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 Posted - February 13 2007 : 7:25:55 PM
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Here are my two Bachmann tower kits. Both are custom. the gray one is painted with the stone fleck paint. The third bldg is a out of production kibri tower which took about 12 hrs to assemble. Those kibri tower kits are nice but have a ton of parts. If you purchase-be prepared to spend several days at a couple hrs a day assembling. The bachmann bldgs after painting only took about 2 hrs to assemble a piece.
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Posted - February 13 2007 : 7:33:19 PM
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Interesting idea on the fleck paint. How much of a texture does it leave? I bet it would be even more convincing if you were to mask an paint the decorative elements (capstones, scrolled masonry. etc) and sidewalls in contrasting colors. Not a criticism, just taking a great idea further ;)
The Kibri kit looks interesting. Why so many parts? Does it have individual floors and rooms and such?
No room on my layour for any such beasts, though. I have a Walthers Ford Auto Assembly kit I'm saving for the future, which could almost eat a 4x8 itself, if properly modeled...
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Posted - February 13 2007 : 9:46:48 PM
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Nice stuff buddy!
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Posted - February 14 2007 : 12:02:29 AM
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quote:
I have a Walthers Ford Auto Assembly kit I'm saving for the future, which could almost eat a 4x8 itself, if properly modeled...
Originally posted by GoingInCirclez - February 13 2007 : 11:33:19 PM
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Hey, Speaking of the Walthers "Ford Auto Assembly" kit, do you have the book Walthers published about the "auto industry and how to model your railroad with them"?
It's a thin, hard covered book. I bought one on Boxing Day... it's a great book.
ISBN 0-941952-57-6 "America's Driving Force"
Modeling Railroads and the Automotive Industry
Wm. K. Walthers, Inc
Just wondering.
John
p.s. And, nice buildings, Brian!
I don't have a one track mind. It depends on the turn-out.
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Is that a power-trip or just another pick-up line?
Edited by - zebrails on February 18 2007 02:52:28 AM
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Posted - February 14 2007 : 08:25:22 AM
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For those of you who might now be interested in painting your structures with the fleck stone paint---be very careful as this does not spray like regular paint. You can get a even surface with this paint-experiment on a piece of cardboard first if you have never used that kind of paint. It makes for interesting texture on structures and as far as scale appearance==fine on looks. The paint comes in many shades. The trade tower was painted with Krylon satin paint which is very low gloss if any. I bought my paint for these at Walmart. They were painted two years ago. The window frames were painted with Krylon flat black and i used gold and chromed mirror card stock(Available from Hobby Lobby) for the window backing.
Edited by - Brianstyco on February 14 2007 6:50:00 PM
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Posted - February 14 2007 : 08:41:22 AM
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[quote]the Kibri kit looks interesting. Why so many parts? Does it have individual floors and rooms and such?[quote]
i] [Originally posted by GoingInCirclez - February 13 2007 : 6:33:19 PM
The kibri kit has close to a 1,000 pcs. It is built like a real skyscraper-base-columns-have to be assembled. There are no one pc walls like the bachmann. it has a partial back wall but rest of kit is pieces. I glued the bldg using proweld plastic welder=liquid cement which dries in 10 seconds--highly recommnended. Just about all the shades above windows that you see in the picture have to be glued on also.
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