After a lot of pondering I have decided to build this little vegetable and fruit stand. The roof sign will probably be changed to FRUKT - GRONNSAKER as it will possibly end up being sited around the corner of my Bergen Warehouses on the new Norwegian layout.
Here is the box shot and the contents of the box............
Mike
I'm looking forward to seeing this one come together Mike! Thanks for sharing. :)
Thanks Bob much appreciated.
Continuing..........these are the parts of the kit
a) the walls of the main building
b) the parts for the fruit & veggie display bins
c) the metal fruit bin and extra details, doors/windows and signage
Mike
Looking forward to this build
Mike Sigmon
Lovely choice Mike!
Will be watching ;)
Thanks Mike and Pol.Lux, I have chosen this because it can be international, everyone has market stalls...........the build should not take long and it is bit unusual.
Mike
Following Mike
Mike.........
Glad you are trying one of these kits. I've met the owner/operator of the company, David Proell. He's super cool and these turn out great kits. He offers a lot of period detail items to go with his kits. Barrels and crates and such.
He prints up signs in ten year intervals for period advertisements.
He also makes a sheet of license plates for cars..... A very cool detail.
You listening Dan ! ! ! !
Again Mike....
very cool
Bob
Good choice Mike. I will be following along.
I'll be looking in also Mike. :)
I'll be trailing along...
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Thanks Jan, Greg, John and Donato......
Bob I agree. The kits are well thought out and fairly reasonably priced. I think I have built about 30 of them so far!
Mike :)
Continuing...............
This kit is not rocket science and makes a good entry level kit for a beginner.
First you brace the front wall with some lengths of supplied 6x6.
Then I painted the main walls and the doors/windows.
Then I glued said windows and doors into the walls before glazing them. Using a cocktail stick I just spread the thick white Glue N Glaze.
Mike
Looking good Mike.
Mike,
Ditto, looking good.
Tom ;D
Following along...leave it to Donato to find an appropriate picture! 😁
Thanks for joining the build, you always do great work.
Thanks Curt, Tom, Dave and Raymo for watching...........
The corner posts were painted and added to the end walls................
Continuing...........
The display cases were next...........I will touch up with paint when the glue dries. These were a little tricky. I must remember to get my fingernails cut.
I have decided to re-purpose this kit to a fresh fish stall. On my last trip to Bergen, Norway I walked around the fish market by the harbour and it was fasicinating.
Using Google Translate I am going to make some Norwegian signage for my little market.
Mike
A Norwegian fish market, doesn't get more Norwegian then that, looking great Mike.
Beautiful modeling.
I have a couple of their kits but have never built one. I'll be following along Mike.
Mike...
In the JL kits... David uses a really good quality paper for the signs.
One trick that I have found to get his signs to lay down in the clap board is to take a finger nail sanding board and reduce the thickness of the paper from the back side.
Cut the desired sign a little big to start and then later trim back and feather the last to get the edge you might want.
Sand it until you can just start to see the ink from the back side. You are there.
Put a small amount of slightly thinned white or yellow glue on the sign and place down on the structure.
Take a small but blunt devise.,.... a dull or rounded screwdriver (we all have a bunch of those! ) and working from one side, top or bottom, press the sign in and nest it in the clap board.
It works every time. Pick away the shininess of any glue squirting out with a very sharp #11 blade.
Then hit the whole thing with dull cote if you choose.
see ya
Bob
Thanks Curt, Jan, Mark and Bob...................
Mike ;D
Following on.............I have been busy with exhibitions apologies for my tardiness.
I prepped all the walls and added signs I made on my computer. I am naming the stall "Naco Fisk". I googled fish companies in Norway and found they were a big supplier.
The walls were then glued together and I added pictures of fish to the front of the display stands. The roofing was applied to the card roofs using double sided tape.
Continuing the roof was glued to the walls. These are very fragile.
Mike
Excellent Mike. I think the fish pictures really add to the draw of the building.
Looking good, Mike.
Nice signage.
Cheers, Mark.
Mike,
I agree, it is looking very good.
Tom ;D
Thanks Curt, Mark and Tom for your kind words.
Mike :)
Hi Mike:
Nice start. I'll be following along also.
Karl
Mike
Very nice work - I too like the fish pictures.
Thanks for your kind words Karl and John. The kit is fairly simple but I am enjoying trying to re-purpose it into something vaguely Norwegian.
I hope to finish this next week before I am off on holiday to guess where - Norway.
Mike :)