Hi all!
I got my hands on this:
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A really old kit from HSM?!?
I would say that this must be considered a Craftsman kit... ;)
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The build has begun...
Cutting the windows and doors. A new blade was definitely a must
The walls was a pain to cut out in 1/8" cardboard.
I have glued the brick faces to the cardboard, and they are now drying under a ton of lead weights....
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Wow,that certainly qualifies as "craftsman". We sometimes forget what kits were like in the "olden days" before laser cutting. ;D
Jeff
I remember this as a kit and have seen it built. Very nice fire station.
I'll be following your progress.
Tom ;D
I have several of their neat kits.....one is partially finished that I started in the 80's. I'll be watching. :)
I hope to finish this in a week or so... 8)
Been building the wall details.
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The brick surround is cardboard.
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Doors....
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The gables are almost finished.
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Painting bricks.... The walls are quite large, so it's going to take a while.
This is how I did the walls:
I primed them with burnt sienna and then picked some bricks in lighter and darker colors.
Note that they are way to strong in contrast at this stage.
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I then lightly Airbrushed some of the base color to tone down the bricks.
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To make the mortar, I painted the walls with warm gray oil paint straight from the tube.
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I then wiped it off while wet.
I lastly used a towel that was very lightly damped in mineral spirits to remove the oil paint from the brick surfaces.
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Just the way I liked it. :)
The fire station build continued.
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I've assembled the walls and built the windows and doors.
They are mostly made out of cardboard with printed plastic glass.
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The embossed brick walls were a real chore to work with....But it worked out okay.
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Finished!!!
The HSM Nevada city fire station is done!
It was a real challenge, but it went really okay I think.
The bell tower has 28 parts.... Fiddly, to say the least.
The interior light is a led mounted above the ceiling and has an orange colored diffuser to make it resemble gas light.
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VERY nice!
dave
Quote from: deemery on May 10, 2017, 09:28:24 AM
VERY nice!
dave
I'll second that (or is it third or fourth.....) VERY, VERY nice.