HO/HOn3 Scale Wood Logging Camp

glandesjr

Yo Brett:
You need to offer this in O scale. Come on, how hard could it be. Just make it bigger LOL. You could do it in your sleep. Actually, it's a great kit and Jeroen is doing a superb job with it.

kebmo

he does that and i'm gonna need a bigger house....

glandesjr

Hey Kevin, You've been wanting to move anyway. What a great excuse.

Jeroen

So I picked up on the project again and started with the cook house. Im trying to incorporate a number of lessons I picked up: don't round the edges of the boards to much, darken the lower part of the boards, be more subtle on the nail holes and (especially since I wanted this to be an older structure) keep the wood colours on the greyish side. I'm not finished yet but these are the first two walls on say 90% done.....

Karl.A

Very nicely done, this will definitely give you the contrast you are looking for with the others. Great looking walls.

KKarns

Looks great Jeroen! Really like the color you achieved here and the board ends are where you want to be.

TomMich

Great color and texture to the walls. Definitely has a more aged feel.

Joel

love the greys. Nicely done!

admin

Superb, very well done. Great contrast.

kebmo

perfect!

Robert.G

Nice color !!

Jeroen

Thank you all for the kind words. The grey was achieved with brushed on thinned grey inks and grey pastels. A light brushing with a brass brush toned it all down slightly. I'm learning thanks to you guys!

Jeroen

Finally I have some time for this project again, so I started finishing the cook house. The walls are more or less done and I also added the windows and doors. Now I'm going to finish the little addition to the backside of the building and the porch in front. After that its on to the roofs, stacks and other small details. Final weathering will be done during that stage to integrate the whole. So this is where I am now, a quick snapshot...

Jim M

This really looks great. Looks like a fun kit to build. Good job.

KKarns

Great wood work Jeroen! Windows and door finish and the board end detail looks wonderful, you're on it now my friend.

EmeryJ

Excellent weathering, especially the gradient color toward the bottom.

TomMich

Nice coloring and weathering on the wood. Nice variation and board deterioration.

randyp

Good water staining seeping up from the bottom of the boards. Randy

brownbr

Looks good

Jeroen

Thanks gents, for the kind words. Thanks to all of you I finally managed to get my color tones more into the grays and I'm very happy with it. Im trying to get some tonal variation and although it may look a bit rough here and there Im fairly confident that once this all settles down into the diorama it will be ok. I managed to finish the porch and the little addition on the backside. Now its on to the roofs and stack, which I will do in the coming days. This is where it stands now. Hope you like it!

TomMich

Looks great! Your color tones and variations are done very well.

Jeroen

Thanks Tom, I really appreciate that. I used to work only with pastel chalks but I’m now combining those with alcohol based inks. Probably not a big revelation for most of you but for me it was completely new and I’m very happy with the possibilities…

admin

Fantastic! Natural variation in the wood is perfectly executed.

KKarns

Nicely done Jeroen. Looking grungy just a bit!

kebmo

huge thumbs up!

brownbr

I want to do this in O scale.

Joel

looking great. Fantastic colouring.

Jeroen

Today I finished the cook house. I'm pretty happy with how it came out. Its really more greyish than the earlier bunks I finished and to me personally it has this older feel to it. Its amazing which tales colours can tell, so thank you all for putting me on track with this. Now its on to the station building and Im looking forward to it very much. Its such a nice structure and Brett did an amazing job creating it. Here are some pics including one with a comparisson between te different aged bunks. Hope you like it!

Jim M

Beautifully done. I love the colors. Great job.

Jeroen

Thank you Jim, that’s very kind!