Mill Creek HOn30

[CRL]

Or... you could add some paint drips & runs and call it good enough.

[Chris333]

Viva La DKS. Thanks a million for the millionth time.


My luck did keep going though. I printed this sign 7 times and 4 of those times it was glued to the building when it went bad and got ripped off. Twice I ruined it in my hands. See I didn't want to just glue it on, I wanted it to look painted onto the boards. A lot of the black kept rubbing off so I touched it all up with a fine brush. Right above and below the sign the wall looks a little extra worn because of me scrubbing the glue off each time. 

Just letting it sit and have the glue set a little was the key, but I have to have it done NOW...

[GaryHinshaw]

Looks great Chris.  You might consider distressing the rest of the wall to blend with the area around the sign.  It would look very authentic.

[DKS]

Excellent. Glad I could help! I might lightly brush on some white chalk dust to make streaks below the lettering... or not.

Edit: Do you have white decal paper? It works really well for a painted-on look, although you'd need to seal it with clear matte spray to prevent the black from flaking off before applying it to the building.

[Chris333]

Ehh it already on and I'm happy with it. About the weathering that would be hard to match. The whole building was a wood tan color and then washed the barn red very thin. The sign is BAM solid black so needed to be reverse weathered from the rest of the building. I masked off the sign and weathered it from the rest of the building.

I took a much simpler approach to the building next door. Just used decals.

The idea for the HAY & STRAW came from this:



And some overall shots:



And around the other side of the layout:



And finally slapped some initial color on this dump tipple.


Sharp eyes will notice the bell on the roof of the feed mill. 

[Hawghead]

Chris,

Everything looks great, the layout is really coming along, I don't know how all you guys work so fast.

Scott

[DKS]

Chris,

Everything looks great, the layout is really coming along, I don't know how all you guys work so fast.

Scott

It's easy for Chris--he's not of this Earth.

[Cajonpassfan]

It's easy for Chris--he's not of this Earth.

Apparently not.
Otto K.

[wm3798]

Your work is one of the inspirations that's sent me back to the drawing board so many times on my HCD design.  Thanks for that.
Lee

[Chris333]

Fast?  I pissed half the year away building my VW and haven't touched the layout till now.

[Steveruger45]

Fast?  I pissed half the year away building my VW and haven't touched the layout till now.

Ride height is a bit low 😁
Seriously, looks really good.

[OldEastRR]

And the bell on the mill is used for what purpose?

[davefoxx]

And the bell on the mill is used for what purpose?

“Vittles!”

[Chris333]

The proceedings proceeding this evening:
Lots of tipples had a way to extend the chute so waste tailings could be dumped.


Then I poured some water:


Just a thin coat that I will build up with gloss gel.



Stitched view of this side.

[Chris333]

Meanwhile back in town all the buildings have been removed for ballast. With my trusty clip on fan drying things for me.


Some dry stuff.