Scratchbuilding | Eigenbau

The photograph was cut out and cleaned up in Photoshop, then rescaled. Details such as the trash can, vending machine, signs... were copied and laid out on the same sheet as the main facade several times. After printing out it was backed with a repositional 3M mounting adhesive and then cut out. Door and display window were cut out before the facade was adhered to mat board. After rubbing down, the mat board in the area of door and display window were cut out and the cut edges sanded smooth and toned down. Door and display window were then adhered to card and then trimmed slightly larger before gluing into place. Raised elements were cut out from the extras, mounted on mat board, trimmed out, toned and then glued into place... Sides, back, and roof were made out of mat board and card, glued together, painted, weathered... A nice exercise in modeling an actual prototype. As an alternative to painting the other three sides, try out some of the pattern sheets in Scalescenes' "Scratchbuilder's Yard."

Complete instructions for building a model using this technique can be found at here.

Due to numerous requests, I have made the high resolution PDF file available for download in H0, N, and Z. Make sure to print at 100% (no scaling) to avoid reducing size from optimal. In return, I would be delighted if you would share a picture of the Bergbau-Grill on your layout.

Download the Bergbau-Grill
High-resolution PDF [1.4MB]

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