I have been working on the Sierra West Logging Camp Essentials kit to fill out the structures that I need for the sawmill and logging camp on my layout. The first, structure is a bunk house; second, shower and latrine; third, cookhouse; fourth, fuel depot; fifth tool shed; and sixth, the rigging shed. There also is a another bunk house.
I still have all the details to complete for these structures and am working on the railroad depot.
Very nice work Steve.
Good looking sheds Steve.
Jim
Nice job Steve.
Jerry
really great work Steve! I just love the siding on the yellow fuel depot, it looks amazing. I need to get better at distressing / weathering siding. What was your painting technique?
Steve,
Beautiful structures! I've bookmarked these for inspiration on distressing wood. You did a fantastic job.
--George
Looks great Steve - good job
Great work Steve.....love the shingle job. 8)
Really nice Steve. They really captured the rustic look.
I really appreciate the comments from you guys. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Came out great, I have a couple SW structures to build , I really enjoy the techniques the SW builds utilize and look forward to soon starting one.
I have been working on the railroad depot in the essentials kit this past week. I want all the railroad stations on my layout painted with the Southern Pacific color scheme, the walls, Colonial Yellow and the trim Depot Brown. The only source for this paint that know about is Tru-Color paints. These colors only come in their airbrush line of paints. Since I wanted to use the Damp Brush technique, I poured some paint into a container and let some of the solvent evaporate to get a paint consistency suitable for brushing.
So I brushed the individual strip wood pieces with a wire brush, applied an alcohol/India ink solution to the pieces of strip wood, I then damped brush the colonial yellow onto the strip wood pieces. It took up to 3 coats of paint to get the coverage I wanted. The paint had a slight sheen to it which I didn't like, so once the walls were built, I applied a coat of Model Master's acrylic matte finish.
Nice looking walls.
Steve,
Love those station walls! Looking forward to seeing them assembled.
Steve,
They've all said it best so I'll copy them and say "DITTO". ;D ;D
Tom 8)
Beautiful work! I can't wait to see what they look like when its all finished.
Thanks Jerry, Curt , Tom and Bruce for your nice comments.
Attached are progress photo's of the depot after assembling the walls.
Really nice job.
Oh that painted wood looks so good.
Steve,
That is impressive modeling. I really like the variation in the painted boards, how some sections are more worn than others. Your deck and dock boards look very realistic to me, also.
That is the advantage of board on board construction, the variations in each board. Thanks Jerry, Curt and Jan.
Board work does look fantastic.
Attached are photo's of the completed station.
More pictures
Now where did Jimmy hide the "like" button.
Great job Steve.
Jim
Really nice job Steve.
What a phenomenal build , the weathering is fantastic.
Really looks great Steve.
Thanks everybody for stopping by and your nice comments.
Steve
Fantastic work! You nailed it.
Excellently executed.
Very nice work, Steve.
Jeff
Hey Steve:
The station looks great so far.
Karl
Thanks for all the nice comments.
Here are final photographs of my logging camp essentials. I will not be placing them in the diorama as shown in the manual, but they will be placed in the sawmill area on my layout to fill in areas that are void.
More pictures
And more pictures
Excellent modeling Steve. All of the detail parts make it outstanding.
Great modeling Steve, love how all your wood looks , and the details really bring something extra, thanks for sharing.
Oh and I almost forgot to say , love the large photo's.
Well done Steve.....another great addition to you timber scene. 8)
Quote from: Janbouli on January 21, 2019, 06:48:09 PM
Great modeling Steve, love how all your wood looks , and the details really bring something extra, thanks for sharing.
Oh and I almost forgot to say , love the large photo's.
What Jan said!!!!!
Steve;
You truly did a great job. I like the workmanship on the details. I also think the roofs on the buildings stand out. Can you explain what material you used for shake roofs (kit or other) and how you applied it?
Thanks
Jim D
Steve
You really did a fine job on these. Coloring and weathering right on.
Jerry
Really fine job Steve.
Jim
Steve...
You really have this figured out. Especially the clutter.
No mining or logging operation would have survived OSHA 70+ years ago.
Thanx
Bob
Thanks every one for the encouraging remarks.
Hey Bob, thank god my era is before OSHA, or I wouldn't have much fun with all the junk.
Jim, the kit is a Sierra West scale models and the shingle came with the kit. They come in a laser cut sheet which you add color before you you separate the strips of shingles. First, I painted the sheets with a Polyscale Roff Brown wash. Once it had dried, used Rembrandt Raw Umber pastels, 408.7 and 408.9 and applied alternating the colors on the sheet before the strips of shingles were separated and used spray adhesive to apply them.
Thanks Steve
Jim D
Great job Steve! Everything looks spot on. ;)
thanks Bob, I appreciate you stopping by!
Steve, just WOW on everything. The weathering and siding, the roofing, the details--all excellent and a level of modeling artistry I strive for. Thanks for sharing your work on this.
--George
Hey Steve:
All I can say is WOW!!!! you have done an excellent job with all of these kits. Keep up the good work.
Karl
Hey Karl and George. thanks for stopping by and leaving the nice comments
Looks fantastic, Steve!
I love the look of the yellow building. The shingles look great too. I might have to steel that colour scheme for a structure or two!
Cheers, Mark.
Thanks Mark. The colors are those that the Southern Pacific used on all or the majority of its depots.
I am GOB SMACKED! Truly Awesome job on the buildings and details all pop very well.
If it doesn't fit on your layout (hopefully), please send here for a good home!
Really nice. I'm starting a SW kit myself, the Woodcutters Shack. I realize now that it was born 1999 so Brett's techniques have changed but I'm going to follow through with the paint bath method for the wood , I enjoyed watching you go through your steps and obviously Brett's newer methods.
Hi Lynn,
I have tried the bath method and always have returned to his newer methods with the pastels and alcohol. For me, I get a much better effect. You can go to Brett's website and view videos on his latest methods. Karl Allison also has done a great thread on finishing the resin and metal castings.
Steve have you used the same wood you used the bath method on to then use the Pastels? I've grown to like the resilts of the Rembrant pastels , can't say I used them on wood in a kit yet though.
When I first built a Sierra West kit, Main Street, I used the bath. that was the method Brett had in his instructions. Since then, he has changed to the Rembrandt and alcohol method. That went very well. I then had picked up one of Brett's older kits on the after market and since their was a lot of wood in the kit I used the bath method. I did not like the results, and then applied the pastels and alcohol to the strip wood. So yes, I have used it on the same wood. When I have a lot of strip wood to treat, I do it in batches as I go along with the model and it seems to work fine for me.
Quote from: sdrees on January 31, 2019, 03:33:12 PM
When I first built a Sierra West kit, Main Street, I used the bath. that was the method Brett had in his instructions. Since then, he has changed to the Rembrandt and alcohol method. That went very well. I then had picked up one of Brett's older kits on the after market and since their was a lot of wood in the kit I used the bath method. I did not like the results, and then applied the pastels and alcohol to the strip wood. So yes, I have used it on the same wood. When I have a lot of strip wood to treat, I do it in batches as I go along with the model and it seems to work fine for me.
Thanks Steve, I believe I will be following your lead.
Lynn, Hope it works out for you.
I just finally got up the nerve to doing the boards on my SierraWest WoodCutters Shack , I used 408.3 and 408.7 and the odd one added some rust in with those colours, I really like the way the boards came out. Thanks Steve
Glad it worked out for you Lynn. Are you going to show us some pictures? Before I start a new method, I over thinks stuff to much and usually things work out just fine.
Quote from: sdrees on February 03, 2019, 09:09:51 PM
Glad it worked out for you Lynn. Are you going to show us some pictures? Before I start a new method, I over thinks stuff to much and usually things work out just fine.
Yes I too overthink and am often afraid to start something knowing there is another direction I could go. I will be posting some pics soon, I work slow because work gets in my way so don't want to start showing only to not show and get some sort of input.
Steve,
You've done fantastic work and coloring of all of your buildings so far.
I really like all of the various colors you have used throughout. Any chance
can you tell me what the footprint size is of the rigging shed? Thanks
Rich
Thanks for stopping by rich and your complimentary words. the rigging shed measures 2" x 2-1/2".
And Lynn, after I use finish the strip wood with the chalks and they dry, I lightly run the wood through some 000 steal wool which removes the fuzz and blends the pastels more.
Steve,
Just getting caught up on the thread. Beautiful work and the look is stunningly realistic. All thumbs up!
Tom ;D
Great Job Steve! I really like the oil tank. Looks super grimy and dirty.
-Steve
Thanks tom and Steve for stopping buy. Appreciate the comments.
I have gone ahead and made a diorama for the bunk houses for the Sierra West Kit Logging Camp Esentials which I will incorporate in my layout.
Beautiful modeling Steve.
Terrific job Steve! Very cool looking scene. 8)
Hello Steve, really great looking modeling. Your attention to detail really stands out. Terrific job all around. Jeff
Great job Steve. Fantastic modeling and I like the wood color. One of the things I've noticed with the pastels is some modelers make it too dark for my taste. I too, like the bath followed by pastel chalks (I think you get more variety of color), but you have to go with lighter colors unless you are modeling a building in a dark swamp.
Well done Steve..... 8)
I didn't like the way the color turned out after the bath and so I used the pastels to address the issue. In the future, I am just going to forget the step with the bath and use the pastels. That is the way that Brett recommends now. And I generally like the lighter colors much better that the dark colors.
That for stopping by everybody
Fantastic results Steve, love the walkways , they really add some nice character.