Cypress Creek Railroad

[vinceg]

Very neat building, Steve. Seems like you have captured strong elements of Barongoulds and G Wilikers. Great structure.

[Janbouli]

Looks great , almost a waste to put it in the back , you set the bar high for your front side buildings 

[PaulS]

Another unique and extremely well composed structure Steve !!
Always enjoy your updates and how you are working these gems into the larger whole.
Thanks again for sharing your great modeling,
--Paul

[ACL1504]

Steve,

Love the Pierce Baking structure, weathering and colors.


As Paul said well composed and amazingly natural fitting in the location.

Tom 

[GPdemayo]

Great job on the bakery Steve.....the layout keeps getting better and better. 

[SteveCuster]

Thanks for all the positive feedback everyone!

Vince you're correct I definitely got some inspiration from both of those kits, mainly the ramp area from G. Wilikers and the color scheme of Barongould. I had originally wanted either one of those kits for this area but I couldn't find them for the right price. Also it seemed kinda wrong to put either one of those kits in the background since they are such nice structures.

I'm thinking some apartment housing to the left of this structure maybe mixed with a few small commercial buildings. I started building a few things last night..we'll see how it all plays out.

[Keep It Rusty]

Awesome work as always, Steve! What's your overall progress of completion for the layout now?

[SteveCuster]

Thanks Craig!

It's hard to say but I think I'm around 60-70% done. I have quite a few completed dioramas I still need to plug in that will fill up a decent amount. I plan on getting heavier with the detailing as I move towards the front of the layout so that will probably slow my progress a bit.

I have a pretty good rough plan for most of the kits I own but haven't built yet. I still will probably need a few smaller filler kits and mini-scenes to connect everything as I start to pull it together. I do have a tendency to overestimate how much I can fit in a small space. I painted and weathered about 100 castings for this baking company and I didn't end up adding most of them. Good news is they are ready to go for another area.

[carl b]

Excellent work on the bakery building Steve.

[SteveCuster]

Thanks Carl!

[swisstrain]

Always enjoy catching up on your layout thread, and admiring the level of quality of your craftsmanship.  I know this is somewhat subjective to each one of us modelers, but I believe you strike a perfect balance between weathered, used and lived in vs where buildings become dilapidated and unfit to be used.

[SteveCuster]

Thanks swisstrain! I try to model what feels natural to me and it tends to sort of sit in that area, not destroyed but a bit worn and beat up. Enough weathering to give it some character I guess.

[Jerry]

What an excellent job on that bakery Steve!


One of the reasons this is one of my favorite RR!


Jerry

[SteveCuster]

Thanks Jerry!

I knocked out another structure for the back row this week.


This one is O'Douls flophouse from Bar Mills. I bought this one from Bar Mills at one of the Expos. A pretty quick and easy build although I was missing quite a few parts (The kit was missing all the stripwood and there were not enough railings to finish the lower level). I had originally thought I'd do 2 of these kits next to each other in different colors but I've decided to go a different way.








I believe this is where it will sit, but I may end up putting another building between it and the bakery. I'm still working out the flow of this area. The elevations aren't fixed yet either.

Last night I primed all the parts for the next structure in the row.

[vinceg]

Looks great, Steve. I like the gray color of the siding. How did you do it?