The photo above and the one on the right were taken of
the same scene. These are some of the rock castings that
I painted. We wanted a sort of western feel to the
rocks. These rocks were cast in plaster. The photograph
sort of has the feel of the morning fog hovering over the
river before the sun burns it off. All of the photos on
this page were taken at a show which had natural lighting
from the skylights in the ceiling.
Another area in which I was able to be useful was in
the new industrial area. When the long 350 foot (4
actual feet) bridge was being constructed, I was
commissioned to build the piers for the bridge.
I was handed a bag of styrene girder kits and some
stock styrene and was told to "go to it." I had never
scratchbuilt anything with styrene or even done much in
the way of kitbashing in styrene either. I figured I
would give it a try and hope I didn't ruin all of the
parts I was given.
As you can see in the photo to the left, I made
something that resembled a bridge girder. I think there
were a total of six of these girders for the bridge. I
even made them the correct height.
The photo to the right and the one below are of the same area from
different angles. I think this area has a good dirty
industrial look to it.
Even though I had nothing to do with the modeling
in the photo of the freight depot to the right, I
thought it was a good example of the high quality of
modeling for which this club is known.
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