Superior & Seattle Railroad Build (Volume 2) Started 2/25/17

Started by S&S RR, February 25, 2017, 10:03:31 PM

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PRR Modeler

I think you did a great job, and I believe you said previously that it's supposed to be old.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
Freelanced PRR Bellevue Subdivision

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Quote from: PRR Modeler on June 05, 2017, 01:07:04 PM
I think you did a great job, and I believe you said previously that it's supposed to be old.


Curt


Thanks for your comments, yes - this is going to be an old and run down abandoned mill. Most of the cement work will be hidden but I want what shows to look right.
John Siekirk
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Janbouli

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice , great looking concrete, very convincing.
I love photo's, don't we all.

Zephyrus52246


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Quote from: Janbouli on June 05, 2017, 03:31:44 PM
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice , great looking concrete, very convincing.


Jan


Thanks for the kind words.
John Siekirk
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Quote from: Zephyrus52246 on June 05, 2017, 06:00:57 PM
Concrete looks great, John.

Jeff


Jeff


Thanks.  After letting it sit on my workbench for the day, while I was back working on the fine tuning of the track work, I have decided that I'm happy with it for now.  Any changes will be part of the fine detailing at the end of the build.  I often need to just get away from a project for a day and come back and take a second look before I decided, it's done.
John Siekirk
Superior & Seattle Railroad

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As promised, here are the detailed steps in the process I used for the concrete walls. The first step, as reported above was the premier which was a very light gray.


John Siekirk
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Next, I used the Neutral Grey Shade Pan Pastel. Which to me is the color of cured concrete.


John Siekirk
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John Siekirk
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I should mention that all of the joint lines and cracks and chips were added using a scribe or a rotary tool with a fine diamond cutter.
John Siekirk
Superior & Seattle Railroad

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After all of the surfaces had been covered, using the sponge applicator, with the neutral grey shade I covered everything with a coat of A&I (my two tsp. to the quart of alcohol solution) with a 1/2 inch brush. This highlighted the cracks and joints along with the saw marks and woodgrain of the original wood.  I think this really helps make it look like ported concrete - because wood forms would have been used in the original construction.


John Siekirk
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I then added some dark green and lighter brown pastels in a pattern that ended up looking like camouflage before they are blended.


John Siekirk
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I also added a lighter shade of grey because I thought it was getting a little to dark.  All four colors of pan pastels can be seen in this picture.







John Siekirk
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You will also notice from the picture above that the camouflage look is now gone. I do this by blending everything together with the large brush shown in this picture.


John Siekirk
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It is not until the blending process that it starts to look right.
John Siekirk
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