The Shipyard at Foss Landing by Sierawest

[DaleM]

Thank you everyone for the kind comments. All the color and weathering for this structure has all been done with pan pastels so far.

I have the dormers ready ao I guess it is time for corner trim and windows/doors

[PRR Modeler]

Dale, I really like how SW kits have you color wood. Your build is coming along nicely.

[DaleM]

Dale, I really like how SW kits have you color wood. Your build is coming along nicely.

Thanks Curt. Yea I agree with you on the sierra west technique for coloring strip wood. The only change I made to the technique was using pan pastels rather than quality chalk sticks. But to me they are the same, pan pastels are just in a pan rather than a stick. Still it is quality pastels.

[DaleM]

I think the main walls are about ready for assembly followed by one more light layer of weathering. There is a ton of work on these 4 walls.

I tried flipping the picture but that one function put the picture over the size limit...oh well.

[PRR Modeler]

Great modeling Dale.

[Rick]

Dale, the walls look perfect.

[DaleM]

I got the dormers all glued up and the roof on. Shingles are next.

[friscomike]

Howdy Dale, 

The shipyard is coming along nicely.  The main building looks great, well constructed, and colored.  Congrats and good luck with the shingles.

Have fun,
mike

[DaleM]

Howdy Dale,

The shipyard is coming along nicely.  The main building looks great, well constructed, and colored.  Congrats and good luck with the shingles.

Have fun,
mike

Thank you Mike

[Rick]

Dale, it looks great.
Keep going.

[Philip]

Great work Dale!

[Jerry]

Nice work Dale.  Your coloring is perfect.

Jerry

[GPdemayo]

Great progress Dale.....

[DaleM]

I have spent several hours coloring shingles. The technique I used was similar to the technique from the kit instructions. First crack at coloring a roof using this technique. First step is to separate all the rows of shingles off of the sheet, then color each strip separate. Sierrawest recommends using high quality pastel chalks like Rembrandt brand. I did not want to spend $70 on chalks so I figured pan pastels are really the same thing just in a pan rather than a stick, although the stick would have been a little quicker.

Second step is scraping some powder, I used Raw Umber, onto the strip them dabbed (not brushed) with alcohol. This is followed immediately with some white lightly dabbed on.

Next step, after that is dry then do the same technique with some gray. That is what step I am on currently. There are 218 shingle strips with the kit so it takes a bit of time for each step. 


I can't wait to get them put on the roof and see how this technique compares to my normal technique of coloring all the shingles while still in a sheet...which is about 500 times faster.  I am hoping for the best but ready to toss them all in the round file and use different shakes if I don't like how they look. We will see

[deemery]

I'm watching your shingle approach with a lot of interest.  I wonder, though, if it would be better to leave the shingles on the sheet and apply a lot of the coloring vertically across the shingles.  Treating each row of shingles as you're doing could create rows of shingles that are kinda monochrome and streaky across the roof.  (I've seen that a couple of times with some approaches I've used.)

The other advantage of coloring while assembled is you can use make-up sponges and brushes more easily.   

But of course, Brett usually knows what he's talking about 

dave