Well, you’re doing a fine job. The track level shots really look natural and add a lot of realism to the video. Keep practicing and posting (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
It works a bit different on this computer than it did on my old one. Took awhile to figure it out. I guess I could have read the instructions, but that would have made it too easy…(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Still looks good. Nice video Ken(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Ken Brunt said:
It works a bit different on this computer than it did on my old one. Took awhile to figure it out. I guess I could have read the instructions, but that would have made it too easy…(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Reading instructions is a good way to get your “man” card revoked (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif)
Dan Hilyer said:
Ken Brunt said:
It works a bit different on this computer than it did on my old one. Took awhile to figure it out. I guess I could have read the instructions, but that would have made it too easy…(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Reading instructions is a good way to get your “man” card revoked (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif)
Sure as hell don’t want that to happen…(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif)
With all the tanks cars I have I felt I should have an industry that will use them. Hence Ames Fuel Supply. This will be in Delores yard where Delores Freight used to be.
The back of the building with the 2 storage tanks in the background.
The front will have half of it off set about an inch back.
The one side. Haven’t gotten the other side cut out yet.
Looks like that will be a great addition to the layout. Everyone always needs fuel.
It was something I had been thinking about for awhile, Dan and now seemed a good a time as any to do it.
Well, you could add a chimney to the office and submit as a MIK challenge project (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)That is if you can get finished in the next 23 days.
I hadn’t planned on having a chimney on it. Maybe a stove pipe out the side wall. I haven’t even figured out what kind of siding it’ll have, yet. Stucco, maybe. This was just a last minute decision since it was snowing outside. And besides, the wife is out of napkins…(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
This is a little experiment. And this may pass as adobe too. Stucco. I know what stucco is. It’s on my chimney. As for adobe I’m assuming it’s very similar, just made differently. Any of you westerners out there can chime in any time to correct me if I’m wrong.
I went up to Lowes looking for some sand textured paint. What I found was a do-it-yourself product you mix with a gallon of paint. Since I’m not using a whole gallon of paint, I have to experiment a little to get the right consistency. First batch was totally to much sand.
Here’s the stuff; vinyl spackling paste, Homax Paint Texture, and a sample sized container of paint called “Maybe Maul” whatever that means.
First batch didn’t turn out so well. Too much sand and had the consistency of cement.
Left side is just the spackle. The right is spackle plus the textured paint. Will continue with this experiment till I either “A” get it right or “B” I loose my patience.
Stay tuned…(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Adobe isn’t coarse and sandy, it’s mud (silt, clay and sand), straw and dung (more straw). The plant fibers give some strength and can be seen protruding from the surface with wear.
Use ‘mud adobe’ for searches
Ken,
Take a look at this stuff,
https://www.dap.com/dap-products-ph/extreme-stretch-premium-crackproof-elastomeric-sealant/
Elastomeric sealent, I spread it on with a puttu knife then textures it with a course towel as it set the knocked it down with the knife again. It can be found in cans as well.
I can send pictures later if your interested.
Thanks John. All I’ve ever see of it is pictures so I wasn’t sure what it actually looked like close up.
Good find, Rick. I’ll have to look for that stuff.
Still experimenting, though the second batch came out better than the first.
this is a sloppy model of an actually existing adobe house i made.
what makes a house “adobe” is not the style, but the materials (this is russian-menonite style)
as John mentioned,
“Adobe isn’t coarse and sandy, it’s mud (silt, clay and sand), straw and dung (more straw). The plant fibers give some strength and can be seen protruding from the surface with wear.”
the big difference is, that adobe are just dried in the shadow, (directly in the sun they breack) instead of being burnt, like bricks.
if you want to make adobe buildings in the southern US or the north mexican style, your best bet is, to give it a flat roof with a little rim, some (roof supporting) beams sticking out of the walls and rounded corners and openings (arches, doors and windows) or put visible wooden beams to top the openings.
for not plastered walls keep in mind, that adobe normally are a lot bigger than bricks (long, broad, but flat) and very round along the edges and corners. (from time and weather)
for plastered adobe walls don’t work too exact/straight/modern. look in the pic above, how the plaster looks somewhat ondulated irregularily.
the adobe plaster (mud/clay, little sand and ox blood!!) was applied by hand, not with tools.
when dry, and then every year, the plaster was painted with chalk, to expell insects. (although, judgeing from pics, the last step was not used in the US southwest.)
that building above is nothing more than an icecream foambox with some glued on veneer for doors and windows and some acrylic “crackfiller” as plaster. (in two layers)
Nice build Korm, you caught the romance…
We see adobe walls with cinder block cores and adobe mud plastered over…
White?
I guess I don’t need to mix the sand in the paint. Thanks Guys.
After a quick lesson on what adobe actually is I decided to discard the sand-in-the-paint idea.
Finished up the substructure of the building and managed to get one of the 2" pipes looking something like a small oil tank.
and the back.
You seem to be moving right along with the updating and repairs Ken. Looks good (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
If you still want texture in the paint (although it does sound like you’re NOT wanting it) you might try this stuff. I used it on my aqueduct and it’s a neat way to cover up any defects - although you won’t have as many as I did!
Looking good! I really like your use of screws to hold everything together.