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A building flat that looks a lot like one might find on the wrong side of the tracks. |
I did something different two weeks ago and it
only took about 4-5 hours total. I took a building flat someone started
(and I got for a buck at a local train show) and modeled a building
rear...three seedy businesses in one...a tattoo shop, burlesque side door
business and a scrap metal dealer specializing in maybe not so legal metal
finds. I was not sure what this structure was going to be at first other
than the L J Kingsley Co. building (sign from an old MR). I used this sign emulating
the original owner.
The structure has ITLA parts, broken plastic
glass, window wire mesh, Bar Mill and FOS signs, Roomettes plywood
closures and spray-bomb paint, PanPastels and AK stains. I think it turned out better than I had expected considering there was
no window castings or doors to begin. This of course being a building flat, the strip club
can only hires flat chested girls...sorry guys.
Now
to build the rest of the building flats for a seedy back alley scene. I am
going to use Jim Sloan's layered paper mock-up he did for me using my
photo of a closed structure in Brucefield along with a few other
structure scraps I have on hand. This I hope to use as a background when I photograph some of my rust buckets and other modern era models...George Dutka
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This is what I began with. |
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Some Walthers goo is used to secure the walls. I made a new styrene roof and floor. A back wall will also be added. |
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The heritage of the structure will be this sign that is being weathered with PanPastel blender. The back is sanded down to thin it down a bit. A heavy coat of glue is applied and the sign is pressed well to the brick. |
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Most of the paints and powders used on this project is seen here. The walls are originally coloured with a spray bomb coat of auto body primer from Princess Auto. |
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The signs are a mix of BarMills, FOS and Roomettes card-stock. I used Roomette plywood to board up the windows from behind. Some of the windows are seen with broken glass, one has a wire mesh over the opening. The doors are also made from Roomette materials. The big door is to Bull's salvage while the regular door is to a tattoo parlor. |
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The side door is the main entrance to the burlesque side door business. The signs are from FOS. |
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