crazyrichard Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 hey thnx , the windows are from the biggest train scale (scale g) and the floor is just wood and painted with paint .. the walls are foam board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasser59 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Now this is cool. Love your progress so far. I've built a few dios but I have no more room so I think that's it for me. I'll just watch your amazing progress instead, its almost as fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyi Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 WOW! very nice Richard! sorry I missed this earlier. Love everything about it, especially the detail and weathering work....beautiful job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted November 22, 2012 Author Share Posted November 22, 2012 thx !! just found some great stuff to make a steel support ceiling ... with .. hope to continue the dio soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScaleModelAddict Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Very cool. Love to see updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Pure eye candy indeed. Thank you and look forward to more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Teresi Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 WOW!!!!!....amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 thnx finally found something for the walls , the thing is due to the hotrod builds the garage got a bit on the sidetrack .. also i just was not happy with the walls .. i just did not have the time and will to make every single stone and build up the walls .. just dont have the time with the hotrod builds , wich are more important and fun for me then the garage .. today i went to a larger store for glue , styrene , brass and more and found these printed walls (made for train sets) its not just a flat print its a bit 3-d so there are depths in between the bricks ... not a whole lot but enough so it does not look terrible.. they where cheap so i decided to buy some and try it out .. on the pics i only placed a few loose pieces to see how it looked , not glued or trimmed perfect with a bit of weathering i think they will look cool so if i paint the pillars metal like and make some cross braces i can make the walls out of these sheets .. could be done even nicer by making the bricks yourself but timewise i'm going to use these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughn Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 It all looks great Richard !! With or without the brick. You can see some of my scratch built rock and brick work on page 2 of Dioramas. They are time consuming tho. Your work looks great !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 well started fitting the 3-d brick sheets some close ups of the depth in them , also they are not just plain flat some stick out more as a whole , made sides from ribbed plastic , that actually came from old window blinds for your house ... the floor will change also just painted that in the beginning will be more detailed , maybe partly tiles with some small stuff in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 It all looks great Richard !! With or without the brick. You can see some of my scratch built rock and brick work on page 2 of Dioramas. They are time consuming tho. Your work looks great !!thnx and yes i know thats what i was planning to do but found it too timeconsuming in between car builds (lazy me hehehehe) Very nice Diorama.. I want to make one some day soon.thnx ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 now that the walls are done (base) its really progressing again , still need a ton of detail , also will add more pillars and some cross members pillar floor plates with bolts etc later on first painted the pillars and wall plating roughly in silver then weathered all of that and added a thick edge on the wall plates made from styrene then painted that edge matt green and also repainted the window frames in that green so it matches and i can use that color on more details , needed to be a color that was not too bright really getting that industrial feel i was after now , and with real detail work like piping , real lighting , sockets , bolts etc it will really come to life more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Beautiful work, Rich. Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 thnx .. just the base i want to weather the walls and maybe remove a few bricks and fill them with bondo and make it look like the space is filled with concrete maybe paint some stones a third color with a small brush also found some cool stuff to build heaters hanging on the wall need to ad more pillars on the right wall , some wire cross braces real lighting got enough idea;s to keep me going for a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpitShineTommy Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 That lift is awesome. Great job so far. I want to start something like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 started some weathering. first > in real life it looks way less dramatic as on the pics , less black i washed in all the seems to create more depth , will get some lighter grey tones also its just a base to build on did some mild weathering on the bricks and the window frames got a sand on the edges so there are parts of bare wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 today i started the washes on the floor , after i washed the edges on the walls to add depth i needed to make a dark wash for the floor so it was more balanced also did some more fith and exhaust gass stains on the walls found a box of tehse plastic things this week and the second i saw them i thought about a big hanging workshop heating system i made them thicker by glueing 2 together and make 3 like that and then glue the 3 pieces together then used all sorts of misc.. parts from my partsboxes added hoses wich will run through a panel i will make in one of the small windows of the most right garage window so they can suck in fresh air then just as a base i sprayed the thing silver need to add all sorts of piping and wiring etc .. made do the side housing red like the lift i have build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 (edited) then came the time to give the heater some soul lol painted the house red , gave it some weathering and rust .... painted the bottom openings (biggest one) dark grey inside for more depth will hang here and the hoses will be on a panel i will make in place of the bottom right window took these decals and ade up that the brand heater was weiand , liked the logos a lot and the yellow really pops Edited February 23, 2013 by crazyrichard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 (edited) a bit of progress , under the heater i will make a frame , for now i hang it up on nails so i can make the frame easyer also made a busted window and made some glass yellow , only one window in now , need to make the 3 other ones now on one window i'm planning to make a piece of wood in front so it looks like one window is hammered shut Edited February 23, 2013 by crazyrichard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmvw guy Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Just read your Entire thread, the work you are doing is awesome. I saw the diorama on your other thread with the cool hot rod and loved it, now I fully appreciate it. I thought I recognized the parts for your shop heater so, I showed them to my wife. She said they are cassette holders they use in the medical lab. Neat idea! Everything is really looking cool, makes me want to do a little more work on my garage. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 thnx and yes i reconed it was something from a lab because i also saw some glass plates where i found them thnx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmvw guy Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Yes probably slides. I forgot to mention, when I went through your thread looking at all the pictures, I got so caught up in it I almost forgot about the scale. You are doing a very realistic approach at making it all come alive. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 (edited) thnx i never have a set plan like most people so it kind of grows and somtimes a build go's in a totally difefrent direction. the attic i made and spend good time on isnt going in. instead i'm now planning to make a steel frame attic with like rivets .. i wanted a real industrial look at a certain point i always loved old industrial buildings and old abandoned building pictures with busted windows and ... so that feel i want to have in this garage the only difference is this is used and not abandoned Edited February 24, 2013 by crazyrichard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 made a frame from styrene then added a ribbed section of hard plastic (not styrene) used some bolts from those toy finger skateboards , my son had a whole bunch of those bolts painted and weathered the frame , the bolts actually are tight in the wood and hold the frame with the unit also added bolts the bolts do give a great realism effect then did the rest of the windows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 altered 2 cheap poles , before and after made caps on them with some radom caps out of the partsbox layer of base paint lighted some weathering and made the caps green and added some rust later on i will make steel roof supports and will make hanging lighting wich will be much brighter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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