Sierra West Quincy Salvage

[SteveCuster]

Thanks everyone.

I made some progress on the roof over the weekend. I was torn over what type of roof I wanted, I thought about doing diamond shaped shingles but I thought it would be a little much for a run down barn so I decided to stick with the kit recommendation and go with some tarpaper.


I glued some scale 1x10s right on the cardstock roof card, then I used paper sprayed with gray primer cut into 1/2" strips for the tarpaper.


More of the same.


I added some patches, drybrushed white over the roof followed by some chalk dusting.




I turned the lights on, I thought to light escaping from between the boards looked very cool.

Thanks for checking in. Next step is a sign for the roof and some other roof details I haven't decided on yet.

-Steve

[MAP]

The roof and lighting are great!  Thanks for the progress photos.  I may have to try some of these pre-wired LEDs.  They really do make the inside come to life.

[SteveCuster]

Thanks Mark, they really make lighting much easier.

[S&S RR]

It looks great Steve! Really enjoying your thread.

[SteveCuster]

Thanks John

[SteveCuster]

I added the sign to the roof today. I made the sign on Serif DrawPlus, same as the other sign for this building. I glued it to a few pieces of stripwood and built a simple roof support. I copied the style and design of the roof sign on O'Neills Fabrication main building.




Here is the front with the lights on.


Here is the rear of the sign showing the supports.

Thanks for checking in.

-Steve

[Bobby]

Hi Steve,


This is some awesome work. Thanks for the great build thread!

[SteveCuster]

Thanks Bobby.

I was pretty unhappy with how the roof sign looked, the lines really conflicted with the sagging roof peak so I removed it. I covered up the glue marks with some tarpaper patches and chalk.


I added this cool little sign above the door. The frame is made from a casting supplied with the kit. The sign itself is stripwood and a graphic I made in Serif DrawPlus. The original called for a dry transfer of Quincy Salvage. The small details in Sierra West kits are what really makes them fantastic. I'll be stealing this sign idea for future models.


The pipe is a casting supplied in the kit, I blackened it with JAX Pewter Black and dusted it with chalks.


I added the smoke stack to the rear of the building. It was made with a piece of styrene tubing spray painted with dark gray primer and dusted with chalks.

Thanks for checking in.
-Steve

[ACL1504]

Beautiful work, love the roof.

Tom

[postalkarl]

Hi Steve:

Love the colors on the walls and the roof looks great to.

Karl

[SteveCuster]

Thanks Tom, Thanks Karl

[Twopoint2]

Dang Steve this build just gets better and better, awesome job so far.

[SteveCuster]

Thanks Jim

[donatode]

Beautiful work Steve....that "sway back" roof really stands out.

[EricQuebec]

Simply Amazing.
Eric Quebec city