Great pic! The old bricks, the rusting metal, the rotting wood... beautiful!

Thanks Gordon.  So it's on the Interstate Brick property?  Can it be accessed on the weekend?  I went to the Antique Power Show last year and plan on attending again this year, in fact I might go all three days.

David

Ray... the tractor looks like it's all there and the shovel is only missing the end bumpers. I'm mostly interested in the tractor, looks like it would be fun to model.

David... the address is 9780 So. 5200 W. I step up onto the track to get a photo of the top of the gas tank and I worker came out and told me not to get on the shovel. Have you ever been to the Antique Power Show up in Wallsburg? http://www.richardericksonfoundation.org/powershow.htm

Gordon Birrell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/

I live in a small town with some really old buildings. I spotted this in a very narrow alley this morning. I could not get it all in one pic due to the fact that I had my back up against the other wall to take this pic. I also have a shot of the top of this window if someone is interested but it is really washed out from the morning sun.

Chris

... I'm following with interest too ... still dabbling with the idea to build a Ma.k kit myself ... some day ... ...

And thanks for the additional information about the stuff you used - very much appreciated!

Cheers

Russ, Marc, Marty, Chuck, Ray, and Don, thanks for your kindness regarding my work, it sometime feels as if I'm flying by the seat of my pants and other times I feel in control. It is all about the journey though in the end and not the destination, I am learning a great deal while building this model, I'm mostly in uncharted territory for me on this one.

Don to answer your question regarding the planking on small craft (I cannot answer to large ships) the frames are too narrow to be used for the support for the ends of 2 planks. A plate that is twice as long as the plank is wide is common. regarding the double planking on the deck This is something that would be possibly dome by someone refurbishing a smaller craft similar in a way to laying up the planking over a plywood sheet as is done on some modern yachts.

I would think that for the most part though the planking would have been lifted and replaced on most boats. My model is somewhat of a hybrid and it seemed to me that the second layer would be a simple way to achieve the look I wanted rather than rip off the old deck to use it as a base for the top layer.

Michael

Marty I will take some pictures of the saw which sould explain a few things better.

Bernard this is exactly what I thought afterwards.

Ray, thanks for your kind comment.

Michael

Thank you very much Ray 

Made some progress on this :


Alex.

I thought this was really cool. Saw it on Facebook and thought I should post that here. Pat

There's no shame in painting Warhammer figures.