My old western town will need a carriage / blacksmith shop. The Barn At Jackson Corners should be a good starting point. I want a building that has been in service for a couple of decades, but was never painted.
After coloring the walls with Prismacolor markers, I found that the doors in the kit did not look like I wanted, so I scratch built some to suit.
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Larry, really nice weathering to start that build. I like your technique for making it look like individual board construction. The difference in weathering from the top of the wall to the bottom is also very convincing.
--Opa George
Interesting looking kit.....I'll be looking in Larry. :)
Looks great Larry.
Looks great, Larry.
I agree - the weathering looks very nice. Its also a refreshing colouring with the red tinge.
Cheers, Mark.
GP, PRR modeler and Mark , glad you could join. Appreciate the compliments.
The walls are test fit in this picture. All the walls are going together as planned. I added more bracing than the plans call for.
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Looks really nice. Do you have a old west layout?
The wood looks great , and an old West layout is cool.
Carl,
I belong to an HOn3 module group here in Denver. I'm building the Cimarron, Colorado helper yard in 1886. So far there are twenty two structures on the module set. A mix of kit and scratch built. Once the scenery is complete, I'll be building another module set that represents a Colorado mountain mining town.
After a few days away from the bench, I was able to get back to the barn. Here we have the barn walls glued together and the roofs test fit.
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Larry,
Very nicely done on the old barn, love the weathering on the bottom. Next time at the club how about some photos of how it looks. Inquiries minds and all that.
Tom ;D
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Larry,
Very nicely done on the old barn, love the weathering on the bottom. Next time at the club how about some photos of how it looks. Inquiries minds and all that.
Tom ;D
Tom, do you mean photos of Cimarron?
Larry
Larry,
Yes, and any photos of your HOn3 modules.
Tom ;D
Tom
I'll start a new thread on my modules. I've taken photos from the planning stage to very recent.
Larry H.
Larry,
Thanks, we all love pictures here.
Tom ;D
Larry,
Nice coloring on the wood.
Tommy
I finally got time to get back to the barn. The roof is done and a few of the details have been added. I built the diorama base from masonite. Signs, weathering and more details in the near future.
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Larry,
Looks great. I really like the "damage" to the bottom of the walls along the eaves. Excellent modeling!
Really like this build!Can't wait to build my first barn, will be using these pictures for references.
-Steven
First rate job Larry.....well done. 8)
Great job with the build.
+1 on the rotting wood near the ground. Also love the hay bales. Nice job.
Larry,
Most excellent job, thanks for sharing.
Tom ;D
I'll echo what everyone has said Larry.... looks wonderful! Well done! :D
very, very nice
Hey Larry:
Looks just beautiful. Bar Mills puts out A pretty nice kit. I have lots of their kits and Artie lets me build some of them on here once in A while.
Karl
I'm going to have to give that marker technique a shot. It turned out very nice.
I endorse the use of markers. From Sharpie extra fine to the high end ones. The color selection is endless. Very useful even on stained wood after cutting and you are left with a white end. Touch up, highlighting. Many uses. To achieve the bottom dirt look, just press and let the stain up up the board. Or down. Last forever. Most have a fat and narrow tip.
ed
Nice work...that's one of my favorites among the kits that I have built
great coloring, in particular!
John
This kit came out very nicely. Larry.
Cheers, Mark.
Nice work, Larry. I like the horseshoe above the door--my parents always had one nailed above their house door for luck (turned up so the luck doesn't run out).
--Opa George