A very nice mod of the zelmer's kit

Bob Bruce sends his take on Zelmer’s

The model is O scale.

The water tank is from the Small Machine Shop, a little reduced in diameter to fit a paper tube I had on hand,
with, of course, Creeky shingles on the top.

Crates on the dock are from The Waterfront Extras.  They are time consuming but look great when finished.

Less apparent, the basic walls are printed at 110%, as when I did a quick fold up the building did not have
as much presence as anticipated.  110% seemed about right.  (115% was too much)  Try that with a big
buck craftsman kit!

Comments

[Dave Rarig]

If that siding sag is not a photo distortion HOW DID YOU DO IT?

[bob bruce]

Good eye, Dave. I was wondering if anyone would spot the building sag. I wish I could tell you that it is some
great computer program, but it is not. Just the old fashioned way. 1. Print the part you wish to distort on a flexible
material. In this case I used a smooth white fabric, lightly spray glued to a sheet of paper to carry it through the printer.
2. Peel it off the carrier paper and distort to suit. 3. Scan the result and print it on card stock. (some color adjustment
may be needed) There are fabrics set up for this, that needs some research to improve the process. I just used what
was on hand.

[John]

Bob & Bruce,

There is yet another way to do it. It would require Photoshop or a program that has distorting capabilities. In Photoshop you would first select the area that you wish to distort. Then goto the edit menu and then under edit select the transform option.. Many options to choose from. You can even resize.

John

[bob bruce]

John;
I figured there must be a way to do it with Photoshop. I have Photoshop, what I do not have
is a working relationship with it. What I did was a quick shortcut for me, being an old fart who
is not really computer literate. I'll have to play with it some more.
Regards, Bob