Last night I began preparing for my next kit build of FOS Scale Models "Ideal Hosiery" I have had the kit since December when it caught my eye with it's design. Perfect for one of the corners on our layout which will be sort of a garment district. I will begin with the structural bracing tonight before NHL hockey playoffs start, and hopefully will have time to give the initial A/I stain/wash. Unpacking it last night, I was pleasantly surprised to find a paper with photographs on each angle from FOS' model. A very nice touch not found so often in kits. I will keep you all posted with photos during construction on how it goes. Pretty pumped for this one!
Todd
Will be watching your build, Todd. Looks like a really nice kit- should be fun to put together! Thanks for posting!
I'll be following along too. I'm pretty sure I have this one stashed away in a drawer waiting to be built. It's neat little structure. ;)
Doug's kits are well engineered and fun to build. I'll be following. I'm thinking of starting one as well.
Jeff
I'm in line to follow this.
Todd,
I'll be following along on this, too.
Neat little kit. One that I kept for myself rather than planting on the club layout (even though I don't have my own layout). Following along.
Hello Modelers!
Well last night, with the nice weather of spring upon us the grass growing and weeds sprouting, and only a few hours until the first NHL hockey playoff games starting (Im a diehard hockey fan, and former hockey rink manager, coach, instructor) In between cutting grass and the first puck drop, I only managed to add wall support and the initial staining with India Ink/Alcohol) and did that in between periods. I did manage to also paint the corner trim with a sponge for the peeling paint effect. I usually like to take one or two swipes over that with some very fine grit sandpaper to take the new paint edge off just a tad so it appears faded, but alas, the clock was nearing midnight and the west coast game was going into OT.......priorities...lol.
Below is a few of the shots which are very basic steps that will bore all of you seasoned modelers here to tears. However, being a holiday weekend that I also took some vacation to extend the weekend, I plan to work on and provide a lot more photos as the weekend rolls along!
Todd
Looks like a neat kit Todd.....I'll be looking in. :)
Todd,
Great start, I'll be a follower as well.
Tom ;D
Quote from: Longstreet7 on April 13, 2017, 08:38:47 AMBelow is a few of the shots which are very basic steps that will bore all of you seasoned modelers here to tears.
1) Never...we love pictures!
2) Newbies are always following, so keep posting!
DK
Been trying to find the time I thought I would have over the 3 day holiday vacation, but my wife has been finding other things for me to do.. I "think" I have caught up and I should have the rest of Sunday after family Easter stuff, and all day Monday to wrap a lot of this up. But I did manage to get the walls a coat of light grey with a sponge to show some peeling, and then the large Ideal Hosiery sign on the left wall. After putting the sign on, I lightly added some more of the original light grey paint on top of the sign to give the appearance of a original paint showing through... Next up, assembly...
Very nice! The sign came out teffific. It sure looks like it was painted on the wall and the paint is showing its age. :D
Love that sign...I don't want to plant my Ideal build next to another building and hide it.
Thanks Bob and Dave, HAHAHA at planting structures on layouts or dioramas! It is always a conundrum I believe for all modelers. Even moreso if you have several highly detailed walls or signs that you just don't want to hide. Last month to alleviate this issue, my son and I decided not to put the layout up against a wall and made it 360 degrees so you walk all the way around it at any point from any angle with a 3 1/2 ft walkway. layout is 4 x 16 currently with designs to soon extend another direction on either end or up the middle in a T form.. All so we can expose more detail to the viewers. I am sure that wont solve every problem either, and having a backdrop in places is going to pose new situations but there are some options. Also making it 360 forces the modeler to fill more space with detail or functionality (Oh my what a crime! lol).
We are also doing more of a busy city/town theme with a harbor and an industrial section off each end, in 1938 to 1945 World War II hometown America, and with lots of city streets that makes exposing key detailed walls on multiple crossing streets, track that by-sects streets, and four tiers of height taking the city somewhat vertical to fit more and give depth, it will still be a nightmare... But so fun right????? If it don't work? don't sweat it! just do something else
Todd
It looks great so far - I will also be following along.
Todd,
Interesting layout idea, certainly should make it easier to see all the details. Ideal is looking good, I'll be following along on the build as well as the layout.
Update on the storefront for Ideal Hosiery: Sunday evening I sat down to begin work on the storefront which is three separate pieces to be built and then joined together. The actual storefront lower section is made of mat board. The columns decorative work is built in layers of those mat board pieces that are stacked or layered. The columns themselves are the 3/16 square wood beams cut to size. When done, the entire lower assembly was painted Holly green. I left the front tiled piece as unpainted mat board because I did not want to paint it and have the grout line not visible. So now they just look like old yellowed tiles. Likewise with the door, for contrast reasons I left it unpainted mat board and glued it into place. The door handle was also mat board and I painted it silver, and it did not hold its shape very well, so I'm not happy with that and plan to straighten that up a little this evening.
The cornice up top was also comprised of mat board material and the decorative supports are styrene. very basic assembly and painted. Both the cornice and the storefront on its green portions were very gently sanded to take some of the paint off at high points to give it a bit of character and add depth.
The center clapboard section had been done earlier and has been waiting for the other two pieces. I just had to add the red signage which I had sprayed with a zap of dullcoat to take the glossy paper effect off. might need another zap of that yet before Im finished. All three components were then glued together and I added an extra support beam dead center behind it to give it some stability. When the glue was dried, I painted some roofing paper, soft black to fit on the lower cornice over the doorway and tattered up the edges a bit on the overhang to expose some wood and give it that look that says attention needed. A light dusting of white pastel dust gave it some age. I plan to add some rust and pigeon droppings to it when the entire structure is completed. I may also peel some of the green paint away where the wood is exposed at the roofing paper.
Next step on Monday afternoon, I began the actual structural assembly. Which is very straight forward. Everything matches up perfect as per any FOS structure I have built. The last photo shows the sub wall for the support of the enclosed stairwell.
Last night after my Capitals choked in their playoff game to the Leafs (42 years of frustrating tears here), I worked on the board by board work of the enclosed stairwell. The stairwell is mat board and I covered it with 3m transfer tape ( I like using the 1 and 1/2 inch size as it gives me greater coverage options to application than the one inch size being that I can either cover more space, or over-cover and trim excess easily). Then I took the 3/16 inch strip wood provided for the boards, there is plenty given for this, so you wont run out, and I washed them in the India ink and alcohol. When dry, I painted them white and a few minutes later covered them with masking tape and then quickly removed it, like pulling off a band aid. It gave the peeling paint effect. This technique was described by Doug in the instructions. He suggested using scotch tape, but it did not remove very much of the paint and everything looked a bit too white yet. So I attempted the masking tape which had more stick to it and I liked the results. Afterwards I cut the strips into scale 8 ft and 12 ft boards and placed them on the wall butting them up against each other and cutting along the 45 degree angle where necessary. The front of the stairwell with the door the pieces were glued on and trimmed individual to fit the door which was a little tricky as the door seemed a little larger than the opening. Whatever happened, it worked...lol
Looking great. Love the storefront, nice work.
Jeff
Lots of character in this little structure , great job.
Coming together nicely. 👍🏻👍🏻
I've been following along on your build and it's really coming along nicely. Keep those progress photos coming.
thanks Jeff, Jan, Dave and Mark!
Last evening I worked on roof of several areas of the structure, putting on the roofing tar paper which I painted "soft black" and put some of the trim under those eaves. I did make the edges of the roofing paper on the enclosed stairwell a little ragged and worn, but the rest of it and the roof on the main structure are too clean and perfectly placed because I ran out of time and needed my pillow. I will be weathering them all, making them look worn and somewhat tattered tonight, along with the adding of the rooftop shack and billboard sign to build yet. A sidewalk as well will be worked on and I am excited to use the suggestion by Doug on the FOS facebook page this past week of painting concrete for sidewalks, streets and parking lots, with some stuff called Chalk Matte Distressing paint by Artminds in Cocoon color. I found it at Michaels craft store this weekend. So I anxious as always to try my hand with this new medium. A lot of weathering and the addition of small details should start bringing this kit to life very soon. Can't wait to get out of my work office today to get started!!
Todd
Todd,
The structure looks great, very well done. I the sign. As Reading Bob said, looks like it was painted on the wall.
Tom ;D
So this past few days I wrapped up the remainder of this kit, with the exception of a possible added wall advertising sign to the rear of the structure (haven't made my mind up on this yet on whether it would be overkill or not), and painting and placing people figures to it (something I am both not very good at or sometimes have the patience for. I was going to post more of the build but from the point I left off, there wasn't much left to complete outside of the smaller details and weathering. it really is that straight-forward of a kit. Not a hard assembly at all but overall a very enjoyable little structure kit. I think it is more of what you want to get out of it and how you add your own personal touches to any kit that brings it to life to tell it's story. So without further ado:
Todd
a few more of the roof and back wall
Todd,
Your structure looks great !
Tommy
Love it Todd , great job on the signs , the chimney , the weathering etc.
really nice work! I like the detail of the steel drum that looks like spillage stain on it,,,,,I never thought to do that,,,,
Excellent build on this kit Todd! All those details and weathering really brought the building to life.
Todd, been following along. The coloring brings the structure to life. I have that kit on the docket for the future.
Very nicely done. Great work on the signs.
Jeff
Thanks Tommy, Jan, Bob, Mark, Marty, and Jeff! Appreciate the compliments and kind words! I have to admit, I built the kit pretty much to the same color schemes that FOS had on their photo because it caught my eye on their website before I bought it and thought that scheme would fit the one area of my layout in both size and contrast so I tried to stay with it, I do like changing some aspect of a kit to give it my own personal touch, but I can't claim I did so here too much. I could not find the door for the rooftop stairwell shack. I don't know if I was shorted it, (which I doubt), or if I misplaced it on my discombobulated hell hole of a workbench (more likely), so I made a more rustic door from left over wood planking for the enclosed side stairway, and I added the two red light fixtures and some cast metal details. I am still debating adding a medium sized advertising sign to the rear wall, but I don't want to overdo things and junk it up.
Bob, thanks on the spillage of muck on the side of the drum, but looking at it now a second time, I think I might put a blotch of white on the lid only because I doubt the spillage would actually have been on top of the lid. More or less just down the sides....maybe leave a few spillage spots on the lid at the edges where dirty hands would have handled it....not sure.
Todd
Great job on the build Todd! Everything looks terrific. The rolled roofing really caught my eye.
Regarding missing/misplaced parts - I found that having a couple packs of Tichy assorted Doors/Windows comes in handy at times such as that. It beats robbing Peter to pay Paul (aka "borrowing" a part from another kit in the stash). :) Your recovery was wonderful too though.
thanks Bob!
Yes, I think I am going to take your advice right now and search online to purchase a few packs of those window assortments! Great idea!
The rolled roofing, once I adhered it to the roof card stock, I took the backside of my xacto #11 blade and tugged at the edges in very small and deliberate pulls ragging them up a bit. Little flakes of the paper rip off and a few I use the blade and push it forward sort of to bunch up a 1/8 swath of "seen it's better days" tar paper. I painted back over where I did the damage using Folkart craft acrylic Soft Black, the same color used for the over all roof. It is not even really a full fledged black at all, more of a mix of black and dark walnut and looks just like the year old roll of roofing paper I have in the shed...lol.
Todd
Quote from: ReadingBob on April 27, 2017, 02:07:42 PM
Great job on the build Todd! Everything looks terrific. The rolled roofing really caught my eye.
Regarding missing/misplaced parts - I found that having a couple packs of Tichy assorted Doors/Windows comes in handy at times such as that. It beats robbing Peter to pay Paul (aka "borrowing" a part from another kit in the stash). :) Your recovery was wonderful too though.
Saved my keester a number of times.
Thanks Dave, yes I believe you told me to do the tichy assortment of doors a few weeks back. Well, between you and Bob, I ordered a set last night. great idea!!