine Wiper
USA
225 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2012 : 5:58:07 PM
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| Thank you, Mike! |
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MinerFortyNiner
Fireman
USA
1994 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2012 : 11:20:35 PM
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| Very nice structure, Chuck...the stone finish is very convincing and adds so much character. O, S, whatever...it's all good! |
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My first O scale structure...
