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#1
Next up I braced the walls that will be covered with stucco.  There is a lot of bracing and I imagine this is to support the wall to hold the stucco as it always adds a bit of extra weight to the wall when dry.  I have done stucco before with Liquitex stucco made for canvas painting art and it has turned out spectacular.  this will be my first time to use the Durhams Rock Hard Water Putty that FOS Scale Models puts with the kit in a small plastic baggie.  I bought a box of the stuff a few months ago at Lowe's for less than $3, because I read about it and heard Dave Frary speak of it for roads, but I have yet to work up the nerve to try it until now.  I could very easily just use my Liquitex stuff as I know how it will work.  But how do you learn anything new that way?   Isn't it better to know  of a few techniques?  Did the same contractors and builders do every house in town?  I assure you not!  lol

More to come
#2
After bracing all of the clapboard walls with the stripwood, plenty of which was provided, I distressed the wood with a few strokes of the file card, lifted a few boards, and then spray painted with a light gray primer in a rattle can.  After a night of drying I took a sea sponge and stippled on some Folkart Camel color acrylic craft paint.  then lightly did the same over the Camel with Folkart Mushroom craft paint which gave the lighter camel tone a bit of a dirty look....."Dirty Camel" if you will. 

I like to work all my walls details while laying flat way prior to assembly. this way I can spend as much time as necessary to work over every small nuance that I want to bring out.  So I built the Nash buildboard by gluing the sign onto an exact same size piece of chipboard and then framed it with scale 2x4s which I had painted Hunter green.  Then attached it to the wall as instructed.  The sign itself prior to this I dabbed lightly with another sea sponge and some antique white to take away some of the boldness of the printed sign and give it some age.  I call this dry sponging, just like dry brushing.  same concept.  Take the paint out as much as you can on an paper towel before applying it and less is more. 

The Boxing Mural on the other wall was a paper sign sanded from behind with 400 grit sandpaper to where it is thin but not to where it tares.  The used white glue to place on the wall.  Allowed to sit about 3 or 4 minutes, no longer, and used a burnishing tool to press the sign into each clap board ridge.  When all done, I dry brushed antique white in spots, then mixed up some "Dirty Camel" that we had before, and with a small extremely thin brush lightly painted some of the edges to match the main color with some faux fading look, like the sign was painted on and now fading at spots...  Also do the same on several boards that are inside the signs main body.  Some inside fading. 

I added some painted casting for fire prevention that came with the kit, and painted my windows Americana craft paint in Dark Pine. and drybrushed with antique white again very lightly to show some wear and fade.  The glass is glazed on with gallery glass clear frost, and the blinds are painted on from behind.  any other touchups I will add before assembly..
#3
Ok, since I missed out last year partly due to my own procrastination and part to a live facebook build Brett and I were doing for six weeks, I am going to do this one.  I have always liked this JJ Hollender's Boxing Gym kit by FOS Scale Models, and never pulled the trigger to buy it until it was no longer available... Then it became hard to find.....At the Timonium show there it sat on the table of one vendor who deals in OOP kits and I didn't blink an eye and grabbed it up.  It's been calling my name from the shelf since November as I finished an FSM kit....finally.  This is my first build thread on the forum so here goes nothing....lol.

I will start tonight with some inside the box photos of some or most of all the parts involved.  More to come. 
#4
Forum Contests / Re: 2020 Winter Build Challenge
December 26, 2019, 09:37:22 AM
Im in!  I wanted to do this last year, but the wife had some health complications and we also had so many projects with the podcast stuff.  Just have to pick something out.  Leaning towards J.J. Hollander's Gym by FOS, but will decide in a few days!
#5
Kit Building / Re: FOS Bandits Roost
November 26, 2019, 10:36:19 AM
Wow George this build is turning out fantastic!  Love every bit of it.  The weathering on the livery is great! and all the details!
#6
Kit Building / Re: FSM Emporium Seafood Co
November 13, 2019, 07:56:39 AM
getting caught up from a few weeks back and WOW you made some progress!  Coming together fantastic!  Love the Bell Tower with the clock and the rust on your roof!
#7
Kit Building / Re: FOS Bandits Roost
November 05, 2019, 09:15:32 AM
This kit is coming along fantastic George!  You always do killer work!  I love following your build threads!
#8
Kit Building / Re: FSM Emporium Seafood Co
November 05, 2019, 09:06:55 AM
Looking great Karl, as always!  The tones to the paint and weathering are fabulous.  Not too overdone.  Just enough!  Will be following!
#9
This is turning out great Bob!  Following along and can't wait to see progress! 
#10
Kit Building / Re: CCK's Thames St Shops
July 29, 2019, 09:45:13 AM
Jim, I have more photos of the build if you need reference.  I noticed there are not many photos online to compare with when I was building it and it would have been a big help.  The kit is awesome and I had a ton of fun building it.  The only issues were those you mentioned and a quick call to Jeff Grove who was as perplexed as I was, we figured it out.  Don't get discouraged because your build right now is fantastic!  Keep on modeling!
#11
Kit Building / Re: CCK's Thames St Shops
July 29, 2019, 09:35:53 AM
Jim, I recently had built this Thames Street Shop for our HO Scale Customs Facebook page and posted the pics as I went....I also ran into the issue with the shorter 2nd story brick end wall.  Same size gap of about a 1/4 inch.  I filled this with a wood panel and painted it the same tone as the rear clapboard wall and put a 1/16th inch corner trim piece on the corner to further minimize the fill gap piece and make it look a bit natural.  I also had a short wall on the lower rear brick wall where it meets the clapboard and I did the same sort of fill in.  I am trying to attach pics here to show my makeshift repair.
#12
Kit Building / Re: RailroadKits Firehouse
July 11, 2019, 12:48:40 PM
beautiful work Steve!  Been looking at this firehouse on Ed's site for a while now.  Just beautiful and realistically fits most cities without looking junky.  Hopefully Doug brings this one back.
#13
Kit Building / Re: Saulenas & Bail Bonds
July 08, 2019, 11:09:57 AM
George this is fantastic!  You captured the aura of busy booming beach towns everywhere on the east coast from Ocean City Md to Long Island, and from Virginia Beach to Myrtle Beach especially during the 50's through the early 90's.  So well thought out and impressive worksmanship!
#14
Kit Building / Re: FOS The Terminal
May 22, 2019, 09:00:18 AM
Quote from: Amagic41 on May 14, 2019, 09:57:41 AM
Quote from: Opa George on May 14, 2019, 05:29:37 AM
Quote from: Todd W. on May 13, 2019, 10:48:55 PM
George!  brilliant!  1/16 u-channel!  perfect for gutters!  love that idea!  where do I get u-channel so I can load up?  thank You!!

I buy it from The Station, on 9th Street in New Cumberland. Although their scratch building supplies are limited, they stock a huge inventory of strip wood. It is not out on display--it would take up most of their display space--you have to ask for it.
--George


Todd Northeastern also has it under 1/16 channel
https://northeasternscalelumber.com/shop/structural-shape/116cha.html

George-  Thank You!  I will have to get down there.  Haven't been to the Station in over a year.  Usually stop there for woodland scenic scenery stuff when I run short.  Dude, I didn't know you were in Harrisburg area!  You, Brett and I will have to get together for lunch or something and talk shop!

Kenny-  Thanks Brother!  I will check there and order in bigger quantity if I manage to make the gutters look good and want to start adding them to builds.  I just feel it is a feature that is missing on so many, and I never would have known if it wasn't for my brother the non-modeler saying something...lol
#15
Kit Building / Re: Bar Mills The Gravely Building
May 22, 2019, 08:48:23 AM
Looks great Steve!! nice design! it reminds a lot like Bar Mills Booty Corner.  might make an awesome block together....hint hint
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