After taking the summer away from the train loft it's time to get back in there. I have a major refurb of the backscenes going on and waiting for materials so decided to get my modelling eye in again with a simple project. A while back, on a whim, I bought for pennies an ancient Plasticville barn and silo kit. It's small and quite crude but I want to transform it into a credible little model so here's the build.
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[/size]The first pics are:
[/size]The kit as presented
[/size]Basic distressing (xacto scoring).
As this kit is probably 30 years old or so the styrene, though sound, is a little brittle so care in carving has to be taken. After distressing the walls I sprayed them with grey car primer then added sharpie silver to the wood followed by black A&I wash. Then a dry brushing of a barn-red coloured acrylic followed by more A&I and then dry brushing in white to hopefully give an aged appearance. I put some styrene bands around the silo and cut in panel seams to its roof structure then painted it barn red followed by a few rust colours and washes. I cut in some scribed styrene patches to two roof sections so I could have areas where the shingles had fallen off. I used old Campbell shingles as they were to hand but I must invest in some laser cut ones for future use!
The pics are:
- Silo
- Silo
- Silo Top before paint
- Roof patches
- Roof patches with shingles
As both long sides of the kit were identical i wanted a change. I took one side and chiselled off all cast doors and windows and "engineered" a break in the all with my Dremel. Soke strips of styrene provided studs and a new board was made from styrene shett and glued in the gap. I clad most of the wall with some aluminium roofing and the rest with Campbell's corrugated sheet. Painting then followed. The pics speak for themselves.
Barry
Your modeling is looking good. I sent a note to the administrator about moving your thread and it just happened.
Thankyou John, very kind. After 4 months with no modelling I need a small project to get my head on again!
Hey Barry,
I've been lurking and this is an interesting project. Looks like your vision is coming together. Also looks like the sow's ear is possibly a silk purse.
Good work.
Tom ;D
Thanks Tom 5 dollars' worth of Sterling not wasted.
I said it was a small project, apart from a spray of Dullcote tomorrow and a touchup of the dratted horse's ear it's done. Now it needs a home.
Very nice! Good to see you are back at the workbench.
Thanks John and Tom, it's good to be back. My next build is going to be an old craftsman kit of the Creede National Bank. That should be a challenge for me.
Very nice work. Glad you were able to rescue this kit.
Jaime
Thanks Jaime, it'll fill a little corner somewhere.
WOW Barrymk:
Who would of thought of doing that with a Plasticville kit??? Very nicely done. I really like how it came out.
Karl
Thanks Karl. In these days of superb laser kits it's easy to overlook moulded structures like this. A little bit of thought and time and they can be little gems for a pittance.
Well done Barry..... 8)
Thanks Greg.
It's hard to believe it started with a Plasticville kit. Very nice!
Jeff
I found another old Plasticville kit in a UK model shop. A slot together model of a church (although they decided to call it a cathedral). It came with a bell 10 sizes too big and window inserts from a kaleidoscope but otherwise nothing else was toylike. In fact the moulding was very good. I won't bore you with the details, the build is on my blog for anyone interested but here is the finished article, I like it. It will need illumination as I installed photo transparencies of real gothic stained glass.