In-ko-pah RR: Dos Manos depot

[Ray Dunakin]

Thanks guys!

Russ, I'm guilty on all charges, except one. Some of my buildings are much less than ten feet from the viewer, and this depot will in fact be only about a foot from the edge of the layout.

[Ray Dunakin]

I spent quite a bit of time on the second wall today. I got the door and window openings cut out, sanded the surface, applied scratches, tapped the whole surface with a rock, and made a good start on scribing the stones:




Then I realized something... I'd done all this on the WRONG SIDE! 

Doh!!!

I had to scrap it and cut out a whole new wall. But I'll save the bad one, and maybe I can cut off sections of it for use elsewhere.

[Design-HSB]

Ray, as they say in such cases, it's all not as a punishment but merely to exercise.

[Bill Gill]

Ray, you'll find good uses for that wall,
perhaps in a parallel,
mirror image universe.
If I had a nicklel for everytime I...

[Allan G]

Been there many times and done that soooo many times. Whenever I complain about redoing something I'll think about you having to rescribe all those stones and realize that's what great model makers like you do!!! Allan

[lab-dad]

I'm glad I am not the only one who does silly things like that.
Ray, thank you - you made my day!

-Marty
a fools errand boy....

[michael mott]

Just checking in after a bit of time off, Very nice work with the sintra Ray, I have used it in commercial exhibit display work but had not thought about using it for wall or ground textures. Thanks for the great step by step on the texturing.

Michael

[Ray Dunakin]

Hooray! I finally finished scribing the (new) second wall, and got it right this time:






Still need to use the X-acto to carve out a few random stones, then I'll go to work on the third wall.

[michael mott]

good morning Ray, I tried using your method on some old 6mm Sintra I had laying around, it was very difficult to indent and seemed extremely hard. My question is, does Sintra change hardness over time? is it soft when first manufactured? On the other hand, are your hands of superhuman strength regarding the use of a scriber.

Michael

[Ray Dunakin]

good morning Ray, I tried using your method on some old 6mm Sintra I had laying around, it was very difficult to indent and seemed extremely hard. My question is, does Sintra change hardness over time? is it soft when first manufactured?

I don't know, Michael. How old was the stuff you tried? I've only been working with Sintra since 2011, and generally use it up pretty quickly.

[michael mott]

Hi Ray the stuff I have is at least 10 years old.

Michael

[Marty J]

Hi Ray and Michael,
Just to follow-up with Michael's question. I had the same issue with some of the material that I recently purchased.
That said it works - its just hard to do.  Makes me wonder if some solvents have evaporated from the plastic.  Maybe a little heat would help...
Love the final work that you have been doing Ray.
Cheers,
Marty Johnston

[Ray Dunakin]

Progress continues a piece at a time...

On the end wall for the west wing, I drew guidelines on the wall's edges, roughly matching the positions of the mortar lines on the north and south walls:




The finished west wing end wall:




After the walls are glued together, I'll need to use a bit of filler on the joints. At that time, I can do any necessary adjustments and touchups on the mortar lines across the joint:




Next I did the west wall of the central, two-story portion of the building. Most of this wall will be hidden by the west wing, so only a small area at the top of the wall had to be scribed:





That's it for now. Enjoy!

[michael mott]

I am impressed by how well you do this Ray, I was very disappointed with it when I attempted to do the same process.

Michael

[finescalerr]

Michael makes a good point. It is one thing to copy your technique and quite another to draw and scribe credible stonework. Tedium aside, it looks easier than it is. -- Russ