As this is part of the brewery, I assume it is for incoming grain. Will there be a discharge hopper under the track? Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
Not great weather here this weekend so gave me the chance to do a little more on the layout, after completing the grain section of the brewery I decided to have a go at the brewery receiving and distribution building. I bought two walthers kits and kitbashed into one specifically for the area. I decided to keep the original colour however I will weather at some stage although my wife prefers clean. I sprayed the kit with dullcote to at least remove the shine
Yes eventually I will add more details and lighting at this stage I just want to get as many building occupying the layout before i start ballasting etc to make sure the industries fit
I need some advice below are images of my next project it's a modified hardware kit that will be used as a backdrop. The problem is the kit is unpainted and is a mixture of brick pattern and concrete. I tried brushing the brick work with acrylic and it looks terrible (see pic 1) So what are my options? Do I spray the whole model in brown or do i have to mask it up which would be so time consuming. Any advice would be much appreciated
I have assembled the exact same kit a few years ago. I ended up painting the whole structure brown , then masked off the brick portions and painted the concrete portions by hand. It was somewhat time consuming, but not excessive.
Looking real good. On painting the one building, I masked off the "concrete" areas and sprayed the brick area. I just had the backdrop kit in the back of the picture. After removing the masking, I just gave everything a coat of dull coat. I am to the point now where ballasting the yard should start, but right now I am so busy, I haven't had the time. Waiting to see more updtes. Looks like it should be a great industrial area.
Today I airbrushed the kit and did some assembly, just need to cut the roof and a few more mods. notice 3 different coloured doors this enable me to add 3 additional locations to my switch list, particular loads will go to different doors
This morning I finished installing the roof and tank then adding a black backdrop behind the structure, here is the result, also spent two hours switching the layout with switch list, working great
today I assembled the powerhouse/ boilers for the brewery unfortunately it was larger than i originally had planned which meant a redesign of the fuel siding from two to one roads however I lost no car space and it actually looks far better Here is an overall photo of the layout
The layout is really beginning to look good. Structures make a huge difference and bring an initial plan into 3-D Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk
Very true Alan the more structures i install bring the layout to life, also I have been running some operation sessions and am really happy with the level of switching the layout brings
I find it do much more satisfying to switch a layout instead of just running long trains. Every movement has a purpose. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk
