A silk purse?

[barrymk]

After taking the summer away from the train loft it's time to get back in there.  I have a major refurb of the backscenes going on and waiting for materials so decided to get my modelling eye in again with a simple project.  A while back, on a whim, I bought for pennies an ancient Plasticville barn and silo kit. It's small and quite crude but I want to transform it into a credible little model so here's the build.
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[/size]The first pics are:
[/size]The kit as presented
[/size]Basic distressing (xacto scoring).

[barrymk]

As this kit is probably 30 years old or so the styrene, though sound, is a little brittle so care in carving has to be taken.  After distressing the walls I sprayed them with grey car primer then added sharpie silver to the wood followed by black A&I wash. Then a dry brushing of a barn-red coloured acrylic followed by more A&I and then dry brushing in white to hopefully give an aged appearance.  I put some styrene bands around the silo and cut in panel seams to its roof structure then painted it barn red followed by a few rust colours and washes.  I cut in some scribed styrene patches to two roof sections so I could have areas where the shingles had fallen off. I used old Campbell shingles as they were to hand but I must invest in some laser cut ones for future use!


The pics are:

   
• Silo
• Silo
• Silo Top before paint
• Roof patches
• Roof patches with shingles

[barrymk]

As both long sides of the kit were identical i wanted a change.  I took one side and chiselled off all cast doors and windows and "engineered" a break in the all with my Dremel. Soke strips of styrene provided studs and a new board was made from styrene shett and glued in the gap.  I clad most of the wall with some aluminium roofing and the rest with Campbell's corrugated sheet.  Painting then followed.  The pics speak for themselves.

[S&S RR]

Barry


Your modeling is looking good.  I sent a note to the administrator about moving your thread and it just happened.

[barrymk]

Thankyou John, very kind. After 4 months with no modelling I need a small project to get my head on again!

[ACL1504]

Hey Barry,

I've been lurking and this is an interesting project. Looks like your vision is coming together. Also looks like the sow's ear is possibly a silk purse.

Good work.

Tom

[barrymk]

Thanks Tom 5 dollars' worth of Sterling not wasted.

[barrymk]

I said it was a small project, apart from a spray of Dullcote tomorrow and a touchup of the dratted horse's ear it's done.  Now it needs a home.

[S&S RR]

Very nice! Good to see you are back at the workbench.

[barrymk]

Thanks John and Tom, it's good to be back.  My next build is going to be an old craftsman kit of the Creede National Bank. That should be a challenge for me.

[NEMMRRC]

Very nice work. Glad you were able to rescue this kit.


Jaime

[barrymk]

Thanks Jaime, it'll fill a little corner somewhere.

[postalkarl]

WOW Barrymk:

Who would of thought of  doing that with a Plasticville kit??? Very nicely done. I really like how it came out.

Karl

[barrymk]

Thanks Karl.  In these days of superb laser kits it's easy to overlook moulded structures like this. A little bit of thought and time and they can be little gems for a pittance.

[GPdemayo]

Well done Barry.....