I'm in the midst of building three structures for the shelf layout build. At this point I have not "built" much of anything, save for the cement silo. I put "built" in quotes because I have spent time in Photoshop doing some virtual construction.
I've purchased several textures from Scale Scenes, Clever, and even taken a few items from photos. These are laid over a schematic cut file that I prepared based on the "site dimensions". Those cut lines show in the images included here, however, I don't print them--the identifying text won't print either. The black lines in the upper left corner are my registration marks for the laser. I've also done some virtual airbrushing to break up the monotony of the printed texture. It does not look like much, but it helps. Shadows and reflections give things dimension in advance of weathering with other means.
I've also removed the silo from the mold, and the mold came out fantastically well. I'm excited to make at least a couple structures for this and future layouts. If I'm lucky, someone will want to trade, as the mold will clearly have some life! At this point I am about 19 hours into the build, including mold making and computer work.
The passenger car roof mold came out well too. I'm excited to start making a few of those, but that will have to wait. . . . for now.
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