Bruce Chandler said:
Too cool. You have found a “Genuine” treasure in that artist!
So very true, Bruce…
Don’t know what happened to the pictures, the preview showed them upright…
Andy Clarke said:
Bruce Chandler said:
Too cool. You have found a “Genuine” treasure in that artist!
So very true, Bruce…
Don’t know what happened to the pictures, the preview showed them upright…
It’s a “well known” “poster problem”. (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-foot-in-mouth.gif)
Time for another up date on the basement wall paintings…
One aspect of my indoor layout was including ome sort of military
base… The one I designed has 2 separate sidings… One siding
is for boxcar loads to be delivered to a warehouse… The second
siding is to be for rolling stock loading and unloading… The warehouse
siding (left side) and buildings are kind of straight forward. The rolling
stock siding (right side) is a bit different, as it goes back into the base to
an area around the motor pool, where the actual loading area is…
As we look over the rolling stock siding, we see another area of the base
where some barracks are located, along with the headquarters building…
To the right of the Headquarters building is the parade grounds…
Behind the HQ building is the gym, with the base pool, tennis courts
and a ball field…
Just past the fence for the base was a nice stream that meandered close
to the base… It also provided a nice separation from the Industry you
can see a corner of to the right…
The picture below is just closer shot of the stream…
And, that takes care of the latest update of the basement wall…
Hopefully, more to come later…
Hot dang!!!
Very nice, Andy. Love the old “temporary” WWII barracks buildings pictured. (I came LONG after that war, but did get to spend more than a few nights in that type of building. I guess they’re all gone now, so they really were temporary!)
That looks good and I think making the door a stream is a great idea.
Bruce Chandler said:
Very nice, Andy. Love the old “temporary” WWII barracks buildings pictured. (I came LONG after that war, but did get to spend more than a few nights in that type of building. I guess they’re all gone now, so they really were temporary!)
Thanks, Bruce… I spent a few months in those style barracks myself… Mostly thru Basic training and tech school…
Basic training was at Lackland AFB, TX… When my son graduated basic there in May 2009, we went down for his graduation…
There were still some barrack buildings like that around…
WOW. Every new scene you post is just amazing. I love how the track continues into the painting.
Jon Radder said:
WOW. Every new scene you post is just amazing. I love how the track continues into the painting.
I had to do a double take on that track! The base looks real enough to elicit a smile about memories as a Naval reservist mobilizing through various Army bases.
Looks like some more was added since the OPs Session. Certainly nice work!
Andy said - “There were still some barrack buildings like that around.”
Temporary seems to be a “flexible” term.
Andy Clarke said:
Bruce Chandler said:
Very nice, Andy. Love the old “temporary” WWII barracks buildings pictured. (I came LONG after that war, but did get to spend more than a few nights in that type of building. I guess they’re all gone now, so they really were temporary!)
Thanks, Bruce… I spent a few months in those style barracks myself… Mostly thru Basic training and tech school…
Basic training was at Lackland AFB, TX… When my son graduated basic there in May 2009, we went down for his graduation…
There were still some barrack buildings like that around…
Beautiful work Andy.
I sure did a double take when I saw the barracks buildings, spent some time in them myself, Basic and Tech school in 64.
Some of them were still there in late 2010 when we were there for a reunion.
At least she didn’t make the river rocks look like potatoes. I mean that as a compliment; I’ve had to break several students of that habit!
Potato rocks might be good for museums (http://www.potatorock.com/html/museum.html) but not so much in paintings.
Didn’t think much of it when I posted about being at Lackland AFB, TX, then mentioning
that I was back there in 2009 for my sons graduation from Basic Training… I just realize that
he graduated exactly 40 years from my graduation… Only difference is, he graduated in May 2009,
I graduated in December, 1969…
Appreciate all the comments, folks… I do pass them on to my painter…
Derailed, if you look back further, you will see the other door that was painted with a river…
John, Yes, I understand the compliment… Web site is cool…
The indoor looks amazing especially with the backdrop. That really adds to it the entire layout.
Just as another ongoing update:
Below is the start fo the Tank Farm on the inside…
The shot below is at the south end of the basement…
Moving slightly north…
And just a tad further north…
And yer a little further north…
It is still a work in progress, but I think it is coming along nicely…
Originally, I had planed on the front tanks to actually start on the layout, but then as I thought about it,
I wanted room between the tanks and the siding to create the loading/offloading structures…
By having her paint the tanks fully on the wall, it gave me the room to have the
loading/offloading area from the railcars…
That’s all for now… (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Sneak this in
Tank Farm looks great! I’m trying to get perspective of the location in the basement. In the first picture, is the trim molding part of the window looking in to the crew lounge? I really like the way the edge of the tanks are the edge of the wall corners.
Ric Golding said:
Tank Farm looks great! I’m trying to get perspective of the location in the basement. In the first picture, is the trim molding part of the window looking in to the crew lounge? I really like the way the edge of the tanks are the edge of the wall corners.
Thanks Ric… She’s doing a great job…
Yes, that’s the window into the crew lounge… Next to the window on the right is the door into the layout and access
to window going outside…
Looks great, Andy. Hope we can make it NEXT year!!!
Thanks Bruce… Hope your back is better and you all can make it also…
Stay healthy…