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Started by finescalerr, September 02, 2024, 12:51:15 PM

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finescalerr

I recently finished a couple of HO scale background flats for a friend and former contributor to my publications. He combines models with photos of actual structures, scenery, and vehicles to create composite images.

I spent much more time designing, drawing, and laser cutting the models than assembling them. The walls are laser scribed basswood. I used pastel chalks and SilverWood stain to color them. Everything else is cardstock. I've built more sophisticated models but it was fun to crank out a couple of quick "layout quality" projects.

Russ

Lawrence@NZFinescale

Quote from: finescalerr on September 02, 2024, 12:51:15 PMI spent much more time designing, drawing, and laser cutting the models than assembling them.

I find that's increasingly the case.  Assembly is a piece of cake if part prep has been well thought out.
Cheers,

Lawrence in NZ
nzfinescale.com

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Hi Russ,
Great clean modelling and yes they also remind me of your publishing days.
Cheers Kim

Bill Gill

Simple, but well done.The thin window dividers look good.

finescalerr

Thanks, guys. Sometimes I forget the difference between satisfying and fun. It can be very satisfying to build a complex, highly detailed model. It is more fun to throw together a simple, nice looking, perhaps somewhat more basic model. The quest for perfection can be fraught with headaches. -- Russ

Lawrence@NZFinescale

Quote from: finescalerr on September 03, 2024, 12:36:38 PMThanks, guys. Sometimes I forget the difference between satisfying and fun. It can be very satisfying to build a complex, highly detailed model. It is more fun to throw together a simple, nice looking, perhaps somewhat more basic model. The quest for perfection can be fraught with headaches. -- Russ

Now I've got there, my headaches have certainly stopped :-)
Cheers,

Lawrence in NZ
nzfinescale.com

finescalerr

Lawrence, go stand in the corner! -- Russ

Chuck Doan

"They're most important to me. Most important. All the little details." -Joseph Cotten, Shadow of a Doubt





http://public.fotki.com/ChuckDoan/model_projects/

Rail and Tie

How does one say.....

...adequate!
Cheers!
Darryl

"Leonard, check it out. I've bought an N Gauge locomotive. Half the size of HO. Look...it fits in my mouth!"

http://www.interactionhobbies.com
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finescalerr

Actually, "adequate" is actually the most accurate word to describe my work on those models. The coloring and weathering are extremely basic; on the other hand I'm pleased with the laser work and pleasantly surprised that everything fit correctly on the first attempt. I enjoy design and CAD more than hands-on construction, probably appropriate for an erstwhile publisher. -- Russ

Ray Dunakin

Visit my website to see pics of the rugged and rocky In-ko-pah Railroad!

Ray Dunakin's World

Sami

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Amazing building !
With little things one can make beautiful constructions

Stuart

These look good Russ. Are these the structures you were working on when we visited this past July?

Stuart

finescalerr

I don't think I had started on those structures yet, Stuart. I had begun working on something for Ed Morris around that time, I think, but it hadn't evolved into either of those designs.

Over the past ten days I've drawn new kits for seven 19th century false-front structures, each as accurately as I could extrapolate from buildings I found in online photos. That was fun and the drawings seem very plausible.

Russ

finescalerr

To take what remains of my mind farther than usual from reality, I drew plans for seven 19th century building flats, each from online photos. I estimated dimensions, then broke each finished drawing into components for laser cutting.

The structure in the photo is a very small shop from Garnet, Montana and the HO scale model is tiny, about 2 inches wide and an inch deep. (I have no more display or storage space for anything in a larger scale unless it's "important".) The walls are wood, everything else is cardstock; no commercial parts. Coloring is from SilverWood stain and pastel chalks.

Russ