No doubt. I just spent since lunch reading about Z-bend. :-x I'm now thinking I'd like to build a cityscape/industrial operation Z-bend module.
Well, we will be at the Pleasanton Fairgrounds, and the Cow Palace GTE shows, so if you can, why not stop by and say hi! We aim to inspire!
Hey thanks for the heads up! I just put the Pleasanton show on my calendar, but I cant find any info for the Cow Palace show. When is that one?
Ha. Go figure, I don't find it until after I post. Anyways, I now have both shows on my calendar. Count on me being there.
Computer aided scratch building really shows its advantage when you go back and design removable interiors that can fit perfectly inside the building.
Awesome Mark! Another trick you can do with the computer is find interior photos, and do carpet, walls with pictures hanging on them, furniture, etc.
Here is my Z scale apartment building painted with a nice shade of green and white trim. I threw together a 2 minute lighting job and here we have it. The interiors still need to be painted and then we'll get the rooms furnished and windows put in and finally signs and maybe an awning for the shop and clinic on the street level.
Nice looking building Mark. I think it's begging for a roof top garden (if I lived there anyway)... On my bench is two MT freight cars getting converted to body mount couplers and slightly lowered. I'm following Chris333 excellent thread on lowering a PS-2 covered hopper ( MT PS-2 covered hopper - TrainBoard.com ) and sort of winging it with a CP boxcar. They'll get weathered next... -Cody
Greetings , I'm mostly finished my PS-2 covered hopper (UP 11163) and I'm mostly happy with it. It's weathered with washes of engine black, rust and mud. I like the sides quite a bit but am not liking the areas around the ladders, (any suggestions?). I modified it to body mount couplers and lowered it's ride height a tiny bit. It doesn't look so bad in person because you can barely see it, close ups are great for showing the flaws! I did manage to install uncoupling leavers on both ends, but they're pretty crude. Pix below! Regards, Cody
When I used the wash method, I'd get a q tip or paper towel soaked in alcohol and rub along the areas I thought were too heavy and it would thin it out.
Cody, the weathered trucks looks great. On the railings, I suggest you take a small piece of foam brush, and add micro dots. I learn it from Tomm Mann. Its the only way to add random rust and dirt spots to the car. Mark, the apartment is really beginning to shape. Now its time to work on the module.
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I follow step by step how to convert form 3 to 4 bays Robert's posted some time back. This car is very special, flat form, steps, break wheel relocated to match prototype.
Now is ready for painting and will be Saskatchewan, this is also a hard part I am going to mix the paint as accurate as I can, will post when it done. Hien.
Nice work Hien! The top hatches came out real good! Did you shave off the originals and build them up with shim stock underneath?
