Downtown Structures on My HO Scale Layout

[@jimjohnston7688]

Very nice. A bar and a liquor store on the same block. A man after my own heart.😆

[@rwissbaum9849]

This is, after all, Creede, Colorado - a mining town!

[@dmflynn962]

Thank you for making the video. It was well done. The models are well done, too. You have given me some ideas. I am just surfing around looking for ideas on how I might weather shingle roofs on two buildings I have. Thanks again.

[@rwissbaum9849]

Check out this video by Jason Jensen - it's super easy and gives great results: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGe3pnV6j9-tick

[@robertmcevoy24]

Thank you I just started adding interiors to my builds thank you for the links, your builds are amazing!

[@rwissbaum9849]

Thanks for the kind words. Stay tuned - I plan a video on my most recent build where I made a more complete interior (the building has huge sliding doors which allow the viewer to see the entire interior). I have some techniques I think you'll like.

[@robertmcevoy24]

@@rwissbaum9849 I subbed to your channel , looking forward to the next one you mentioned Thank you

[@craiglowrey9550]

Nice workmanship. I've built several DPM kits also. I like them, although I currently am modeling a logging operation and don't have but one in use. I think I built them some 20+ years ago. Keep up the good work.

[@rwissbaum9849]

Thanks for the comment! I watched David Popp's series on his Olympia logging layout and it looks like a lot of great opportunities for scratchbuilding.

[@pdrrengineer1404]

My interest is more the structures in Alamosa, CO in the 1950's. From the streetscapes I've seen of that era it's mostly generic brick storefronts typical of small towns of that period. Thanks for showing us your version of Creede.

[@rwissbaum9849]

Alamosa is still in the planning stages, although I have built a car repair shop using the old Railway Design Associates Branch Line Engine House. Currently in storage until I acquire the necessary right of way!

[@cajunscout6331]

I found you video very nicely presented. Love your descriptions of your painting and your interior detailing. hope to see more from you.

[@rwissbaum9849]

Thank you! I do plan more videos - they are a lot more effort to create than I thought.

[@CassidysWorkshop]

Beautiful work. Thanks for the link to the scuppers. I've been building my own out of styrene channel, these will look better in some instances.

[@rwissbaum9849]

Thanks. Years ago, I got an amazing deal on Woodland Scenics River Pass Building set - 15 DPM kits plus a boatload of decals and about a pound of cast metal decals. This retails for $350, but I found it in my local hobby shop marked down to $100. Among the cast details were four or six scupper/downspouts - and it is one of those that you see on the third building. (You can tell by the cast-on joint halfway up the downspout.) When I use the shapeways scuppers, I use a piece of scale 2x3 styrene from Evergreen. I create "joints" in the downspout by wrapping it with tape, then applying any old craft paint against the tape. The paint leaves just enough of a ridge to make a convincing joint, especially when highlighted with a little rust color. Thanks for watching!

[@russellloomis4376]

wOw! Your structures are fantastic. Right now I have too many already-built eBay buys to work on. But, it's videos like yours that make me want to start buying material.

[@rwissbaum9849]

Thank you!

[@pmsteamrailroading]

I really like your use of lighting. Too many people just stick a bulb in and light the whole thing.

[@rwissbaum9849]

I have in the back of my mind a video on strategies for creating interiors, ranging from a simple backlit window to a full-blown interior. If there is sufficient interest, I'll probably so something along those lines some day.

[@paulmancinelli5911]

Nice job! Keep up the good work :)

[@rwissbaum9849]

Thanks for the kind words. Stay tuned...

[@edg1754]

Great structures! I really like the treatment of the interior details. Well done!

[@rwissbaum9849]

Thanks for the kind words. I am planning a future video showing a scratchbuilt structure with a more detailed interior. Stay tuned...

[@ninastrange5269]

Informative. Looking forward to more. Having links is great.

[@jonathantaylor1081]

How did you go about designing the interior using Inkscape? Can you make a video on that?

[@rwissbaum9849]

When I hear you say it, "designing an interior using Inkscape" sounds like a big deal. It's really not. Flip over to the Community tab on my channel page and you'll see the complete "design". I found an image on Google of an old-time pharmacy interior. I copied the shelves and the drawers, then pasted multiple copies along the walls of a simple shadow box design - basically, just an unfolded box with gluing tabs on the edges. I added color for painted walls, and I pasted some advertising images above the shelves. Then I copied and pasted a wood floor pattern to the floor area. If you still have questions, let me know. Thanks for watching.

[@SkipJack1950]

Great Job!!! Where did you get the star washers for the sides of buildings. That was a very interesting detail most dont model.

[@rwissbaum9849]

If you click the "Show more" link under the video description, you'll find links to (I hope) everything mentioned in the video, including the star washers. They are from Tichy Train Group, who sell two different sizes: #8145 and #8146. The ones shown are #8146.

[@SkipJack1950]

@@rwissbaum9849 Thanks, partner. I appreciate that very much!!! Happy day when I can get help & save all that research time :))

[@rwissbaum9849]

@@SkipJack1950 Glad I could help! That is EXACTLY why I try to post that "background" information along with all my videos. Many modelers may not even know what they're looking for (at least, I didn't know just a few short years ago.) I hope that a large part of the value of my videos is that it makes modelers aware of possibilities - parts, tools, techniques - that they didn't even know existed.

[@randysrockandrollrailroad8207]

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