Golden Valley Route
Walthers Cornerstone - "Wood" Water Tank
Here's a description of how I did it:
Colours:
Polly scale: 'DRGW building cream', 'DRGW building brown', 'railroad tie brown' (for the roof) and 'roof brown' for the supporting structure.
The tank itself, made up of 6 parts! (the Atlas version is 2 halves) , has been painted with many washes of 'boxcar red', 'railroad tie brown' and 'grimy black'.
The 'aged concrete' has been given a light wash of 'grimy black'
The bands I've painted with Humbrol 'gun metal'. This process took for ever with a 00 brush.
Most parts assembled:
I added many washes of grimy black to the lower part of the tank and one wash of sky gray to the middle part of the tank to simulate the moist mouldy stuff that can be found on wet wood (and pictures of other wooden water tanks ...)
As you can see on the pictures, it was quite hard to match the 6 parts that make up the tank.
The plastic counter weights aren't quite convincing . Also one can see that I've missed a few spots while painting
Counter weights
Holes drilled in weights, the Dremel (ah, the toys one 'needs' for this hobby ) and a 0.8mm followed by 1.3mm drill used
a piece of copper wire inserted. I think it is heavy enough now.
some Humbrol filler and painted!
Weights back in place
Better chain
I replaced the thread with a chain Detail Associates accessory # 2210. IMO it now looks better
List of materials
Here is a compiled list of (some of) the items I've used when assembling this excellent model
| Manufacturer | Number | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Walthers Cornerstone | Wood Water Tank | |
| Polly Scale | Boxcar Red | |
| Polly Scale | Aged concrete | |
| Polly Scale | Tie Brown | |
| Polly Scale | Grimy Black | |
| Polly Scale | Roof Brown | |
| Humbrol | 27003 | Gun Metal |
| Humbrol | 12 | Copper |
| Humbrol | Filler | |
| Detail Associates | # 2210 | chain |