The "other" industrial layout...

[Philip H]

The buildings are very cool. I have a question about the green building. You applied the sheathing in a shingles/brick-like overlapping pattern. I have never seen 1:1 metal sheathing applied like that. Did the proto building have it that way or did you just want it like that?

Having seen the pics Chris posted on the prototype, I actually like his interpretation better.  The green paint looks like it's washing down onto the foundation walls, and the whole thing looks like maintenance is . . . a last resort instead of a going concern.

And I agree with SAH - we could all contract our layout to Chris and end up finished sooner and better.

[nscalemike]

This is great looking stuff,  liked the coal pier, like the green building, and the large complex roof is awesome.  Just wow!

[Chris333]

Arrrggg right now I just spent about 3-4 hours masking off the American Hardware building 




Yesterday I started my road overpass. Here is my theme music:





And this is how I carve foam, with a snap off blade knife. It needs re-sharpened often.

[wm3798]

Diggin' the ditches...

[Chris333]

Did some painting:



And I finally laid this siding:


Was able to fit another small building at the edge. And in the corner I was going to put a scrap yard, but now I will put... (drumroll)  4 story Middlesex Mfg.

[Chris333]

Sleep is for suckers!

Random pics.

[pwnj]

Man! Those rock, especially that last little sucker! Is that a kit?

[Chris333]

Man! Those rock, especially that last little sucker! Is that a kit?

It is a resin casting by Charlie Vlk. According to this:
https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=12383.0
the master was built brick-by-brick.

[mcjaco]

I think the same kit is done by Woodland Scenics cast in metal, in HO.  I've used it many a times to fill in spots that need a seedy joint.   

[Chris333]

Painted this:


I was thinking. David called his building here a pencil factory so I was gonna call mine a paper company    Then I was thinking hey I got an idea from an old building of mine:


I'm trying to make the signs with MS paint. Can anyone tell me how to type the bullet points between the words?

[DKS]

I'm trying to make the signs with MS paint. Can anyone tell me how to type the bullet points between the words?

Since you're using paint, just leave spaces and draw circles.

[GimpLizard]

I'm trying to make the signs with MS paint. Can anyone tell me how to type the bullet points between the words?

Why not use MS Excel? Those "bullets" can be inserted as symbols. Chose white for the font color and black for the cell fill color. I'd thing that would work out pretty well.

[Chris333]

I found "alt+0149" works. Here is a test on regular paper:


I honestly have no idea how to draw a circle with paint or insert it between text. No Excel.

[GimpLizard]

Well that certainly worked out nice. 

[Chris333]

I have no idea what I'm doing... When I finish what I want in Paint and click the screen all the sudden the resolution goes to crap and the type get all pixelated. I had to re-do it all and leave the dashed box around it and do a screen capture. Then I put it in XNview to size and crop it and make a negative. That caused the dashed line to turn red. I put it back in paint and drew black over the red and then printed it. Doesn't help that Windows & paint is all different.

I guess considering all that it's a miracle.


Edit: Looks like this in paint: