DPM Replacement Fascias

[Alaska Railroader]

You can find it here:
https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=28681.0

[rogergperkins]

Suggest you consider offering complete roof with details.  This is one of the features of the  Tobias Locomotive Works products for n-scale DPM kits that I used before I added any interiors.  The sturdier roof helps in construction of the DPM kit.  Replaces existing roofs is simple if they were done per DPM instructions.  Retro-roof 

[Alwyn Cutmore]

Actually, they should cast and de-mold just fine. I've replicated details in resin about half that dimension. Just some food for thought.

I'll go with you on this David. Good silicone rubber with quality urethane will give you a much more resilient model and replicate detail down to a poofteenth and that is pretty darn tiny. In actual with good rubber and urethane I can replicate a fingerprint on glass.

Regards

Al

[johnhale]

OK guys, I contacted Dalles about getting permission to mold them and produce resin copies. As it progresses, I will let you guys know.

John

[Lemosteam]

Are you planning on adding mortar grooves on the facades or is the implication stucco or some other smooth surface?  I agree wit the resing casting as well.

[The Dalles Hostler]

John...
I've considered trying to do mortar lines, but I'm limited by the software I use (Google Sketchup), and my skills as a 3D designer. Right now, I'm just focusing on developing projects with smooth surfaces (i.e. stucco, plywood, etc.). I am working on developing a small project right now, which has lines to represent wood scribed siding. We'll see how that goes.

Another suggestion I saw was to do a supplemental roof with details. That is something I've been considering. To do this project, I could really use some prototype photos of roofs. I'd clamber up there myself, but unfortunately most building tops are not wheelchair accessible.    Any help in this would be greatly appreciated.

Steve

[Lemosteam]

Google maps get up close an personal now so that could really help with random rooftops.  I wouldn't worry about prototypical dimesnsions for rooftop features.  Another fella on here ised different bits of Lego parts for astonishing reslits, I think it was LIRR.:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=tim+horton+lincoln+park+mi&hl=en&ll=42.251148,-83.17878&spn=0.000655,0.000984&sll=42.251148,-83.17878&sspn=0.000655,0.000984&t=h&hq=tim+horton+lincoln+park+mi&z=21

Sketchup may let you do symbols, so you could come up with linework for an n scale brick pattern symbol that you would import into a given model and then you could sink the grooves into the wall face before you cut any windows or openings into it.  That would leave you with starter wall.

[DKS]

Google SketchUp also has a huge online library of free stock shapes and textures. I found a brick face online which you can download and adapt to your designs.

[Blazeman]

I bought sometihng from Paul at Paw of a Bear that replaced the front wall of a DPM building. He even has a covered stairwell that goes on one side.

[rogergperkins]

I think one of the more interest detailed roof option offered by Tobias Locomotive Works is a pitched roof versus the flat ones for most.
The following is one of the more simple ones:

[seusscaboose]

John...
  Any help in this would be greatly appreciated.

you have a PM

[The Dalles Hostler]

"Where is the brick detail on these buildings?"
Why did I decide not to do brick detail on my facades? One; there are quite a few building in my vicinity which may have side and rear walls made of plain brick, but the front wall is painted stucco or concrete. Two; if you can see N-scale brick relief from a distance, then it is grossly out of scale. Don't believe me, go look at a brick building from a distance of 100 yards or more. When you're standing over your layout, that is the approximate scale distance you are from buildings and other scenery items. At that distance, the individual bricks blend into a flat surface, which you can achieve in N-scale with brick coloured paint and a little judicious weathering.

"Create something that can't be scratched together in an evening. Honestly, if I was wanted a stucco or smooth surface building, Tichy windows and some styrene could do the same thing in an evenings work for about $5."
If you can create something like this in an evening for $5, then more power to you. Honestly, not everyone has the skills to grab a bunch of stock parts and sheet styrene, and scratchbuild something out of thin air in an evening. Before embarking on such an endeavour, most mortals would require a plan of attack, or at least some measurements, before they start cutting out plastic parts with their Chopper. Believe it or not, the Coffee Shop Facade took me about a day to design in 3D CAD. You see, that's where my modeling skills lie, in creating three dimensional objects on the computer. I've tried my hand at scratchbuilding, and have not been happy with my results. Quite frankly, the designs I developed via Shapeways were done for my own amusement and not for profit. If someone in the N-scale community, who doesn't have CAD skills or is unable to successfully scratchbuild, is willing to purchase one of my designs, then I will have succeeded. If my cup of tea is not to your liking, then so be it.