Structures & Scenery

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Per Murph's thought.....neither 2 nor 3-rail.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Let's see yours!

[sleepmac]

Marty, very nice!

Dan Weinhold
Lancaster, PA.

[up148]

Yep, very nice. I really like the pock marks and rotting board areas on the siding....very nice detail.

BH

[MurphOnMillerAve]

There's a joyfulness to the whole statement, capturing a bit of the world around us that is authentic.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yep, very nice. I really like the pock marks and rotting board areas on the siding....very nice detail.

Thanks, but I cannot take all the credit for the siding effects. All of the siding on this kit was etched by laser cutter. Every board was done, variable depth of cuts, knotholes, etc. all by laser. Made the walls rather delicate until I got all of the interior reinforcements glued into place.

[up148]

Yep, very nice. I really like the pock marks and rotting board areas on the siding....very nice detail.

Thanks, but I cannot take all the credit for the siding effects. All of the siding on this kit was etched by laser cutter. Every board was done, variable depth of cuts, knotholes, etc. all by laser. Made the walls rather delicate until I got all of the interior reinforcements glued into place.

Okay, but this was not a painted kit...was it? You ( Well, not you, but some) could easily paint the edges of the boards and knotholes white and loose the entire look. That is a heck of a kit to be truthful. Still a stellar job.

Bh

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yep, very nice. I really like the pock marks and rotting board areas on the siding....very nice detail.

Thanks, but I cannot take all the credit for the siding effects. All of the siding on this kit was etched by laser cutter. Every board was done, variable depth of cuts, knotholes, etc. all by laser. Made the walls rather delicate until I got all of the interior reinforcements glued into place.

Okay, but this was not a painted kit...was it? You ( Well, not you, but some) could easily paint the edges of the boards and knotholes white and loose the entire look. That is a heck of a kit to be truthful. Still a stellar job.

No, not painted. And, I used something new to me on this to keep the laser cutting relevant and more visible; also something new to me. MinWax makes a White Pickling Stain. I use it now for a whitewash effect - a quart will last me forever!

[Roy]

I would suggest a new subforum: O Scale Structures and Scenery.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Rufus, I'm glad you entitled this thread "Structures and Scenery," because it is the whole scene that interests me the most to do. Since you have elected to share a rather rural vignette as your first posting here, I'm going to take a contrasting route and show some of my more urban, industrial area vignettes, which, as time went along and I got further interested in our hobby and in having a layout of my own, I found myself modeling such scenes as these the most often.

The reason for such an interest in me is my personal family history of being near and working at steel mills, as a youth and as an adolescent.

Alongside the mills, there were always several parallel lines of RR-tracks, of course, and next to them, parallel, as one moved toward the business and/or residential areas, were side-streets, some parallel to the tracks, and some perpendicular to them. These streets contained numerous bars, taverns, and candy stores (where mill-workers could "play the numbers," also, and have a few "boiler-makers. The camaraderie and the booze seemed to take an edgy edge off some of the workers so that by the time they made it to their homes, after their shifts in the mill, they were more commodious to the activities that could fill homes in those days.

So, it is those side-streets that made a strong enough impression on me to want to model them.
Here begins my interpretation of such streets...

[sleepmac]

Murph, I can see why others would want you to build them little vignettes of Americana. Thank you.

Dan Weinhold
Lancaster, PA.

[up148]

[quoteNo, not painted. And, I used something new to me on this to keep the laser cutting relevant and more visible; also something new to me. MinWax makes a White Pickling Stain. I use it now for a whitewash effect - a quart will last me forever!][/quote]

Wow! I missed that, but wondered how you got your boards to look so clean, yet slightly aged, with some weathered looks. The paint looked thin in some areas and less opaque, yet brighter and completely opaque in others.....tha whitewash is great! Good idea!

BH

[up148]

Murph, you've been hanging around some pretty mean areas. Don't drive your benz down there.

BH

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Murph, I can see why others would want you to build them little vignettes of Americana. Thank you.

Dan Weinhold
Lancaster, PA.

Dan, Frankly, I am stunned at such a gracious compliment. I much appreciate your saying that. Thank you, most sincerely.
Murph

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Murph, you've been hanging around some pretty mean areas. Don't drive your benz down there.

BH

You're right, and here's more of that neighborhood. And not only are you correct, I in fact, do not drive around those "hoods" during the scarce times I still venture hometown-ward for a dose of nostalgia. The memories are enough. I don't need to offer-up my car, these days, it's true.