Clicked around various sites for warehouse pix; finally went straight to something waterside and British. Looks like the business side of warehouses were plain except for signage. The public side might have some decorative cornice or antechamber. They mostly appear rather spartan. Here’s what I found:
Frenchie, you out there with your magic image finder???
Glad to. I thank YOU for participating in this campaign/group build.
Good question for which I have no answer. I’d figure that the gun mount would be covered, they did so on AFVs and SPs.
Here is the look I’m going for albeit even more rusty areas.
While these s.SP. had its own engine and could run solo, it appears they were mainly part of a train. And while Germany had some diesels and electrics (I assume) at the time, the primary locomotive was a steam loco belching soot from coal (did they use oil burners?).
K.s.1, you are amazing. I can’t wait for your next progress photo.
Thanks to Phil and Fred for their suggestions and shared images, some nice ideas guys, 
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G 
Hi all,
Cobbled together two more warehouse doors and given them some basic colours. Just windows and office door to do now.
Cheers, ,
G
Outstanding work there, build, finish, really excellent!
Really nice. Would you mind sharing how you faded the red doors?
That building facade is superb. All the hours of hardwork have come in trump’s. It’s a miniature marvel mate. The colours on the wood are an excellent choice. This could soon turn into my favourite Dio you’ve done G.
Thanks to Richard, Phil and John for their kind words of support, .
With regards your question Phil, after scribing the card to represent planks, etc, I gave the doors an undercoat of a pale grey/brown oil paint mix. Once dry I sprayed the whole area with hairspray, over which I applied a darkish red acrylic paint mix. Over this I applied a dark wash to enhance the scribing.
I then scrubbed the whole area with an old stiff, rough bristled brush which, 1) dulled the colour generally overall, and 2) in places started to reveal the original ‘wood’ coloured undercoat.
Finally I mixed a red oil paint with a small amount of white, not too pink, and dry brushed the card. There was hardly any paint on the brush, so a real scrubbing was required to deposit the lighter colour.
Hope that sort of makes sense, 
. If I remember I’ll try and do some step-by-step images when I make the single door to the office, that’s if you’re interested, 
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G
Hi all,
Took a break from the building façade, thought I’d best actually do something about the engine and rolling stock…after all, this is a railway campaign, .
I had started the little Dapol/Kitmaster Pug some time back, it’s an old kit, and it shows, 
, and I had lost a bit of interest in it, 
…so I bit the bullet…
I’ve finished the basic construction, but only dry fitted the cab roof so that I still have access to the inside. I also started the coal wagon, also an old Dapol/Kitmaster offering, and if I thought the Pug was a ‘B’ this was worse. And to top it all there were damaged parts, and excessive amounts of mould release agents, 
(see example below).
However, it only took a couple of hours to finish the Pug and build the wagon, and give them an undercoat.
It’s probably not obvious, but I took a hammer and a bit of wood to the inside of the side panels on the coal wagon so as to give a slightly battered/bulged look, hopefully it’ll show up better when painted and weathered, . I have also used real coal over a shaped foam core for the load.
I’m not sure yet as to the exact final location of the duo, nor whether to have the pug pushing or pulling the coal wagon…any opinions, ?
The crane has only been undercoated in the ‘rust’ colour, still have to decide on the top coat colour, .
Cheers, ,
G
G, stupendous work! Real coal? Love it!
Where did that crane come from?? Is this its first appearance?
Pug & wagon look good. When I first saw the image of the damaged parts, I thought you had found a cast metal replacement for the model.
Pushing. Switchers/shunters were happy moving in ether direction. In fact, depending on the switching list and track layout, it is not uncommon for a loco to have a cut of cars - “rake of wagons” in the UK - on both ends. Do you have another car?
Your use of real coal reminds me of a regrettable event. I used to volunteer on the former “Tweetsie” (The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad) that is now restored and running at Doe River Gorge, and once I found a nice piece of coal about the size of a grapefruit. I intended to use it for my model railroad but left it in a secluded area on the patio side of my in-laws, where I was living at the time. I earned my keep doing lawn and gardening for them. Brother-in-law and wife came over and thoughtfully threw away “junk and trash,” including my coal. I retrieved it and put it back; communication wasn’t good and the coal disappeared again, never to be found again. I haven’t found any more coal along the line.
Yes, it does. Fading red is mostly a mystery to me. White alone does tend to make it pinkish and I guess a little bit of that is ok. I’ve had good success making red lighter by adding yellow, but it doesn’t exactly create a faded look…
I’m almost done here. You can see how my attempt at fading red with oil paints failed on this door. The other one is different but not better. I’ll paint over them and probably just stick to dust being blown upon the sides which I think I can manage.
Thinking about the wheels. Where they meet the track they will be shiny of course. But on the sides, would they be anything other than dirty? I’ve been watching the Chicago Metra trains go by and all of them have wheels that look a lot like the track - a kind of almost rusty looking iron color. Not sure whether they are painted, and since these are painted black to begin with, I’m thinking I just do road dirt on them?
The G-magic wand’s at full power, shazam! a crane! (and as Fred already asked where did that come from?!) shazam! a cunning shunter & coal wagon! Fantastic additions 
The wheels would be rust color with grime. They are never painted as far as I know
G-Man69
Hi, I am a railroad modeler and I too, like to construct stone buildings. Might I ask what scale are these?
Did you use washes to color the blue-grey building ( on the left in your pictures )? And did you use any weathering powders or chalks to color individual stones?
The colors you used are complimentary of each other and very pleasing to ( my eyes ) and perhaps to the eyes of your previous observers ! And Sir, there’s no doubt in my mind that you are gifted. These buildings are very nicely done. I would like to see more. Thanks for sharing.
Rich
Hi Phil, in the steam era the axles rode in “friction” journals, lubricated by lots of grease topped up through those flaps on the ends. The grease would get everywhere on the wheel faces, attracting dust, ash, and grime - this got thicker the longer the wheel was in service. I tend to use grey paint, laid on thick - my go-to used to be Polyscale Grimy Black. More modern wheels with roller-bearing journals don’t have the grease problem, so the faces just go rusty instead.
A big thanks to Fred and Tim for their kind feedback, it’s much appreciated, .
Not sure about a wand Tim, but thanks for the credit, it means a lot coming from someone I consider to be the Albus Dumbledore of the modelling world, 
.
As for the crane, yes it has appeared before in a few pics, it’s a Ratio kit, and the inspiration for it came from a gentleman called 18bravo, who posted some images in a seperate question I posted some time back, .
I really enjoyed your little anecdote Fred, it made me smile, 
, and I especially like your suggestion of wagons front and rear, though I’m not sure I’d have the room to incorporate it on this one…but it has given me an idea for another small diorama, .
Cheers both, ,
G
