07-03-2011, 11:01 AM
Gary, no wizardry at all, just hours of carving … 
Greg, lears, I am love street trackage, but I am not crazy about working with plaster. So I am really glad that it turns out to be a good method to build street trackage.
Mark, now you know why SUVs are so popular … :mrgreen:
Jens, I will tune down the color of the bricks, because I, too, think they still stand out a bit too much, BUT :mrgreen: I won’t change the color. It may not be 100%, but have a look at the old granite block paving in LA: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://bigorangelandmarks.blogspot.com/2009/02/no-211-granite-block-paving.html">http://bigorangelandmarks.blogspot.com/ ... aving.html</a><!-- m -->. If you look at this photo (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.dpdproductions.com/photos_rrgallery_rathole/21c.jpg">http://www.dpdproductions.com/photos_rr ... le/21c.jpg</a><!-- m -->) that shows the bricks in your pic from a different angle, you will see that they are a little tinted (brown, yellow and red). BTW, in all the pics on that website, the colors of the streets seem the be a bit washed out compared to all the other pics I saw from that area. Anyway, thank you fro your help.
Thank you for the information, Wayne. In an old black and white pic from LA I saw some patches of stones in the asphalt surface that looked like bricks. They looked a bit too small and even to be granite blocks. But whatever they were, the color I chose should be acceptable.
Gus, the building on the left is just a pic that I printed out and glued to cardboard to make a mock-up. I still have to build that structure, but I agree, it is hard to tell from the pic that it is not 3D.
Greg, lears, I am love street trackage, but I am not crazy about working with plaster. So I am really glad that it turns out to be a good method to build street trackage.
Mark, now you know why SUVs are so popular … :mrgreen:
Jens, I will tune down the color of the bricks, because I, too, think they still stand out a bit too much, BUT :mrgreen: I won’t change the color. It may not be 100%, but have a look at the old granite block paving in LA: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://bigorangelandmarks.blogspot.com/2009/02/no-211-granite-block-paving.html">http://bigorangelandmarks.blogspot.com/ ... aving.html</a><!-- m -->. If you look at this photo (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.dpdproductions.com/photos_rrgallery_rathole/21c.jpg">http://www.dpdproductions.com/photos_rr ... le/21c.jpg</a><!-- m -->) that shows the bricks in your pic from a different angle, you will see that they are a little tinted (brown, yellow and red). BTW, in all the pics on that website, the colors of the streets seem the be a bit washed out compared to all the other pics I saw from that area. Anyway, thank you fro your help.
Thank you for the information, Wayne. In an old black and white pic from LA I saw some patches of stones in the asphalt surface that looked like bricks. They looked a bit too small and even to be granite blocks. But whatever they were, the color I chose should be acceptable.
Gus, the building on the left is just a pic that I printed out and glued to cardboard to make a mock-up. I still have to build that structure, but I agree, it is hard to tell from the pic that it is not 3D.
Kurt