tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44101677615705371912024-03-17T21:03:57.785-06:00Wargames and RailroadsThe Town of Calamity, The D&RGW RR Warehouse Row and Historical Miniature GamingHeislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.comBlogger1736125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-40808708973338196272024-03-07T13:32:00.001-07:002024-03-07T13:32:13.295-07:00Railroad Photography Scene - Adding some height<span style="font-family: arial;">As we look at the scene, the water will be ground zero. The back edge will be raised up. A piece of the gatorfoam is a scale 3/4" thick (remember the model is 1/4" to the 1"), so I glued two together to raise the "land" up to 1 1/2" above the water level. I want this on a gentle curve, a cosmetic curve if you will. From the viewer's standpoint it is a convex curve (the center of the curve is closest to the viewer). After I cut this I'm starting to think that maybe it should be a concave curve ( the center of the curve is furthest away from the viewer).</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Elevating the buildings above the harbor does makes for a nice looking scene and I think the concave curve would probably show off rolling stock and locomotives better. I'm really debating the car float and float apron at this point though. It seems to get bigger every time I look at it. I think I will drop the tug concept, even using the smallest tug I think it would make the scene to crowded. Things to dwell on.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Or9a6VoNIcRS5ZuXTB3lEW_ADP0b6qFgreYE-aiaAB5OM-A3GOnw7_SpBxhzuxpIvUEKhGyZk_u-b6DoiDcfH984WqwyrDJQyG1ERc6rFPWqCYHFdvbWDe1XBzjJDm1Y2V9rgdBM0H-aiwd4ZDNQEHz2CaPT4WSaECDqbcctDuyLUfpd7kCaxNzDtcVy/s4030/IMG_3232.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1966" data-original-width="4030" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Or9a6VoNIcRS5ZuXTB3lEW_ADP0b6qFgreYE-aiaAB5OM-A3GOnw7_SpBxhzuxpIvUEKhGyZk_u-b6DoiDcfH984WqwyrDJQyG1ERc6rFPWqCYHFdvbWDe1XBzjJDm1Y2V9rgdBM0H-aiwd4ZDNQEHz2CaPT4WSaECDqbcctDuyLUfpd7kCaxNzDtcVy/s320/IMG_3232.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The first "land" layer being glued down.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhHJgIOyt4LqmBrUnd-VBbq1Qag7goADflaWvRPyH2HO1t_jARcPDPzlhpWfvRL3UE-ZfDo0i0-ZYwMp6oMFoI835RFIqjRtqZwg9OhRF9HtF5-K07br6IqcU868qxOO61-IQVjKVPcI7XB4743fziags6e1iCke_Ykkz7IGJUYXFyKdRNId8Eh9o185Z/s4030/IMG_3233.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2137" data-original-width="4030" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhHJgIOyt4LqmBrUnd-VBbq1Qag7goADflaWvRPyH2HO1t_jARcPDPzlhpWfvRL3UE-ZfDo0i0-ZYwMp6oMFoI835RFIqjRtqZwg9OhRF9HtF5-K07br6IqcU868qxOO61-IQVjKVPcI7XB4743fziags6e1iCke_Ykkz7IGJUYXFyKdRNId8Eh9o185Z/s320/IMG_3233.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And here we go with the second layer.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijuppWNa63or6V8ojrfiC3u23o2n6pPIacXdyyi1SycFjrMhQCFOPgE36DsZ-mNjkSUmmS8pgm1BSSAHEf_1qfg1DvQoISy4uXwm0u60yoCWkw_MYwV2P53rgVnwSmWb1MmB2JzwkaTKmukl0LUYcWTLKTHi7BVDH5uwRMWRTSG5naSaMkMfbvC80I6fBR/s3512/IMG_3234.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2037" data-original-width="3512" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijuppWNa63or6V8ojrfiC3u23o2n6pPIacXdyyi1SycFjrMhQCFOPgE36DsZ-mNjkSUmmS8pgm1BSSAHEf_1qfg1DvQoISy4uXwm0u60yoCWkw_MYwV2P53rgVnwSmWb1MmB2JzwkaTKmukl0LUYcWTLKTHi7BVDH5uwRMWRTSG5naSaMkMfbvC80I6fBR/s320/IMG_3234.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The land is in place and stands at 1 1/2" above the water. That would be about 10 in scale which feels about right.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXiZIYqx-7fWtZ8-2aCU-0EB9ZvyUrMNwOMsYFb98HlPUsNO328D7OqS8ZRXTnIqdxWK_WD6TOS_yhkbqv8SBUtSC5FDT6AUHinw7-fU0e-c30dBwFk0mPD_E-A2wTEG0wNvP92PHn25Fx63NY85mLfoY2Z4pQ31FoL-VH3NAXEMooVu7wKCULnPIizva/s4030/IMG_3235.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1660" data-original-width="4030" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXiZIYqx-7fWtZ8-2aCU-0EB9ZvyUrMNwOMsYFb98HlPUsNO328D7OqS8ZRXTnIqdxWK_WD6TOS_yhkbqv8SBUtSC5FDT6AUHinw7-fU0e-c30dBwFk0mPD_E-A2wTEG0wNvP92PHn25Fx63NY85mLfoY2Z4pQ31FoL-VH3NAXEMooVu7wKCULnPIizva/s320/IMG_3235.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Just lining up the buildings, no particular rhyme or reason at this point. This is a convex view at this point so your view would be from the outside of the cosmetic curve. The curve is not readily apparent which is fine, its supposed to be subtle. Note how much space the barge, including the apron, takes up within the length of the scene.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49MnHsZDcZOiCBjFdR4T_yt1w6e604PZrjOAnQP4CdAkh_PO_qRkXTzLB_jU_O5RgZG43q68usGd4z1yyri4J36D63Mzko8srPW5qwgkgw2vGcXDbOC7NZVI9J-ZesBOc0OiNBOI8s9NO8wH0uWFUoZvolIN9KtocQTtjbGgka0mexVExiEldZdFvPE8r/s4030/IMG_3236.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2327" data-original-width="4030" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49MnHsZDcZOiCBjFdR4T_yt1w6e604PZrjOAnQP4CdAkh_PO_qRkXTzLB_jU_O5RgZG43q68usGd4z1yyri4J36D63Mzko8srPW5qwgkgw2vGcXDbOC7NZVI9J-ZesBOc0OiNBOI8s9NO8wH0uWFUoZvolIN9KtocQTtjbGgka0mexVExiEldZdFvPE8r/s320/IMG_3236.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">An aerial view. The car float and the apron could be swapped side to side. There is quite a bit of water space available. the curve is a bit more obvious from this viewpoint as well.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-8112253160934586672024-03-06T12:15:00.001-07:002024-03-06T12:15:35.676-07:00Cartoon Wednesday<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/ice_core.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="318" height="400" src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/ice_core.png" width="382" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-83531547762676704742024-03-05T12:09:00.001-07:002024-03-05T12:09:22.941-07:00Railroad Photography Scene - First changes<span style="font-family: arial;">Another one of those "Aha" moments. I cut out some outlines on graph paper to get an idea of how things might fit and discovered two important points. First, don't pick a scale that is to hard to work with, 3/16ths to the inch is definitely hard to work with. Second, those car floats are big!</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ocUcoq5eLd4RMvza8kh1Zo1fs6aPQDyRHdbJw5zDycPbkFMDD-qirQ4s9mR66x6jaPPg_24ejGdDVl8zUigPxbSVQKGOd355mfG5akn2hL2qu1sUtRKymSQBMZd9l9e31HV6O423Hn3fqpM-1WaDMQzg5oT9fwOeStd5UQPdNki47IoLA_S2cTqUpmtL/s3371/IMG_3221.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2171" data-original-width="3371" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ocUcoq5eLd4RMvza8kh1Zo1fs6aPQDyRHdbJw5zDycPbkFMDD-qirQ4s9mR66x6jaPPg_24ejGdDVl8zUigPxbSVQKGOd355mfG5akn2hL2qu1sUtRKymSQBMZd9l9e31HV6O423Hn3fqpM-1WaDMQzg5oT9fwOeStd5UQPdNki47IoLA_S2cTqUpmtL/s320/IMG_3221.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Quick change of plans changing the scale to something easier to work with. A 1/4 to the inch is not that much bigger and definitely easier to transfer measurements with. At this point I'm still determined to include the car float and the bridge float. They are just going to need to slide as far to the left side as I can get them. Its either that or stretch out to 4' and that's starting to get more ambitious than I had originally planned for. If I move them further to the right I'm going to run out of space for any kind of foreground building. I may end up widening the whole thing to 20 inches. I checked that and I can squeeze it into the intended space if I re-arrange my space.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">At this point I like working with the gatorfoam, Its pretty easy to cut with the x-acto knife with the added benefit of being able to snap it like styrene once you have cut down through the inner foam and scored that back edge once or twice. I'm making up a number of buildings based on measurements from the various manufactures. The bunch I have "finished" are background buildings from Walther's Cornerstone series.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Moving forward!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5fU8RN2DZzSKulQG0zUv6G4WX_qFZ4b6OBu3IdEUbozw7-TuVVu04bB86kaTt93qpgRmPnXju9gR0qXEwxRIArhGSdxfGUL_0aR7aaUOFJYmao6jS7V2ghz3qIBtDPLsX_ECBxrdOhJy2mkpV54qK9fC3nHst18ABWlijgA9-2dP55pbutJSm4D-5eom8/s3531/IMG_3225.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2191" data-original-width="3531" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5fU8RN2DZzSKulQG0zUv6G4WX_qFZ4b6OBu3IdEUbozw7-TuVVu04bB86kaTt93qpgRmPnXju9gR0qXEwxRIArhGSdxfGUL_0aR7aaUOFJYmao6jS7V2ghz3qIBtDPLsX_ECBxrdOhJy2mkpV54qK9fC3nHst18ABWlijgA9-2dP55pbutJSm4D-5eom8/s320/IMG_3225.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The new foundation</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04yxlTJEB09GgsBAfwXF-CB5n4QoVNnmMwzulWN4ThyphenhyphenRX-DhQEoK7TH-OMfESFRrxEsY1xU41AowZBhNuRTcr7ZNB7kRvkEVLtO7HmJ2_Bx6R9-1yf6re0pGbRInXabpajBv05KLG7WuQc1Ys4jFTjcZMii2-nK9kawAdA1CmzSI7X9QayCZmiu-DkxHa/s4032/IMG_3223.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04yxlTJEB09GgsBAfwXF-CB5n4QoVNnmMwzulWN4ThyphenhyphenRX-DhQEoK7TH-OMfESFRrxEsY1xU41AowZBhNuRTcr7ZNB7kRvkEVLtO7HmJ2_Bx6R9-1yf6re0pGbRInXabpajBv05KLG7WuQc1Ys4jFTjcZMii2-nK9kawAdA1CmzSI7X9QayCZmiu-DkxHa/s320/IMG_3223.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Throwing together the first building</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqJLS0_9WXN8241AY_uFiwMoNShdbr1FUwToXXYaHZFGnqaYS9dWNH8_EWjmUcbyMkgkrXGliLQp1YQ05Q37BVWBPQNeRIle92PYK-xPbGpLxViCWF3Utra1LO2iA8kenu70W3Sq5ua2nLxYpxxz-96h6YLP3qJ5Eg-8g1c_9hB-vsEwnT_B_s1KLcNHX/s4030/IMG_3227.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2201" data-original-width="4030" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqJLS0_9WXN8241AY_uFiwMoNShdbr1FUwToXXYaHZFGnqaYS9dWNH8_EWjmUcbyMkgkrXGliLQp1YQ05Q37BVWBPQNeRIle92PYK-xPbGpLxViCWF3Utra1LO2iA8kenu70W3Sq5ua2nLxYpxxz-96h6YLP3qJ5Eg-8g1c_9hB-vsEwnT_B_s1KLcNHX/s320/IMG_3227.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mmm, the car float and the float bridge in place on the far right.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqvry2r5ve5EJRacuaY9YjuckkaBKsTvc45UZ4hyphenhyphenYn3y3Og11S3GEvObfAOXulxdT_Q9r-LH1K3MwpfsYp9UIi0y0iMiUMvV5YHMO9bo_f5d2N3lbEZAV0N_Gi6hlPDw3AiAPtOYbbFKeAwEqQIfJaiY-B2gHDNxKazY4UQZO55ymXElqP8M968ihzZqU/s3830/IMG_3228.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2083" data-original-width="3830" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqvry2r5ve5EJRacuaY9YjuckkaBKsTvc45UZ4hyphenhyphenYn3y3Og11S3GEvObfAOXulxdT_Q9r-LH1K3MwpfsYp9UIi0y0iMiUMvV5YHMO9bo_f5d2N3lbEZAV0N_Gi6hlPDw3AiAPtOYbbFKeAwEqQIfJaiY-B2gHDNxKazY4UQZO55ymXElqP8M968ihzZqU/s320/IMG_3228.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Now trying it to the far left</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxiWEFukqwUJOPkzvtTjQoq6ulpZCpSX_yXUCILw7wdUDRD0M5pM920kF4QzFmtNKMKEBCVFNcv9hGammPQ-SjoL90bsbIY_Drf0MQ9dwTG8I33PJA5h3tmN6PDLo7gcDE01xBes0Do0xsX9cEGMB2ntZSCHC12Q2823Q-TgMtkE6vRc5ze935WGSdSZa7/s4030/IMG_3229.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2365" data-original-width="4030" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxiWEFukqwUJOPkzvtTjQoq6ulpZCpSX_yXUCILw7wdUDRD0M5pM920kF4QzFmtNKMKEBCVFNcv9hGammPQ-SjoL90bsbIY_Drf0MQ9dwTG8I33PJA5h3tmN6PDLo7gcDE01xBes0Do0xsX9cEGMB2ntZSCHC12Q2823Q-TgMtkE6vRc5ze935WGSdSZa7/s320/IMG_3229.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Enough buildings to fill the back. Note that these will be raised up at least 1" maybe 2"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4K2ftLjqm6pZUUVsyPpLwfYndlP5vtHtGC2DIRc0REKg2csPgSUGw421mHDTGDTS-5j_Qwp8RdwjykmTRCQARbvnd5CS6KkG1CW8lypt1rwuwrxA_fX8LdBH0GZA6VN7sPv8snAAscFt8MNd28RS7U4Wx0INF3CuLCKU_7iNBaFQawnephniYdilLE0Dd/s4030/IMG_3230.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2263" data-original-width="4030" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4K2ftLjqm6pZUUVsyPpLwfYndlP5vtHtGC2DIRc0REKg2csPgSUGw421mHDTGDTS-5j_Qwp8RdwjykmTRCQARbvnd5CS6KkG1CW8lypt1rwuwrxA_fX8LdBH0GZA6VN7sPv8snAAscFt8MNd28RS7U4Wx0INF3CuLCKU_7iNBaFQawnephniYdilLE0Dd/s320/IMG_3230.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Important information on the back. These are all Cornerstone buildings at this point but I have scoped out some others from N Scale Architect, Monster Modelworks and Itla. I'll be building a few mock ups of those as well.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-51559014815543060312024-03-04T14:52:00.001-07:002024-03-05T11:39:55.628-07:00Railroad Photography Scene - Getting started<span style="font-family: arial;">After cutting out that initial piece of Gatorboard I kind of sat there and when huh. I was thinking I could just dive in and started terraforming this little piece and realized that I really couldn't do that. I needed some basic dimensions of key elements before I could start the terraforming (gatorforming?).</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Looking back at the G&D I think the hardest element to find a place for is the car float and the float bridge/apron. An added element that needs to go with this is a tug boat. The car floats are unpowered so a tug is required to get it from point A to point B. Finding info on actual sizes of barges proved to be more difficult than I thought it should. In the end I found the appropriate information on the Frenchman River Model Works site. They had exactly what I was looking for; a two track barge with a platform running down the center. Its a bit pricey so I'm not sure this one will end up on the photo module. The barge is basically 2' long and about 5 1/2" wide. Frenchman River also makes a 169' 3 track float which is a tad cheaper and basically the same dimensions. I found a small tug that only measures about 6" x 2" apparently designed by the Army and was used in crowded harbors. This tug might be to small, I may lean to working with the dimensions for a larger tug just to be sure. A 92' tug measures about 12.75" x 3.675". Oh and then there is the size of the float apron itself 9" long and 4.75" wide, that's going to hit up a chunk of ground. Frenchman River Model Works may be getting a chunk of money from me for this project. These kits are enticing because they come with the rail and attached with the correct rail fasteners used on these floats.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">That covers most of the front of the photo module and probably the loss of the pier (which was optional anyway). At this point I figured I better take a look at the back edge. I'm a big fan of the scenery zone concept as espoused by Lance Mindheim. That would reserve at least a 3-4" zone between the back of the module and the track. This could go out as much as 6" which would be my preference. I don't have that much room in this case, 6" will take up 1/3 of the total space available. I have been flipping through the Walther's online catalog and most of their shallow background buildings run from 1 3/8" to 3 1/4" at least for the five that I'm considering. Another option for background buildings would be kits from Itla Scale Models. While they are also a bit on the pricey side I think I could at least make the shallow depth consistent between each building using their line of kits. It would range from 1.5" to 3". I'm sure I can find some other options as well. I'm focusing on brick buildings since the buildings on Warehouse Row are all brick. I have an old Monster Model Works background building that I might try slotting into this as well (Freight Warehouse and I think its about 2" deep including the dock).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-9bU4UVw3vuankv1_OaI4usiNP2G5mfpuvQt4D6PWJLvTv5EV3LAQ8g2Ho2bqZcezq2SreDTs9TE8OKOyejiCEbXkdVmJbdW1CDGCmzVO9S-dfM4349KuxAWRy9X27uzi4_1c-N9n6fUZaFI0gY5UOxjuMh4M-8HFiMGAzfG0PAA2W6oUlUq3kWXM6Me/s685/BBFireproofStorageTransfer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="685" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-9bU4UVw3vuankv1_OaI4usiNP2G5mfpuvQt4D6PWJLvTv5EV3LAQ8g2Ho2bqZcezq2SreDTs9TE8OKOyejiCEbXkdVmJbdW1CDGCmzVO9S-dfM4349KuxAWRy9X27uzi4_1c-N9n6fUZaFI0gY5UOxjuMh4M-8HFiMGAzfG0PAA2W6oUlUq3kWXM6Me/s320/BBFireproofStorageTransfer.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Walther's Cornerstone Series</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnG34qnaZN0Lc6yoKzr0eJYoWwgUvA4F8CC84qFdDkMbAKoPCmMPQcLkiGZHq6oVnBjmIeMtSGCN77uJs67ZEC3zgZsgotImM-Hb4CLa6wJ_079jfnkzvNxkWVcIp3KX2q2vDLXmj_PTLAPezeVn9ECPBJMxY2-sXAxfvri2-1-boie4YKsBeZo1bCE1H/s445/BBImperialFoodProducts.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="445" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnG34qnaZN0Lc6yoKzr0eJYoWwgUvA4F8CC84qFdDkMbAKoPCmMPQcLkiGZHq6oVnBjmIeMtSGCN77uJs67ZEC3zgZsgotImM-Hb4CLa6wJ_079jfnkzvNxkWVcIp3KX2q2vDLXmj_PTLAPezeVn9ECPBJMxY2-sXAxfvri2-1-boie4YKsBeZo1bCE1H/s320/BBImperialFoodProducts.gif" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Walther's Cornerstone Series</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpAwCHlj780uReo0Kvsow4nw41FZ5CcjB3JODyLeeA5fJE9NFeLfLj5z00Y8-agmBdYN52iIGqniYjD2BS3mkFWgMwf_Ct_jSI9WRmt8Ojxjr0c_8b0UoGWTVGnG6v69jbwgjVfOyA9ZXPg-eq5AVVcdZTSITcLXYeG34xr-cP_0DCYIuphQs-V5-Yvm8/s542/BBParkviewTerrace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="542" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpAwCHlj780uReo0Kvsow4nw41FZ5CcjB3JODyLeeA5fJE9NFeLfLj5z00Y8-agmBdYN52iIGqniYjD2BS3mkFWgMwf_Ct_jSI9WRmt8Ojxjr0c_8b0UoGWTVGnG6v69jbwgjVfOyA9ZXPg-eq5AVVcdZTSITcLXYeG34xr-cP_0DCYIuphQs-V5-Yvm8/s320/BBParkviewTerrace.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Walther's Cornerstone Series, I like this one quite a bit.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-ZmPOq-6ur7CPMOV2ekaaptDYgBEhN_OZwQ3bKfsqa-fkYiQqK6f4U-hEXs2D_dNqQuqiLaygWBrNHMMnbZtj2NWKyPEsTh9q3wJUpOtzDzFhJXbQuLQ35pGSzmH9tElFN_x-XoQsMuIVIydrKcFj_oIc8kKAKgP7FTMdgj1Wnoa2WiQL5qZ3qARNZxn/s522/BBPlant4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="522" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-ZmPOq-6ur7CPMOV2ekaaptDYgBEhN_OZwQ3bKfsqa-fkYiQqK6f4U-hEXs2D_dNqQuqiLaygWBrNHMMnbZtj2NWKyPEsTh9q3wJUpOtzDzFhJXbQuLQ35pGSzmH9tElFN_x-XoQsMuIVIydrKcFj_oIc8kKAKgP7FTMdgj1Wnoa2WiQL5qZ3qARNZxn/s320/BBPlant4.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Walther's cornerstone series</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4dP4frtPx7iQ_SSmYo8JxoCbkhkDI0B5Vde38QeMawEh0eTth0A4CZMXjo0YXaw6NuJags8hBoKW9WEbIa11siUhrRhDu-ZpKSIcvVtUpnRPCq_dpmfrbaW5Fw0QHPrhh0noU0sPfdKJBGADNabxM9h7vmp3yixpQg1boqB7mm4EUkgztYF19XTLeAX6/s108/FrenchmanRiver3TrackCarfloat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="38" data-original-width="108" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4dP4frtPx7iQ_SSmYo8JxoCbkhkDI0B5Vde38QeMawEh0eTth0A4CZMXjo0YXaw6NuJags8hBoKW9WEbIa11siUhrRhDu-ZpKSIcvVtUpnRPCq_dpmfrbaW5Fw0QHPrhh0noU0sPfdKJBGADNabxM9h7vmp3yixpQg1boqB7mm4EUkgztYF19XTLeAX6/w400-h141/FrenchmanRiver3TrackCarfloat.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3 Track Car Float, Frenchman Model Works</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6fHkqNcyfVH_bLe2wJyY2Fel2D4sCyNg7zXPW07jz8rVuIww9SnzcQm2lF2n3HtU3n_LHEaNPCiuyAyCrJn6RKbzkDltiXRrfA14Htyssqi4_RhBTxbvjTfi0sJy_fXiX_xei0c2nZE8GeeERuqPzCblpb_UkSWSzYibjG_J3oyBoe5V4y9vabaDczGex/s108/FrenchmenRiverCarfloat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="46" data-original-width="108" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6fHkqNcyfVH_bLe2wJyY2Fel2D4sCyNg7zXPW07jz8rVuIww9SnzcQm2lF2n3HtU3n_LHEaNPCiuyAyCrJn6RKbzkDltiXRrfA14Htyssqi4_RhBTxbvjTfi0sJy_fXiX_xei0c2nZE8GeeERuqPzCblpb_UkSWSzYibjG_J3oyBoe5V4y9vabaDczGex/w400-h170/FrenchmenRiverCarfloat.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2 Track Float, Frenchman Model Works</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-FQf6Qn6I0G3zG-hjUl1GuR7Nr8RvACeJgsNdxd5r4q6N54D32d2kv9Nycl2fPn5a391B3hLuFh2RVDELFbXzqLgO3TyRj57C_IMY4RVy9C507tkXuWUDYNW1y3BbsS9CrrofR2xzhEMJ0uUoBV7BQNNeEu2MWTnFOZr9ErJzBP7K36rL_DAJ5AdzNX1/s608/MonsterModelworksREAFlat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="608" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-FQf6Qn6I0G3zG-hjUl1GuR7Nr8RvACeJgsNdxd5r4q6N54D32d2kv9Nycl2fPn5a391B3hLuFh2RVDELFbXzqLgO3TyRj57C_IMY4RVy9C507tkXuWUDYNW1y3BbsS9CrrofR2xzhEMJ0uUoBV7BQNNeEu2MWTnFOZr9ErJzBP7K36rL_DAJ5AdzNX1/s320/MonsterModelworksREAFlat.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Monster Modelworks REA, just as an example</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-18183791531608622542024-02-29T07:00:00.011-07:002024-02-29T07:00:00.144-07:00Planning the next RR project<p><span style="font-family: arial;">After posting about the 4 projects currently sitting on the desk I decided the best way to break out of the creative doldrums is to start an entirely different project! These days my thoughts run more towards trains than gaming. I haven't really been able to do more than think about scenes for the model railroads lately. Lot's of doodling going on. It kind of hit more over the weekend that I don't need to wait for space for the layout comes available I can build a photography scene now.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This definitely requires some thought. I have two layouts that I want to build. There is the Wynkoop Street Warehouse Row the 20" by 14' switching layout in HO that will reside in the library room (former bedroom). That's very much an urban layout. The second is the Colorado & Northwestern in On30 which is really going to be a very freelanced mountain railroad. There are a couple of designs floating around for that one and I'm leaning towards the looping figure 8 so I can let the trains run as opposed the very linier Warehouse row. The C&N is definitely the farthest out on the timeline. Not to mention that Calamity is still in the works, I'm not giving up on the particularly endeavor either.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A scenic photo "module" would help me really scratch the building itch and let me explore techniques that will come in handy later. With that in mind though I need a G&D (Givens and Druthers) list otherwise it will get out of hand and it will also deliberately extend the planning process so I don't go rushing into the build phase. This scene will be heavily influenced by a couple of different harbor scenes I have been following in the MRH forum. Let's get to the G&D list.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Non-operating - It is not the intent to make this an operating module. Trackwork, obviously still needs to "work" but it doesn't need to be wired up or require a track plan.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Water. Enough that suggests that the scene is a water front area, not just a stream or a river.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">3. Car float. I won't be building one of these for the layouts so this would stretch my modeling skills a bit and is, likely, to be the only car float I would ever build. Plus Research!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">4. Transfer bridge. If there is a car float then there needs to be a transfer bridge and apron for it to dock to. More Research!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">5.Tugboat. I'm on the fence with this one. A tugboat is necessary to move the car float. I would like to build one but space is a consideration and this might be that step to far.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">6. Seawall, pilings and other bits of scenery necessary to reflect the harbor scene.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">7. Background buildings. Not quite sure if there will be an actual backdrop (perhaps one that is removable) or not but shallow background buildings will be a must to create the idea of bustling harbor scene. This would be something I could use to experiment with lighting. Both shallow buildings and lighting are going to be important for Warehouse Row. These should also be removable so I can swap things out.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">8. Foreground buildings. There should be room for a few foreground buildings. Again another chance to experiment with wiring. Like the background buildings these should be removable so I can swap them out.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">9. Pier with railroad tracks. I don't know if something like this existed or not, but it shows up on a number of track plans by Iain Rice and I think it would look pretty cool, so if there is space I'll do it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">10. Streets should mostly be concrete, but I want a couple of areas with cobblestones covered with asphalt. Again this will serve as practice for Warehouse Row. Photo graphs of Wynkoop Street circa 1960 definitely show cobblestones between the tracks and in some areas where the asphalt has degraded into potholes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">11. Timeframe can be somewhat variable but probably a hard stop at 1960-61. If buildings and other features can be swapped out then they can be matched to the era. Not sure if I want to venture into the steam era but it would be nice to have the option.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">12. Interesting sightlines! Keep the camera in mind and close by when thinking about where things will go.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">13. The size is defined. This will be hard and fast at least for the length and depth. It will be 18" deep and 40" long. Height is a variable element since I could adjust the heights of the shelves it will live on. Removable buildings will help this too.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In order to avoid wasting time and making to many mistakes I will be building a model of the harbor scene in 3/16" scale. Big enough to work with but not to big to be overwhelming. I have gone ahead and started messing around with the foundation of the model.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8qzqXZaikPVUTnpp0WLE8bx2YOPE_TeWTD4zTQGxCBYo1BpQvPND4X0EhnMh8Oy7J3sfSJHXWHmNaGJt5KninvGqiGlXoKHXE7QMOMDNsv3vkQv9hjqR3sWPPNNA3wzZ-ebYS661HYBPgUn7894omcyxbOx_aeFIiuZ8oP34DM8YIsIQ5p2Z0sRMOTo3/s3117/IMG_3215.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2332" data-original-width="3117" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8qzqXZaikPVUTnpp0WLE8bx2YOPE_TeWTD4zTQGxCBYo1BpQvPND4X0EhnMh8Oy7J3sfSJHXWHmNaGJt5KninvGqiGlXoKHXE7QMOMDNsv3vkQv9hjqR3sWPPNNA3wzZ-ebYS661HYBPgUn7894omcyxbOx_aeFIiuZ8oP34DM8YIsIQ5p2Z0sRMOTo3/s320/IMG_3215.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Grabbed the graph paper and started looking around the workroom to see where this thing could live. Hence the 18" x 40" dimension.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsxqAopkQIEg9aJIf-KnzDX5Q6l0x2l1ZGAtMfRdLGsQJGFWPMuK0wIfUA5YUW2KVstncwPus2yYpYd0XXM_3kKQ_aTZz18FQ8C3Ivd9x5DqIJgwQ9IYjstRGAG2Pg5H_3yVn2AYvGnpIPeuFFF4oFUcKZYpFX-mNOOCMSLojZaXgKasLUX225vvHZOIc/s4032/IMG_3216.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2652" data-original-width="4032" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsxqAopkQIEg9aJIf-KnzDX5Q6l0x2l1ZGAtMfRdLGsQJGFWPMuK0wIfUA5YUW2KVstncwPus2yYpYd0XXM_3kKQ_aTZz18FQ8C3Ivd9x5DqIJgwQ9IYjstRGAG2Pg5H_3yVn2AYvGnpIPeuFFF4oFUcKZYpFX-mNOOCMSLojZaXgKasLUX225vvHZOIc/s320/IMG_3216.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I have five background kits from Walthers. This is the smallest of the bunch and probably my favorite. I'm going to use this one for sure along the back. Its about 12" long and maybe 1 1/2" deep.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsB-op5efcetRj-cVB8PSlkHZ922dwC0tUm68bV57VB3_H-ppjZGs42jhKCqpPZ2TBpD-yE16j5scedH9LBTg8x7HgqnHmDO2TChgsF5vit40F2FwX4W0rAaLB7y-nObWCYJJTOYrhmcHECRnxoitBMYZEOo7zqkfg8Viql6gNm8gzV_9_8oxpMy1TckeH/s3023/IMG_3217.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="2905" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsB-op5efcetRj-cVB8PSlkHZ922dwC0tUm68bV57VB3_H-ppjZGs42jhKCqpPZ2TBpD-yE16j5scedH9LBTg8x7HgqnHmDO2TChgsF5vit40F2FwX4W0rAaLB7y-nObWCYJJTOYrhmcHECRnxoitBMYZEOo7zqkfg8Viql6gNm8gzV_9_8oxpMy1TckeH/s320/IMG_3217.jpeg" width="308" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are the components. I'm not sure I have ever really looked at the parts until now. It has everything needed to build the background structure including two full sprues for the window glass. There is enough to put glass into two full versions of this building. The green sprue is all the windows and doors. Its the full sprue for the full building kit. I'm going to have a lot of left over windows and doors from this one. The arched windows may come in very handy for other projects down the line. We all need a box of random parts anyway.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFYBlBUzsXY40nWSniq7iqRMJh_3ZIRl6-PNDYghiMllF7JYAkkjeQ6x4CHuPPqXyMbfedyRYFymFuXAmau2KZJXp-OYbNpa8dMGfjyBJRsSiDtZK32p9YtUwkSEqMpcLP0cwRDQYqTk4r2smVpB3R5XJJTwFrx_saNuatqQlD_6n2jOk-yumbtxx5h2o/s3834/IMG_3218.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2703" data-original-width="3834" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFYBlBUzsXY40nWSniq7iqRMJh_3ZIRl6-PNDYghiMllF7JYAkkjeQ6x4CHuPPqXyMbfedyRYFymFuXAmau2KZJXp-OYbNpa8dMGfjyBJRsSiDtZK32p9YtUwkSEqMpcLP0cwRDQYqTk4r2smVpB3R5XJJTwFrx_saNuatqQlD_6n2jOk-yumbtxx5h2o/s320/IMG_3218.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Started working on a piece of gatorboard. I cut out the base to the full dimensions plus 1" all the way around it. Not sure why but it seemed like a good idea when I cut it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwHbZQRZ5d0TOqZMGTGYhz3jxleqeQxUvBMt6FNLv1n7AYqaYADPwOC5WP6c5DLEWKl1DZpeGv_WxlYZgUIJf2B_b20wOEdjwKEhDv1omrVxKstN-2IN57vtypCj97WkZglRatYQEpGJ-rdjfEei81VO82R-d4ZAgUgBgSoqa7oryrGGkLa8BSQMO3IlWE/s4032/IMG_3219.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2798" data-original-width="4032" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwHbZQRZ5d0TOqZMGTGYhz3jxleqeQxUvBMt6FNLv1n7AYqaYADPwOC5WP6c5DLEWKl1DZpeGv_WxlYZgUIJf2B_b20wOEdjwKEhDv1omrVxKstN-2IN57vtypCj97WkZglRatYQEpGJ-rdjfEei81VO82R-d4ZAgUgBgSoqa7oryrGGkLa8BSQMO3IlWE/s320/IMG_3219.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Added a few lines just to better figure out what's going on. There are two rules in the photo. The small one on the right is for measuring, the heavier one at the top I use for cutting. When I start a project I will keep using the same ruler through out the build. I use the small one here because that heavy ruler is 18" long and a bit unwieldly. The triangle is to make sure that I'm at least close to square when I start the project.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-43012494207676486912024-02-28T07:00:00.001-07:002024-02-28T07:00:00.248-07:00Cartoon Wednesday<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/goodharts_law.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="295" height="400" src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/goodharts_law.png" width="368" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-50480488417326904612024-02-23T07:23:00.000-07:002024-02-23T07:23:02.673-07:00Friday Thoughts<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> Somewhat ironic:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">"If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States, Republican</span></p>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-73361427751476476872024-02-22T13:48:00.000-07:002024-02-22T13:48:26.404-07:00February Doldrums<span style="font-family: arial;">I'm sure you can tell that February has not seen a lot of production from me. Its been a stressful month for a number of different reasons. I think the biggest was the whole Hippo episode. I'm glad I was able to get it done and delivered to my brother but I didn't get to enjoy the process and I didn't get to do everything I really wanted to do. He was more than a little demanding about the whole thing and said a couple of things that really upset me quite a bit. It happens in families sometimes and I'll get over it.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">It did affect my desire to work on anything this month not that I lack for things to do. I currently have 3 projects (it could be stretched to 4) on my bench that I need to do something with. Finish is probably the word I'm looking for.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">#1 - The Church. The church is at that awkward stage. There is light at the end of the tunnel with this one but what is left is tedious. I need to finish getting the stained glass in the windows. I need to get all the corner strips cut and glued into place and finishing textures applied. The roof, at least, is in place but there is a lot of paint work going on there. Enough that I'll probably pull out the airbrush to get the base coat on and then get the final weathering on the whole thing finished after that. I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't another 10-15 hours left to go.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMijlUKhR7AyKZhtniPHthxzqfOgk5QAn4wnxUaf5mpVcMZEG0Nn1qFihGMLj5UDQ_-z0ZCNf57kmXeqU7-FRLQkNlOq2C4qosJhRwFDkL3E_EJzm9riWbWJYN34BZwVRef3h78W29rFiFCYEmN35J7zchDsn8PrS1AaBzQ30gFJjoxcikQKAW7yz7Hna/s4030/IMG_3212.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2518" data-original-width="4030" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMijlUKhR7AyKZhtniPHthxzqfOgk5QAn4wnxUaf5mpVcMZEG0Nn1qFihGMLj5UDQ_-z0ZCNf57kmXeqU7-FRLQkNlOq2C4qosJhRwFDkL3E_EJzm9riWbWJYN34BZwVRef3h78W29rFiFCYEmN35J7zchDsn8PrS1AaBzQ30gFJjoxcikQKAW7yz7Hna/s320/IMG_3212.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So close and yet so far.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">#2 - HO Scale Minis. There are 13 of these guys just waiting to be finished off. Just need to pull out the blues again and it should be reasonably quick. Maybe a couple of hours here.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">#3 - O Scale Minis. There are 7 of these guys in exactly the same state as the HO minis. I stretching this into project number 3 since I really paint them all at the same time.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sUnmd0avIgN66gkTuP4AhsPGAAROfWORym4pp9v7BgfqCnyY66h6a0zrCC7ptQkvajG4_tsrAiaOe1V16hVN0zw3LcxSZ_bT69vS7IW27p6N3aAVCC7SSkd5b_6xuvBtix6SQLkrNVASBSmfAPIfqryqv9MyIx88l3M5SukXsDotMmaNMJMep0aXPC72/s3273/IMG_3211.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2157" data-original-width="3273" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sUnmd0avIgN66gkTuP4AhsPGAAROfWORym4pp9v7BgfqCnyY66h6a0zrCC7ptQkvajG4_tsrAiaOe1V16hVN0zw3LcxSZ_bT69vS7IW27p6N3aAVCC7SSkd5b_6xuvBtix6SQLkrNVASBSmfAPIfqryqv9MyIx88l3M5SukXsDotMmaNMJMep0aXPC72/s320/IMG_3211.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Just crying out to be finished even though I don't have either an HO or O scale layout at this time.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">#4 - O Scale Gunsmith. The reasons I want to do this are mixed. This is a kit my wife actually started with just to see if its something she would enjoy doing. She decided it was not something she liked and further commented that the instructions required a translator (she is an IT person and while she is a director now she began her career pulling network cables, setting up servers and pcs). I consider this particular kit to be pretty basic. Its the Gunsmith kit from Stoney Creek Models and was part of the Crossroads Collection which Roger Malinowski envisioned as kits that he would keep available as opposed to his annual limited run kits. The reason I have pulled this out is because I recently learned that Roger had passed away from cancer. I have seen this announced on any of the model railroad forums that I frequent. I decided that I was going to build every Stoney Creek kit that I own, about a dozen, even though I don't currently have a layout for them to live on. This is the obvious first candidate since it has already been started. I plan to add an interior to this since there is the potential it might occupy real-estate that's right up front. While it has been started I wouldn't be surprised to see this one eat up another 20 hours or so of time to build and finish.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXz1roceectFteeqCdpHM2x86Yloqb3W78KNyXiN4XJMUao51zTNngcreLocAdPJCYx_q4Mh1VlnHvJrMlwGYuV-cQ_xZ31JS9GKYunkxCv6if5jPK_HxjkKd3slj8sWnS-K5IP0S_Ftyl3HGyi390-bSblNL2-OzYL1v5pfkG2uf7nDQtPbK5rOMOKQxB/s3466/IMG_3213.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="3466" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXz1roceectFteeqCdpHM2x86Yloqb3W78KNyXiN4XJMUao51zTNngcreLocAdPJCYx_q4Mh1VlnHvJrMlwGYuV-cQ_xZ31JS9GKYunkxCv6if5jPK_HxjkKd3slj8sWnS-K5IP0S_Ftyl3HGyi390-bSblNL2-OzYL1v5pfkG2uf7nDQtPbK5rOMOKQxB/s320/IMG_3213.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I think its been sitting in this box for about 6 years at this point.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Again its not that I lack any projects to work on. I just can't quite get up the enthusiasm to work on anything at the moment.</span></div>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-39656551108831187102024-02-21T07:00:00.002-07:002024-02-21T07:00:00.134-07:00Cartoon Wednesday<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/crossword_constructors.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="285" height="400" src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/crossword_constructors.png" width="294" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-1531851908633008872024-02-14T07:00:00.001-07:002024-02-14T07:00:00.129-07:00Cartoon Wednesday<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sphere_tastiness.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="388" height="392" src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sphere_tastiness.png" width="388" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-46127778283995914122024-02-08T10:01:00.001-07:002024-02-08T10:01:11.196-07:00Cartoon Wednesday (on Thursday)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/relationship_advice.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="241" data-original-width="740" height="130" src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/relationship_advice.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-3110832078348147352024-01-31T08:46:00.003-07:002024-02-03T13:46:40.988-07:00Cartoon Wednesday <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/us_survey_foot.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="740" height="328" src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/us_survey_foot.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-32275995140109995452024-01-30T17:42:00.002-07:002024-02-03T13:45:43.232-07:00Hippo Distraction - Day 7 Finished<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> This morning I touched up some of the black lines as well as adding a couple more. I tried to even out the yellow on the tassels. I would probably fuss with these some more but I have to consider drying time at this point. What that means is I’ll have to depend on my brother to apply the gloss coat in a couple of weeks in California. Now I just need to arrange delivery to Louisville before they leave next Monday.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV58vY9Fka5lvfOzRROLkiv4X2ujZdJZ3d7SMssfvyYxbAgJM75q8sgdY0aKblKNZi3QQMI56_vz5Rn5mwhpFRhAVnmnOkl1dpFxXPsrAyVObsKaj_HJ2cFYgmqf-qyh0zX_404haYJJqkIvoCSgWHsMnb0xIW8qmUxshHhX-zJ38kJ3unENXWvZO0c8GG/s4032/IMG_3173.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV58vY9Fka5lvfOzRROLkiv4X2ujZdJZ3d7SMssfvyYxbAgJM75q8sgdY0aKblKNZi3QQMI56_vz5Rn5mwhpFRhAVnmnOkl1dpFxXPsrAyVObsKaj_HJ2cFYgmqf-qyh0zX_404haYJJqkIvoCSgWHsMnb0xIW8qmUxshHhX-zJ38kJ3unENXWvZO0c8GG/s320/IMG_3173.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The yellow tassels are driving me a bit crazy, I forgot how difficult yellow is to work with. Harry is basically finished at this point so about an hour for the next session should wrap him up. The saddle has a lot more fade to it, much like the original but the light is really killing that for some reason. I may revisit that and lighten the upper surface of the saddle even further.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJtMFSHeV85VjNdyBAR_7VZwgBUhTT4AYGG35K8YtJ1Rn6sSpCJ8GsNzy39l-Fq0P4jR1m59nRhZ0gFkQ_16NcUZBFYMHsSktpwWWVQ10hTnPFYkQkW8BIDx8KBnL8Ny4EbBuEwrTTp0U71yRgw5yRL7yaVsboLhIZAv75N1eZ7Z_K-Nm3ao74TiQupRe1/s4032/IMG_3170.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJtMFSHeV85VjNdyBAR_7VZwgBUhTT4AYGG35K8YtJ1Rn6sSpCJ8GsNzy39l-Fq0P4jR1m59nRhZ0gFkQ_16NcUZBFYMHsSktpwWWVQ10hTnPFYkQkW8BIDx8KBnL8Ny4EbBuEwrTTp0U71yRgw5yRL7yaVsboLhIZAv75N1eZ7Z_K-Nm3ao74TiQupRe1/s320/IMG_3170.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGfinYqNeL2C2CNKgrLmn125pf7hA3otSWT1HujOXhuxqwjwJl0AOXve8UolOZ6dh3oBSOVZxp_iTq0L1vxbi2uKuhXyJsNinid4HP4HIZQhAaHDZLKK-tu0I_UFN43JQFogJMlm94cbHPOwgFb-T8BsdNWY3RrwIuci-uXRIEuYjLvTY03RvIJ1zLONJ/s4032/IMG_3171.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGfinYqNeL2C2CNKgrLmn125pf7hA3otSWT1HujOXhuxqwjwJl0AOXve8UolOZ6dh3oBSOVZxp_iTq0L1vxbi2uKuhXyJsNinid4HP4HIZQhAaHDZLKK-tu0I_UFN43JQFogJMlm94cbHPOwgFb-T8BsdNWY3RrwIuci-uXRIEuYjLvTY03RvIJ1zLONJ/s320/IMG_3171.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-67185066619799618862024-01-28T07:18:00.001-07:002024-01-29T07:25:25.129-07:00Hippo Distraction - Day 4 & 5<span style="font-family: arial;">Moving on to the details. The tongue and the saddle blanket in this case. Since I needed some of the paint to dry before I could paint other things this took a couple of days. This is the stage when I start mixing enamel and oil paints together. The base for the red is magenta enamel while the red itself is cadmium red. The blue base is a mix of Prussian Blue and White enamel with both full strength Prussian Blue enamel and Pthalo Blue oil mixed in. The process gives a very rich vibrant color. In between the red and the blue will be white and I was thinking of free handing some stars into the blue but we will see how that goes.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3MuW_BWjc4M0mIaoWB1fk3bB0VQ8zwgL6MWes_Ny_W-qDaKqpegKiJeSony6h8sygUqFKpI3U7_ATzsIxRDYW7cw1WnxLC-fqLAYZ9Gj_RKK4SbZqRi1n9qhtX4hVyePR2pM9nqlByLCDOPxdwzhKQSJuPzytqi9a6_D3GiVZfyEdp1SVkX_nG4yycFlT/s4032/IMG_3167.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3MuW_BWjc4M0mIaoWB1fk3bB0VQ8zwgL6MWes_Ny_W-qDaKqpegKiJeSony6h8sygUqFKpI3U7_ATzsIxRDYW7cw1WnxLC-fqLAYZ9Gj_RKK4SbZqRi1n9qhtX4hVyePR2pM9nqlByLCDOPxdwzhKQSJuPzytqi9a6_D3GiVZfyEdp1SVkX_nG4yycFlT/s320/IMG_3167.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjmkxvSwT_-n8For1yKp9poEedRQfuE0DFoxh6wJ6RobuyJ-XuNVw-LRLMjKo86eoJfovQydogM7lLXhK3fQgRWPPnayBF9Ve4tQWyVv8vSMSK8UKIfPUs_tbA72G_tQEGFRt6ep5JG2fJrALNEGmxTc8NlxMnRs5drKbq9fT0RdYX4qxwgjmxOiyodqKd/s4032/IMG_3168.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjmkxvSwT_-n8For1yKp9poEedRQfuE0DFoxh6wJ6RobuyJ-XuNVw-LRLMjKo86eoJfovQydogM7lLXhK3fQgRWPPnayBF9Ve4tQWyVv8vSMSK8UKIfPUs_tbA72G_tQEGFRt6ep5JG2fJrALNEGmxTc8NlxMnRs5drKbq9fT0RdYX4qxwgjmxOiyodqKd/s320/IMG_3168.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZleSUF2FeUn-BmQLqIWs3eUNu73UKmlJk0FXAsDLGfpHzopxwO72xwe5zFo-3MHyx1_eYxyMolRVXf2KgJlEdyhnsWv-0R9-W82Ob2-pghjynBm2rSsQBq9QMMA5gqeS7f-azaCZwJbCsaR_7V7cRX0zcbPxRkipztn1JcxzD1EqzX2m1tIgMs_kJ2Ye_/s4032/IMG_3169.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZleSUF2FeUn-BmQLqIWs3eUNu73UKmlJk0FXAsDLGfpHzopxwO72xwe5zFo-3MHyx1_eYxyMolRVXf2KgJlEdyhnsWv-0R9-W82Ob2-pghjynBm2rSsQBq9QMMA5gqeS7f-azaCZwJbCsaR_7V7cRX0zcbPxRkipztn1JcxzD1EqzX2m1tIgMs_kJ2Ye_/s320/IMG_3169.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-52965164577587190032024-01-26T14:38:00.002-07:002024-01-26T14:39:04.902-07:00Hippo Distraction Day 3<p><span style="font-family: arial;">The hippo has been named, he is now Hieronymus "Harry" Hippopotamus or just Harry Hippo for short.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Progress continues, the blue shadows have been blended into the base gray. Its not perfect but its good.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAf4IB-6F3MC-O8zPwxvZcBc8zHu06xmlar7_d7L1OYG782W855VbU4BuDFJK2JE36Syc-E6BsBcNwi7kc2PumfdXmL-CWFgw26P7dzatdSO2cMQ890TRL0DOrEvQrVG3d9gHOHBMgpu10ZXzSHvnpBLt4alr2yxF5BI3mWj1Kad-V-sz1INESXMRJpp2/s4032/IMG_3165.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAf4IB-6F3MC-O8zPwxvZcBc8zHu06xmlar7_d7L1OYG782W855VbU4BuDFJK2JE36Syc-E6BsBcNwi7kc2PumfdXmL-CWFgw26P7dzatdSO2cMQ890TRL0DOrEvQrVG3d9gHOHBMgpu10ZXzSHvnpBLt4alr2yxF5BI3mWj1Kad-V-sz1INESXMRJpp2/s320/IMG_3165.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1_roc1ym5Ut-GoiXmU2QTTEN_ONWMEv3oHJDHsIclL9CxseZ7JV4guFcRR1iQrkNsw1Eyx1Pv_xhDUqOdMeiah1Y3jHLZpKfLZ-0LrNjOhwzH54M_mAJX_IRhD_qNBhaepMxY4jU-zz_r3Drr7zKAe1_9m-0aDYI4PPnGsL5Y1Y1xVg9e_yaNwVnNv5U/s4032/IMG_3166.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1_roc1ym5Ut-GoiXmU2QTTEN_ONWMEv3oHJDHsIclL9CxseZ7JV4guFcRR1iQrkNsw1Eyx1Pv_xhDUqOdMeiah1Y3jHLZpKfLZ-0LrNjOhwzH54M_mAJX_IRhD_qNBhaepMxY4jU-zz_r3Drr7zKAe1_9m-0aDYI4PPnGsL5Y1Y1xVg9e_yaNwVnNv5U/s320/IMG_3166.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-45232374691127140972024-01-25T05:55:00.002-07:002024-01-25T05:55:37.836-07:00Hippo Distraction - Day 2<span style="font-family: arial;">Day 2 saw the Hippo (whom my wife is now calling Hieronymus or Harry for short) receiving the initial base coat of paint. This work is done with a combination of oils and enamel paint (yes, I know those are both technically oils). Major work is done with enamel paints and then I add oil paint for additional color and detail work. By combining these two types of oils I can the ability to blend colors because of the lengthened drying time but that drying time is also shortened. Basically it will take days to dry rather than weeks to dry.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">This initial coat is just gray, about 5/8ths black and 3/8ths white. Initially applied with a 1 1/2" house brush and then stippled, with a weird triangular brush I found at the store, to remove the brush marks.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTgc-_4sD3YwTaAzIPBQXX0Rqh1sbXW34MWzJgzzJtjMU8CQDNKfOOQ3RiXOSP7HhV2tyhbYeTDKJrGSP04ctu1zGdOwpGUOnvTcqADKBFk__6BDVJ8JHufLotuUV2Tyoowo_rWZAUIGK0i8J5nslqdpwOSuFPkt3yd1HpWyFh93fZiwLJ170hWgZxH9a/s4032/IMG_3150.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTgc-_4sD3YwTaAzIPBQXX0Rqh1sbXW34MWzJgzzJtjMU8CQDNKfOOQ3RiXOSP7HhV2tyhbYeTDKJrGSP04ctu1zGdOwpGUOnvTcqADKBFk__6BDVJ8JHufLotuUV2Tyoowo_rWZAUIGK0i8J5nslqdpwOSuFPkt3yd1HpWyFh93fZiwLJ170hWgZxH9a/s320/IMG_3150.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQziYg3wmE5vB66h2bV5e4BqVckIiZ_oPcwSIp-2mVMeMR9qkV2yKzVW23f5WC-Addoz9hIlc3cE69cwH0uBRI-5ivpBYZbEk0mp0IuRVoKNFGwZwTEA11BAwnBupn1S66C542maEdmZsplT-OJXkc8s8pHvMCEeBkcgwFIIWMGsKchA56HZXTyfn-HB05/s4032/IMG_3151.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQziYg3wmE5vB66h2bV5e4BqVckIiZ_oPcwSIp-2mVMeMR9qkV2yKzVW23f5WC-Addoz9hIlc3cE69cwH0uBRI-5ivpBYZbEk0mp0IuRVoKNFGwZwTEA11BAwnBupn1S66C542maEdmZsplT-OJXkc8s8pHvMCEeBkcgwFIIWMGsKchA56HZXTyfn-HB05/s320/IMG_3151.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-30830889148621143632024-01-24T07:00:00.001-07:002024-01-24T07:00:00.140-07:00Cartoon Wednesday<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/log_alignment.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="351" height="356" src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/log_alignment.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-20391930003370191652024-01-23T09:46:00.000-07:002024-01-23T09:46:02.511-07:00Hippo Distraction - Day 1<span style="font-family: arial;">I was the recipient of a recent curve ball from my brother. He and his wife have accepted new jobs in southern California. They sold their house but don't have a place to actually move to yet. In the long run it means that he can't take the Patriot carousel horse with him (they are decidedly difficult to move in perfect conditions and this one was damaged the last time it was moved. There is enough damage that I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to fix it). He is insisting that he "needs" to have one of my dad's carvings and it "needs" to be the hippo and he is going to be quite upset if he doesn't get to take it, right now. Nothing like a little family drama. It had occurred to me that I could ship him to California but he weighs about 70# and probably needs a crate to insure a safe delivery and as I said all carousel animals still are bit fragile (typically legs that are extended, in this case its the extended nose). I fairly certain that I could pack him well enough to survive but in the end its probably easier to make my brother pack him up with everything else.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Much to my wife's dismay I have elected to get moving on the hippo and let him take it. I needed to paint it anyway so I figured this at the very least gets me moving on it and it gets it out of the workshop. Its a nice piece and has the added bonus that its relatively small and not as detailed as the rooster (which is still staring at me, belligerently, demanding to be finished as well). Its to cold in the workshop to paint it there so he has been brought indoors and is sitting in the dining room to be painted. And it has to be done by next Tuesday. That's kind of a longshot from a dry paint standpoint but we will see.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpVFmcBmNB9_xuJ7e5jSTnxhlr0EzV_JHRDbAQgB4Fu5ovouwfEarXbzMzCBYFZ5Q78IkkCiDgcGHJlWgEB_1mG6k92IK_0lgSov9WIU9XPqr4u_jMiE5uBqWjPlNiH-5RhtyobA4i4oalwggfZrVEuAbMnlF1uQ4TS4UUeQoWkPXTCpZWc1g815Dd4id/s3102/IMG_1583.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2169" data-original-width="3102" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpVFmcBmNB9_xuJ7e5jSTnxhlr0EzV_JHRDbAQgB4Fu5ovouwfEarXbzMzCBYFZ5Q78IkkCiDgcGHJlWgEB_1mG6k92IK_0lgSov9WIU9XPqr4u_jMiE5uBqWjPlNiH-5RhtyobA4i4oalwggfZrVEuAbMnlF1uQ4TS4UUeQoWkPXTCpZWc1g815Dd4id/s320/IMG_1583.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The hippo is quite nose heavy and someone but a 5 year old on its back who promptly rocked on it which caused it to fall forward and take quite the hit on its nose. Only the hippo was damaged in the accident, fortunately. This is after the repairs were finished. Anything in white was fixed. What you can't see is all the repair work in the mouth. The mouth is actually hinged and moves and that entire assembly took the brunt of the tip. The problem with that is the lower jaw moves on a metal rod that is embedded inside and can't be removed. Fixing it was not fun. I didn't do that work. When I started looking at it over the weekend though I saw that the back of the mouth was not glued properly and was loose so I figured out how to get some clamps in there and re-glued it. Still it was a pretty darn good repair job in the end.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEeVyWD08rVtncKHgCf5DCuH5S3v_Y_hjjvlpvsmp7LDt63cDtcaVmZ8-0QkqaZZnIkzE34OEAl38rx4iobf3UkjZmyiem4qv0sy96UUS_SXmB45Tw_pSbm8jVWK-67uhNK4J5lPTkDIzvN2mh8SmnRarBjAmJ09YZhuza0N11ZNeqdMRW5aNOM9-leBA6/s4032/IMG_3137.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEeVyWD08rVtncKHgCf5DCuH5S3v_Y_hjjvlpvsmp7LDt63cDtcaVmZ8-0QkqaZZnIkzE34OEAl38rx4iobf3UkjZmyiem4qv0sy96UUS_SXmB45Tw_pSbm8jVWK-67uhNK4J5lPTkDIzvN2mh8SmnRarBjAmJ09YZhuza0N11ZNeqdMRW5aNOM9-leBA6/s320/IMG_3137.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One of the issues with the hippo was that I had a bad tube (well old and expired) of titanium white which I went ahead and used anyway (another story there). The skin ended up with a pebbly texture when it was done. Since he was going to be repainted and needed sanding anyway I went ahead and sanded away that texture.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhu8f241SG8vmAm0YFfDriXUxW2RPflW8_6J4Z4z_9nDmkL8ab267EZVNS5VWEdtrVyOW0hZNYtQ130g6171aE4rZDaJYHqVXrmQNLdT-7cq2-ccTM8yFQE1WHgOVwX0V1yZ17SKeM9_ezkuVHgyoLPmEqJwmDIp72j1wD7AeDMOY1x0EEYz24cb3TndhR/s4032/IMG_3138.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhu8f241SG8vmAm0YFfDriXUxW2RPflW8_6J4Z4z_9nDmkL8ab267EZVNS5VWEdtrVyOW0hZNYtQ130g6171aE4rZDaJYHqVXrmQNLdT-7cq2-ccTM8yFQE1WHgOVwX0V1yZ17SKeM9_ezkuVHgyoLPmEqJwmDIp72j1wD7AeDMOY1x0EEYz24cb3TndhR/s320/IMG_3138.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJjJyg0Xsd3cVbkhDZXYf5odKPBEzk3oKZNr__JGQSDiJHKYdZUgNoa1FjIWBLnRSzbhEyHkPi3_uSD34ma3XQX31Zc3NhKJDKRM99ae1O7N32Qa-oqJ8xrAIOcpwOwCyeqWBav8XYiKSMvQU8oDdqV1tYI0VWOhyphenhyphenlaPEF22IQS32K3sGEqkWtF9a4ZlF/s4032/IMG_3139.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJjJyg0Xsd3cVbkhDZXYf5odKPBEzk3oKZNr__JGQSDiJHKYdZUgNoa1FjIWBLnRSzbhEyHkPi3_uSD34ma3XQX31Zc3NhKJDKRM99ae1O7N32Qa-oqJ8xrAIOcpwOwCyeqWBav8XYiKSMvQU8oDdqV1tYI0VWOhyphenhyphenlaPEF22IQS32K3sGEqkWtF9a4ZlF/s320/IMG_3139.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuA0Hz7hhZkWXfdpV6lnSQ81lUpVSdydJR6geGf74VZ7t1P_TtvsgjkhG9tMOhy5f6Jgrz8Tg1sugctFW_H_yIpjF3JWQkNb-aVQvxAiCz9NWJCBexY2ZvKlsxJjDpbKmuHF_kmINn_uVZV3lX06YBFDPNE9ZKyWD2967RLrEXkMbzu8lsb8TZTGhjF-r/s4032/IMG_3140.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuA0Hz7hhZkWXfdpV6lnSQ81lUpVSdydJR6geGf74VZ7t1P_TtvsgjkhG9tMOhy5f6Jgrz8Tg1sugctFW_H_yIpjF3JWQkNb-aVQvxAiCz9NWJCBexY2ZvKlsxJjDpbKmuHF_kmINn_uVZV3lX06YBFDPNE9ZKyWD2967RLrEXkMbzu8lsb8TZTGhjF-r/s320/IMG_3140.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Then it was on to the priming. I didn't need to prime the while thing since I was going over old paint but I seemed to have gotten carried away with it and did more than I really needed to.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLnkW8twLAP5t3qz2ipZTvqdIHS7m5eTrC1Qm7f52mRyUmcbO0o4q7BjXU5dOS7yyZZfGK2_W6O3HBXuUMDOndBY8aBqdjpjLSWjmkpdGHxN-hw2S0ME-h-QhhI_vt99NrObvQrVr4aSodVl6ixdPpT7Cw5gWkBCBt3AX6xlCLblVlCDHsxrmOwnqT-5I/s4032/IMG_3141.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLnkW8twLAP5t3qz2ipZTvqdIHS7m5eTrC1Qm7f52mRyUmcbO0o4q7BjXU5dOS7yyZZfGK2_W6O3HBXuUMDOndBY8aBqdjpjLSWjmkpdGHxN-hw2S0ME-h-QhhI_vt99NrObvQrVr4aSodVl6ixdPpT7Cw5gWkBCBt3AX6xlCLblVlCDHsxrmOwnqT-5I/s320/IMG_3141.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkRDEUVQau_j7AodaBOHYXnVXrfxFriWGpFvijpkWG0L6IKKO5JmIzwIBZ80yxpoMRwBCk-FEZ1RXXwKhfBacyefHMLAN-RGLWKH_GYCJRBjaMk4McR3yGzla9IhBRyhP1q18bw_DWuxKAsnp8bpqRBVqIxLYoi4PFWSEkIVBm6AHkxEhYBxhByYA9P6U/s4032/IMG_3853.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkRDEUVQau_j7AodaBOHYXnVXrfxFriWGpFvijpkWG0L6IKKO5JmIzwIBZ80yxpoMRwBCk-FEZ1RXXwKhfBacyefHMLAN-RGLWKH_GYCJRBjaMk4McR3yGzla9IhBRyhP1q18bw_DWuxKAsnp8bpqRBVqIxLYoi4PFWSEkIVBm6AHkxEhYBxhByYA9P6U/s320/IMG_3853.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is the Patriot horse which my brother currently has. Any horse with a flag is called a patriot and white is the traditional color. This particular pose is a "stander" she has three legs on the ground (some will have all four legs down. And yes, this is a she. Most carousel horses are and there is a way to tell, its not what you think).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-1806317328859377682024-01-18T07:00:00.001-07:002024-01-18T07:00:00.141-07:00Painting the HO ScaleHumans - Skintones<p><span style="font-family: arial;">I went back to try and find the ScaleHumans on Shapeways because I forgot to bookmark it. Shapeways drives me crazy. ScaleHumans is the name of sculptor's shop on Shapeways. That's the easiest way to get to his stuff (<a href="https://www.shapeways.com/shops/scalehumans" target="_blank">Shops/scalehumans</a>). If you are trying to look for him as the designer you need his name, not the shop. The sculptor is Richard Kapuaala (<a href="https://www.shapeways.com/designer/rkapuaala">designer/rkapuaala</a>) and that gets you to his bio on Shapeways and you can get to his shop from there as well.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Back to the painting. I finished up the fleshtones on these. I, of course, went a bit to wide with my last skin tone and had to dial it back with a glaze of my dark skintone (</span><span style="font-family: arial;">Burnt Red Brown, A.MIG-0134)</span><span style="font-family: arial;">. Then it was back to the main highlight (applied a bit more carefully this time) and followed that with one more higher just to emphasis some of the facial features.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The facial details on these is a bit better than the ones from Modelu. That little bit of exaggeration by the sculptor goes a long way to be able to make the details pop.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Skintones:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Burnt Red Brown - A.MIG-0134</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Red Leather - A.MIG-0133 </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Burnt Sand - A.MIG-0118</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQ4Z72gcIxCwwsXJhxZXJ90LAtvftBedXYI3Dd9zSkQT4TgQ1AMBEErdB3GnQ0RrwsAXIcNjYtbpcaXr7ItuSztUN4vzUdhvZHBTZAzF3m_5nxzDunv1g5v6F0Mq_tsGBkehDVKPD1K1Cq9qR6Bqkc5fI2xtWqsyNaOiNSOYVdT-iiq6Eia5H5lgZ_Edq/s4030/IMG_3116.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1462" data-original-width="4030" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQ4Z72gcIxCwwsXJhxZXJ90LAtvftBedXYI3Dd9zSkQT4TgQ1AMBEErdB3GnQ0RrwsAXIcNjYtbpcaXr7ItuSztUN4vzUdhvZHBTZAzF3m_5nxzDunv1g5v6F0Mq_tsGBkehDVKPD1K1Cq9qR6Bqkc5fI2xtWqsyNaOiNSOYVdT-iiq6Eia5H5lgZ_Edq/s320/IMG_3116.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/like_this_one.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="273" src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/like_this_one.png" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-90375693437039920152024-01-12T08:31:00.001-07:002024-01-12T08:31:43.236-07:00Painting the HO ScaleHumans - Detail Wash<span style="font-family: arial;">After some relatively intensive training over the last week and a half I have finally found my way back to the workbench.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm back to the HO scale group from ScaleHumans on Shapeways. I only had time to do the basic wash to bring out the details on these. This really made the detail pop, but it also emphasized the printing lines on them as well. You can definitely see the difference between the Tan Fine Detail plastic and the Clear Ultra Fine Detail plastic. When I order again I'm definitely going with the Clear Ultra Fine.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Like with previous work this initial thin wash is done with Reaper Miniatures' Brown Liner. Because I do two thin washes I use Vallejo Airbrush thinner to thin it out instead of water.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GJnMk3nDpBICY11GnvPvyrANJp1MwPDovK-L_WWGpUqS7vVefHVHWx9ID30GFuD96tpbughjgfZZ6j7QbNLausk_TrbpBLdmk-Ku6gzwgjcxFUIOmtF0A1y0i15f8R_g2YHueJBxtt7uN1qNR30taq4K9TZ1M1JPalbW3ZNVCc_Ji6cT37MaqyhKZ6_R/s4030/IMG_3103.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2023" data-original-width="4030" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GJnMk3nDpBICY11GnvPvyrANJp1MwPDovK-L_WWGpUqS7vVefHVHWx9ID30GFuD96tpbughjgfZZ6j7QbNLausk_TrbpBLdmk-Ku6gzwgjcxFUIOmtF0A1y0i15f8R_g2YHueJBxtt7uN1qNR30taq4K9TZ1M1JPalbW3ZNVCc_Ji6cT37MaqyhKZ6_R/s320/IMG_3103.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These seated engineers are all printed in Ultra</span></td></tr></tbody></table>.<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy40lIyVDbt9lQMECCqLlZSN_cNFs5QY1QKy6dCVzIJmrBGHfdAef6oCfUlNYEwf3YpLmi_sbn3UQmP-_YdWv6fGs8O7NmLOZFggoSfra6kdnXTHWPD5JFnb9HagjENQkf5MuopijkDd6gWosSakqtkE07pneQ4YaAitCWHU6TJeotihbYxpcVkbCTnmZv/s2157/IMG_3104.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2157" data-original-width="1893" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy40lIyVDbt9lQMECCqLlZSN_cNFs5QY1QKy6dCVzIJmrBGHfdAef6oCfUlNYEwf3YpLmi_sbn3UQmP-_YdWv6fGs8O7NmLOZFggoSfra6kdnXTHWPD5JFnb9HagjENQkf5MuopijkDd6gWosSakqtkE07pneQ4YaAitCWHU6TJeotihbYxpcVkbCTnmZv/s320/IMG_3104.jpeg" width="281" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pretty sure this one is in tan</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamKG_w_1kb4iGvQWyaAHArnEtDp4HIvloAUu6p31j3iyHbHPE5UYOJ27zJ3i5d5kcev2NKUsUfzjht1ENTZV6ZokxMBM6f1ksAdnYTu307kJRJ8L0oqxjERc62FQcYh5omhTP9PbUI1YBy-MQrvVshbzaTRQyLAE7Gr1Tuj6XazyMlQkZv7R3i86ifm4r/s4032/IMG_3110.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamKG_w_1kb4iGvQWyaAHArnEtDp4HIvloAUu6p31j3iyHbHPE5UYOJ27zJ3i5d5kcev2NKUsUfzjht1ENTZV6ZokxMBM6f1ksAdnYTu307kJRJ8L0oqxjERc62FQcYh5omhTP9PbUI1YBy-MQrvVshbzaTRQyLAE7Gr1Tuj6XazyMlQkZv7R3i86ifm4r/s320/IMG_3110.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These three are all done in tan plastic</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhjPFPqYqqrDKF_NYzDsU6JYkE_pUuZN2jPjIcY4KFMtXKHe6_ZjTsrSyxLEOvMPzJ20BoBP2O8RSvUjg6Kh06brtrZ6sXS39FVhuFEztBOjftaalYT89oycQX9mAr2osyMd9czhNYBqhldwpvwh1rV-U0CX_aYR8uBA7B8R9LhfAvTb2sy6HSs6FdGAh/s3534/IMG_3111.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1853" data-original-width="3534" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhjPFPqYqqrDKF_NYzDsU6JYkE_pUuZN2jPjIcY4KFMtXKHe6_ZjTsrSyxLEOvMPzJ20BoBP2O8RSvUjg6Kh06brtrZ6sXS39FVhuFEztBOjftaalYT89oycQX9mAr2osyMd9czhNYBqhldwpvwh1rV-U0CX_aYR8uBA7B8R9LhfAvTb2sy6HSs6FdGAh/s320/IMG_3111.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is a mix. The two on the left are in tan the two on the right are in ultra</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-86379146793342841292024-01-10T07:00:00.001-07:002024-01-10T07:00:00.144-07:00Cartoon Wednesday<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/supernova.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="348" height="261" src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/supernova.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-32819861440558019502024-01-03T07:00:00.001-07:002024-01-03T07:00:00.152-07:00Cartoon Wednesday<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/iceland.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="325" height="454" src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/iceland.png" width="325" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-7138277634914261872024-01-02T08:43:00.003-07:002024-01-02T08:43:51.149-07:00Painting the HO ScaleHumans - Priming<span style="font-family: arial;">The Holidays are over and I finally have some time to get back to the workbench. I'm going to start the year off working on the HO scale prints from ScaleHumans (available on Shapeways). I had prepped both the HO and O scale versions a couple of weeks ago so its time to get down to business with a little primer.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Once more to the airbrush booth with Badger Stynylrez grey primer. Nothing special here, thinned the primer a little bit set the psi to 10.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are the results:</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFuZW4VOqBPASEWcnmzZ_l1PSPwLp-lCIfAVZiRB5mM9DoAvUq-tZqv7lBOppfQ-BiIHjk0FlRqDKdOcXjaOvXWSwGdT3xacX6G1Ik6VQxu7K4atIWftQOc-a95Ximu4t0TQ4Ikvuav5gB-_AKuBbo2qRcLkUAknKKq5MXWnNeN3RZbAAo4XXGG4P7uQw5/s3043/IMG_3057.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1776" data-original-width="3043" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFuZW4VOqBPASEWcnmzZ_l1PSPwLp-lCIfAVZiRB5mM9DoAvUq-tZqv7lBOppfQ-BiIHjk0FlRqDKdOcXjaOvXWSwGdT3xacX6G1Ik6VQxu7K4atIWftQOc-a95Ximu4t0TQ4Ikvuav5gB-_AKuBbo2qRcLkUAknKKq5MXWnNeN3RZbAAo4XXGG4P7uQw5/s320/IMG_3057.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">They look pretty good at this stage, but I am concerned about what look like printing artifacts/rough patches and a general fuzziness to some of the prints. I'm going to go ahead and get some paint on these and see how they look after that first wash. Otherwise I may be experimenting to see how I can finish them better for painting. I had selected a tan for one set (which I shouldn't have been able to) and ultra for the other set. They are easy to tell apart, the ultra ones are visibly smaller and I don't know if that's because of the material they are printed in. The only way to know for sure would be to order the other set in ultra and see what happens.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaAmmbcntgiNBgknLrscSqtVt92yhACbGBfnlo3ZWCwVCfGsjkfK3D0rnPrcLOwQj75jlGS_5BIj81QwYPinDIOWu5Izu6hNIXnbIAD94F9FiaMgQrtzOhFgWz3XQjq2gscjWXDHjC86ZO5dIAHi4XM1pf2HDjQCo5rjTkMJQWFwDCcVOpudIKeJcLsuH/s2462/IMG_3058.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1556" data-original-width="2462" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaAmmbcntgiNBgknLrscSqtVt92yhACbGBfnlo3ZWCwVCfGsjkfK3D0rnPrcLOwQj75jlGS_5BIj81QwYPinDIOWu5Izu6hNIXnbIAD94F9FiaMgQrtzOhFgWz3XQjq2gscjWXDHjC86ZO5dIAHi4XM1pf2HDjQCo5rjTkMJQWFwDCcVOpudIKeJcLsuH/s320/IMG_3058.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBdaolI0bMKm31M6Bjlip-IePfhIeJjaxaDPupYXY36h3fK6XkMe57gyrIGZHC_rzJb1ZfQadtmesEsbI9JFzKsbIiCqjCGbbsq7k_oV5HgT72tlJWM1MQFB5-h-eY_TPVPwvEPz2rn4FRubAv5GRj0NrYoxu76bCI0AbKrxIJIH7TnbxZSHWelfS_Ss0/s1949/IMG_3059.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1949" data-original-width="1829" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBdaolI0bMKm31M6Bjlip-IePfhIeJjaxaDPupYXY36h3fK6XkMe57gyrIGZHC_rzJb1ZfQadtmesEsbI9JFzKsbIiCqjCGbbsq7k_oV5HgT72tlJWM1MQFB5-h-eY_TPVPwvEPz2rn4FRubAv5GRj0NrYoxu76bCI0AbKrxIJIH7TnbxZSHWelfS_Ss0/s320/IMG_3059.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWtrihxYGXzf3_9J3fMAx80JsUdjMkiRlVDAXhHPOQ3jOMIWTy6iRNCki8oLbtgviNieAGfHfSixKPoybIpyAGe7lxRRKB0ffqCFUBhYqaVAk5NYQhfH_4tGHdYaKTAciMzFNHY_AnLGxZvFddtwzuccBPbZUipeSAUXEx4N6uQwBrnF2S7kIsNjxsmOO/s2098/IMG_3060.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="2098" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWtrihxYGXzf3_9J3fMAx80JsUdjMkiRlVDAXhHPOQ3jOMIWTy6iRNCki8oLbtgviNieAGfHfSixKPoybIpyAGe7lxRRKB0ffqCFUBhYqaVAk5NYQhfH_4tGHdYaKTAciMzFNHY_AnLGxZvFddtwzuccBPbZUipeSAUXEx4N6uQwBrnF2S7kIsNjxsmOO/s320/IMG_3060.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1825" data-original-width="2546" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCZ1C6uDsqyIjCkD3Wjpy_V9ZKrf5YsspdNk_KgKotAtQN2u8WJpS-JHQZxzgwNHJ4KeFOfd2ZQBZvtnRLaq_yVx9UGaPBUSgWxoA0smBica0S7cJRoxYxu_IcFhxmwXx2s7YmmOq7uuIP8B1zMt6WT6azNdYuJ_4XHx7HTHi9pUIUC6aRK_wOTHsd_Q4/s320/IMG_3063.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I love this conductor. Unfortunately I won't be able to use him on the Warehouse Row layout, wrong era. Everyone else is generic enough to pass for the late 50s without a problem.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCZ1C6uDsqyIjCkD3Wjpy_V9ZKrf5YsspdNk_KgKotAtQN2u8WJpS-JHQZxzgwNHJ4KeFOfd2ZQBZvtnRLaq_yVx9UGaPBUSgWxoA0smBica0S7cJRoxYxu_IcFhxmwXx2s7YmmOq7uuIP8B1zMt6WT6azNdYuJ_4XHx7HTHi9pUIUC6aRK_wOTHsd_Q4/s2546/IMG_3063.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglIAyUWOdyAk1R8wvS_-MLRTQYv6kPSIYyCxPuD9x9g-M8luciAzMxQY9qA8dR4Og-gPV3odhlJSc6Da0_HmqCHrmctAeSnHSYFBfhXxzhKLNJbUGuBeNgASt4uVBpC6BDBmye-W_Go1BEFu7ODFYOHa31qc5o-3Hxn_iPy1L5uRNwCiqP0WjYeurJPy0e/s3632/IMG_3064.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1887" data-original-width="3632" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglIAyUWOdyAk1R8wvS_-MLRTQYv6kPSIYyCxPuD9x9g-M8luciAzMxQY9qA8dR4Og-gPV3odhlJSc6Da0_HmqCHrmctAeSnHSYFBfhXxzhKLNJbUGuBeNgASt4uVBpC6BDBmye-W_Go1BEFu7ODFYOHa31qc5o-3Hxn_iPy1L5uRNwCiqP0WjYeurJPy0e/s320/IMG_3064.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><br /></div>Heislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.com0