Bar Mills Tribute Kit 1

[vinceg]

Great idea on the interior detail. A little will go a long way there. Nice job.

[Rail and Tie]

Awesome Build Mr. Opa!!!


Love the interior details.  All Structures should have an interior!!

[ACL1504]

George,

The model is coming along nicely. I enjoy following your builds.

Tom

[Opa George]

Thank you for the kind comments, Curt, Vince, Tom and Darryl!
This second of three major structures is not yet finished, but I'm now at the finishing details stage. I still need to install the outside wall lamp castings, dry-brush for highlights, and add wall and roof vegetation, but the below shots show about what the final structure will look like.

The "street" side. I tried very thin wire instead of thread for the loft hoist/hook--not sure I like the way it hangs. I may remove it and try thread, or I may leave it and live with it. I'll have to balance my need for perfection (not high) with my low capacity for working with really tedious and often frustrating details.


A look at the alley side and a better view of the furnace wall & pipe. This shot and the first shot also capture the current state of the roof shingle color on this side. Aside from some rust stains from the small roof pipe and a wash of HunterLine colors (Light Gray and Driftwood), no other weathering has yet been applied.


Here is the last side. In the site arrangements, this side will be the hardest to see clearly as this building sits close to the third (not yet built) structure. However this shot shows the roof with chalk weathering applied to the shingles. I like how it tones down the brighter shades and ties them together without completely washing out the color variety. As noted above, I did not yet use chalk on the other roof side. That is because the other roof will be under a very large old gnarly tree, and the shingles will have a heavy growth of moss (which is contributing to the roof rot and sag).  Once the moss texture paint is applied, I will dust the remaining visible shingles on that side.


So some more holiday preparations today and I hope to have time to completely finish the fabrication shed. Then it will be on to the kit's showpiece structure--the "widget" building. Can't wait to start it!

--George

[deemery]

George, looks great!  But I'd consider adding a bit of weathering next to the smokestack on the roof, too.  That area looks 'disturbingly clean' when compared to the rest of the model.

dave

[Opa George]

Dave, can do! Can't have this hardworking building looking respectably clean!

[vinceg]

George, the roof weathering really pulled the bright colors together. Looks good.

I agree with you on not liking thread -- seems to change easily over time with humidity changes. If you don't like the wire, maybe you might try some steel wire -- maybe something like .015 might not look too thick (1.3 scale inches) and will be very straight. Styrene rod also comes to mind but I don't know if you could get something that small.

I also wonder if pulling thread through some paraffin wax might stabilize it and keep it straight....

[PRR Modeler]

Wow George that is some excellent modeling.

[JimMooney]

or put some Elmers glue on your finger and pull thread trough it to stiffen it.

[Mark Dalrymple]

I use embroidery thread.  Very thin, very strong, very true.  Tie at the top, thread it through at the bottom, and attach reversible tweezers at the end.  These will pull the thread taught.  Add a dab of superglue and remove the reversible tweezers when dry.  I have used this technique since about 2010 and all threads are still taught.

Enjoying your progress.

Cheers, Mark.

[jerryrbeach]

George,


Not only does this structure look great, I like your idea for weathering the other half of the roof to show the impact of the tree overhanging it.  You are doing a wonderful job capturing the look of a well used factory complex.  Waiting anxiously for the third building in the group.

[Opa George]

Thank you everyone for the thread and wire tips. I will likely return to this structure and redo the hoist cable with your tips.
Below are four shots of the "finished" structure. It is not sited on the layout yet. I won't do that until I complete the third structure and can play around with the arrangement. A tree is posed next to it as an example of what I have in mind (pardon the tree anchored in plumber's putty).

I went with a mossy roof. Did a lot of online picture searches and this, I believe, approximates a heavy and old growth of moss on a shingled roof. I first tried a craft "moss" textured paint, which I have used before and looks really good on rock walls and a tunnel portal, but on the roof lacked the texture I wanted. I put a thin layer of tacky glue and sprinkled on medium green ground foam and got the look I wanted.


Below is the back side:


And here is the front, street side.


And an overall shot. The junk piles are rusty rail castings.


I think with the full scenery treatment when finished, this kit will really shine.
--George

[GPdemayo]

Well done George.....

[ReadingBob]

Outstanding!  Simply outstanding!   

[Opa George]

Thanks, Gregory and Bob!
On to the last structure in the kit, which is actually made up of three sub-structures. This is TJ Reiley's Widget Works, although in my build it will be the manufacturing complex of Seaside Symphonium, instead of a separate business.

Below are all of the parts that make up the structure. I had to b--ack up to fit it all into the shot.


Artie's instructions provide plenty of photographs from all angles of the pilot structure, a photo of the structure as it sits on the Franklin & South Manchester, oversize line drawing plans, a CAD drawing of the structure, a three-quarter angle drawing, and three or four pages of to scale line drawings showing every side.

Below are the 22 wall sections, free of their carrier stock and ready for bracing and distressing prior to coloring. Looks like I have several hours of prep work--good thing its a rainy day!


--Opa George