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Post by Kozma Minin on Mar 25, 2008 23:17:36 GMT -5
These are a couple dumpters I scratch built in N scale.  complete after paint.  completed assembly before painting. |
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Post by Kozma Minin on Mar 25, 2008 23:22:32 GMT -5
 I cut sheet aluminum that I found in an old lamp.  Formed it around a plastruct shape.  The formed lifting channel before super glueing to the side of the dumpster. |
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Post by Kozma Minin on Mar 25, 2008 23:26:43 GMT -5
 Start with a Plastruct shape. File grooves into the front face. Cut and assemble sheet styrene for the sides and dumpster cover door.Then glue on your lift channels on each side. |
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Post by Cole Only on Mar 26, 2008 19:10:45 GMT -5
d**n, those are tight.
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Post by Kozma Minin on Mar 27, 2008 18:59:33 GMT -5
Thanks dude.
The graffiti on the completed model are user names of the other participants of an online forum Group Build that this was entered into.
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Post by hobojankins on May 19, 2008 19:04:57 GMT -5
Nice work, I'm gonna try that in HO scale...
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Post by Kozma Minin on May 19, 2008 19:41:48 GMT -5
cool thanks.
After the build, post your solution for HO scale casters for the bottom of the dumpsters. I cut little pieces of plastic for a realistic spacing under mine.
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Post by Cole Only on Jun 21, 2008 15:08:22 GMT -5
im working on my first kit. as i was painting the graff i got to thinking i would need some dumpsters for the back alley and remembered this thread. here is some progress on the building.  not happy with the brick here. i may take to it with some chalks this evening.  the back alley with the cils incomplete - got a little sloppy on the yellow. your first photo gives me some good ideas for the graffiti and buffing technique.  "Front Street" also a little detail cil work and more colors for the remaining dentals. KO - where did you cop the plastruct cube? |
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Post by Cole Only on Jun 21, 2008 15:20:06 GMT -5
also came up on a water tower and 2005 crown vic (inexpensive modern 1:87 vehicles are really hard to find) today at hobby lobby. 30% off all model rr stuff. 11 bucks for both....  |
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Post by Kozma Minin on Jun 21, 2008 16:58:41 GMT -5
Nice kit. That's one whole city block www.plastruct.com/I picked it up at a hobby shop some time back. It's sold in 24" or 36" lengths. They make all kinds of shapes and sizes. I cut mine down to the size using an X-Acto razor saw and miter box. The material is soft plastic, perfect for scratch building, but not compatible with the standard styrene liquid cements for plastic models. You have to pick up some of their special name brand formula cements or use CA (super glue). Evergreen styrene, www.evergreenscalemodels.com/ is not cheap either but is compatible with standard hobby cements. Your brick work paint looks fine. I see the white wash for mortar and some black wash for that tasty weathered molding and grime. Maybe a few steaks running down from a window sill or two will add detail. Then add a couple of those small diameter, coffee stir straws for the drain pipes from the roof. I'd paint those flat black and after cure time, follow with a brown wash for rust. |
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Post by Cole Only on Jun 21, 2008 17:42:39 GMT -5
Then add a couple of those small diameter, coffee stir straws for the drain pipes from the roof. I'd paint those flat black and after cure time, follow with a brown wash for rust. that was going to be my next question...ill have to stop by the BP and liberate a few of those. Im gonna try to get some of the whitewash off first (probably with rubing alcohol) and hopefully it just leaves the white mortar. ill follow that with another thin coat of diluted black - and then some rust accents. cant wait to finish this one and move onto the next kit. |
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Post by moegreen on Sept 16, 2008 16:00:23 GMT -5
i would repaint that kit. i dont like the green and orange window trim on them. i would repaint the all the window time neutral colors.
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Post by Cole Only on Sept 22, 2008 23:22:02 GMT -5
lol, actually i painted them like that intentionally. the kit does not come painted. Im not really fond of the orange either, but with a kit like this the intention is to make it look like 5 seperate buildings. If all the cils and dentals were painted one color, it would look like one building, and not 5. Here is the photo from the box just to reference:  this a lot fancier than mine of course, but this was my first kit i didnt realize how popular this kit is. I have seen it in about 7 or 8 layouts since i got it. |
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Post by ogebeecaoxa on Jun 8, 2019 22:44:35 GMT -5
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