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 Posted - July 25 2016 : 6:53:19 PM
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Hi!
You must be really bored, because you are reading a forum on a guy building a structure....[;)]
For the past two evenings, I have been working on assembling a Model Power Silverado Station kit!
PS My first time using an airbrush!
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Here's what I modified:
1. I painted the roof a grimy black, the walls Oxide red, the inside of the walls black, and the concrete bricks concrete color.
(no pics, sorry)
2. I modifed the roof light by painting the rim yellow, and removing/replacing the molded white light with a real light! (I also added incandecent bulbs inside for building lighting).
I originally used a bigger bulb, but it stuck out too much and I couldn't fit the roof on with the big bulb, so I tried to bend it, and broke it. That's why you see a smaller bulb inside a bigger glass bulb thingy...
3. I replaced the original poster/ads & signs with my own that I found on the internet and shrunk the pics down to size. Luckily, my parents FINALLY bought a color printer, so I got the posters & signs in color [:D]
Original:
Notice how each picture is not ideal. I model 1950s so no Amtrak, Pepsi sign too big, the poster with "car" is boring, they spelled "toilet" as "toilett" (never seen a restroom with a sign saying "toilet"), I wish the office sign didn't have an arrow, etc.... The 2 I cut out on the bottom are okay, but I didnt really like them.
New:
I decided to name the station as "Stanton" to memorialize one of my favorite movies "Unstoppable"! I got some old ads(cigarrete, beer, Coca cola, etc)
4. I cut down the unrealistic base. The base is sloped, and since I cut off the front and the back, the porch/woodenplatform is floating. When I add it on my layout, I will make sure to raise a few places to make it not look "floating"...
I followed the steps to build the station.
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Final results:
The light:
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Things I should of done that I forgot/was too lazy to change:
1. I didn't add a matte finish after I painted
2. I should of sanded some of the posters or sprayed a thin layer of white to make them look worn.
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This project can still be improved, by adding an interior, and weathering it.
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Anyways, hope you guys enjoyed my little project! Thanks for looking!
Comments/criticism is welcomed!
Charles
If I can't fix it, I can fix it so it can't be fixed.
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Posted - July 25 2016 : 8:57:58 PM
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Nice modeling on that project! The building looks super-realistic now. Green...that must have been a really cheap plastic color back then. Yeesh. I see more than a few buildings molded in green plastic. Anyway, the signs really make that building stand out. Nice work on them. You have a very well-done building as far as I'm concerned.
Jerry, train repair tech, not a detailist
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Posted - July 25 2016 : 10:25:11 PM
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quote:Nice modeling on that project! The building looks super-realistic now. Green...that must have been a really cheap plastic color back then. Yeesh. I see more than a few buildings molded in green plastic. Anyway, the signs really make that building stand out. Nice work on them. You have a very well-done building as far as I'm concerned.
Jerry, train repair tech, not a detailist
Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â July 25 2016Â :Â 8:57:58 PM
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Thanks for the complement! :D
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Posted - July 25 2016 : 10:46:43 PM
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hey I loves that movie too
& I DO want Triple 7 in HO
Plus the real CSX loco that inspired this movie Crazy Eights! 
great job on the depot 
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Posted - July 26 2016 : 06:07:07 AM
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That thing looks sweet! The signs and light really bring it to life. I look forward to seeing this on a layout. 
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