Country strore redux

[Chuck Doan]

I'm still doing the research and planning on my monorail, and I had some time this weekend so I did a little modeling. I added some shutter hardware to my long neglected ¼" scale country store. I doubt that I will pick it back up, but it felt good to be back at the bench. Grandt Line hinges and .010 x .040 styrene diagonal bars with Tichy rivets. Hairspray chipping.

[finescalerr]

The nice little touches really set off the woodwork. -- Russ

[lab-dad]

I miss seeing this one.......
Great little  detail
-mj

[Mr Potato Head]

I am glad you came back to this one! I just recently saw your "Altered States" page and I love what you did to them! I'll have to print one out and see it in print, maybe I can get it signed by the artist!?
Don't stop on this one! It's too cool
Gil

[Ray Dunakin]

Stunning!

[Malachi Constant]

a)  Looks good!  (of course)

b)  QUESTION:  If you've painted that diagonal strip and/or little hinges separately, how did you "hold" them while painting?  On sticky-side-up tape?  Or ... ??

Cheers,
Dallas

[TRAINS1941]

QUESTION:  If you've painted that diagonal strip and/or little hinges separately, how did you "hold" them while painting?  On sticky-side-up tape?  Or ... ??

Cheers,
Dallas

Dallas you know he's Mr. Wizard!!!!  But a very good question??

Jerry

[Chuck Doan]

Thanks! It was good to sit at the bench after 3 months away.

Dallas, yes exactly, double sided tape. I sprayed flat black as a primer and the hairspray and final coat (Polly scale) all while they were stuck to a piece of wood. You get a bit of paint overhang to cut away, but it's no big deal.

[lab-dad]

On delicate stuff I often use the sticky side of a post-it note, gives you a handle too!
-Mj

[Ken Hamilton]

Your attention to every square inch of a model is astounding.....

[nk]

Wow Chuck. Nice work with the misaligned hinges and the different textures that you capture so well.

[Chuck Doan]

Thanks Ken and Naryan! Good tip Marty.

It's been hard to get some bench time lately, but I did finish the underside of the front canopy. I added water stains and some mud dauber nests.

[TRAINS1941]

Chuck,

Mud Dauber nests.  Back here we call them hornet nests.

But whatever they are called who would have thought to add them to a porch roof ceiling?  Another fine detail by Mr. Doan.

Created using???  Maybe plaster than gouache applied??

Jerry

[eTraxx]

Curious I looked up Mud Dauber. Huh. They ARE wasps .. just not aggressive at all. Hadn't really thought about it .. since they pay you no attention I do the same with them.

[Ray Dunakin]

Excellent detail!

I get mud dauber nests in my shed all the time, sometimes on the handles of little-used yard tools. They get in through a hole in the door -- funny thing is, if I open the door, they get confused. They'll keep trying to go through the hole (which is blocked when the door is open) rather than using the open doorway.