New Palestine Library

[Steve Shaw]

I found this building on highway 52 east of Indianapolis.
The mural painted on the side caught my eye, if I where
traveling the opposite direction it would have been missed.
Photos where taken mid summer of 2007 on an overcast
day with the clouds moving fast enough that
every picture had a different tint. This wouldn’t have
been a problem if I had taken one photo of the whole
side instead of three and matching them up in Photoshop.

I made a rough design of the front and side with the mural.
Couldn’t get a good photo of the opposite side so I edited
a copy of the first and flipped it horizontally. The back had
what looked like a window and door filled in with concrete
blocks. To fix these areas I used an edited copy of a front
window and door.

I tried a little layering to give it some depth, at this scale
I’m not sure if it’s worth the extra effort, maybe more or thicker layers?

The front has some tin molding at the top that is in very
good shape. For this area I roll formed the paper between
two bamboo skewers and added ends to maintain the shape.
I tried to mix paint and match the color to finish the edges.
This detail did add some three-D effect to the front.

I’m not sure how the roof is constructed on this building,
probably slops to the center with drains built in support
columns. I made mine flat and afterwards I changed the
design to set it in a little.

It would be nice to know the history of this building.
Maybe I’ll go back and see if there’s a local historian
that can fill me in.

 

[Zathros]

I personally find that very interesting, and I thin your building is excellent. If is so small that I think it is fin the way it is. Recessing the windows and doors would add a tremendous amount of depth. I wish I had one of these buildings. I really like this model!

 

[ARMORMAN]

very nice build and I love the subject!

 

[Vermin_King]

Love the concept. I have often wanted to take pics of some interesting and historic buildings around my area and convert to a model, but have a reasonable doubt as to my abilities to do so.

I'd love to move the parts around on your pages and have a slightly larger build of your model. It would fit in well with my Illinois Main Street models, even though it is from Indiana.