Karl

Well I wish you would have stayed with the O-Scale. I'll still follow you through with this project.

So far excellent!!!!

Jerry

Thanks Jerry!
Personally, I'll be sticking with the O scale, you can expect to see alot more of that scale from me in the future.
I'll be carrying on progress with my own O scale builds in my spare time while I'm fortunate enough to help out a little on these HO projects .

Karl.A

Care to share which techniques you applied to these castings? Also, any chance any of these castings are from the upcoming HO kits?

If I didn’t recognize some of the castings, I wouldn’t have thought twice if you stated they were O scale. As MikeM asked – a short non-fiction tome would be really appreciated!

Mike, these are a small selection fom the new HO Lineside kit.

Thanks for the great compliment Kaz.

I'll certainly put an explanation together for you both, however it will probably be after I return from the Expo, not much spare time over the next few days.

Karl.A

superb workmanship Karl

Your techniques are outstanding which is why I'd like to see more detail. Frankly I'd recommend they be added to the Craftsman University section of this site; Brett has never seemed to have the time to flesh that out and it showed such early promise...

Returning to HO...

Shenanigans! *grin* Looking forward to all of your upcoming posts regardless of scale.

I've been away from the hobby for much of the past year but managed to get down to the Peabody show this past weekend. I wasn't going to buy anything but Brett managed to sell me BlueSky in O-Scale (and I have a couple more kits coming from him next month for my collection). Hoping for a long winter so I can actually start building something. I also need to finish track-laying on my Dad's On30 layout.

- JT

Not sure where to post this, but I trust Karl A. will tell me. Does anybody out there know the footprint dimensions of the HO version of Blue Sky Co. warehouse? It was Brett's first kit over 15 years ago, and later repeated as a limited edition
Karl A. that is some beautiful work on those castings.

runner said:

Does anybody out there know the footprint dimensions of the HO version of Blue Sky Co. warehouse?

From page 6 of the awesome build thread on the Railroad Line forum, it's about 10-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches, which looks to include the loading docks, porches and outside stairway (excluding the outbuildings).

Build Thread: http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22208

Also, thanks to google, I found the original web page on Brett's site for the HO BlueSky Co.: http://www.sierrawestscalemodels.com/ckits/101/101.htm

UncleJT- Thanks for doing my research for me. Much appreciated! A great thread with the work of some great modelers like Mike Chambers, Brian Nolan. Great reading from KP, etc.

These parts were done quickly to show the four steps taken to get the results. The effects are over emphasized to show the stages more clearly.

For resin...

Spray the part with flat black rattle can for the base.
Paint the top colours you choose with acrylic craft paint.
Use a wire brush to chip and remove the top coat where required.
Dust the chipped areas with rust coloured chalk on a small detail brush.



For metal...

Blacken the part using something like A-West 'Blacken-it'.
Paint the top colours you choose with acrylic craft paint.
Use a wire brush to chip and remove the top coat where required and reblacken to remove any shiney spots
Dust the chipped areas with rust coloured chalk on a small detail brush.



Karl.A

great tutorial... very easy to replicate!

Good little painting / weathering tutorial Karl. Thanks.

awsome job on those castings