Article & Photos By Greg Price
Thought I’d share my most recent “stay at home“ project. This is a standard DPM building with my own touches. Painted with spray paint followed by joint compound colored w/ gray acrylic paint. Then acrylic paint was used to paint window frames and corbels and lintels. I then weathered it with alcohol & India ink and Bragdon’s weathering powders. I made a sales showroom out of styrene as well as numerous washers, dryers, stoves and refrigerators. I then lit it with surface mount LED’s. I also used BarMills signs mounted on wire.
All in all a nice project for my city of Matheson!
Greg Price
Matheson & Western RR
Great work Greg.
Thanks Bill! Great compliment coming from such an excellent modeler like you!
Nice job, Greg! I see you added roof plumbing vents – that’s a modeling touch that is often overlooked.
Question: how did you make up the appliances?
Thanks, Al Carter
Thanks Al!
I used square and rectangular styrene. Cut them to the correct height. Added a thin piece on the washers and stoves to represent the control panel. I used a sharp pencil and sharpies to put in doors, controls, and burners.
This building is wonderful. Do you do clinics on painting structures?
Yes I do.
Greg, your expertise is obvious. This is a beautiful building.
Thanks Warren!
Nice job Greg!
Thanks Brian!
Beautiful work, Greg. If it was N scale I might try to steal it from you. Turnouts for my yard should arrive in the big brown truck Friday or Saturday. Progress at last.
Nice job on the brick. They look great
Really nice work, Greg! Love the weathering!