Abandoned building complete

I decided to make the abandoned building an old rope shop.  It is in bad shape with broken boards, broken windows and lots of weathering.  The roof was built board by board with tar paper style covering made from facial tissue sprayed with light gray spray paint applied.  When the paint was dry I separated the tissue sheets keeping the painted part which I cut into scale 3 foot wide strips.  After I glued the strips to the roof boards I tore parts of the strips revealing the boards.  I then applied dark gray chalk.

On the deck is an old style rope machine I scratch built from a variety of old photos.  I sort of built it with a little imagination.  There is a very weathered sign on the front.  

At the base of the structure is a stone style foundation built using commercial card stock stone sheet.

Now again I need to come up with an idea for the next model.  

Abandoned building model start

 I have started on a new model.  It will be an abandoned building in bad shape.  Not sure yet what it was before it was abandoned but some kind of shop.  

I have decided to stay with this blog for now.  I fixed the "warning" problem.  I have also been looking at alternate blog sites but so far none appeal to me.  I did set up something on a site called word press but I have not posted anything there and do not particularly like it.

Above is the start on my model.  It is just the front of the main building and a porch/platform.  It will have a large sign at the peak of the roof.  There will be an open double door to allow some view of the interior.  The windows were made using wood strips and there is plastic in the windows simulating broken glass.  No commercial parts so far.

There will be junk inside, on the porch, and around the model.  There will be a "shop" structure adjoining this structure. 

Small two story house model

 I decided to build this model before I decided what it would be.  It is a small two story house with different people on each floor. There is an exterior stair case and two level smoke stacks.  

There is a figure on the upper landing.

The only time consuming aspect of this model was adding the shingles.  

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Beer barrel truck model

This is a truck carrying barrels of beer for my brew house. The only commercial parts are the wheels, the steering wheel, and the barrels.  The rest is mostly wood and card stock with metal wire for the axles.  I used photos of old beer trucks for my modeling inspiration.  I do not know why the barrels are tilted on the truck instead of upright but that is how they looked in the photos I saw.

There is a plastic windshield.  The fenders were made from file folder card stock and shaped then coated with white glue to hold the shape.  

Below is an old photo of a beer barrel truck.

This blog site is getting harder to use.  If you want to send me a comment or question without posting it on the blog send it to skmdlrr@gmail.com.  That seems to work.  

 Now again I need to figure out what to ankle next. 

Brew house model

 I decided to make the model I started a brew house - that is a small beer brewery.  The rear structure  has two floors.  The lower floor is where the beer is brewed and the upper floor is where the  barrels of beer are stored.  The original front structure is an office and tasting room.  

The doorway in the upper left has a lift which has a pallet with ropes for raising and lowering the beer barrels.  There are interior details in both the upper and lower sections of the rear structure but they are hard to see other than in person.

Above are the barrels inside the lower section.  The figure is there to show the size.  They are all I built but there would be a lot more in reality.  

This is a view of the right side.  There is a door to the brew section at the back of the overhang.  

Now to decide what to build next.  This took longer than expected as I had some time consuming personal business to attend to.  

Structure start - first part

 This is the first part of a new structure.  I got the idea for it from a sketch in an old painting book.  My model is not exactly the same as the sketch but it was my inspiration.  I have not yet decided what this structure will be but I am thinking about that.  The next part will be a large work/storage building behind this structure. 

There is no back on this model - the next structure will provide the back.  All windows and doors except the door under the overhang are old metal castings I obtained many years ago and have no idea who the manufacturer was.   There will be a large sign on the upper left side of the front.  I will also add a variety of exterior details once I decide what this is.  I just like building things.  

Crane & lift repair shop complete

 I have added a lift testing tower, a crane, signs, a dolley and a chair on the dock of this structure.  The tower turned out to be very complex and time consuming.  

The lift tower was made mostly from wood with metal and card stock pulleys and gears.  There is a control motor at the base of the lift.  The lift tower has a slot at the top to allow lift bars to be inserted for testing.  I added a figure climbing the tower ladder.  The crane was made from wood with a metal base.  The dolley was scratch built.  The chair is a metal commercial detail.  

The signs were printed on my computer,  glued to a piece of card stock and weathered.

I am not yet sure what I will build next.  I have been busy doing repairs to things around the house having nothing to do with my model railroad.