Leider in english, aber fuer die die kennbar sind mit den alten Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette hefte, kennt veileicht die arbeit von Mic Greenberg & Gary Nash, die waehrend den spaeten 70iger und fruehe 80iger jahre tolle dioramen darin hatten. Mic macht jetzt eine neue "Tip Sheet" serie von laminierten seiten mit modelbaue tips und techniken die er braucht....die blaetter sind doppel seitig gedruckt mit einfachen "step-by-step" anleitung und bilder.....hier ist die information die auf den Yahoo gruppen geposted wurde.
About a month ago Mic issued his first tip sheet (“Peeling Paint on Wood” ) in this series. Already being a longtime fan of his work, when it arrived, I was hooked…..so I just had to order these new tip sheets: Vol. 1 No. 2 “Peeling Paint on Metal”, Vol. 1 No.3 “Scale Model Windows”, and Vol. 1 No. 4 “Cement Foundations”
I know some here may already be familiar with what some of these sheets contain, but to those that aren’t, here’s the lowdown.
PEELING PAINT ON METAL:
Though using the Rubber Cement method is nothing new to most of us, Mic has come up with way to do it so that the chipped effect has a “finer”, more “scale” appearance. Although this sheet uses 1/48 scale vehicles as examples, the technique is applicable to any painted metal surface and a variety of scales.
The sheet takes you through the entire process from prep/undercoat to finished paint job, in 9 easy to follow steps. Including a step specific to vehicles, not covered in any of his Gazette articles.
After following his steps, some light weathering with chalks or artists oils, and you have a very realistic chipped and rusted effect.
A good additional read would be Mic’s description for making rusted metal in the “Stambaugh Garage” diorama article, in the Nov/Dec 1979 NG&SLG. (I understand that this technique will also be featured in a future tip sheet.)
SCALE MODEL WINDOWS:
This set is great for those that don’t want to be tied to having to use the same old Grandtline, Tichy, or Campell windows, that everyone else uses.
The set contains the standard 2 heavy stock gloss color pages, plus a third b&w page with isometric assembly step drawings.
Though there is a certain level of skill/competency required to build ones own windows, this at least clearly explains the process in 12 easy to follow steps, so that anyone can give it a go. Though Mic prefers, and advocates the use strip wood for building windows due to the look of authenticity, this technique can also be used with styrene.
This tip sheet is a more refined version of his technique described in the “Stambaugh Garage” diorama article, in the Nov/Dec 1979 NG&SLG , plus it includes some great photos of his windows and doors, that really inspire one to try their hand at it.
“CEMENT FOUNDATIONS”
This method for making realistic looking was originally described by Mic in his article on the “Pillar Point Marine Railway” diorama, in the March/April 1982 NG&SLG; but here one has the added help of the step-by-step instructions and photos.
Plaster castings made to resemble concrete appear somewhere, or could be put to good use, on almost any layout; and this 2 sheet set is an easy 9-step, how-to description for making quick believable “concrete” slabs and foundations.
His photos alone, featuring the end results, makes one want to give it a try.
I used Mic’s cement technique (from the NG&SLG article) with what I felt was great success on several recent models.
Like his first tip sheet set, all the above sets are also all beautifully printed on heavy glossy paper, pre-punched for a three ring binder. All the sheets contain a brief introduction, easy to follow numbered step-by-step instructions, with correspondingly numbered photos to illustrate each step, and a page showing all the resources/materials required.
Although Mic uses Floquil paints for all the techniques, and I too prefer to work with Floquil or Scalecoat , I have found that with a bit of care/practice they can be done using water based acrylics such as Polly-Scale, and Tamiya; and could work with others as well. One of the places care would need to be taken with the acrylics is when doing the cement foundation wash, because if applied too heavily they could potentially “seal” the plaster, and give more of a “painted” finish, rather than “integral color” appearance.
The only additional comment that I would be so bold as to make, is that Mic lists Clover House for the window glazing, but for those that don’t have access to this, I have found that glass microscope slide covers work just as well; these are usually available from school or science supply stores. Sierra West also used to make larger 1x2 pieces, but I don’t know if it is still available.
I have used all of Mic Greenberg and Gary Nash’s techniques from the old Narrow Gauge & Short Line Gazettes in a variety of scales, always with great results, and am glad to see that in these sheets he has reissued, refined, and added to the old methods; as well as making them into the easy reference format, so they can be readily at hand. The descriptions and end results are classic Greenberg, having all the hallmarks we would expect from him.
For those that haven’t yet been hooked, the sheets can be had by sending $5.50 for each two sheet set (or $9.50 for 2, two sheet sets) +$1.25 shipping, to:
M.R. Greenberg
1908 Augusta Drive
Champaign, IL 61821-6067
Or you can contact Mic at: mrgreen@insightbb.com
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