The Granby Bates Project

[rpdylan]

Thank you so much Karl- it means a lot to me your positive feedback.  This build has had its share of difficulties, mostly regarding the roof. Anyway, here is where I am now-  I had changed the pitch of the lower roof because I thought it looked better to me this way. In doing this, it created a larger wall area above, which kinda begged for a sign- so I made one.  I came up with an idea of what this business actually was.....
     I have been nibbling away at this little by little. I put together the little side building using wall material that was a freebie from Mount Alpert at the show in Scranton. Next step is the loading dock and then I can start to mount everything on the board and start the scenery process.  The back of the structure needs to be backed by a piece of black cardboard....

[rpdylan]

different angles:

[deemery]

Nice coloring!  Add some mud/dust splashes at the very bottom of the structure.


dave

[rpdylan]

Thanks! yes, one of my favorite parts of a build is the scenery/planting of the structure on the layout/base.  I hate when I see a model with space between the ground and the structure! You are right about the lower portions of buildings- they are usually pretty dirty when compared to the upper areas. I wait until the structure is mounted before I start hitting it with powders, ect.
    I'm pretty happy with the way its turning out- especially since I only had 1 photo to go by! This thing would make a hell of a kit!

Bob C.

[rpdylan]

in case anyone is interested.....this is the inside....

[cuse]

Love it. Nice job!




John

[rpdylan]

Still nibbling away at this, just starting to "plant" the structure with scenery, ect.

[postalkarl]

Hi RP:

Very nicely done. You can be proud of that model. It's one of my favorites from the F&SM.

Karl

[rpdylan]

Thanks Karl! I'm happy with the way it came out- especially since I was "winging" it as I went along! I think its gonna look nice in the background of the layout. I need to stop scratchbuilding for a bit as I have so many kits on the shelf!