Sorry, I am bored out of my mind and I really want to be working. My tinplate layout at the club is closed, so I am going to start Weekend Photo Fun Early again.
Since the club layout is closed I am attempting to paint tin buildings for when it reopens.
I found these sorry excuses for tin buildings on clearance at Kohls.com. What a horrible paint job.
I can't believe they were selling these at $39.99 at Christmas. However, they are now $10.00 and will need some work. I came up with the idea of making a set of Tinplate Townhomes. Each building will be painted using a paint scheme from a tinplate train. I have purchased 13 of these.
The underlying metal is rough and I did use primer however the paint still didn't go on very evenly. I am hoping the brightcoate at the end will cover some of the flaws. Here are the first 4 of these before I put on a top level coating.
We have the Ives Chrome Building, Ives Cardinal, Ives Prosperity Special and the MTH tinplate Club Buildings. I have paint already mixed for the Ives National Limited, Lionel Corporation Celebration Series, Ives Orange and Black Tiger, plus another Blue Comet Building. I also need to decide where on the layout these will go. as of right now I have many spaces open. I can set 3 or 4 building on the mountain or some on the second level in the foreground.
I could also put them on top of the access hatch (the big green area on the lower level) or on the second level on the right side. Four of these buildings side by side take up about 22 inches in width. I just need to figure out where to put them.
Let me get in some engine pictures in this week.
Let's see your pictures.
Scott Smith
