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The first up was Martin's Garage by FOS. I built this kit as per the plans, and it is done except for exterior detailing after placing on the layout. I will post one picture here, but more can be found in the thread devoted to this kit. http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6772 Bruce Edited by - Dutchman on 08/02/2004 11:24:51 PM Country: USA | Posts: 18512 Dutchman Administrator Premium Member Posted - 08/02/2004 :  11:17:13 PM     The second shack is the "Gandy Dancer's Shack" by LaserKit/AMB. Done except for some more weathering with chalk, here are a few pictures. This kit comes with no detail items (not even the roof vent), so you must add your own. I built it according to the plans except that I added rafters to the lean-to addition. Bruce Country: USA | Posts: 18512 wvrr Fireman Posted - 08/02/2004 :  11:20:04 PM       Nice job with both structures, Bruce! Chuck Wyoming Valley Railroad http://sites.google.com/site/wvrails/ Edited by - wvrr on 08/02/2004 11:30:27 PM Country: | Posts: 4344 MikeC Administrator Premium Member Posted - 08/02/2004 :  11:43:24 PM       Bruce, those are a couple of neat little structures! Nice work! Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm a busy man. I have a railroad to run. Visit the Central Missouri & Southern Country: USA | Posts: 21584 ANo10 Fireman Posted - 08/03/2004 :  12:50:44 AM     Bruce, Nice structures and detailing. I like the floor of the Gandy Dancer's shack. Jim Country: USA | Posts: 2773 paulbrockatsf Fireman Posted - 08/03/2004 :  01:03:06 AM     Bruce, That's a good idea to build these shacks. Everyone can use a bunch of these to fill in around a layout. Paul Country: USA | Posts: 3576 Tyson Rayles Moderator Premium Member Posted - 08/03/2004 :  08:07:34 AM     Very nice! Country: USA | Posts: 7515 Rick Administrator Premium Member Posted - 08/03/2004 :  08:12:44 AM     Good job Bruce. ___________________________________ All the things that others want for me... Can't buy what I want because it's free... Country: USA | Posts: 12134 George D Moderator Premium Member Posted - 08/03/2004 :  08:39:12 AM     Nice looking buildings Bruce. George Country: USA | Posts: 6612 ETinBH Fireman Premium Member Posted - 08/03/2004 :  10:41:38 AM     Love'em Bruce! I have a real fettish for little structures. Here are a few. . . Elliott (ET) Country: USA | Posts: 3189 Dutchman Administrator Premium Member Posted - 08/04/2004 :  9:55:47 PM     Elliott, I have a fettish or two also, but lets not go there! I often think that someone should write an article about the use of digital photography in modeling. After looking at the pictures that I posted of the GandyDancer's Shack (especially on a larger monitor), I made a list of things that I either forgot to do originally, or wanted to redo. 1. Redo the chalk weathering--too splotchy 2. Trim the end off of the rafters on the lean-to 3. Put something into the open barrel inside the shed. 4. Do something about the white edge showing on the signs on the building. 5. Add 'tar" around the vent pipe. These were things that I didn't pick up by just looking at the model, but jumped out at me after analyzing the photos. Here are the results of those changes. What do the pictues show me now? I need to get the sheen off the gent in the shed, and dirty up that red barrel a bit. Overall, I am much happier with the shed now. Bruce Country: USA | Posts: 18512 wvrr Fireman Posted - 08/04/2004 :  10:46:58 PM       Bruce, Maybe that person should be you! Go on, write it up! It's a great idea. Chuck Wyoming Valley Railroad http://sites.google.com/site/wvrails/ Country: | Posts: 4344 Bbags Administrator Premium Member Posted - 08/04/2004 :  11:15:37 PM     I agree that little sheds or shacks definitely add to a diorama or layout. I added two to the challenge 2 project to fill a blank space and in the process added another small business. I also agree about the digital camera being a great modeling tool. I usually take many pictures from about every angle I can think of after completing a structure or diorama just to see what I have missed. I think that since you are constantly looking at the model while building it you tend to train your eyes to see what you want but after getting away from the model and spending some time with looking at a picture you see many details that you miss while building the model. As an analogy when I worked for McDonalds as a supervisor one of my jobs was to make sure the restaurants looked presentable to the customers. Many times I would find that light bulbs needed replacing and I often found that people who worked there often did not notice because they were there every day. Since I was watching 7 McDonalds I would only get to each store a couple of times a week and the lack of lighting would jump out at me. I also find that a camera is great for finding the best placement of structures on a diorama for good or bad lines of sight definitely show up in a picture. Sorry to be so long winded as I agree with Chuck that Bruce should be writing the article. John Bagley Modeling the Alaska Railroad in HO in Wildwood Georgia. Country: USA | Posts: 12561 LLayton Section Hand Posted - 08/05/2004 :  04:43:14 AM     Bruce, very nice! The structures look old and weathered, but built very neatly and with lots of detail. I just learned something looking at your pictures .... neatness of construction, even on old/weathered buildings, really drives home the realism effect. Yours are screaming "I'm real!". I espeically like the detail and paint colors you did on the close-up picture. Since everybody's talking about a smallness fetish, don't worry your fine! Its those Z scale guys you gota really wonder about. -Larry Country: | Posts: 83 Dutchman Administrator Premium Member Posted - 08/08/2004 :  6:46:05 PM     Well, the next shed is complete. This one comes from a Canadian manufacturer: Hamilton Model Works. http://www3.sympatico.ca/mvoogt001/index.html It is their Dynamite Shed, and I made it as per directions with four exceptions. Their signs were a bit thick, so I photocopied them on thinner paper. I added Grandt Line hinges to the door, added nail holes, and I used Campbell Aluminum Roofing (etched) instead of the "tar paper" that was supplied. Bruce Country: USA | Posts: 18512 Rick Administrator Premium Member Posted - 08/09/2004 :  08:13:05 AM     Bruce, your shed looks dynamite. ___________________________________ All the things that others want for me... 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