Sierra West Quincy Salvage

[SteveCuster]

Thanks for the nice compliments everyone!

[postalkarl]

Hi Steve:

Wow your in Perkasie and I'm in Lansdale. Didn't know you were that close. We will; have to get together.

Karl

[SteveCuster]

Sounds good Karl. Lansdale is not far at all from me.

[Twopoint2]

Steve

Very nice job on the shingles and weathering and the bare spots make it stand out.

[SteveCuster]

Thanks Jim.

I played with the building configurations and added a floor to the barn this week. I also built a Jordan kit to be worked on inside the shed.


This is a little bit more how everything will sit, I think I'm going to raise the Quincys storage shed up 1/2 inch and the area around it. The elevations are too extreme to me.


I added the flooring to the main barn, I also added some oil stains on the floor. I just used floquil graphite paint spread out in a teardrop pattern, I dirtied it up with some chalk.


I built this Jordan 1928 Model A kit to go inside the barn right over that oil stain. This is the first Jordan I've built in a long time and the first plastic kit in a long time. I forgot how challenging these kits are. I was using the wrong glue in the beginning, I pressed on the car and it feel apart. I ended up getting some Tamiya plastic cement and things went a bit smoother. This is the first rag/towel I've ever done, I used the technique I learned from a few guys on the SierraWest forum and it was very easy. I separated a Kleenex to single ply, cut it to size, then I added a drop of paint thinner and a drop of Floquil Oxide Red.

This is a mock up of how it'll look once it's installed in the barn. The jackstands are Brett's castings left over from The Shipyard I think. This whole area will be a huge mess of tools and rags. I was a mechanic for 10 years, I know exactly how this mess should look.

Thanks for checking in,
-Steve

[cuse]

That is some fantastic work!


John

[ACL1504]

That is some fantastic work!


John

I agree with John, fantastic stuff here.

Tom

[S&S RR]

Steve


It looks great.  It's all about the details.

[SteveCuster]

Thanks for the compliments everyone. Lots of castings to paint before I can move forward.

-Steve

[SteveCuster]

I started moving on finishing the details for the interior of the shop. I've had some challenges taking pictures of the interior, I need to do some research how to take a clearer overshot picture. I can't seem to get both the front and rear details in focus. My details are coming up pretty dark as well. For me painting and adding the details is always the slowest part of a build, I added some of the details but it's far from finished.


Here is a workbench casting, so much cool detail on this one. Everything is painted with the Reaper SW set and weathered with chalk and/or A&I. Brett has some of the finest castings in the hobby.


I added some legs with scale 4x4s and the cross braces are scale 2x4s.

This is one of my favorite details. I added the small drive belt using masking tape painted black. The oil stain is Floquil Graphite. Most of the castings in the interior of the barn are from my castings bin, I didn't want to use any of the SW castings from the kit on the interior due to the fact I plan on closing it up. It will only be visible from the door openings. I believe this is one of Brett's castings but it didn't come with this kit, maybe a left over from The Shipyard or Foss Landing.

The other workbench casting, painted and weathered the same as the other.

Here you can see the long workbench in place. I still need to add some details to the walls and under the workbenches. The rags on the floor are made from Kleenex painted with Floquil Boxcar Red. The wrenches are laser cut wood from Vectorcut.


Here is the other side view. The floor jack is from Evergreen Hill Designs I believe.

The other workbench installed on the back wall.

Here is a overhead shot. I added some debris to the top of the car, the canvas tarp was made using a Kleenex and Floquil Depot Buff. I wanted to make the car extra dirty and give the impression it hasn't moved in some time. The second floor will not be visible once everything is put together. Many more details to add before I close it up.

Thanks for checking in.
-Steve

[Zephyrus52246]

Great job on painting/weathering the castings and the car.


Jeff

[ACL1504]

Steve,

Wonderful job on the details. I'll have to give the Kleenex and paint trick for the tarp a try. Thanks for sharing the tips and photos.

Tom

[Powersteamguy1790]

The details are very nicely done Steve.

Stay cool and run steam......

[Janbouli]

WOW Steve, great details.

[S&S RR]

Steve


Looks great - I love the details.  I can talk you through taking a photograph with enough depth of field to pick up front and back details if you send me a PM with your phone number I will give you a call.  Or if you have an iPhone just point and click it's Apple and it just works. The clever thing about the phone technology is the depth of field because the camera lens is mounted right on top of the digital sensor you get great depth of field. Anyway great modeling.