May saw continued work on the scenes surrounding 30th Avenue. At the southwest corner of the intersection is a series of low lying light industrial buildings which was the focus this month. To help you get oriented, here is where the scene is on the layout. Here’s the prototype facing southwest from 30th Avenue. Antillean […]
Tanks, tanks, and more tanks. I don’t think there is a form of storage tank out there that isn’t represented on the Sun Gas property! Modeling them was my focus in April. Fortunately models of all were easily found through Walthers and Rix. There are also a few container stacks used for storage which I […]
Efforts in March focused on continuing to develop the Sun Gas scene. A large part of this month’s effort entailed scratch building the palms which, all combined, contain well over a hundred fronds. I also worked on fencing, hedges, and gates. The above image features a direct view down 30th Avenue. The backdrop is an […]
30th Avenue in the vicinity of Sun Gas is lined by rows of palm trees. Time to make a few! Since there really aren’t any commercially available palm trees that capture the airy and delicate nature of the fronds, they need to be made from scratch. I cut my own using a Black Cat Cougar […]
One of the more challenging aspects of modeling Sun Gas is dealing with the fencing that surrounds the compound. By nature chain link fencing is very light and airy and difficult to scale down to model proportions. Here’s a few tips I’ve come up with over the years. -Use a high quality photo etched product […]