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Nice color grading on the tank boards.
Kevin, the wrench is in the tool box on the previous page.. ha
Randy, I didnt weather the ends of the boards, infact I sanded them smooth with the ends of the tank. The top will be covered by the roof.
The bottom would not have any rot or splits as it is a water tank and would leak. It is sanded to fit flush on the decking.
The two boards you see must be natural ends of the strip wood pieces that I missed.
Thanks.
Jerry
The shingles are actually much greyer, more like the top of the tank sides.
I had my 'yellow' lights on.
Next steps are back to the diorama base.
A quick 'mock-up' of the 'parts' just propped together so far and where I am at,
most not glued together or finished yet, but, just to see where I am as I'm not in the mood to model tonight.
It's still nice to look at though...
Jerry
Not much progress over the last couple of days due to working on other 'side projects'.
However, I installed the walk boards infront of the structures and also the step put infront of the pump house door.
I also put the inside rails down in the 'car bay'.
As you can see I also put most of the "hand-car' together, it's sitting to the side with the epoxy setting in some of the pics.
I think the extra 'elevations' Brett added into the simple walk boards add a lot of dimensionality into the scene and give it interest.
I also grained, stained, cut and then weathered the shingles for the main roof.
I'll work on applying those to the main roof tomorrow.
Thanks for checking in...
This gives the effect that it is a separate item from the cabinet, it also gives an extra 3Dimensional aspect to the scene as a whole.
It's a very subtle difference, but one that I think adds an additional subliminal effect to the overall look.
It's always the small things.
Last night I got the basic shingles applied to the main roof,
music turned up, shingles glued down....
This is just the main shingles, tonight I'm getting motivated to finish off the edges and hatch openings, also maybe the cap.