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Have you been looking for techniques for building the scenery on your layout? Maybe you have been looking for ways you can improve the realism in your models?
I have been modeling my train layout for years. I too, searched for techniques that would allow me to build things I couldn’t find commercially - bridges that fit my exact layout needs, buildings for which there were no kits available.
I will show you everything I’ve learned. Weathering techniques that turn the bridge or building kit that everyone else has, into a realistic, one of a kind structure. How to build that trestle bridge you always wanted.
I have been modeling my train layout for years. I too, searched for techniques that would allow me to build things I couldn’t find commercially - bridges that fit my exact layout needs, buildings for which there were no kits available.
I will show you everything I’ve learned. Weathering techniques that turn the bridge or building kit that everyone else has, into a realistic, one of a kind structure. How to build that trestle bridge you always wanted.
Top 5 tips for hassle free model making
These are 5 tips to help reduce your aggravation while working on your models. Tips are:
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Top 5 Tips for a Clean Airbrush
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There is nothing more annoying than thinking you have a clean airbrush, only to find out is clogged from the last time you used it. I found 5 easy steps that have put the clogged airbrush in the rearview mirror. Cleaner: 100 ml Windex (Ammonia-free) 150ml distilled water 70ml isopropyl alcohol (70% or 91%) 10 drops of glycerin
Weathering Rolling Stock - Part 3
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The final installment of this series will demonstrate how to add rust streaks, rust chipping and powders to finish the weathering. Rust Streaks - beginning Chipping - 4:45 Using Powders - 9:15 Wheels - 13:00 Railroad Pictures Archive - rrpicturearchives.net/ Rail Pictures.NET -railpictures.net/
Weathering rolling stock - Part 1
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The first video in this series on weathering includes how to prepare your model, how to add a "fade" (making the paint look faded) and adding a dark wash.
Bridges and Viaducts from acoustic tile panels
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You can make realistic looking bridges, viaducts or abutments from cheap, acoustic tile ceiling panels.
Making exterior lights - Quick Tip
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Find out how to easily make your own exterior wall lights for your layout or diorama.
My layout from the locomotive's point of view
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See my layout from the perspective of the locomotive.
Painting a plaster building from Downtown Deco
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This video shows how I prepared the hydrocal (plaster) pieces from this Downtown Deco kit. I will also show how I painted them in a multi-colored brick pattern. 0:15 - Prepping plaster walls for painting 1:50 - Straightening edges of plaster walls 3:05 - Priming walls 3:25 - Base coat 5:55 - Painting individual bricks 8:10 - Black wash (including recipe) 13:30 - Adding texture to the roof 14:47...
Top 10 Model building Tips, Tricks and jigs
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I demonstrate my Top 10 Model building Tips, Tricks and jigs that I use to make my model building easier and more efficient. Non-tip glue stand Non-tip paint holder Handling round parts for painting Precise glue applicator "Allways ready" glue bottle holder Tool for gluing walls upright and at perfect right angles Keeping posts plumb while gluing Using prototypes as references for weathering Ch...
Building and weathering the Corrugated Shack - Dueling Shacks Part 5
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Building the corrugated shack from the Dueling Shacks kit, by Sierra West. This video will demonstrate how to paint and weather corrugated panels for the appearance of rusty, aged panels. 4:40 - Painting corrugated panels 12:45 - Building the walls 20:53 - Building the roof
Painting and weathering detail parts
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This video will demonstrate several techniques for painting and weathering resin or white metal detail parts to make them look as realistic as possible. These parts are part of the Dueling Shacks kit from Sierra West. 3:18 - First treatment for metal parts; see later for finishing them 6:42 - Painting wooden boxes and crates 10:42 - Painting oil drums 19:13 - Making scale shop rags 20:53 - Fini...
Making a Tar paper Roof for the Dueling Shacks - Part 4
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We will make a tar paper roof with battens and wooden trim to complete the wooden shack.
Modeling scale wooden building - Walls and adding details - Dueling Shacks Part 3
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We will take the wood we weathered in the last segment and assemble the walls. The shack will begin to take shape as we connect the walls and add details like hinges, door handles and signs.
Weathering and aging wood - Dueling Shacks Part 2
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This segment of the Dueling Shacks build will cover weathering and aging wood for the wooden shack. You can find this kit at Sierra West Scale Models - sierrawestscalemodels.com/
Sierra West Dueling shacks kit - box opening
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Sierra West Dueling shacks kit - box opening
Making sidewalks for model railroads
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Making sidewalks for model railroads
Damnnn i legit just knocked over my brand new bottle of Tamiya Cement (orange cap) after one single use, and am now left with only a handful of uses. Making that square holder but x3, thanks for the idea!
notch out the bottom of the post jig so glue doesnt squeeze out and glue jig too
finally, someone, you, gave us all the parts and how to to make lights with those rounds reflectors lf3 and 6, ks brass 1/16 tube, smd nano leds 3v dc 20ma. thanks so much. Gary
Glad you found it useful, Gary. I just try to mention what I would want to know if I was searching for a solution to something
Where do you get maisonette?
In the U.S. I can get it at Lowes or Home Depot. Try any building supply company. It can be called Hard Board or Masonite.
Clever boy... Thanks!
Thanks!
Great Video. Thank you!!
Here is a tweak for the 90 degree sander. Before gluing down the vertical part of the sanding tool, cut a narrow groove into the horizontal piece right next to the vertical glue line. This allows you to stick sandpaper to the vertical surface and have it extend all the way down making this tool useful for very thin plastic pieces.
Thanks!
Question about the cleaner. Is this usable for water based acrylics only, or can it also be used for alcohol based acrylics and lacquers? I've been looking for an ultrasonic cleaner formula and this looks like it will fill the bill, but I am curious. I normally use Tamiya lacquer thinner for cleaning everything but water based acrylics in my airbrush. Thanks for the tips. Subbed.
I can tell you I too spray with Tamiya acrylics and it works for them. I couldn't tell you what happens with lacquers. I imagine if you wanted to put enough thinner in the cleaner, it would work just as well for lacquers.
I need a technique to drill a centred hole in a < 1mm piece of plastic rod to simulate a gun barrel?
That will be tough @williammarshall6544. What I would do for that case is try to find a small tube to use in its place. Evergreen sells some very small diameter plastic tubes or look around for something similar. Coffee stir sticks, the old metal ink pen refills, etc.
Nice job! How'd you do the movie theater marquee and ticket booth? Looks great.
Thanks! The marquee is a Miller Engineering sign. You can buy them many places, like modeltrainstuff.com. The ticket booth, I scratch built from plastic.
To conplicated
Great tips - Thanks
Jigsaw Bad. Flying Paint bad. I get it, its a cheap solution if you have a jigsaw. but seriously, get A LabGenius Mini Vortex Mixer if you have the ability. They are amazing, has changed my Paint usability massively for the better. Thanks for the video. 8)
I chuckled at the jigsaw one. Very effective!
Good tips, I definitely like the one about super glue and the tea candle
The bottles in tip #9 that you have thinner in looks like where did you find those ??
I think those came from Hobby Lobby or Micheals
Very nice. Enjoyed the video a bunch.
Thank you
Awesome tips! Thanks for sharing! I just subbed you!
Simple and well done!
Great video on weathering Thank you !!!
Brilliant ideas! Cheers from Outback Australia...
I'm just getting into airbrushing, and these are some great tips. Thank you.
Glad you found it useful. Have fun!
Another excellent video, thank you so much for these videos, so helpful. I'm waiting on my side walks and foundations to dry. I wanted to ask you a question if I may, how wide did you make your roads? Many thx
Glad you liked it. My layout is O Scale and I made my streets 9 in. wide for a two lane street with parallel parking on each side. Obviously, you could make it narrower if there is no parking.
@@everythingphotography2570 thank you, I'm using O scale, so this will work well for me. I was thinking 2.5" for each lane, so I wasn't too far off. Many thx
This is brilliant idea, thank you so much. I was just getting ready to use smooth it this morning and start my roads and sidewalks. I'm headed to Home Depot. Many thx!!
Thanks so much. I'm glad you found it useful
Wow those look really good, nice work and great video!!! -Ken
Thanks Ken.
I have no idea if you’ll see this comment but all the videos you’ve made have been a real help to me. I recently took interest in model making, I’m 21 and I love making models. I’ve made planes, trains, cars, and a few house. I just started on a huge diorama, its 24x19 and I’m planning on making an old western town with a train passing through the station. I’ve watched most of your videos and they’ve helped me lots! Since most of the buildings are going to be wooden, I needed to learn how to do a good weathering job. I was a little surprised you hadn’t posted in a while, but I’m glad to see you still posting! Cheers from Virginia!
Thanks so much! That means a lot. If you haven't seen it, in the Dueling Shacks series, I have a video on weathering and aging wood.
Very helpful. Have had my airbrush for about 8 months. Haven't used it yet partly because of the clean up process. This video breaks it down pretty good.
Thanks.
Good, thanks. I’ll avoid putting the needle in the ultrasonic. Can’t find the homemade cleaner you said was in the description.
Thanks. I knew I would forget the cleaner recipe! I have added it now
Nice tutorial. Some great tips. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks
I have an idea for you. You could try using a caligraphy set that has a pen handle and nibs of various widths for painting the individual bricks. You could then choose a nib of the correct width and paint a brick in one stroke.
genius !! The sticky sticks for spraying small parts is my favourite tip here - thank you
Very nice thank you.
Everytime I see someone make bases for thier jars and such I think "that's so stupid and such a waste of space." Then I go back to working on my models, and knock over an opened jar. The ammo jars are the worst, so awkwardly top heavy.
Good tips. Any ideas on how to get that perfect yellow stripe around aircraft bombs?
Great tips thanks.
Very many thanks for these useful tips. Much appreciated.
Glad you found some use out of it. Happy modeling!
Great tips..will use them.. thanks, Gary from . Ct.
Tichy Train Group sells even smaller lamp shades - about 8" diameter HO scale.
I've found that after you sand the back side of paper signs, spreading white glue makes the sign stretch and it makes the sign very fragile. Now I just brush acrylic matte medium on the side of the building, lay the sign in position, and burnish it down as you described. Any excess matte medium around the sign edges disappears completely when it dries.
Great idea. Thanks
Great tips, especially the needle and the paint holders. As someone prone to klutzing out due to a disability these are game changers!
Great tips, glad YT recommended your channel, subbed.
Thanks.
I've found that a helpful layout jig can be created using Legos, I use one of the flat green build plates screwed to a flat board as a base, you can make a perfect jig for almost anything with a small tub of bricks.
Thanks for sharing. Good ideas.
55 years modelling (on off) and there still are tricks to be learned. Tanks!
Isn't that the truth. I've got a list of more tips I've learned just since I posted this video. I hope to publish then soon.
Excellent information. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks. Very helpful.
Glad you found it useful.
Just came Across your channel, nice layout and great use of common materials.!
Thanks Andy. I'm glad you like it.
Довго и нудно роз'яснює те, що і так зрозуміло за 2 секунди.
WOW! So many good tips in one place. I wanted an excuse to buy Forstner bits!! Thanks Bob England
Thanks Bob!
Most Hobby Lobby stores have balsa wood. 1/4” or 1/8” usually there. If your thumbnail won’t dent the balsa much, perfect for these jigs