I love to see the old sheds and buildings on abandoned properties - I try to copy the weathering and aging that has taken place. These are just shots of a machinery shed and shop at an abandoned homestead where Chinook and I walk.
Wow. Great detail.
Thanks for the excellent photos and great weathering examples. Saved to my library so hopefully I can learn something.
BianM
Very nice, keep them coming... :)
Here's one for you
Found these on the internet.
Someone did a great weathering job on that last one , looks to me it was done intentionally.
Found this on a dutch website , it's from a trip through the U.S., , the page is in Dutch but the pictures are worth a visit.
http://www.haanstra.biz/USA2010.php (http://www.haanstra.biz/USA2010.php)
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I'll see if I can add one -
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Rowe's Stone Quarry, Revere/Malden, Massachusetts
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Wow! What an amazing old building! It's so complex, I wouldn't' know where to start to model it! With the end of George's beautiful FSM diorama kits, who would tackle such a complex structure to create a kit? Maybe only a brave scratch builder?
Here's a couple more older photos of Rowe
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That would make a great kit, but who would take on the challenge of building it?
Very Very Neat. There is a lot of different ideas looking at these pics. Thanks for sharing!!!!!
Doug - great photos of Rowe's Quarry. I used to live quite close to there and passed by it almost daily. I took it for granted in those days. Such a definitive example of a gritty, hard working, industrial building. Beautifully complex. I was sad to see it torn down (replaced by a nice but generic condo complex.)
Great photos of GE in Lynn too. I think the locomotives probably provided better heat than the central heating plant used when I worked there.
Roy Clarke
Danvers MA
Here are a couple in western NY.
Cool looking places. I would love to swing my metal detector at a few of the places ;)
I agree with TJ, we need a kit of Rowe's.
Greg...your buildings of NY remind me of Boston, cables in front of windows, pipes in mid air, brick walls missing. This is what George Sellios does on his buildings.
Here are a couple of fishing shacks.
Hal
Those are great pictures, Al! They look like projects begging for 'silver wood' treatment. I saw a model of Stanley Storage (Mt Albert, I think) - at a local show - Mid Hudson On30 Conspiracy meet - and the wood siding on a lean-to looked so realistic, with that distinct silver sheen - just like the sugar house and horse barn on our old dairy farm in Vermont. I asked how he did it, and he said he used SilverWood stain from BIS. I can't wait to try it!
Quote from: dougkast on December 30, 2013, 09:57:02 AM
Greg...your buildings of NY remind me of Boston, cables in front of windows, pipes in mid air, brick walls missing. This is what George Sellios does on his buildings.
Doug:
You're right, George made a great living giving us kits that had that run down, Rube Goldberg school of maintenance look.
Those photos were taken on our trip to Western NY and I think the location was either in Buffalo or Niagara.
Here are a couple of pictures of the old mill at Cass, WV that I took last year - sure wish I could have seen this before the fire!
Quote from: Randee on December 30, 2013, 08:06:07 AM
I agree with TJ, we need a kit of Rowe's.
Maybe a Jimmy, Doug, Brian, and Hal collaboration!!
We might end up with a new company - 'FSM STAGE II'!
Or to keep it legal - maybe just 'STAGE II MODELS'!
That Seckler feller could be the 'behind-the-curtain" financier! ;D ;D ;D
I'm for it! ;D ;D ;D
Sorry, George - but it was your decision to retire!!!
Quote from: gfoyle01 on December 29, 2013, 08:37:17 PM
Doug - great photos of Rowe's Quarry. I used to live quite close to there and passed by it almost daily. I took it for granted in those days. Such a definitive example of a gritty, hard working, industrial building. Beautifull complex. I was sad to see it torn down (replaced by a nice but generic condo complex.)
Great photos of GE in Lynn too. I think the locomotives probably provided better heat than the central heating plant used when I worked there.
Roy Clarke
Danvers MA
Roy...I remember driving by the place in the 70's on a work day and it would be roaring with action. Hal and I wish we went there and took photos before it was demolished. I think I got all the photos to be had off the internet, I was able to get a blurred foot print from Google Earth. Looking for more info on this one.
Just found this thread - some great modeling ideas. I wonder if it was Rowe's that brought George out of retirement.
Essex, Ma Boat Builder Building
Here are a couple more to add to the mix... Hal
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Hal...I think I saw that first photo on Dave Frary's Blog?
Doug, it could be, I send a lot of photos to Dave and sometimes he posts them.
But then again, he may have driven past the same spot...
Hal
I just noticed the camera on the wall , huge contrast to the weathered boards.
Here is a series of photographs of and old farm house over a 9 year period. The weathering process.
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The view in the window.
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John, I love the pictures you've been posting! 8) 8) 8)
But they also helped me learn something - if I'm NOT signed in, they over-fill the screen
and I have to go to the bottom to cursor over to see everything - however, once I sign in,
the whole picture shows up perfectly!
Guess that's a 'riff-raff security protection' feature! ;D ;D ;D ;D
Note to the administrators - This is not a public safety issue- (no need to have gummint hearings)-
just a minor issue to help get new members!!
Great pictures John.
If I had to guess, I'd say they might have been taken around the Ledbetters' place in AR... ;D
Quote from: gnatshop on April 12, 2014, 09:47:05 PM
John, I love the pictures you've been posting! 8) 8) 8)
But they also helped me learn something - if I'm NOT signed in, they over-fill the screen
and I have to go to the bottom to cursor over to see everything - however, once I sign in,
the whole picture shows up perfectly!
Guess that's a 'riff-raff security protection' feature! ;D ;D ;D ;D
Note to the administrators - This is not a public safety issue- (no need to have gummint hearings)-
just a minor issue to help get new members!!
David
I'm glad you are enjoying the pictures - I still haven't completely figured out the picture thing yet. The size of the file has something to do with the size presented on the screen. It also depends on the device your using. The quality of the figures on this forum is so much better than any other forum I have used that I haven't been concerned with the scroll bar once in awhile.
Quote from: GPdemayo on April 13, 2014, 10:28:14 AM
Great pictures John.
If I had to guess, I'd say they might have been taken around the Ledbetters' place in AR... ;D
Greg
This old farm house is in northern Michigan. I knew the man that lived there when I was young (around 10 years old). He was 100 years old, died at 102, and the upstairs of the house was full of books. I remember him telling me it took 100 years to read all his books. The weight of the books is probably why the house collapsed the way it did. The books were all destroyed by the time I started taking pictures.
Found this on the Library of Congress site.
EXTERIOR, GENERAL VIEW, BLAIR ST. BETWEEN 10TH & 11TH STS. - Silverton Historic District, Blacksmith Shop, Blair Street, Silverton, San Juan County, CO
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Quote from: GPdemayo on April 13, 2014, 10:28:14 AM
Great pictures John.
If I had to guess, I'd say they might have been taken around the Ledbetters' place in AR... ;D
Greg
This old farm house is in northern Michigan. I knew the man that lived there when I was young (around 10 years old). He was 100 years old, died at 102, and the upstairs of the house was full of books. I remember him telling me it took 100 years to read all his books. The weight of the books is probably why the house collapsed the way it did. The books were all destroyed by the time I started taking pictures.
John.....thanks for the "rest of the story". Keep up the great work.
A lot of great reference shots here, this one is from PEI Canada.
Hal
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This one in from Northern Maine.
Hal
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Came across this building in SW Missouri. What caught my eye was not nail holes but the paint that did not weather over the nails. This side faced south. There was an old painted Coke sign just right of the door if anyone is interested.
Wow....
There is weathered and then there is weathered ! ! ! !
But falling down is something else again..... something beyond weathered.
What might we call it ? ? ?
see ya
Bob
Quote from: bparrish on October 15, 2014, 09:27:49 PM
Wow....
There is weathered and then there is weathered ! ! ! !
But falling down is something else again..... something beyond weathered.
What might we call it ? ? ? see ya Bob
How about 'Old and Wore Out!' ?
That might fit a few folks on here, too! I know it would me!!!! ;D ;D ;D
Yup, there's weathered...old and worn out....and then there's almost gone. This is a stone schoolhouse that served Asbury, NJ for many a year. I'd love to model it!
Coal silos trackside on B&M's west side Williamstown, MA., there are two of these side by side albeit was used for Williams College. I'm reading that this structure still exits on a Facebook site named Boston & Maine, Depots and Structures.
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Sounds like a road trip may be needed!
Great structure.
Thanks Doug,
Hal
Great silo pix Doug. im putting a silo kit together right now and your detail shot are very helpful information. here's a pic of the computer model.
Here's a couple more I found online at this website.
http://whiteriverdivision.blogspot.com/2012/02/williamstown-mass-coal.html
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Excellent shots of the coal silos. Would even make a good backdrop with the hills in the background.
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ooooooo, look, delivery!
Here's one soon to be built by a forum member. (https://modelersforum.com/1-St.%20J%20002.JPG)(https://modelersforum.com/1-St.%20J%20003.JPG)
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Just found this thread. There are some great examples of weathered buildings here. You guys are great. Thanks for all the great shots. Definitely some opportunities for scratch builds.
Bob
Old Grain Mill, Center Ossipee N.H.(https://modelersforum.com/1-2013%20lake%20027.JPG)(https://modelersforum.com/1-2013%20lake%20029.JPG)
Dan, is that still there??? I remember driving by it 20 or 25 years ago.
That area was rather dismal back then, as I remember.
Hal
Yes,still there. Stop in for a meal at the Mountainview Station if you ever get back up that way.
Star Motel buildings, Rt.1, Peabody, MA.
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Because it's in the Live Free or Die state, the owner is still living in this place down the street from me. Of course, it's been years since the volunteer firemen gave him notice they wouldn't enter the building. His barn is way beyond 'lost cause'.
Is the Star Motel the Expo site for 2016? Given how much everyone loves weathered buildings and nail holes, that would actually make sense.
dave
Quote from: jbvb on May 02, 2015, 08:10:21 AM
Because it's in the Live Free or Die state, the owner is still living in this place down the street from me. Of course, it's been years since the volunteer firemen gave him notice they wouldn't enter the building. His barn is way beyond 'lost cause'.
Is their name 'Ledbetter', by chance??
Quote from: deemery on May 02, 2015, 06:15:54 PM
Is the Star Motel the Expo site for 2016? Given how much everyone loves weathered buildings and nail holes, that would actually make sense.
dave
Dave,
My spies tell me the 2016 is going to be held at the Bates Motel in Reading, MA. Jimmy's trying to work a room rental deal, but they won't quote him prices until all the shower overhauls are done. ;D
No, Mr. Workman, he's not a Ledbetter. I think the issues are more his own than something that runs in a family. Those pictures were taken maybe 5 years ago, I'll hop to it to update them before the brush hides it this Spring.