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TjSeeley
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 Posted - 04/02/2012 : 7:46:51 PM
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I'm not sure this is the right place to post - and I apologize if it's not! I was looking for a 'craftsman' who has done the Campbell Pickens' Place. It's a pretty standard farm house - but the Campbell picture/rendition is pretty coarse. I've followed some of the posts for things like Bar Mills' Mooney's Plumbing (for weathering - pealing paint techniques) - and just did the first coat of 'old white paint' on the house. If I'm in the wrong place, could someone direct me to a more suitable spot??? Thanks so much - I'm new to this forum.
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bitlerisvj
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Posted - 04/04/2012 : 11:44:56 AM
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Hi Tj,
There are numerous places on Railroad-line to find weathering and paintig info. Most of it right here on Mike Chamber's Craftsman Corner. You may wish to look up articles done by Karl Ozolinski on these forums. He is a master at painting and weathering.
The namesake of this forum, Mike Chambers did a couple of very good clinics on this and you can find them here
http://www.rustystumps.com/RSSMDownloads/Staining%20Stripwood.pdf
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http://www.rustystumps.com/RSSMDownloads/Weathering%20Stripwood.pdf
Walt at Rusty Stumps felt so good about these, he copied them to his business web site. Personally, I feel these are very good.
By the way, I don't know if you are familiar with the Campbell web site, but if you click on larger photo and select the one on the right, you get a very nice good resolution of Picken's Place.
http://www.campbellscalemodelsonline.com/product_p/0395.htm
Good luck and regards, Vic Bitleris
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hon3_rr
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Posted - 04/04/2012 : 1:33:37 PM
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TJ,
There is a ton of information here on the forum buried in the threads of a lot of different projects by some really top notch modelers. Vic is dead-on correct that KarlO is a master at creating effects, and his techniques work well. That said however, there are a lot of different ways to reproduce the effect(s) you may be after. Finding a technique which fits with your modeling style and materials, including stains and paints, can be a bit difficult and frustrating.
One of the big tricks to locating stuff here on the forum is to use the 'advanced' search function in google. (The link is currently located right under the number of page links located at the bottom of the returned search page.) Start by doing your standard google search, using some key words like "acrylic" and/or "whitewash" along with something like "stain". You will get a ton of hits. Now, click on the 'advanced search' link on the google page and then complete the Site or Domain field in the 'Narrow your results by' section by putting in " www.railroad-line.com " in the site/domain field. You search will be limited to the forum site and the keywords you have used.
Another 'trick' is to use the one you have already used, just ask. But also try to give us a bit more help in identifying what your after. In your question above I immediately had questions as to if you were looking for a build thread of Pickens Place or the weathering techniques, or both. Also, if you were after the weathering technique(s), did you want to use paints or inks, acrylic paints or washes, possibly chalks? Did you want a peeling paint effect for a fade of the wash for that painted to unstained wood effect? And do you want the boards in good condition or poor condition? Did you want use a brush or rag technique? So as you can see, whatever information you can provide as to what effect you are trying to create, along with the materials and technique(s) you want to use are all helpful to the community in helping you identify some threads which may be of value to you.
I hope that we can help you locate the information you are seeking here on the forum and look forward to seeing your build of of this classic kit.
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mabloodhound
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Posted - 04/04/2012 : 4:00:38 PM
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Hey, Tj, just put some pictures up, right here in this thread; you already have the title down.
Than well oogle them a bit and see if we have any further advice.
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TjSeeley
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Posted - 04/04/2012 : 9:10:07 PM
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Thanks so much for the help! I know the question was kind of general. The staining strip-wood article is awesome (except the Pickens' Place has the scribed sheets which it says not to use that technique on - as do some of my other kits.) Pickens is my 1st attempt, and I was hoping to find a nicely aged one that someone had done, but the only pictures I see on the web are of the painted, newer looking one on the Campbell site. Oh well - I'll give it a try. As with many folks, I work full time, so get way too little time for this wonderful hobby!
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Karl Osolinski
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Posted - 04/04/2012 : 11:07:34 PM
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Hello, TJS,
I'm not sure that this is what you're looking for, but I've scratch-built this building several times.
The Campbell Abandoned House is the same building as Picken's Place minus the front roof dormer. Also, the Campbell Sheriff's Office is pretty much the same structure with minor roof changes.
Here's some photos of the last scratch-built one that I did. I added a stone foundation for a bit of variety...
Karl O.
Berkley, MI
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TjSeeley
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Posted - 04/05/2012 : 06:54:42 AM
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That's great! Just what I was looking for - some ideas about how it 'could' look. It is very similar to Pickens - I hadn't noticed the similarities witht he abandoned house before. The outside walls that come with Pickens (scribed sheets, I think is what you refer to them as) are vertical - board and batten). I love the stone foundation.
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hon3_rr
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Posted - 04/05/2012 : 11:52:13 AM
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TJ... I'll let Karl answer how he achieved the effects of the structure shown. I do know that Karl does a few different modeling techniques to produce stone foundations, and I wanted to offer up a possible easy and quick alternative for a stone foundation.
Dr. Ben's produce a product called Dr. Ben's Baby Building Blocks. They are very cost effective and produce a nice surface texture in HO scale and are super easy to work with. The product is cut like styrene using the 'score and snap' technique. It also sands just like styrene.
I just colored the foundation face below with A-I as this is a 1 hour clinic project, but I'm sure one can easily do a lot more coloring with them than I have here. Anyway, if you (or anyone else) is interested, here are a couple of construction pictures and a link to get the product. I use the 'grey' stones.
NOTE: Scroll to lower mid-page to see more selections of building blocks.
http://www.debenllc.com/servlet/the-Doctor-Ben%27s-Scale-Consortium-cln--dsh--Scale-Building-Material/Categories
By the way... the walls on this small (about 2x3 inches) shed were flooded on both sides with washes and ink stains on the laser cut scribed siding.
DISCLAIMER: I am not associated with DEBEN LLC Publication & Products. I'm just a happy customer.
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Edited by - hon3_rr on 04/05/2012 12:16:51 PM |
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TjSeeley
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Posted - 04/05/2012 : 10:29:24 PM
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Wow! That is SO cool. Both the brick foundation and the super realistic aging on the siding is absolutely beautiful. I'm going to check out Dr. Ben's blocks. It's good to hear that I can try the washes and inks on the scribed siding - that's about all I've got in the few kits I've picked up on eBay. Some day, I'll make a whole stone grist mill from scratch....but I've got a whole lot of learning to do first!
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hon3_rr
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Posted - 04/05/2012 : 10:58:01 PM
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TJ,
This is a clinic build, done in a hour long clinic, so it's not difficult. Here is a link to a tutorial build of this structure I did here on the forum which has detailed step -by-step instructions for the weathering and aging of the walls. This was done mainly with soft pastels (chalks) and a lot of alcohol washes and some touch-up staining. NOTE that I strongly encourage you to add some bracing to your structure walls as this quick kit was designed with big tabs (which you can see in this construction photo) so that I can have people build and color the structure within an hour.
http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=35900
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TjSeeley
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Posted - 07/02/2012 : 8:32:38 PM
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KP - I braced all the walls - did my first attempt at weathering the white paint (green trim) on my farmhouse. I have the walls up and am working on the shingles now. I can't post a picture because the "Insert a File" button doesn't show up when I click on "Reply to Topic" on this thread. It does when I go to another topic, so maybe this one is just too old or something.
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Rick
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Posted - 07/02/2012 : 9:42:33 PM
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Trudy, age of a thread have nothing to do with adding pictures.
Please try using this URL when you visit the site and try the Reply to Topic link again: http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/active.asp
Let us know if your still having a problem.
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k27rgs
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TjSeeley
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Posted - 07/03/2012 : 08:08:53 AM
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Thanks, Rick! When I went to the link to see your post, it is there (and the Insert File shows up). I usually find it by typing Pickens Place in Google Images & clicking on the image. I'm not sure how to find a topic when I just start from the /active page. At any rate, I wanted a little white farmhouse in medium repair (having been a farmer, I know all our spare cash went into the barns, not the house). I'm experimenting with weathering - tried a stone foundation under the house itself (Rusty Stumps laser cut sheet) with board under porches. I'm not too happy with how I've colored the stone - may fiddle with it a bit more. I'll tackle the roof shingling next - then the porches. Pictures sure do show up all the bad stuff!
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Rick
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Posted - 07/03/2012 : 08:15:23 AM
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Trudy, glad to help.
When using the Active Topics link it will only show threads that have had posts made to them since your last visit.
To find your thread, if it doesn't show up on the Active Topics list, you can use the forum Search tool and type in Pickens and search by title only.
Very nice work on your model.
I like how you kept the weathering subdued.
It looks used but not neglected.
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TjSeeley
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Posted - 08/31/2012 : 9:46:13 PM
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I thought I should post a few pictures, in case any other newbie like me was looking for info on a small inexpensive beginner model like Pickens Place from Campbell.
Here I’m just getting ready for lighting – only a few inside details, since they likely won’t be very visible in in this small house.
I added a stone cellar hatchway (to be attached later) with hinges I printed on paper & a wire handle (not too sophisticated).
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