UP Car Shop
February 1st, 2010
Finished up the Car Shop kit this evening (minus decals).
The brick walls were painted Roof Brown, the doors and support beams are Stainless Steel, the windows are Pullman Green, the roof is Grimy Black, and the floor is Concrete.
The rail is Micro Engineering Code 55 weather rail. Got it from some extra pieces of concrete flex I had left over from the old layout.
Hi there Shaun.
The shop seems to be quiet nice, but I have a suggestion, to make it even better:
Apply a wash of a concrete color over the bricks (like 8 parts thinner, 1 part ink), so that you can pull up the mortar lines. This gives a very nice look to the brick walls.
Just a thought!…
Cheers, and keep up!
Where did you purchase the model and who makes it?
@Luis: Thanks for the tip. I haven’t really gotten into the world of weathering yet, but I’ll certainly keep this in mind when I finally give it a go.
@Tom: The kit is made by Walthers and is called “Cornerstone Series(R) Car Shop”. You can find it at a variety of stores online, but I ordered mine from http://www.modeltrainstuff.com (where I get a lot of my stuff online).