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So now, thanks to my friends here on the forum, I was able to find two Superior Bakery kits on ebay and I actually won them ! The price was not bad too ! So I'm going to combine them and make one factory building. I've taken pictures of the progress so far. Main building was painted, weathered and had a spray of dulcote. I, of course, had two end walls left over. I kit bashed them to make and extension on one side. Here are some pictures of the progress so far. More to come.
Man.. that's great lookin!!! Care to share the weathering technique?? Ive read about Colored pencils, Chalk, Diluted INdia Ink.. Havent found anything that is as convincing as your's appears to be. Great Job!!
Josh.... Not sure yet.....But if I keep looking at it, it will tell me what it wants to be.
Scott..... I painted it with a ruby primer. Washed it with ink and alcohol and pat dried it in spots. Then I made a wash with mars black acrylic and water and spot painted the bricks in places. Then an over spray of dulcote. The window frames were painted a 'hunter green'
Progress pictures. A lot of changes made to the roof and it's now ready to join up. The extension is moving along and still needs some clean up. More to come
Larry, great work and a great idea getting two and joining them up. Those old Revell building still have some of the nicest brick detail of any structure around. I was lucky to find the space for one Weekly Herald building on my layout. It looks like you've modified the standard window pane glass that came with the kit and I like the results. What did you do, or am I just not remembering the original correctly?
It looks like you've modified the standard window pane glass that came with the kit and I like the results. What did you do, or am I just not remembering the original correctly?
Hi Jim....no I didn't modify the divided lights. As you remember they come on a sheet and you need to cut them out with a straight edge and razor blade. One kit is a AHM and the other a Con-Cor. One window sheet had green lines, the other black. So I had to make sure I used all green on one side of the building and black on the other. All the decals were un-usable, but that's not a problem.
Paul...thank you ! I grew up in the industrial city of Bridgeport CT. I lived in an area called, Bulls head. I could smell the pies baking over at the Frisbie pie company. They used to sell pies to Yale in New Haven. The boys used to throw the heavy pie tins to each other and...well you know what that started. Anyway, I thought of keeping it a bakery....must still think on it.
Larry, now that makes sense. The only ones I've ever seen were the windows with the black mullion lines for the window panes. That green is what threw me off. It's kind of attractive though. My Weekly Herald has the black lined windows and the green would have been a better match for the trim color on my building. I like the way you used the styrene supports to join the roofs. Did you shorten up one of the buildings and use the leftovers for that extension? If so, it came out really nice.
I like the way you used the styrene supports to join the roofs. Did you shorten up one of the buildings and use the leftovers for that extension? If so, it came out really nice.
Hi Jim......No I didn't have to shorten it. If you look at the first pictures I posted you will see a gap in the building. There is a wall section ( #7 )...
( see picture from instruction sheet )...that goes in that spot. I used this section on the end of the extension with a few trim pieces and a bit of contour putty and paint I had that wall section complete. The sides of the extention were the two end walls that I had left over. I cut them to size and I cut off the brick trim to reapply to the new wall sections. Some styrene trim strips were used for the roof.
THANK YOU Scott, Josh, Ken and Chip ! It I left anyone out, I'm sorry. Thank you ALL! This was a fun project. If I can, I will show it in place on the layout.
Very nice work indeed Larry!
As for your comment on what the industry is, I have a couple that I just keep shoving cars into and haven't figured out what they do in there!
Rick
Very nice work indeed Larry!
As for your comment on what the industry is, I have a couple that I just keep shoving cars into and haven't figured out what they do in there!
Rick
Rick..that almost happened here, but now I have a new business :
Andrews & Philips decorative ironwork.
Fencing, railings, custom art castings.
The two smokestacks are venting forges but I need a melter. I've built a small cupola furnace. It will be hand charged and outside the building.
Next I have to decide on how it will be charged. Heavy material will have to be lifted to the charging door. There are all kinds of methods. I must think....but after Christmas.
I wonder what my 5 foot 2 ,... 98 pound Santa got me ?????
There are all kinds of methods. I must think....but after Christmas. 