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work has kept me really busy. imagine me on a sweltering 90 degree thursday afternoon filling and lugging hundreds of sandbags because one of the properties i manage was in a little danger of having flood issues in a half dozen of the condo buildings. this summer has pretty much sucked.
anyway, between work and my band i haven't been at the work bench in quite a while.
the reason i'm posting is, where can you find an o scale work truck along the same lines as the jordans? i've looked all over. i don't want die cast, i want a kit!
Keep your eyes open for those....
There are two very distinct versions but I only found a pic of one style and not the other.....
Karl.A
and sunday afternoon we're gonna go listen to my son's band at a festival....
Great to read that after your error Brett helped you out with a replacement, customer support at it's best.
Looking forward to yours, and others, progress on this great SWSM kit.
Karl.A
earlier in this thread i promised to show the contents of part 2 when i received it. as my sainted grandmother bridget used to say, "holy mary mother of god!"
part 2 contains a construction manual, another packet of miscellaneous items (jigs, wire, chains, etc.) a template for placing the track and structures on the diorama base and another tempate for cutting the welding shop fascia boards, and details. lots of details. 158 white metal details with a smaller bag of another 21 detail parts, and 182 resin details. i'm figuring this will keep me going until well into 2018.
I have a bad itch to get into mine. Keeping my fingers crossed to be able to start some time between Jan-Mar. Hard to believe its been over 2 years since I've built anything.
a few weeks ago i hamhandedly knocked the overhang ove the loading dock off while flipping the building over to install rafter tails, but i'm gonna make that work for me. the way the overhang was installed, the rafter tails wouldn't have fit. i called brett and he suggested i don't bother installing them on that side, but now i can because now the rafter tails will be there before the overhang gets remounted so that should work out pretty good. i did finally manage to finish the roof on the main building (visible in the photo above) and while i'm pretty happy with the coloring, its not quite the same as brett's.
Karl.A
Otherwise, to me the build looks great!
Thanks for sharing,
Alan
The finish on this pic caught my eye...nice contrast
The difference is very apparent.....
When modeling this kind of thing the essence is in the finish, as always....
Subtle, random, blended... That is the key we are taught.
Karl. A
Great look of dirty, weathered wood on top shelf. Adding metal bands around the barrel on bottom left, and changing color of one of the boxes on the bottom right might enhance the look.
Nice case full of rusty junk on bottom. The green part really adds to the interest in here.
its difficult to tell from the photo but all the crates on the shelf have been colored with various chalks to give some definition, and the barrel bottom left (thanks bryan) bands have been rusted. it's easier to see in person.