In Chapter 22 I gave you everything you needed to know about
modeling a scrap tie pile.
In this chapter I'll tie (pun unintended) the two ideas together
in modeling a load for a gondola. I again used my wife's (used) Diamond
matches. They come 300 to a box so you get plenty to go the distance
should you choose to make a full load (photo 1). I made a partial load
filling in the remainder of the floor with bric-a-brac and some Monster Model
Works tie plates. The ties only consist of a single layer on top of a
piece of 1/8 tick balsa and some grey cardboard for height (photo 2). I
painted/stained the match stick ties individually with a combination of black,
grey and brown. This is a bit tedious but, (I think) worth the effort for
achieving realism.
A caveat: I don't go to the rather insane level of
explanation the contemporary modeling magazines go in describing my how-to
methods. The "chapters" are meant to be inspirational. If
you chose to follow up on any of my ideas you welcome to approach them in your
own manner.
Cheers,
Wayne Sittner
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