Goodwin & Wolfe Distillery

[Mkrailway]

It's been awhile since the last post so I guess it is time to catchup on what has been done with this structure.

As I was woking with the structure I found that the loading dock and the two porches kept of breaking off. So I decided to add the base to the structure so the stairs, etc has something to rest on.



Some epoxy, clamps, straight edges, weighs helped to attache the base to the structure.



I rounded the edges of the base so that it could transition to surrounding areas near the tracks.



The next thing to help keep the structure against the background board was to add some Rare Earth magnets to some mat board and some metal clips in the structure for the magnets to attach to. I set the magnets 4" off the base and I will be running a paces of metal behind the background board so the structure is stuck flat again it.



More in next post.

Marty

[Mkrailway]

Now I can get back to working on the modelling aspect of this build.

I used a scrap section of wall to make a sidewalk for the left hand rear door.



I spent a few days cursing and swearing at making four (4) "special" gooseneck fixtures for the big sign on the wall and another normal gooseneck for the righthand door. They are all sprayed with Earth Brown Camo rattle can paint and coated with a mix of dark rust chalks. Left to dry and then the larger chunks are brushed off.



Drill a hole thought the Hydrocal and Ca/Epoxied the normal gooseneck fixture in place.



More in the next post

Marty

[Mkrailway]

I got out my stair stringer jig and cut out two sets of stairs using the fine tooth saw.



Here is the back view of the stringer jig. It's just two sections of styrene glued together with on 4 HO scale inches lower than the other.



I re-used the SWSM stair temple to attach treads to the stringers.



Then pickets/posts and handrails were added to each porch.



Notice the porches do not touch the bases. Soil will be filling the gaps.



More in the next post

Marty

[Mkrailway]

I remember using my dad's fish rod and som how managed to unravel and knot up every single inch of the line. Wiring LED lights is much like fishing in so many ways, including creating a mess with the wires. Errggg!



The main sign gets the "special" light fixtures, which are just elongated canes, to illuminate the sign. They are glued in on a steep angle to disperse light to the complete sign. Very much like the prototype.



All those tiny wires are fed into a PCB with a current limiter and silly coned to the floor view block.



More in the next post.

Marty

[Mkrailway]

I am now on the final 100 yards of the this structure build. I am think about where to add details and what type of mood I want to create with it. Notice the dock and porches got a dark stain to visually push back.



After some thinking, I went to work rusting the heck out of stuck that would be surrounded by long grasses. This area would not have been maintained in any form. Except by the left door and the loading dock.



Here is a closer look.



At night the scene comes alive. The sign has those horrible cool bright lights so everybody could see the building miles away. Yet the door lights are the Yellow LEDs to give a counter balance to the white lights. A flood was added to the interior to indicate that someone is there at night working.



I like the soft filling the yellow lights give when the structure is way in the background.



One last photo.  I always keep the palette of colours I used on the structure until I and completely done the structure. This way I have a reference to help keep the colours the same.

It's been a long build and I am happy to move onto something new.

Thank you for all your views and comments and I hope you got something out of it.

Marty

[Rail and Tie]

Really really nice. This has been a fantastic build to watch. I can not think of anything that I would change. You should send it to me as it would look better on my future layout...

[Mkrailway]

Really really nice. This has been a fantastic build to watch. I can not think of anything that I would change. You should send it to me as it would look better on my future layout...

Nice try :-).

Thanks for dropping by. I glad you enjoyed it.

Marty

[Janbouli]

The lighting is the cherry on this wonderful cake, great build Marty.

[Mkrailway]

The lighting is the cherry on this wonderful cake, great build Marty.

I appreciate your comments and support.