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Title: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 12, 2019, 08:05:10 PM
Promised myself not to start a new build until I went back and completed these from a year ago.
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 12, 2019, 08:26:48 PM
Hmmm...some posts will stick, others not.
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Post by: Mark Dalrymple on June 13, 2019, 01:54:11 AM
Nice colour scheme.

Looking good.  Are these scratch builds?

Cheers, mark.
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 13, 2019, 08:13:54 AM
Posting issues...
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 13, 2019, 08:44:22 AM
Sorry, guys...I'm caught up in the posting problems we're having. This is FOS' Mathias Spring and the '17 Expo show kit, Altoona Brewery, both cut down to serve as background "flats".  More to come as I can post...
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Post by: Janbouli on June 13, 2019, 03:05:12 PM
What's the problem Dave , I see them just fine.
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 13, 2019, 03:08:50 PM
Can only post 1 out of every 10 or 12 tries.
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Post by: ACL1504 on June 13, 2019, 03:36:53 PM
Dave,

Great kitbash of the kit. Love the colors and weathering.

Tom  ;D
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 13, 2019, 06:58:14 PM
Thanks, Tom. More to come as the posting errors allow.
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 13, 2019, 07:00:42 PM

I'd like to do more with elevation changes, something like this...
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Post by: Dave K. on June 13, 2019, 07:01:10 PM
...so out comes the pink foam...
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 13, 2019, 07:03:27 PM
For a retaining wall I had these New England Brownstone samples from the final CSS. I glued them together, filled the gap with spackle, stained with a variety of Hunterline stains, and added the vines. As you can see I should have used plaster instead of spackle. Maybe the seam wouldn't be so visible. More vines, I guess!
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 13, 2019, 07:06:12 PM
I should probably sketch this out ahead of time instead of flying by the seat of my pants with the picture in my head of where I'm headed. The idea is to have a mess of background structures up high above the rest of the town, kind of the way George did his town of Franklin, and then the town sloping down toward the viewer. Of course, I'm working in less space.
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 13, 2019, 07:07:32 PM
This is very interesting...I've posted the last several updates on my PC rather than my iPhone or iPad and I'm experiencing none of the posting issues I've had for a couple of weeks, now.
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 13, 2019, 07:21:43 PM
I've used AK Interactive concrete, so I thought I'd give their asphalt a try.
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 13, 2019, 07:24:19 PM
Need to add a dock, and realize I forgot the canopies over the docks.
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Post by: Dave K. on June 13, 2019, 07:26:52 PM
Work on the canopies. Realize after the fact that the replaced panel probably would have been better someplace other than where the support wire goes. Oh, well.  :o
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Post by: Dave K. on June 13, 2019, 07:28:56 PM
Will need to repeat this for the other structure.
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Post by: PRR Modeler on June 13, 2019, 08:35:22 PM
Very nice modeling Dave.
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Post by: Dave K. on June 13, 2019, 08:36:04 PM
Thanks, Curt!
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Post by: jimmillho on June 13, 2019, 09:53:04 PM
Looking good Dave.

Jim
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Post by: Oldguy on June 13, 2019, 11:42:19 PM
Goin' to be a good looking scene.
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Post by: Opa George on June 14, 2019, 06:29:02 AM
Dave, buildings look really nice and the elevation change presents a very pleasing variety of angles and rooflines.  That spot of spackle on the retaining wall could disappear soon as the vines "grow."
--George
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 14, 2019, 07:38:11 AM
Thanks for the support, Jim, Bob, and George. You can bet those vines will grow when I finish the scene!🤣
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 14, 2019, 09:08:10 AM
Added building #2.
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 14, 2019, 09:20:24 AM
As you can see, working from a mental picture (at least in my case ::) ) can lead to problems. I came up short on the size of the pink foam. No biggie...easily fixed when I plant it into the scene. Secondly, I forgot to allow for the loading dock when I installed the asphalt drive (intended to be truck-served...no spur).  Since I want to keep this as narrow as possible so as not to eat up too much real estate for a background scene, I'll have to fudge things a bit. So I'll scrap the dock and park a vehicle there.


Now, you say, what's to keep the drivers from backing in, cutting it close, and just rolling down the hill, over the edge, and onto the town below. Exactly. So I'll have to noodle something to address that little issue. So much for careful planning.  :o




Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 14, 2019, 09:22:53 AM
I considered several types of fences/barriers to keep Foley's intrepid drivers (relatively) safe. Decided to try my hand at masonry and go with a low stone wall such as those I encountered daily when I drove a 1937 White tour bus in Glacier National Park.
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 14, 2019, 09:24:29 AM
About a month ago, thinking I might like to play with molding my own stone walls for structures, I ordered some Baby Building Blocks from Dr. Ben's. Being pretty bad at estimating sizes/quantities, I ordered two 2-pounders. Anyone need some to play with?
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 14, 2019, 09:26:17 AM
I know some of you have used these before. They're pretty cool...actual little pieces of granite. So I started messing around with them. This is just as they come from the bag...no cutting on my part.
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 14, 2019, 09:28:53 AM
Started gluing them together using Gorilla Super Glue Gel and then thought, "Wait a minute...I should be experimenting with coloring them before I get too far. So I pulled out all of my Hunterline stains and started putzing around.
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 14, 2019, 09:29:53 AM
Wanted my color variation so got a little bolder with the various stains...
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 14, 2019, 09:30:15 AM
...and finished with this...
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 14, 2019, 09:35:10 AM
So I'm thinking a low retaining wall. Nothing to really stop someone from going over (memories of Montana ;) ) but also not too tall so as to obstruct the view of the structure.
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Post by: jimmillho on June 14, 2019, 09:37:22 AM
Looks like the work of a Master Stone Mason.

Jim
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Post by: postalkarl on June 14, 2019, 12:05:48 PM
Hey Dave:

Nice work.

Karl
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Post by: PRR Modeler on June 14, 2019, 01:44:52 PM
Nice modeling Dave. The difference in colors looks great.
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Mark Dalrymple on June 14, 2019, 04:16:19 PM
Looking good, Dave.

I think an interesting technique to try with these stones would be to place them together as a wall, and then paint the wall like a stone face, with all the different colours blending into each other.  Then dismantle the wall, mix up the stones and build it again.  In this way you should get each stone with a variety of different colours, but still different to the stones surrounding it.

Cheers, Mark.
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 14, 2019, 07:12:27 PM
Thanks Jim, Karl, Mark. Got sidetracked doing yard work...back at it ASAP!
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 17, 2019, 02:54:34 PM
Been working on scenery.
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: postalkarl on June 17, 2019, 03:34:33 PM
Hey Dave:

Looks just great.

Karl
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 17, 2019, 03:36:53 PM
Thanks, Karl...a ways to go, yet.👍🏻
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 17, 2019, 07:31:16 PM
Dinner...gotsta quit. >:(
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Opa George on June 18, 2019, 07:42:08 AM
Dave, the hillside scenery looks fantastic. The entire scene is really cool.
--George
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on June 18, 2019, 08:00:20 AM
Thanks, George!  Still more to add...cinder blocks, a couple of old tires some jerk dumped down the hill...then on to the other half of the scene. Likely this will have to wait as today is mowing and then packing for a 10-day trip to New England, including our pilgrimage to see George Sellios.
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on July 12, 2019, 08:26:28 AM
I'm happy to report they're no longer shelf orphans.
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on July 12, 2019, 08:27:22 AM
Already started the next scene moving down to the right...
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Post by: PRR Modeler on July 12, 2019, 09:32:33 AM
The buildings look great Dave.
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Post by: Dave K. on July 12, 2019, 09:55:27 AM
Thanks, Curt.
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dennis Bourey on July 12, 2019, 12:15:35 PM
Dave, Getting better every day.........Dennis
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on July 12, 2019, 12:36:39 PM
Thanks, Dennis!
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Post by: Opa George on July 16, 2019, 05:40:56 AM
Dave, absolutely super results! The brickwork is excellent, and the foliage makes the scene for me.
--George
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on July 16, 2019, 06:23:14 AM
Thank you, George!👍🏻
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Post by: ReadingBob on July 16, 2019, 06:54:46 AM
Wow!  That's really nice.  Well done my friend.   :D  :D  :D
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Post by: Dave K. on July 16, 2019, 07:03:16 AM
Thank you kindly, Bob.
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Post by: cuse on July 16, 2019, 07:07:37 AM
Outstanding. The foliage, the fence, and, of course, the structures came out great!
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Post by: Dave K. on July 16, 2019, 07:33:43 AM
Thanks, John...on to the next one!
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Post by: postalkarl on July 16, 2019, 10:05:08 AM
Hey Dave:

Beautiful job. Love the scenery. Especially the retaining walls.

Karl
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Post by: jimmillho on July 16, 2019, 11:22:47 AM
Quote from: postalkarl on July 16, 2019, 10:05:08 AM
Hey Dave:

Beautiful job. Love the scenery. Especially the retaining walls.

Karl

Ditto.

Jim
Title: Re: Foley Industries - Shelf Orphans
Post by: Dave K. on July 16, 2019, 03:22:16 PM
Thank you, Karl...Jim.