Some recent work on the In-ko-pah RR

[Lawton Maner]

Russ:
Go To Nick's corner.

[finescalerr]

Oh, very well. (Heh-heh, Lawton doesn't remember that Nick's corner has all the bikini girls and gourmet food ....) -- Russ

[TRAINS1941]

Oh, very well. (Heh-heh, Lawton doesn't remember that Nick's corner has all the bikini girls and gourmet food ....) -- Russ

Well hell I'm moving over with Nick you can have my corner!!

Jerry

[Lawton Maner]

Russ:
Look again, Nick's is still full of empty food boxes.

[Ray Dunakin]

I think I've discovered Murphy's Law of Model-Making: A spilled bottle of solvent will always flow towards a stack of recently completed styrene details.

Doh!!

[finescalerr]

So of course you didn't post a photo ... and I don't blame you. -- Russ

[michael mott]

Some nice detail ideas Ray. The corrugated metal looks great. I one of the Fiskars units to make the corrugated.http://www.girr.org/girr/tips/tips4/cheap_siding.html

The Engine is neat I like the way you solved the small covers.

Michael

[Greg Hile]

About that Murphy's Law of Model Making, I can confirm its existence. Fortunately, the damage was minor but I can say that .030 Evergreen is no match for half a bottle of solvent. Oh well ...

[Ray Dunakin]

After a very lengthy hiatus from modeling, I'm finally starting to get back into it a little. Currently I'm trying to finish up the two incomplete projects I'd been working on before. One of these is the Grizzly Bar saloon. I last worked on this almost a year ago. Here's where I left off:




Since then I've painted and weathered the upper portion to look like old wood with faded/peeled paint. The corrugated metal was painted with two-part rust from Sophisticated Finishes. I also put corrugated metal on the roof of the patio. Signs were made by printing out the designs onto self-adhesive vinyl, which was then cut out as a stencil:











Because the roof has warped a little, I had to curve the lettering slightly:





The windows and doors were painted separately prior to installing the glass:





I added security bars to the patio door. These were made from styrene:





The building is now complete except for the lights and some interior details:








Enjoy!

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hi, Ray, you did a really good job on the  white walls at the bottom of the ramp cheers

[finescalerr]

Glad you're back at it. -- Russ

[Hydrostat]

Ray, this is amazing. A pleasure to watch.
Cheers,
Volker

[Bill Gill]

Ray, Yo've still got the touch. The styrene looks like weathered wood and rusted metal and the Saloon fits right in to the town.

[Barney]

I agree with all - lovely stuff
Barney

[Greg Hile]

Really nice work! Glad to see you back at it again. Hopefully i'll Be off the disabled list soon. Detached retina in February, severL surgeries, laser treatments, and the most incredible pain I've ever experienced, I have another surgery this Wednesday that will hopefully take care of it all. One hard part is not having any depth perception, which for someone with Parkinson's on heavy painkillers is not a good candidate to use sharp knives. So I putter a lot and you and Chuck and everyone else here inspire me to keep going ...