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Making Duke's Service, part 2 [Works_Cisco Townsite]

phillips_model_06.jpg: looking from Northwest

I’m trying to duplicate the whole town of Cisco, Utah in N scale. Here, I represent the making of Duke's Service.

I first painted walls dark green to prevent optical transmission. Next, I painted the wall white. Finally, I painted the red band and added light weathering with compound.

phillips_model_05.jpg: looking from Northeast

Some pictures show 50's style gas pumps torn down in front of the structure[1]. The picture used in Kathy Jordan’s article barely shows the sign pole standing between two pumps along US Hwy 6. Accordingly, I made two 50s style pumps and painted in Phillips 66 scheme. Added is the Phillips sign on the pole. All the graphics were done with self-made decals.

phillips_model_09.jpg: 50s style gas pumps

Roof, roof trusses and interior walls are kept removable for the future lighting, interior works and weathering. Co-starring pick up truck in the pictures is a Woodland Scenics product.

phillips_model_07.jpg: oblique rays of the sun lits

phillips_model_08.jpg: the end of the day

As I mentioned before, the purpose of “Cisco Project” is to bring the “landscape” to my N scale world. Photographer Stephan Shore says that the architectures are the parameter of the essence landscape has[2].

I received his thought as vast space is unnecessary if I could successfully model the structure. But I found, when I was taking the photos, that it needs a kind of space between objects to achieve the purpose; space between structure and structure, or structure and accessories. The evidences are shown above.

[1] One of the pictures showing the gas pump base (middle right);
[2] My review for Uncommon Spaces by Stephan Shore;


先に紹介したCisco Automotive Serviceの隣りに建つ「Duke's Service」をNスケールで模型化しようとしている。

塗装は、灰色のサフェーサーを吹いてから透け防止に暗緑色を吹き、白色のサフェーサーで仕上げた。最後に赤色の帯を入れてから、目地や隙間にコンパウンドを塗り込んだ。看板やポンプは、自家製デカールで仕上げた。

写真に写り込んでいるピックアップ・トラックはWoodland Scenics製品、軒下の看板は筆者が寸法を間違え作った余剰品である。こうして写真を撮ってみると、ものとものの間にある空間が雰囲気作りに効果的であることに気付かされる。


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