LOGGING CAMP ESSENTIALS

[bparrish]

Steve...

You really have this figured out.  Especially the clutter.

No mining or logging operation would have survived OSHA 70+ years ago.

Thanx
Bob

[sdrees]

Thanks every one for the encouraging remarks.

Hey Bob, thank god my era is before OSHA, or I wouldn't have much fun with all the junk.


Jim, the kit is a Sierra West scale models and the shingle came with the kit.  They come in a laser cut sheet which you add color before you you separate the strips of shingles.  First, I painted the sheets with a Polyscale Roff Brown wash.  Once it had dried, used Rembrandt Raw Umber pastels, 408.7 and 408.9 and applied alternating the colors on the sheet before  the strips of shingles were separated and used spray adhesive to apply them.

[Jim Donovan]

Thanks Steve

Jim D

[ReadingBob]

Great job Steve!  Everything looks spot on.   

[sdrees]

thanks Bob, I appreciate you stopping by!

[Opa George]

Steve, just WOW on everything. The weathering and siding, the roofing, the details--all excellent and a level of modeling artistry I strive for. Thanks for sharing your work on this.
--George

[postalkarl]

Hey Steve:

All I can say is WOW!!!! you have done an excellent job with all of these kits. Keep up the good work.

Karl

[sdrees]

Hey Karl and George. thanks for stopping by and leaving the nice comments

[Mark Dalrymple]

Looks fantastic, Steve!

I love the look of the yellow building.  The shingles look great too.  I might have to steel that colour scheme for a structure or two!

Cheers, Mark.

[sdrees]

Thanks Mark.  The colors are those that the Southern Pacific used on all or the majority of its depots. 

[Rail and Tie]

I am GOB SMACKED!  Truly Awesome job on the buildings and details all pop very well.


If it doesn't fit on your layout (hopefully), please send here for a good home!

[Lynnb]

Really nice. I'm starting a SW kit myself, the Woodcutters Shack. I realize now that it was born 1999 so Brett's techniques have changed but I'm going to follow through with the paint bath method for the wood  , I enjoyed watching you go through your steps and obviously Brett's newer methods.

[sdrees]

Hi Lynn,

I have tried the bath method and always have returned to his newer methods with the pastels and alcohol.  For me, I get a much better effect.  You can go to Brett's website and view videos on his latest methods.  Karl Allison also has done a great thread on finishing the resin and metal castings.

[Lynnb]

Steve have you used the same wood you used the bath method on to then use the Pastels?  I've grown to like the resilts of the Rembrant pastels , can't say I used them on wood in a kit yet though.

[sdrees]

When I first built a Sierra West kit, Main Street, I used the bath.  that was the method Brett had in his instructions.  Since then, he has changed to the Rembrandt and alcohol method.  That went very well.  I then had picked up  one of Brett's older kits on the after market and since their was a lot of wood in the kit I used the bath method.  I did not like the results, and then applied the pastels and alcohol to the strip wood.  So yes, I have used it on the same wood.   When I have a lot of strip wood to treat, I do it in batches as I go along with the model and it seems to work fine for me.