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    Badger 250 Airbrush

    I have a model 250 Badger Airbrush kit. I was wondering if this is adequate for using to apint my rolling stock and locomotives. I have never used an airbrush before to do etal painting and the like and I am hoping that this one is good enough or can be upgraded somehow if it isn't
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    When simple things go bad....

    Now for the embarrasing part. This is why i get for not dry fitting the parts first
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    When simple things go bad....

    The Bottom view
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    When simple things go bad....

    A view of the top
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    When simple things go bad....

    Ah what the heck. aafter all you guys never have torn into me yet for a bad job on a model Imay as well share my screw ups with you too. :D First off some pics of the car that will be hauling "The Box" Side View
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    When simple things go bad....

    I think i am too ashamed to post a before photo of the mess I made of the crate i plan to make into "The Box" I will be posting photos of the final product in the photo contest this month once it gets going. Gotta get some parts for the car though like some Kadee Andrews trucks and some...
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    When simple things go bad....

    ok I must be a complete moron because the resin kit I am working on was going along so smoothly. The car itself is turning out great. however, the crated load for the car looks like a bunch of drunken beavers put it together. I am going to have to do some serious tweaking to get it...
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    Tarps

    I was thinking that you might could possibly also use dullcoat rather liberally as an option. I am curently put of both Silk and Dullcote though until I can get to the hobby shop to buy some more DC and I would need to check at wally world for the silk or the local fabric outlet. The reason...
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    Levels of detail

    yeah i agree. I wasn't meaning to put down those who chose to by RTR or anything. It does take a lot of skill to model things like scenery and buildings even if all you do is buy a sceneicing kit and go at it. Model railroading is a hobby that shouldn't really be elitist. It should...
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    Tarps

    Would a piece of Silk soaked in a matte medium perhaps give you the canvas look of a tarp? I was thinking of trying this myself to simulat a tarp covered load for my flatcars.
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    Layout Update...July 2004

    My next step in the layout is to paint the xposed wood of the layout a sort of medium to dark brown color and apply the ground cover on the rest of things I am still deciding what else to put on the layout before I do that however. I need a couple of industries or something to sapice...
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    Layout Update...July 2004

    #9 A close up of the moss I found in my yard that I made the ground cover in the woods out of. I have two shots one with an LPB in HO scale for a size reference
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    Layout Update...July 2004

    #8 The woods in the back right corner of the Layout
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    Layout Update...July 2004

    #7 the view down Main street
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    Layout Update...July 2004

    #6 The Crew Shack
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    Layout Update...July 2004

    #5 the Church
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    Layout Update...July 2004

    #4 The Hardware store
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    Layout Update...July 2004

    #3 the Dance Hall where all the LPB's like to party on Saturday Nights
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    Layout Update...July 2004

    #2 the right side of the layout
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    Layout Update...July 2004

    Picture #1 The Left side of the layout
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