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
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.
Hi Russ,
Great clean modelling and yes they also remind me of your publishing days.
Cheers Kim
Simple, but well done.The thin window dividers look good.
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
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 :-)
Lawrence, go stand in the corner! -- Russ
They look great!
How does one say.....
...adequate!
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
They look great!
Amazing building !
With little things one can make beautiful constructions
These look good Russ. Are these the structures you were working on when we visited this past July?
Stuart
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
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
It's beautiful ! I like it.
Great little shop!