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can see that the Powell Co. has a 2 story basement- which
provides easy access to the alley below. The wall in the
foreground is a modified Cooch piece. If you take a
dental pick and go over all of the mortar lines to deepen
them, then stain the wall- they look a lot nicer.
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The
building used to be the Rada Mfg. Co., but Powell took it over
years ago... They left most of the vents and dusters
intact though. |
Here's
the main loading dock (or where it will be...). If you
look hard you can see the old Rada Mfg. sign fading away just
over the loading doors. |
I
tried a large ad sign on this wall, but I just couldn't get
the color right. I was having a heck of a time getting
it off, so I did some really heavy weathering and carefully
placed an addition and an electrical conduit to hide the
seams.
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neat little addition was modeled after a similar idea on
George's White Rose Bakery. It was easy and fun to do-
and really adds a lot. I'm starting to love working with
wood! The castings are FSM of course.
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Here's
the main entry and the slanted side. I had to elevate
the stairs a little to match the door height, but I'll cover
that up eventually. The front canopy is a nice little
detail. I had to do one after seeing Sellios and Powell
put them all over so successfully. |
This
is my first shot at working with a Trains of Texas brick
section. It looks great now, but there is probably abut
an inch of weathering and different paint on it.
The exhaust is done by simply sanding a charcoal briquette. |
This
sign was a challenge too. It's an old ad for the SP
Daylight- unique, but I had to really weather it to get it to
look "painted" on. I used a lot of dry
brushing- and found that by dry-brushing with a red shade
similar to the building's color I could get a nice fade
effect. |
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And the roof..... I
tried to get the fade effect that George gets, but I'm still
learning.
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This
is one of my favorite details! Just roof access, but a
cool detail none-the-less. The rust is a mix of Rustall and
chalks. This was a quick little detail to make and
you'll probably see more on the layout in the future. |
The
access shed is mostly cardstock, braced with wood. After
that was done, I put Campbell corrugated aluminum over
everything. I pretty much just modeled this after the
shed's on George's buildings in Franklin. I think a
similar detail comes with Stuffy's Brewing. |
Here's
a look at the lower level from a view next to the Powell
Co. It's be neat to shrink to HO size and go wander for
awhile.... |
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