Proto-lanced Pennsy: The West Slope

[glakedylan]

hey Joshua
wow! holy orthodox church!
i had to do a triple take
it is so close to the same orthodox church in my hometown
i thought for a moment you were there, rather than portage


https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7823843,-76.2297291,3a,75y,98.33h,94.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sss8n2s7osGz1a486c3Adaw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

except for the glass addition done recently
they are almost the same building!
great photos
thx for sharing
sincerely
Gary

[wm3798]

People in central PA are very practical.  If you're going to charge more than 50 cents for something in a coffee shop, you better get more than 5 ounces of it!  No matter how bad it is!

But as they say, when in Rome, order Espresso.  When in Portage, get a Nehi.

Lee

[chicken45]

hey Joshua
wow! holy orthodox church!
i had to do a triple take
it is so close to the same orthodox church in my hometown
i thought for a moment you were there, rather than portage


https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7823843,-76.2297291,3a,75y,98.33h,94.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sss8n2s7osGz1a486c3Adaw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

except for the glass addition done recently
they are almost the same building!
great photos
thx for sharing
sincerely
Gary

Wow! That DOES look similar!

People in central PA are very practical.  If you're going to charge more than 50 cents for something in a coffee shop, you better get more than 5 ounces of it!  No matter how bad it is!

But as they say, when in Rome, order Espresso.  When in Portage, get a Nehi.

Lee

I'll go back just so I can witness the horrors of what they call a latte.

It's a half gallon of milk with a drop of coffee for color, and 14 pumps of diabeetus syrup.

[chicken45]

I'm replacing the feed mill with a scrap yard. Stager's Scrap Yard is still there today, but I looked in to how long it was there. My high school band director found this out for me:

Struck gold today. I spoke with Gary D. Stager, 81 years old, one of several sons of the Patriarch who started the scrap yard. The other son is Phil, 94 years old. The scrap yard was started well before WWII. Gary lived in the family house next to the tracks until it was torn down and the greater scrap yard emerged. No other business was located on that site.

So, that works for me. I love scrap yards and I can park old saggy gons there.

[davefoxx]

I love scrap yards and I can park old saggy gons there.

Never Go Full Furlow. 

DFF

[chicken45]

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/2e7d6c03-3962-4947-b36d-7ca5d1c3e103

[chicken45]

Back from the dead.

It's been a while since I worked on anything that wasn't a streamlined K4. That project has been outsourced after it beat me in to submission.
I'm feeling a lot better now and feel like modeling again! Yay!
I wanted to get back in with something easy.
This is J/LEMO tower.

But for me, it's going to be NY tower. It's close enough that I can get away with it, and the things that are different didn't bother me enough (at all)to change them.




I think the weathering turned out okay. It's supposed to be an old tower, so I tried not to overdo it.

WOW it's interesting to see all the flaws that pop out when you look at a photo of it on a big screen.

[MVW]

The flaws are minor and, I'll warrant, practically invisible at normal viewing distances. Nice work!

What did you use for weathering on the lower extremities? Is that just a wash, or something more creative?

JTG

[DeltaBravo]

Looks great Josh. No sense worrying about any flaws that only you will see. Remember what Plato said, "only the gods can create a perfect circle"

[Lemosteam]

Looks great Josh. No sense worrying about any flaws that only you will see. Remember what Plato said, "only the gods can create a perfect circle"

From the draftsman:  "Plato never owned a compass."   

[chicken45]

The flaws are minor and, I'll warrant, practically invisible at normal viewing distances. Nice work!

What did you use for weathering on the lower extremities? Is that just a wash, or something more creative?

JTG

I used blacks and browns of various concentrations. Basically, I squirt some black and brown on a palette, and dribble on some thinner. I load the brush with thinner then dab the brush in a color of paint and choose my own adventure from there.  I used some bragdon powders, too.

[chicken45]

* Thread Drift *

I'm just catching up on this thread and regarding the cats, cat piss, litter boxes, may I suggest the Tidy Cats Breeze Litter Box System.  It's a little pricey up front but worth every penny.  No odors whatsoever (so long as our cat covers up when he goes #2).  Pad is soaked when changed weekly but absolutely no smell.  No litter tracked all over the house.  Some pellets go astray but mostly because he throws it with paws while covering up.

https://www.tidycats.com/products/litter-boxes/breeze-litter-system

@mu26aeh so as it turns out...I forgot about you recommended this. We moved in to our new house with the hardwood floors and litter was everywhere. We transitioned to the breeze litter and pads and it changed our lives.

[wm3798]

I changed to a dog.  Problem solved.

[mu26aeh]

@mu26aeh so as it turns out...I forgot about you recommended this. We moved in to our new house with the hardwood floors and litter was everywhere. We transitioned to the breeze litter and pads and it changed our lives.

Excellent to hear !   The only problem we have with ours is that the cat can be an a$$ sometimes, he will really get into burying his  business and those pellets go flying across the bathroom.  They're not quite as bad as stepping on a Lego brick, but they aren't comfortable at 2am during the nightly bathroom visit

[chicken45]

Excellent to hear !   The only problem we have with ours is that the cat can be an a$$ sometimes, he will really get into burying his  business and those pellets go flying across the bathroom.  They're not quite as bad as stepping on a Lego brick, but they aren't comfortable at 2am during the nightly bathroom visit

My son had been on daily Dustbuster duty!

I changed to a dog.  Problem solved.

You dog people JUST CAN’T HELP YOURSELVES. 
You’re almost as bad as vegans.  How can you tell if someone's a vegan? Don't worry, they'll tell you!