CCK21221 Nemchik's Ole Country Store - 2022 Challenge

[postalkarl]

Hey Jaime:

Glad to see you started the roof. Can't wait to see more on this build.

Karl

[GPdemayo]

Excellent.....

[NEMMRRC]

It's great to see you back on a build thread...


dave

Thank you!
It feels good to be back.
Jaime

[NEMMRRC]

Hey Jaime:

Glad to see you started the roof. Can't wait to see more on this build.

Karl

Thank you.
More is coming soon.
Jaime

[NEMMRRC]

Excellent.....

Thank you.
Jaime

[NEMMRRC]

Moving on.

I stumbled upon a fairly rectangular piece of white foam recently. I decided to use that as the diorama base. I first needed to trim it.





I used this hot wire foam cutting gizmo I bought with a coupon at Michaels a long time ago. I know, white foam is a big NO NO! But hey, this is a challenge after all.

This is how I will likely orient the buildings on the foam base.








More as it develops.

Jaime

[NEMMRRC]

Moving on.

So I learned a trick a while ago when building a South River Modelworks kit. You can build up a foundation for your kits by using strip wood to outline the perimeter of the structures. I decided to do something similar here. Except, I did not use strip wood. I instead used cardboard from a Christmas gift box. You know the boxes the department stores give you for gift wrapping, one of those.

Here is how I cut out the foundation from the cardboard box and tested the kit's included task board base for the structures. This way when I begin to slather landscaping on the diorama base, the structures already have a foundation on the diorama base.

















Above is what I ended up after laminating only two layers of cardboard for the foundation. I decided to add a third layer of cardboard for the foundation and ended up with this.





I have to leave clues for myself or I will get confused later on. Thus, I labeled the front and back of the diorama     It would be tragic if I glued the buildings wrong on their foundations.

More as it develops.

Jaime

[Janbouli]

Good idea Jaime , you're doing a great job on this kit.

[NEMMRRC]

Good idea Jaime , you're doing a great job on this kit.

Thank you. Every now and then I managed to scrounge up a good idea 


Jaime

[S&S RR]

Jaime


Looking good! You will find a lot of labels hidden underneath my builds, too.

[postalkarl]

Hey Jaime:

Looking just great so far. Can't wait for more pics.

Karl