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Alaska Packers Association At one time, this little shack served as an important part of Alaska Packers Association. Today, local fishermen use the building for minor repairs for their boats and fishing equipment. Harsh winters and fierce summer storms have done their best to destroy this old structure. But the local fishermen have done their best to repair the little place with whatever materials they could find laying around or were able to appropriate from other questionable sources |
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This little structure is built in 1/4 inch scale. The fishing shack was framed up like a real building would have been built and individual boards applied. Siding and roof materials were "weathered" in order to look old and weather-beaten. A variety of materials were used throughout contruction to give the impression of a building which had been repaired with a wide variety of materials over a long period of time. The building won 2nd place in the "Model Structures" category at the 22nd National Narrow Gauge Convention in Warwick, Rhode Island, in September of 2002. |
| Canyon View Construction The layouts I build get torn apart quickly so I wanted to build this one in segments that could be easily saved. In this photo you can see "mountains" that have been placed up against the backdrop temporarily. Their outlines are traced with a pencil and then the mountains are removed. |
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Using the penciled outlines for guides, the distant mountains are painted onto the backdrop in such a way as to make them seem to be receding into the distance. Following this step the foreground mountains were put back into place. |
After the foreground mountains were put back into place, they were colored with thin washes of acrylic paints and prepared for grass, weeds, and trees to be put into place. |
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AT this stage, the mountains and backdrop are ready for the final part of construction. The final part of construction will be to add a rushing stream and a small bridge over the stream. This work will be done later this year. By the way, the rocks laying around are there to help me get the right coloration of the scenery. |