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deemery
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Posted - 02/15/2019 : 8:12:47 PM
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To the left of where Jacobs Coal will go, I'm planning a string of Company Houses (City Classics kits). There'll be 6 or 7, plus a bar. Here's a string of them to get a feel for how this scene will develop.

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deemery
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Posted - 02/18/2019 : 7:32:23 PM
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First, I cleaned my workbench....

I decided my workers needed a bar. I looked at some existing kits, but none caught my fancy. So I decided to do what probably happened in the prototype, convert a house to a bar. I used the extension from the back of the City Classics kit (which I'm not using), cut a larger opening for bigger windows,
 Next I constructed a porch and railing. The railing was a "2 cuss job".
 It was very tempting to omit the railing and let the drunk Little People fall :-) After the bar area is all painted, I'll glue brick paper for the foundation underneath it. That will show it was constructed later than the rest of the structure.
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Posted - 02/18/2019 : 7:47:32 PM
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Nice to see some bar setting build.
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jbvb
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Posted - 02/23/2019 : 4:22:59 PM
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Looks good so far.
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deemery
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Posted - 02/24/2019 : 2:31:47 PM
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The bar is colored, I just need to find and glue brick paper as the foundation. The other house needs its (open) porch.

Mostly I use craft paints for these kinds of projects. The one exception is I use good quality artist (Golden) Titanium White. The craft paint white pigments aren't very good. The porch was light coats of white over a light yellow primer, then a very light transparent drybrush of burnt umber/brown oxide to add a bit of wood tone. The door and window frames, plus the corner trim, was painted with a less transparent coat of white.
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Posted - 02/25/2019 : 01:37:47 AM
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The house are looking good Dave. I agree with you on Craft Acrylics Whites. There are only good for lightening colors. I do like the White wash (Americana I think). It fits my theme well.
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BurleyJim
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Posted - 02/25/2019 : 09:35:27 AM
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Dave,
I haven't checked on your progress in a couple of months. The layout is looking very nice. Your geology class must be helping you quite a bit in shaping the landmass. The buildings are as usual from you, excellent. Keep up the great job, when are we going to see a train running?
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Posted - 02/25/2019 : 5:48:26 PM
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The houses look great, Dave. 
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deemery
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Posted - 02/26/2019 : 6:38:18 PM
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Not quite the '5 Victorians' of San Francisco, but they look pretty good together. Note how the one with the bar addition has a brick foundation (old PaperCreek paper glued over the styrene, sanded down a bit to provide a smooth surface.)

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Posted - 02/26/2019 : 11:13:37 PM
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I agree, they do look good. and you did a good job on them.
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Posted - 02/27/2019 : 09:28:18 AM
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Very fine work, Dave.
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Posted - 02/27/2019 : 10:33:55 AM
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Very nice Dave.
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deemery
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Posted - 03/08/2019 : 7:03:16 PM
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Wiring...

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BurleyJim
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Posted - 03/08/2019 : 8:03:43 PM
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Those Wago connectors are slick!
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deemery
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Posted - 03/08/2019 : 8:34:37 PM
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They're attached with double-sided tape. It's barely acceptable. I wish there was a better way to attach them to the splines.
The advantage of the Wago connectors is that I can easily disconnect sections of track.
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