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grain silo? or maybe even a fuel tank if chopped down ...

Re: The R.F. Giardina, Co., Inc. is not GilbertHO chalk that up to another rude company I will never do buisness with... a simple hey its not us would be suffice.

oh thats fine with me SD 90 . I have "borrowed" so many ideas form others here... thats one of the reasons this place is great... so many people with so many ideas.:D :D

I took a piece of corrogated cardboard and peeled one of the out side layers off to expose the ripples. I then glued it down ripple side up and painted it earth tones.

well for my windows on my computer I usually go to the computer store :) I tried the print - em - out windows and did not like the results.. looked like printed on windows... but thats just me

cool!!! looks great to me:)

I am hoping I can make better textured scratch builds with it.. we shall see :o)

I just snagged a vac-u-form off of e-bay. while surfing the web in research for scratchbuilding I seen a site that said these things are the cats meow for making stuff outta styrene. has anyone ever used one.

texture meduim is kinda what you described... it is a grity material (sand maybe) suspended in an acrylic base.. you can find it at Michaels or any store with a decent acrylic paint selection... I bought a bunch of the "snow" for christmas village house last year and it was the same stuff just...

progress update

I took the time to complete my shinglingand with the help of charlie I have "sided" it most of the way... I think it looks a bit better than it did before.. it has a bit left to be done before it is finished.... Sorry about the quality lost the cord to my digital cam... had to use the camcorder...

That material is also GREAT for making a plowed field.. on a farm :)

here is a lighter pic... I have a bit of weathering to do as I am not 100% satisfied with the colors..

it was about a half hour cutting and laying 1 side. the actual prepping and making the "tar paper" was done earlier in the day... about 10 minutes total doing that part. of course this was my first attempt and I am sure I can lower my time .... :)

hehe ok so don't start calling me Dave Letterman yet.... today I was bored so I decided to try and make my buildings a little better by changing the roof... here is how I did it...... I started with black acrylic and texturizing medium.... I spread it thinly over a plain sheet of...

I tried to print the backgrounds or "brick samples" if you will... with minimal sucess.... I ended up using a texurizing medium and mixing it with paint. I brushed it on trying to make lines so it can replicate brick... it is not 100% but hey... from far away it looks ok :)

sheet styrene... for the container portion... for the elevator part... I took some of those markers they use for buried phone lines and bent it into shape... (Hope no one digs there oops!! :) ) the ladder was from an ho signal.. but when I measure it the rungs were a little less than 1 scale...

My attempt at a small sand servicing and track maint. facility

Had time to get some more work done... going to put the water in this week i think... the barn is getting replaced by another smaller one this week too.... my creative attempt of hiding an ugly turnout and the lake before I fill it... with the new sporting goods store :)