FOS The Terminal

[Janbouli]

Looking great George , and the photo's are an excellent size , no need to alter.

[postalkarl]

Hey George:

Looks just great so far. Keep the pic flowing.

Karl

[Opa George]

Thank you, Curt, Jan and Karl. 
I spent this evening working on the task board concrete terminal walls. I noticed that the more paint applied to taskboard, the more prominent the fiber. I suppose it soaks up the paint and swells the fibers. Before any additional work, I carefully and lightly sanded the surfaces of the two walls and the ceiling, and this successfully smoothed the surface out.

Then I carved in quite a few cracks with a #11 blade, enhanced them with A & I to get a "seeping water" effect. I wanted the cracks in the walls and ceiling to look as if they were perpetually damp with water leaking through. I then played around with very thin washes of dark gray, dark brown and finally white.  I finished off the ceiling with black chalk powder for soot, and a light brown chalk, for rust, between the bus lanes, which is where the iron supports will be installed. Finally, I sanded the safety striping more, to tone it down and make it look chipped and worn. Here is where we're at with the bus terminal walls and ceiling. I ran out of time or would have started on the signage.


--George

[cuse]

Very nice work!


John

[Janbouli]

Looking good George , yes taskboard swells up , in N-scale sometimes so much that tab and slot don't fit anymore , I'm not a fan of taskboard it also breaks easily .

[Dave K.]

Looking really good, George. Would lightly priming the taskboard with rattle-can primer help seal it? Love the leaching concrete.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[jerryrbeach]

George,


Very nice!  I like the amount of thought you put into your modeling, as well as the skill you display.

[Opa George]

Looking really good, George. Would lightly priming the taskboard with rattle-can primer help seal it? Love the leaching concrete.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Thanks, Dave. Regarding the taskboard, I did use two coats of gray primer first. It was the second coat of primer that really lifted the fibers. I should have stopped at one coat.  On the positive, though, it did sand relatively smooth. On the closeups of Doug's pilot model, you can detect the fiber on the walls, so I don't feel inadequate!
--George

[Opa George]

George,

Very nice!  I like the amount of thought you put into your modeling, as well as the skill you display.

Thank you very much, Jerry. I feel honored to be putting up well regarded work in the company of such fine modelers. This is a truly inspirational forum.
--George

[Jim Donovan]

George

I learn a lot from your detailed posts, thank you. You do a great job. By the way I bought this kit when it came out and put it in the set aside area until till I am ready. Your build will definitely be bookmarked for use when I get to build it.

Jim D

[Opa George]

Jim, I am very glad these are helpful. As a matter of fact, here is a tip that is not in the instructions. I discovered it by studying one of Doug's close up shots of the underside of the terminal building. The instructions note to build the doors to the waiting room from two parts on the laser-cut small parts sheet. On the carrier sheet, just below the two-part door pieces is a third, very tiny, part.  Turns out this is the door crossbar handles. You can see it in the shot below.

I painted the waiting room doors aluminum and added wall signs. This is not the greatest shot--signs have a little reflectiveness that makes it difficult to read their details.


Have a great day, everyone.--George

[vinceg]

Looks great, George. Weathering is perfect.

[Dave K.]

Jim, I am very glad these are helpful. As a matter of fact, here is a tip that is not in the instructions. I discovered it by studying one of Doug's close up shots of the underside of the terminal building. The instructions note to build the doors to the waiting room from two parts on the laser-cut small parts sheet. On the carrier sheet, just below the two-part door pieces is a third, very tiny, part.  Turns out this is the door crossbar handles. You can see it in the shot below.

I painted the waiting room doors aluminum and added wall signs. This is not the greatest shot--signs have a little reflectiveness that makes it difficult to read their details.


Have a great day, everyone.--George

That's okay...the details would be tough at scale distance, anyway. Love your wall treatment, George. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[ReadingBob]

Those walls look terrific!    

[S&S RR]

George


This is looking great! I like your idea of sanding after the painting to get rid of the fibers that were popping - the walls really turned out nice.