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Title: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: JimF on June 23, 2019, 11:56:42 AM
This is the kit I'm working on, to get back into the swing of things, it's what prompted my 'nail hole' question the other day.

Going to try and attach a picture of the 1st wall with nails.

Jim
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: ReadingBob on June 23, 2019, 01:27:52 PM
Great start on a great little kit.   ;)   Nice job on the sign.  :)
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: rpdylan on June 23, 2019, 01:59:19 PM
I will be following your build as I have had this kit on the shelf for years! Great start!
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: PRR Modeler on June 23, 2019, 04:51:46 PM
I'll be following.
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Post by: Opa George on June 23, 2019, 06:24:58 PM
Hi Jim, I'll be following along. I don't have this kit but am interested to see how it builds.
--George
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Post by: GPdemayo on June 24, 2019, 08:13:58 AM
I'll be looking in too Jim..... :)
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: ACL1504 on June 24, 2019, 03:08:34 PM
Jim,

Count me in on the followers as well. Like Bob C. mine is on the shelf but one day it will get done.

Tom  ;D
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: JimF on June 24, 2019, 08:42:28 PM
Thanks, one and all, for the encouragement. I'll do my best with pics as I go. Had lots of bench time, but not as much got done on the kit, as I planned.

I realized the oil paint wood finish on parts for the 1/32 aircraft kit I am also working on had fully dried, so I went ahead and finished the cockpit assembly. It's the item in the upper left corner of the 2nd picture.

Anyway, nails holes finished, trim added on, and the front sign in place. The windows are just set in place for the moment, I'll glaze them and do any shades before I glue them in.

Speaking of glazing, has anyone used the clear Elmers instead of Canopy Glue? The bottom left pane of the 4 pane window in the stairway side wall was dome with it, It dried pretty quickly, and looks really clear except right around the edges.

Tomorrow, the lower front wall will get built and painted, for starters.

Jim
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: Brian T on June 26, 2019, 08:34:00 AM
I built this kit last year - it was my first FOS kit.  I was happy with how it came out.
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: Opa George on June 26, 2019, 11:03:16 AM
Nice job on the chipping paint effect on the walls.
--George
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: Zephyrus52246 on June 26, 2019, 02:04:58 PM
Walls look good.  So does the cockpit.  What model plane is that?  8)


Jeff
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: Mark Dalrymple on June 26, 2019, 04:01:25 PM
Coming on nicely, Jim.

Cheers, mark.
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Post by: Dennis Bourey on June 26, 2019, 04:33:41 PM
Jim, I agree. love the paint job............. Dennis
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: NKP768 on June 26, 2019, 05:16:28 PM
Watch out for those Wing Nut Wings kits Jim - they are very addicting......

Doug
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: JimF on June 27, 2019, 07:05:14 AM
Made some progress yesterday. Windows glazed and installed, the front sign done, storefront painted, glazed and display done up.

See a couple of things in the pictures I'll address today, paint the door knob plate brass and add door knobs to front and rear door. Handles for the freight door.

I'll do some window shades today, before I start to put the walls together. I'll just do a black paper view block in this structure, as it's planned location won't allow much of a close up view. Will try and get pretty much everything short of the roof work done, today.

Although the discolored stripe down the left side of the wall sign is not actually as bad as it look s in the photo, it is there (Came that way in the kit), so will come up with something to either hide it a bit, or something that will draw the eye away from it.

The window glazing was almost all done with the Elmer's Clear Glue I came across. I did one of the small 4 pane windows with Canopy Glue. The Elmer's seemed to dry as fast as the other, and seemed to act no different. The only issue I found was, in using the Canopy Glue in the past, I could use the bottle nozzle tip to apply it. I couldn't, with the Elmer's, but I think it is because the nozzle comes to more of a point than the CG bottle does. I'll experiment with this, before I do a structure with a lot more windows.

And, like the wall sign, the glazing looks much better in actuality, than in the pictures.

Doug and Jeff, the cockpit is from a Wingnut Wings Bristol F.2b Fighter. I did resist acquiring a number of WnW kits, Doug, but did buy a couple. This one, a Royal Naval Sopwith Pup and a Felixstowe. The last is huge.

Thanks all, for the comments, and for following.

Jim
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: ACL1504 on June 27, 2019, 07:10:09 AM
Jim,

Nicely done. Love the front display window.

Tom  ;D
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: Opa George on June 27, 2019, 07:22:11 AM
Agreed--the storefront window display is a real treat!  Nicely done!
--George
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Post by: PRR Modeler on June 27, 2019, 09:37:41 AM
Very nice and I agree about the front window.
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: JimF on June 29, 2019, 06:07:54 AM
Progress as of yesterday evening.

Obviously I am not as fast as Opa George LOL

The stairwell and sidewalk pieces are just placed. The stairwell will get attached today, and a start on the roofs.

I started this kit over 2 years ago, just before I sort of lost interest I only got as far as bracing and painting the walls. It got boxed up, as did a few other kits I had been working on. I now find I am missing the one small piece with the window opening, for the small extension at the back. I have scrap material to make a new one, but now thinking I may leave it off. I'm thinking about raising the whole structure just a bit, to give a indication it has a basement. If I do, I'll make the extension open, as perhaps a cover over a opening for a coal chute. We'll see, but I can add the enclosed ext. any time, before I site the building at it's street location.

The sidewalk pieces were painted back then, as well, and I just went with a grey. I'll work at toning them done, and weathering them, but I have more sidewalk pieces from both FOS and Bar Mills, so will play around with different coloring.

Thanks for watching.

Jim
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: Mark Dalrymple on June 29, 2019, 03:45:29 PM
Looking very nice, Jim.

Cheers, Mark.
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: ACL1504 on June 29, 2019, 06:25:16 PM
Well done Jim.

Tom  ;D
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: Dennis Bourey on June 29, 2019, 07:18:57 PM
I have to agree, Well done Sir........Dennis
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: Opa George on July 01, 2019, 05:51:22 AM
Jim, it's looking really nice.

Your comment about raising it slightly to suggest a basement got me to thinking about that point. Nearly all older buildings in the area I model have basements, yet I don't have anything on my buildings to suggest that feature. I may start kitbashing as appropriate to add that extra bit.

Coal delivery windows/chutes on commercial and residential structures are also a great detail not often seen. Growing up, I saw many a house on my street get coal deliveries to their "front basement" (as we called them).  We had (small) backyards on our street, so coal deliveries to the backs of our houses was not practical.

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
--George
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: postalkarl on July 01, 2019, 07:24:22 AM
Hey George:

Looks just beautiful. Keep up the good work.

Karl
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: JimF on July 09, 2019, 08:52:12 AM
Sorry, I'm still not great at remembering to take pics, though I am better than I was lol

Also, this update would have been sooner, buy had a heck of a time making the pics small enough to attach. Think I have that down, now.

The kit is done, except for the vent pipe I just noticed I forgot, for the moment, and the weathering of the roof. I refrained from the attaching the freight door overhead, and the lamp, against the possibility of them getting knocked off before the building is installed in place.

The 1/4" strips on the underside are just tacked on, to experiment with having the structure sit a bit higher, to do some sort of basement look. That will have to wait till I have the next 2 kits built, giving me the start of the 1st street corner scene.

Was a fun kit, a good one for getting back into the structure modeling.

Jim
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: PRR Modeler on July 09, 2019, 09:16:10 AM
Looks great.
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: Opa George on July 09, 2019, 12:56:30 PM
Jim, beautiful build and a really pleasing color combination. I also tend to put off those tiny final details and weathering for the very last, for fear of knocking them off / losing them. The foundation height looks about right. Should make a really cool corner scene with the other kits--can't wait to see it.
--George
Title: Re: FOS's Pressman Radio
Post by: JimF on July 09, 2019, 01:30:35 PM
Thanks guys.

It was fun getting back into it all.

Jim