Hi All:
Started Alvin's hat co. Here's a photo of the model Jack Ellis built when he and I were building structures for Cundy Village. The second photo is my finished back wall.
Karl,
Looking good, looking very good.
Tom ;D
Jan...
Fun stuff..
Thanx
Bob
Hi Tom & Bob:
Thanks for your input. Much appreciated.
Karl
Neat looking structure.....I like the look of the wavy siding. I'll be watching Karl. 8)
I worked up an estimate for a summer YMCA camp for a client in NC a couple of months ago and it had that siding on all the buildings. It will look great when it's completed.
Got an email that mine shipped Thursday...don't skimp on the details, Sensei, I'm taking notes
;D
John
Looking forward to your usual magnificent work on this one Karl.
John
Hi GP:
Thanks for the compliment. Appreciate it.
Karl
Hi Cuse:
Thanks. glad you are watching. Enjoy yours.
Karl
HI JB:
Thanks appreciate the great compliment.
Karl
Karl - I'm getting ready to start Alvin's and I have a question for you. It calls for battens on walls 2-5 but when I look the battens (part 50) I don't see how it's possible to have enough material. Am I not understanding something here. Thanks for your advice. Jim
Hi Jim:
You should have a whole extra sheet of battons. If not give Artie a call I'm sure he will send them along.
Karl
Hi All:
Here's my progress so far on Alvin's Hat Co.
Here's photos:
Looking good Karl, very nice.
Tom ;D
Nice, Karl. I think this is my favorite structure from Cundy Village kit. Do you own entire kit or just separate small kits?
Vilius
Karl
Another great build!
Hi Vilius:
I have the big kit. Artie gave me 5 kits from it to build at the structure show for him to put into dioramas. He is selling them as separate kits. This is my last one. Also the most difficult.
Karl
Hi John:
thanks appreciate your comment as always.
Karl
Karl,
On totally different subject. Are you going to build new FSM kit and to a thread on the forum?
Vilius
Hi Villius:
Hopefully I will be doing that.
Karl
Hi All:
Walls are finsihed. Here's photos.
Karl
Hi All:
Here's the final photos of Alvin's Hat Co. Not the best model I ever built. I was a tough kit to build.
Karl
Karl, what made this "tough"? Any suggestions for Bar Mills, or for people with their kits on their shelves?
dave
I have been reading the instructions nor my Alvin's kit and agree it will be challenging; lots of different wall surfaces and roof configurations. Jim
Quote from: deemery on August 02, 2015, 11:53:31 AM
Karl, what made this "tough"? Any suggestions for Bar Mills, or for people with their kits on their shelves?
dave
Yes I too would be interested in what made this a tough build. Karl, were there any areas that could have or should have been explained more thoroughly ?? Any fiddly parts that took an extra pair of hands to accomplish ?? Parts not well marked ?? The sun got in my eyes ?? Yes, would certainly appreciate a better explanation of what exactly was "tough" for a fairly accomplished modeler... Thanks in advance,
--Paul
Hi guys:
It's just a very time consuming kit that you have to take your time with. Maybe difficult was the wrong word. Lots of shingling and clapboards to apply. You have to be careful and pay attention to what you are doing. I built all five kits and this one took the most time. Lots of slot and tab constuction on the walls. Difficult to cut the holes after the shingles were applied. I talked to Artie about this and he said to cut the tabs off and glue parts to the walls. This worked out pretty well. If you build this kit take your time and Just pay close attention to what you are doing.
Karl
Despite the difficulties, it is a nice structure and you did your usual great job Karl. 8)
Hi Gregory:
Thanks Appreciate your comment.
Karl
Quote from: postalkarl on August 03, 2015, 07:43:43 AM
Hi guys:
It's just a very time consuming kit that you have to take your time with. Maybe difficult was the wrong word. Lots of shingling and clapboards to apply. You have to be careful and pay attention to what you are doing. I built all five kits and this one took the most time. Lots of slot and tab constuction on the walls. Difficult to cut the holes after the shingles were applied. I talked to Artie about this and he said to cut the tabs off and glue parts to the walls. This worked out pretty well. If you build this kit take your time and Just pay close attention to what you are doing.
Karl
Thanks! "Fiddly and fussy" is a lot better than "doesn't fit" :-) :-)
dave
Quote from: GPdemayo on August 03, 2015, 08:41:07 AM
Despite the difficulties, it is a nice structure and you did your usual great job Karl. 8)
Karl,
Ditto to all the comments. Very well done.
Tom ;D
You make the difficult look great, Karl. Nice work.
Jeff
Quote from: Zephyrus52246 on August 03, 2015, 10:51:12 AM
You make the difficult look great, Karl. Nice work.
Jeff
I'll second that .... and bump it twice.
Looks fantastic. Based on your review, I'll move mine a little down my list ;)
I'll be ready someday...John
Quote from: postalkarl on August 03, 2015, 07:43:43 AM
Hi guys:
It's just a very time consuming kit that you have to take your time with. Maybe difficult was the wrong word. Lots of shingling and clapboards to apply. You have to be careful and pay attention to what you are doing. I built all five kits and this one took the most time. Lots of slot and tab constuction on the walls. Difficult to cut the holes after the shingles were applied. I talked to Artie about this and he said to cut the tabs off and glue parts to the walls. This worked out pretty well. If you build this kit take your time and Just pay close attention to what you are doing.
Karl
Thanks Karl, appreciate you taking the time to add your clarifications to the build. And I will also echo the others on your fine build of this time consuming and intricate kit. Thanks as always for sharing your efforts with us all here ....
--Paul
Hi: Dave, Tom, Jeff, donato, John And paul S,
Thanks for all the great compliments guys. It's appreciated as always.
karl