Hello everyone. Jaime and myself are interested in building this kit as a group build. We are not really sure when we will start the project, but I thought maybe I would post a thread so that if anyone is interested in joining in, you could get those present projects finished up and then you could join in. The more the merrier. Get the kit off of the shelf and lets get a great group build going with a great kit. This kit has such great potential for so many different perspectives..... I'm just throwing this out there to see what kind of a response we get. Even if no-one wants to join in, I know for sure that I will really enjoy the building of this awesome kit, with Jaime......
Even if I don't join in I'm eager to see you guys build this one.
Hi everyone, my name is Magnus and i live in Sweden. I have started to build The Oyster Hill for my modelrailroad, Bradley & Scottsdale.
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When I first saw the kit i had the perfect place for it
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I braced the walls and spraypainted the back black
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i spraypainted the windowframes Valleyo olive green
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the walls got a wash with ink
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i brushpainted the walls white
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the mainbuiding glued together
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i glued on the big sign with white glue
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then i stained the wallcastings with ink and alcohol
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and drybrushed varios shades of brown and gray
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i use a sheet of glass on top of the drawing so that i can glue the pieces together
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for the third floors board by board construction i brushed on brown pigment and sealed it with alcohol
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i followed the instructions and glued the boards to the walls cardboard
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i then cut the boards and filed the edges smooth
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the basic form taking shape
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i use post-it notes as shades, that i cut and glue i place
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i cut and glued the rafters in place
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the stair was glued together direct on the wall
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i found an old piece of Fallers printed wood sheet that i used as a roof in the basement
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Before i glued the floors together i installed led lighting
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a test to see the lights in Place
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the shape of the landscaping around the building has started and that is what i`m going to continue with today
I have a Facebook page where i update , Bradley & Scottsdale RR
my webpage is www.liabacken.se
Magnus
Magnus...............
Welcome to the forum.
We like photos a lot....
see ya
Bob
Magnus.... Impressive so far. I too, am planning on lighting my building as well. We have lots of catching up to do. Welcome....
Brad
Nice job, Magnus! This thread has already cemented my regret over not buying this kit. But I'm excited to watch.
I predict that someday, I will rip out a section of layout and drop a grand on ebay to get it. I must run off to my kitbuyer's anonymous meeting now before I do something crazy ;D
John
Welcome to the Forum Magnus! Thanks for sharing your build with us. Wonderful work. :D
Wow!!
There is no moss growing under Magnus' feet. Welcome aboard!
There you go folks. That's how to build Oyster Hill.
I'll try to make pictures of mine once I get going. I have opened the box and scanned the instructions.
There are a couple of these on eBay for not much more than retail so if you don't already have one go get you one.
Later.
Jaime
Hi Magnus:
Very nicely done so far. Like your colors. They go well to gether. I will be following your build.
Karl
Very nice work, Magnus. Welcome to the forum.
Jeff
Wow! Doug must have sent you this kit weeks before the rest of us got ours. This will be finished quicker than you can say "Karl Scholz". You'll be done before Jaime gets his river done on his SRMW kit.
Nice work, Magnus. Glad to have you here.
Geesh..... I may have to start mine and let Jaime try and catch up to us..........
Wow...you're going FAST! You may have yours finished before I even open mine. I like the lighting...I was thinking how I was going to build mine and thought about putting lights on the billboard that sits on the roof.
Thanks for sharing!
Alan
Thank you guys for the fine welcome :D
Nice to see how many of you that i admire is likeing what i have done so far, it feels great :D
I think I was one of the last to recive this kit but I started to build just a few days after i got it.
When i first saw the ad i knew exactly where it was going to be placed on my layout.
Yesterday i worked with the landscape around the place where the kit is going to be planted.
I hope i didn`t steal this thread, but i understood it like it was for everyone :D
Magnus
www.liabacken.se
Very Nice Work! I can't wait to see the finished product!
;D ;D ;D
Magnus
Welcome to the forum - great work!
Magnus, you didn't steal this thread. You are more than welcome to post your progress here. Can't wait to see more pics of your build. Hopefully your progress will inspire more people to start their kit and we can get a few people to jump in.......
Brad
Hurry Jaime Hurry!
I'm hurrying. I plan to start this weekend. Lisa and I don't go out on Valentine's Day 'cause all the restaurants are always crowded so I'll have plenty of free time tomorrow...
Jaime
Quote from: NEMMRRC on February 13, 2015, 06:34:57 AM
I'm hurrying. I plan to start this weekend. Lisa and I don't go out on Valentine's Day 'cause all the restaurants are always crowded so I'll have plenty of free time tomorrow...
Jaime
I hear ya Jaime. Lisa and I (my Lisa - not yours) went out for Valentine's Day dinner long ago and haven't gone out for Valentine's dinner since. One place we went to (not in business anymore) had the bright idea of filling the restaurant with two-top tables placed four inches apart. :P >:(
I'd join in on the group build but I've been re-shooting my lighting/soldering/gooseneck-making videos for the upcoming Expo. Shooting new clips as well. This kit looks like a fun one to build and light-up.
-slim
And so I begin my build of FOS Oyster Hill.
Here is the amazingly small box compared to how large a kit this will build.
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The box is just a tad over 8.5" x 11" as you can see by the instruction sheets.
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My kit's box came signed by Doug Foscale himself.
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And here is all the kit's goodness ready for all the fun.
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I'm off to read some instructions.
Later.
Jaime
First step is to brace the wood walls with 1/8" bracing according to template C.
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I'm building Oyster Hill...
Jaime
Hi everyone. When Jaime says he's ready to build.... IT"S GO TIME! During this build I would like to throw in a few tips that I like to do while building craftsman kits. They are more for the newbie than for the experienced builder. First off, I carefully cut the walls from the wooden sprues. When this happens you find that there are small nubbies that need to be sanded off. You can see these in the picture with the pencil. I go through and sand all of these off with an emery board. I then number the backs of the walls and wooden pieces. This is for easy reference to the template. When you build these larger kits, there tends to be a lot of walls and things can get a bit confusing really quick. The next step is that I go through and check to see that I have all of the walls that are on the template. Once I have the wall I draw a line under the number. In this kit, all pieces are accounted for and a call to Doug is not needed..... so far. I then go ahead and brace the walls..... This takes a while so be patient....
Another kewl tip..... When you are done cutting all of the pieces off of the wooden sprue, you end up with a small pile of wasted wood. I keep these and use them as test pieces for paint. I'll paint a bit on them, label the back with what color and brand of paint it is and then in the future when deciding what color to paint something, I can check these and see what colors I might like to use..... Thats it for me for this evening. I have a busy day at the bench tomorrow... Here In Ottawa Canada, it is roughly -29C. I will stay in doors and work on my kit all weekend.
Quote from: chooch41 on February 13, 2015, 10:00:37 PM
This takes a while so be patient....
This hobby requires the patience of a saint.
It should be noted that the bracing template shows the *back* of the walls. Some walls are mirror images of their mate and well, you could end up bracing the wrong side of the wall...
Brad makes a good point about sanding the burrs of the laser cut walls. And, be careful when removing the walls from their carriers. I've already broken one wall. Luckily it broke right where the bracing goes so it's not noticeable and with the bracing it's now stable.
I got to get moving. There are some 43 walls in template C.
Jaime
Great :) nice to see that you have started to build, i will follow :D
Magnus
This is a fun thread and I'll be checking in on all the builds.
Tom ;D
I have started to build some landscaping around the building
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i build up the shape with different kinds of styrofoam that i had at hand
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some rocks were carved near the waterfront
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real dirt were glued down Before i added the greenery
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I added the rolled roofing with white glue
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i painted the roof with Polly Scale tarnished black and dipped the brush in green colour sometimes to give the roof some variation
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i drybrushed the roof with a light gray colour
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here i have added the big billboard
more on building the structure next update
Magnus
www.liabacken.se
Impressive!! Magnus, you have really made great progress with this. I am enjoying watching your build. Keep up the good work.
Magnus, it's real impressive diorama.
Marty
Magnus,
Outstanding work. I especially like the finish on the stone foundation walls, very realistic. I found it interesting that you painted the rolled roofing after applying I to the roof. I paint mine before applying it to the roof, I like the variation in color you got by your method. This is something I might do differently (your way) in the future.
Very nice thanks to take tiime to share with us
Eric Quebec city
If you didn't get one from Fos you can still snatch one on eBay:
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=171676410118
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=201273833065
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=291376505359
Jaime
Happy Valentine's Day to all you romantic train guys.... I don't know Magnus and I am good friends with Jaime, however, I don't want to play with them so I'm going to go over there and work on a different building. The freight building. I thought I would come at this kit from a different angle. Stray off of the order in the instructions. First up, I used my Black Hunterline stain, and stained the walls of the freight house. While these were drying I dug out one of those pieces of scrap wood, I mentioned not to throw out, earlier. I tried 2 different colors of light blue on it. I found the one that I wanted to use. After taking my ponce wheel and making some holes in the walls, I took an old sock, scrunched it up and dabbed it into the paint. I now dabbed most of the paint off, and then dabbed the walls with this sock. I rotated the wood so that I would not end up with a consistent pattern. It is very faint, just the way I wanted it. Chalks will come later when I don't have to touch the building anymore.....
Look Jaime..... more windows. Just what you need after your last build.......
Looking good
Maybe i will blent in with an 0 scale build , see if i can connect it to red hook.
Cor
Here's a modelling tip for the newbies. I use these small pieces of cut dowel that I call pucks, to hold small things while I paint them. I place a very small piece of double sided tape on the top and stick my piece to it and paint away....
For the other tip...... I keep lids to containers for separating different steps of the build. They keep everything together and that way parts and pieces don't find there way off the bench......There is nothing more frustrating than getting to a step and finding that you have misplaced a piece of wood and now you have to stain another one, cut it and carry on....
I hope everyone is enjoying the build so far.. I am also playing around with the settings on my camera so the pictures will get larger, once I find the right setting.....
Quote from: chooch41 on February 14, 2015, 01:30:38 PM
Look Jaime..... more windows. Just what you need after your last build.......
Ain't no step for a stepper.
Jaime
Gang, how did you all brace and trim number 21?
Jaime
I braced it as per the instructions.... I add the trim when I the walls are glued together...I have a bad feeling about your post.....
Good evening everyone. I have been at the bench all weekend. I attached the walls of the freight house to each other. They hadn't warped at all so the fit was very good. While they were drying I tended to the dock. It was pretty straight forward. Build all parts over the templates. Then attach the bents to the underside of the dock and then glue on the floor boards to the top of the dock.
When the dock was all done drying it was time to add the building and the freight dock roof supports. When these dried, I drilled a small hole into the floor of the dock really close to the building, and ran two led's up and along the roof supports. I glued the wiring in and when the roof goes on, you shouldn't be able to see any wires
I thought I'd start working on the basement walls plaster castings. I had a slight setback. I knocked over my camera on top of the castings. I don't suggest you try that.
Jaime
Next up is the small dining establishment. The walls are laser cut pieces that you have to glue together. I painted the base of the wall an acrylic paint called Americana Camel. The other laser part that is then glued on top of the camel colored, was painted Folkart Heartland Blue. I then mounted the acetate material where the windows go, followed by paper curtains. The base for this was painted an earth color to represent concrete. It will be very weathered later on. While parts were drying, I was able to get the plaster wall castings painted and the wooden walls that create a room for cleaning the oysters. It's coming together very nicely... I am very happy with the results so far...
Jaime, that really sucks about the walls. If you are unable to glue them back together, maybe contact Doug for replacements. You can always hide the seams with vines...... check this out......
For my last post this evening, I am dedicating this kit to some friends of ours that relocated to the other side of Canada. Cara and Kevin O'Blenis. I will get my wife involved and she will help print up some new signs for the buildings. O'Blenis Oysters will go on the main building. Another name for the diner, more on that later....... And the whole area, when this goes onto my railroad, will be called Cara's Cove. I like to rename the kits to give them a more personal touch. Have a great night everyone.....
Brad
Brad, the personal touch adds a lot to this hobby!
And, your friends will be thrilled to see themselves represented on you layout!!!!
It's a great tribute to friendship!!
Quote from: chooch41 on February 15, 2015, 10:13:00 PM
Jaime, that really sucks about the walls. If you are unable to glue them back together, maybe contact Doug for replacements. You can always hide the seams with vines...... check this out......
what material do you use for vines? maybe a how to?
Cor
I find this thread real interesting, so much happening all at once. Could the cracked casting be glued togeteher with a plaster slurry with a card board backing? The crack would look so real and would colour like the rest if the wall.
Marty
Quote from: martin.ojaste on February 16, 2015, 08:52:31 AM
I find this thread real interesting, so much happening all at once. Could the cracked casting be glued togeteher with a plaster slurry with a card board backing? The crack would look so real and would colour like the rest if the wall.
Marty
I plan to do something like that.
Jaime
Cor, the vine method is really simple. Take the wall that you want a vine to creep up, add some lines of glue with a tooth pic, and sprinkle woodland scenics fine turf on the area with the glue. It is that simple......
Brad
Good afternoon everyone..... Today is Family day here in Ontario Canada. What does one do on a day off? Sit at the bench of course......... 8) I started applying the finish on the walls of the main building. I started with a coat of Hunterline Creosote Black. I then came along and dipped a sponge in some white acrylic paint and lightly dabbed the wall. It was rather faint so went over it a second time. I got the bosses opinion ( insert WIFE ) here, and she thought that the wall looked like the paint was just dabbed on. I figured so because I thought the same thing. I then decided to do a light wash of white to bring it all together. It turned out really nice. I still have chalks to apply, but at this point I am very happy with the progress.....
Today's modelling tip...... HAVE FUN! This is such an incredible hobby. I work with some people that really get depressed over the winter. Yes, it is extremely cold outside and the days are long. But I, look forward to the winter because I can sit at the bench for hours and enjoy this hobby. Through the hobby I have met some really nice people. My wife and I attended the first Craftsman Structure show way back in the day. We were sitting at a table and this guy and his wife came up and introduced themselves and Jaime and me have been friends ever since. I don't get out to, to many shows but I am able to stay in contact with him through the internet. Posting on the forums, allows us to see over the shoulder of the poster and come into their lives and see what they are doing in the hobby......... Thanks to everyone that make this a really enjoyable hobby....... O.K. I have to get back to bench and paint some windows....... Later......
Brad
Looking good
Cor
Thanks for the positive response :D
Quote from: NEMMRRC on February 14, 2015, 07:23:19 PM
Gang, how did you all brace and trim number 21?
Jaime
I braced both sides, will see if that is right when i get to that build.
It is nice to see that you have started to build the other structures Brad, i will use them as reference later on.
I broke my casting to, but i just glued it together using White glue.
Not much has happend on the building but i throw in some Pictures showing what i have been up to,
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I have added the windows on the rooftop building
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I gave the shingels some different shades of gray from marker pens
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i glued on some shingels where the roofing had "blown of"
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I added a row of nailholes on the roofing paper
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i have to do a new paintjob on the shingles because i dont like the Brown tone i gave it
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i had to brace some more, i had missed that part in the beginning
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i have added some rock castings along the shoreline, but that has nothing to do with the build of Oyster Hill ;)
Magnus
Magnus, your build is coming along really nice. Great job on the windows. Shingles look great in those colors......
Brad
I didn't know........ Last year I bought some pre-made LED's, at a local train show. Prior to installing them in my freight house they worked fine. I painstakingly ran the wires very carefully so no one could see them. Hooked them up to the battery and nothing...... WTF! Tried again and nothing...... Tried a different battery......Nothing. So I sat on this for a few days wondering what to do. So I thought, well I could just leave them there, and who cares...... Then I decided to remove them them. So I carefully cut away the soft glue from holding the wires in place and took them out. Tried them again and they worked....... Now I'm PISSED. Then I figured out that the red wire has to go to the positive side of the battery. So tonight, I will be re-installing them again...... I didn't know! Pictures tonight........ stay tuned.......
Brad
Brad, been there. I burnt a LED out when I picked up the wrong battery without the resistor.
Wow, that structure is quite long.
Marty
Quote from: martin.ojaste on February 19, 2015, 08:02:31 AM
Brad, been there. I burnt a LED out when I picked up the wrong battery without the resistor.
Wow, that structure is quite long.
Marty
Stop by my table next month and I'll give you another if you promise not to blow it up.
-slim
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I didn`t like the painjob on the shingles so i brushed on Polly scale Earth and added a inkwash instead.
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I liked that better
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i have started the small corrugated metal building that goes inbetween the two mainbuildings
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i primed it as the instruction said, gray. Then i added various shades of rustpigments.
i raised the sheet and added som alcohol to blend together and let it flow down
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i then cut and glued it to the cardboard
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when dry i turned it upside down and cut out the windows and dooropenings
Magnus
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Very nice weathering! I like how you went about changing the shingle coloring.
A whole lot of building going on with this thread. Great builds, all of you, Brad, Magnus and Jamie. Each one a little different yet beautifully done. If my layout wasn't in the arid western states, I would very much like to build this kit. Oh yeah, and if I had the big bucks for the kit. LOL
Bob
Good afternoon everyone. Well I have been plugging away at it this week. I have the stepped up base put together for the main large building. The windows are in and the acetate has been added to the windows. Now to paint on some blinds and then the walls can start going together. The signs have been done. Sorry, you can't see them yet. Once I get the walls together, then you can see what the new personalized signs look like. My wife and I had a lot of fun figuring out how to do them. I have started putting together the open are where the oysters are processed. The instructions say to glue the plaster walls to the base and then start adding the walls that get glued to the inside of the plaster walls. When I added glue the the walls, boy did they ever start curving ( Warping ). I put some clamps on them, very carefully so I wouldn't snap the plaster walls. Once this is all done drying, like Magnus, I too will be adding lights in this area...... stay tuned....
Good evening everyone.... Well I was able to get some more work done on the kit this afternoon. I've posted a pic of what the middle piece looks like on top of the bottom. The fit is pretty good. I can't show you the sign yet. Soon. I started the top section as well. I used double sided tape and glue the boards onto the walls. Pretty easy and quick. No mess either. And a shot of the basement open area. Have a great night....
It is looking really good Brad :D
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Just a few more details to add Before the building is finished
Magnus
Magnus.....WELL DONE! This afternoon I have this music cranked and the walls are going together. A modelling tip......
When I glue my walls together, I line them up with the lines on my cutting mat, and that ensures that they are nice and square. I have always done them this way and not once have I ever had a problem...... Have a great afternoon........
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Burdick Oyster Co is finished. i`m missing a small window above a door.
Now I`m going to focus on some other parts of the layout Before i build the other structures on Oyster Hill. It`s a great kit and it was fun building it.
I`ll follow along as you build your kits :D
Magnus
Excellent build Magnus, some day I will build mine too , but first I have a lot of N-scale to build.
After looking at your build, Magnus, I think you might have the wrong door at the top of the staircase. I went online and closely looked at Doug's original build, and it looks like he used a tichy type door for the opening there, instead of the laser cut doors for the rest of the build. A while back I purchased a kit of all kinds of doors and windows from tichy. Kinda like a sample box of what they make. Anyway, I have posted what I think is the correct door, from my sample pack, that fit that opening perfectly. I didn't get that door with the kit, so maybe we are missing the door. Maybe Doug can comment on this post. Onto my progress.... I have begun the roofs. I am very pleased with this kit so far. I misplaced my small package of LED's, so I cannot glue the buildings above the basement opening as I would like to light it up as Magnus has done. Hopefully a local dealer can get back to me shortly with what he has in stock.... That's it for now......Jaime, where you at? Have a great night everyone....
Modelling tip for the week...... I like to use the pictured blades for cutting small wood pieces. The other night I went to cut a trim piece and didn't notice that the blade was facing upward, and started to push down. I felt that something didn't feel right, and then noticed that the blade was against my fingers and thumb. Thank goodness I stopped before cutting my fingers badly. I have now begun placing tape on the top part of the blade so that it can only cut 1 way. WOW! That was so close to being a bad situation.........
Brad
Magnus, great structure build. It looks perfect on the layout. Brad, ouch! I have a cheap plastic blade holder I got somewhere for the same reason. I'd post a pic, but I'm out of town for a few days.
Jeff
Brad,
Get you one of these single edge razor holders:
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No doubt you can pick one up at your local hardware store or paint store.
I'm taking a short vacation from the work bench. I spilled A&I on one of my white dress shirts and then busted my plaster castings all within 30 minutes. I decided to walk away from all builds to "recuperate".
Jaime
Oh my Jaime..... It's good to walk away for a bit. I'm sorry if I was pushing you into starting this build if you weren't ready.... Take care......
Brad
Magnus, the structure looks fantastic.
Brad, your is looking great as well and can't wait to see yours finished.
Did I miss anyone?
Tom ;D
Thanks Tom.......
Brad
Well boys, my good friend Jaime is taking a break from building. So I am here to keep Y'all entertained..... Today was my Brad Day. I take 1 day off during the year, to do what ever I want. Today I did some running around , stopped in at the MAN SPA ( Lowes ), and had lunch. This afternoon I got some LED's installed in the bottom section of the building. I threw in some detail parts in for these pictures. This is by no means the way the final kit will look like. I need to pick up some N scale ballast to make some piles of oysters in this area. So here they are. What do you think?
Brad
Hello everyone. This afternoon I was able to get to the bench and get some work done on these buildings. The rafters were glued in, the beams underneath the third level white building were put in, and the sign was installed. It's coming along quite nice. I am getting to the point where I will not be able to continue until I build it into the scenery on my railroad. I will probably build a small diorama for this kit, as I want to take it to a train show in April, here in Ottawa. As well, I will be able to practice some scenery techniques on the diorama.......
Have a great night
Brad
Your build is looking really great :) Can`t wait to see your diorama
/Magnus
March 1st..... Bring on spring... Last night I patiently worked on the staircase that is on the outside wall. You really need to have a lot of patients when building this part. It is a bit warped but it turned out ok. I think some type of jig would help quite a bit in building these stair cases.....
Brad
An observation....... While looking at the photos of this kit on the Foscale website, I noticed that my wall, at the end of the large building, is reverse of what Doug has on his building. When I first saw this I had thought that I installed my wall upside down. Luckily it is fine. His door is on the left and mine is on the right....... Here is a pic of his ( not good quality because I shot the photo on the computer ), and mine...... go figure.
Wow. Almost a week has gone by since I did my last post to this thread. I didn't get much done this week as I just didn't feel like getting to the bench. I was able to get the rusty panels painted and installed on the wall the separates the 2 main buildings. I didn't get the large widows that go above the doors on these walls, so I just glued in a piece of cardboard and panelled right over them. I also started to build the small vessel that delivers the oysters..... And for Cara, I will show what one of the signs looks like adorning the wall of the smaller, yet focal point, to this kit..... The next few steps will be to finish the chimneys, and start figuring out the base for this kit. I would like to incorporate this kit with my Fine Scale Miniatures Seafood Emporium.......Have a great day everyone...
Hi Chooch:
Nice colors and weathering. Love the sign. Does it come with the Kit?
Karl
No. The sign that I used is one that my wife and I made up on the computer. We named the building after a friend. I like to personalize kits this way........
Brad