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Title: 1st Kit on what I hope will become our new home Period Miniatures Mel's Produce
Post by: Janbouli on December 17, 2013, 04:05:29 PM
Just a short thread but it's a start isn't it.
The instructions, black and white but clear and understandable.
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The contents , stripwood , sheets of shingled roofing, clapboard from which you cut the walls and cut out windows and doors.
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Metal castings for doors , windows and stairs ready for priming, I also did the doors and windows for a church kit from AMB.
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First piece of clapboard ready for cutting.
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All the walls cut.
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First set some bracing at the same time glued some of the walls in place, gave a wash with A&I and then painted them using masking tape and 2 spray cans. The Green is gloss paint but on the wood treated with A&I it comes out like a stain.
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Mainbuilding put together.
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The roofing , sheets of shingles , they have a little relief to them, I think this will make it easier to make them realistic. Loading docks glued together.
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Ready for weathering of the roof , adding stairs to the side and then place this into a hill side.
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Title: Re: First Kit on what I hope will become our new home Period MiniaturesMel's Produce
Post by: Janbouli on December 17, 2013, 04:06:32 PM
That makes 3 Model60's in a row for me  ;D
Title: Re: 1st Kit on what I hope will become our new home Period Miniatures Mel's Produce
Post by: NEMMRRC on December 17, 2013, 05:22:37 PM
Photos are getting cut off. It's like they are too wide.

Jaime
Title: Re: 1st Kit on what I hope will become our new home Period Miniatures Mel's Produce
Post by: Janbouli on December 17, 2013, 06:09:36 PM
Quote from: NEMMRRC on December 17, 2013, 05:22:37 PM
Photos are getting cut off. It's like they are too wide.

Jaime

Not on my screen , and they're only 900 pix wide. No scroll bar either Jaime?
Title: Re: 1st Kit on what I hope will become our new home Period Miniatures Mel's Produce
Post by: ACL1504 on December 17, 2013, 06:14:11 PM
Jan,

I seem to have them cut off on the right as well!

Tom :)
Title: Re: 1st Kit on what I hope will become our new home Period Miniatures Mel's Produce
Post by: Janbouli on December 17, 2013, 06:22:45 PM
Even the standing ones? they are 650 wide by 900 high, the 900 width shouldn't be a problem on any monitor.  Might be that the ad on the right pushes away the content on smaller screens. The fourth image should show 9 to 25 on the cutting mat.

How about this one , this is 600 x 450, all my images are linked from my website , I don't like uploading them to a site, takes much longer then posting with

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Title: Re: 1st Kit on what I hope will become our new home Period Miniatures Mel's Produce
Post by: Janbouli on December 17, 2013, 06:30:18 PM
This is what I am seeing on  a 24 inch screen
Title: Re: 1st Kit on what I hope will become our new home Period Miniatures Mel's Produce
Post by: NEMMRRC on December 17, 2013, 06:40:37 PM
Quote from: Janbouli on December 17, 2013, 06:30:18 PM
This is what I am seeing on  a 24 inch screen
On my screen they are cut off due to ad on right side of page.

No biggie.

Jaime
Title: Re: 1st Kit on what I hope will become our new home Period Miniatures Mel's Produce
Post by: gnatshop on December 17, 2013, 08:34:45 PM
Quote from: NEMMRRC on December 17, 2013, 06:40:37 PM
On my screen they are cut off due to ad on right side of page.
No biggie.   Jaime
It's that Slim-boys fault!
It's his stinkin' ad!!

Again, where's my DEVIL smiley?   >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: 1st Kit on what I hope will become our new home Period Miniatures Mel's Produce
Post by: Rail and Tie on December 18, 2013, 01:14:02 AM
Photos are looking fine in Canada Eh!  (not cut off)

I have this kit to build some days as well!!
Title: Re: 1st Kit on what I hope will become our new home Period Miniatures Mel's Produce
Post by: robertseckler on December 18, 2013, 08:02:27 PM
I like those shingles!!!
Title: Re: 1st Kit on what I hope will become our new home Period Miniatures Mel's Produce
Post by: rslaserkits on December 18, 2013, 08:42:47 PM
Looking good Jan, were did you find that classic.
rich

The security questions getting old fast
Title: Re: 1st Kit on what I hope will become our new home Period Miniatures Mel's Produce
Post by: GPdemayo on December 19, 2013, 02:52:29 PM
Nice work Jan..... :)
Title: Re: 1st Kit on what I hope will become our new home Period Miniatures Mel's Produce
Post by: Janbouli on December 19, 2013, 06:21:54 PM
Thanks all.

Funny you say you like the shingles Robert, on nScale.net that was the only part they didn't like , well at least till I showed them the next images. Still thinking of doing them over with some of Rich's shingles.

I found it on Ebay Rich, if you have the scale plans it's really easy to scratchbuild.

I wonder if Robert could puit the ads in the top or bottom banner so that images ( not really that large ) would show on Jaime's tiny screen  ;)

Final images with stairs , chimney and loading docks in place, roof weathered and decals fixed.

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Title: Re: 1st Kit on what I hope will become our new home Period Miniatures Mel's Produce
Post by: Janbouli on December 19, 2013, 06:23:10 PM
The roof is not that shiny in reality.
Title: Re: 1st Kit on what I hope will become our new home Period Miniatures Mel's Produce
Post by: PHQRR on December 19, 2013, 08:19:37 PM
Nice looking build! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: 1st Kit on what I hope will become our new home Period Miniatures Mel's Produce
Post by: CNRGlen on December 21, 2013, 03:08:54 AM
Great looking kit. I wish I had a place for one like it on my layout.
Title: Re: 1st Kit on what I hope will become our new home Period Miniatures Mel's Produce
Post by: rustyfawcett on December 30, 2013, 03:46:39 PM
Nice job
Title: Re: 1st Kit on what I hope will become our new home Period Miniatures Mel's Produce
Post by: ak-milw on December 30, 2013, 07:00:56 PM
Nice looking build, the colors go together well and the weathering is top notch.



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Title: Re: 1st Kit on what I hope will become our new home Period Miniatures Mel's Produce
Post by: Janbouli on December 30, 2013, 07:46:21 PM
Thanks all for the compliments, now to place this on my layout.