mustang1989

Ok folks. I've been rackin' my brain trying to figure out two of my problems with this build. First off , the floor was just too dang clean. I tried dirtying up the paper based flooring with ground up brown and black pastel rubbed into the flooring but it wasn't enough. As you all know, it would just rub off. Then my thoughts turned to some 1000 grit sandpaper. . Now that............might just work. So I started on the first two rows of tile and lo and behold.........it was just what I wanted!! You can see the difference between the first two rows and the rest of the flooring in the following photo: So I sanded the whole floor and put some more "dirt and grime" on the walls: This is also going to be an "inside" display with the only outside reference being seen through the window in the back of the shop so I had to put terminating ends on the sides and tops of the walls. I was at odds on how to accomplish that until this morning. I grabbed some black Evergreen styrene sheets that I had and started measuring, cutting and gluing. Before: and after (I'll be installing a door to hide the doorway wall innards):

Everything you're adding is a straight up improvement bud. Lookin' good so far.

Say.......... I do like that color. I enjoy playing with the different shades of the same color with different primers/ undercoat colors. Lookin' good Tom.

Got the walls free standing now with nothing propping them up. The more I looked at the whole shop floor and walls , the more I felt the need to grime it up just a tad. I didn't want it nasty, just used somewhat. So I used some ground up black and a little brown pastels and rubbed in some brown to dirty it and smudged some in the window sill and framing for the dust effect. I hit the areas directly behind the work bench and on the sides of the door entrance with some rubbed in black pastel. Still got LOTS of weathering to do inside here in regards to the work bench, floors and walls. I'll also be working on the door and putting some other goodies on the walls in addition to panel close outs at the top and end edges of the walls. Here's a top side view so far:

Any kind of a kept up shop needs some clean up equipment which I've been working on I managed to assemble a push broom, paint and weather it and did the same to the trash can, dust pan and brush. I found some tissue paper with some writing on it wadded up and thrown in the trash can for an added touch.

This diorama area of modeling is catchy!! Love all the scratch building going into this one!!

This is turning out swell. Really swell! My son LOVES Raptors so I'll be showing this to him later. Good work on this one Ashley.

Here's before any weathering/ dirtying up and with the walls merely propped up. Lots more to add detail wise.

Thanks Dave. I do use my own photo shots a lot. Especially the "macro" ones. Sometimes I'm horrified at my initial work and have to go back and fix it. lol. I've gotta go back over that desktop so it doesn't have too much shine.

Thanks fellas. Here's the desk and chair that took about of week for me to build. I ended up building the resin coffee pot kit that I had, the camera came from the Fujimi tools kit as did the chair. Coffee cup is resin and was cleaned up and drilled out. Coffee can is also a resin kit. I felt something was missing from the desk top so I've got a microwave kit coming and will probably put a piece of notebook paper and a pencil on the desktop as well.

The lighting is playing its part in this dio. Looking good Dave.

Color looks "Bad A" dude. Good lookin' Porsche.

Now that's what I'm talkin' about. I like the way you think Pat.

Just like the pictures. It's good to be back here and see work like this coming together. I've learned a ton just watching guys like you.

I got the black top cut, painted and applied to the top of the tool box. I also got my laptop painted and applied BMF in the areas where the "intel inside" and "Dell" stickers were below the keyboard. I took a picture of a screensaver on my "real" laptop that has my favorite photo of my wife and son at the beach here in Corpus , sized it down to 2% and printed it on photo paper then cut it out and adhered it to the laptop monitor then glued that to the top of the tool box. I also cut out, folded and glued the paper bag for the burgers and fries together and glued that to the top of the box. Burgers, fries and some tools coming soon........ I added a little more to the tool box with the addition of the burger, fries, shake and other goodies. Had to play around with the color for a while on the buns, meat patty and fries till I got what shade I liked. I applied a subtle wash from Mig Productions on the fries to help bring the detail out some and to give them a true "fries" look. So far I'm good with this: Not sure what happened to the sizing................

Been missing this one. Anything new on it Rich?

Good turn out Randy!!

I really like these old Firebirds...................a lot. Good job on the build Janne.

Dude..........................that be awesome!! Very good looking build !!!!

Man..................you do like 'em low Kerry! What's the plans for the wheel coverings in the front?

Good start! Watching!!

Thanks Steve. Been away from the bench and forums for around 3 months now. I've got the 409 project finished and I'll be back on this one as soon as I get my garage done that I'm building here. Looking forward to working with the plastic again.

Thanks Rob, Jeremy and Cale. Technically this is cheating but I'm making a change or so to it. I picked this tool box up from Ebay: However I did NOT like the molded in tools and I'm not a big fan of a "hutch" installed on the tops of these style of boxes. To begin with the Fujimi kit supplied tool box I 1.) don't like that style of box and 2) it aint a Snap-On box and 3.) cannot stand those molded in tools as it looks waaaay cheap. I like the "taco wagon" style boxes so this was the only one I saw that was a Snap-On box so I set out to make a change. I cut the hutch off and sanded the top of the box smooth so one couldn't tell there was ever a hutch there to begin with. Like so: I'll be placing a laptop on the top of the box along with a bag and drink from a local burger joint to start with. I may put a tool or two on top as well. I'll see what else I can come up with........

Thought I would build a garage for a place to take pictures of some of my finished builds. I started off with this Antique Garage Set and really don't know what I was expecting but the wood floor looks too new and the side walls were the same way. All laminated card stock. I know better. Anyways , here's the garage kit: and then the shop tools: I'm going to revamp the flooring with some fancy tile floor(minus the "foo-foo" bordering): and go with some real walls instead of the paper wood grain walls. We'll see where the imagination goes from there.

I love it!!!! Man that's one busy shop!! It's all the little things that add up to complete the realistic effect. Good work Brad!