Building the Barbose Mining Co. Stamp Mill - The Ore Bin - Part 3.2

I finally got my hands on what are, more or less, about the right size. These are 1 5/8" NBW castings and I probably could have gone up to 2" castings, the 2 1/2" were much to big though. So I opted for a bit smaller.

Do they pop out, not really, but even if you don't notice them right off they add a bit of "unconscious" realism. I'm happy with them at this point.

I gave the ore chutes an initial coat of paint and a little rust. I will leave these as is for the time being. I'll work on these more when the whole building is together and I work on the final weathering. 

I added the hatches on the top of the bins and I'm calling it good for now. I didn't want to add the walkways and railings at this point until I'm ready for final details. I may go out and see if I can find some better railings. The ones in the kit are on laser board and are very flat, which isn't wrong by any means, but they would look better with more thickness on the posts just to give some visual separation from the rails.

Building the Barbose Mining Co. Stamp Mill - Even More Weathering

Things have been progressing very slowly at this point. This particular weathering technique is not quick by any means. Its not difficult but switching off from one marker to the next just gets clumsy and the board and batten siding doesn't make it easy either. I have to deliberately running a marker down the side of the battens to make sure its colored. I have discovered that raw wood looks truly awful, you need to make sure that you cover it all.

Still, almost finished!

The back, which is unlikely to ever be seen, so it was a good place to practice.

Straight on view, the ore bin will fit in the big space at the bottom.

Office side. I decided didn't need to weather the section where the office building will be attached.

And the other side, getting ready to finish it off.

While I will finish this one off with this technique I'm not sure if it looks good or not at this point. Maybe once its on a base and finished it will look better. Right now it looks rather rough.

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Building the Barbose Mining Co. Stamp Mill - A Little Weathering

I'm still trying to get the right NBW castings so I can finish the Ore Bin. Third time is the charm!

I have been doing a little initial weathering, trying out the new process with the alcohol markers.

For your viewing pleasure:

Office

Boiler Room

Ore Bin

The Ore Bin is deliberately more gray than the office and boiler room. Let me know what you think!