My first kit build by Matthew K
Matthew (5) and I (aka Papou) went to Jimmy Deignan's layout open house and "RailroadKits" Factory last weekend in Holden, MA ...What a great time we had checking out the layout with a room filled with railroad enthusiasts. While in the factory Matthew picked out "The Scale House" kit and was talking all last week about building the kit with Papou, so this past Friday we got started. Matthew suggested we go to Jim's every year and buy a new bigger kit, sounds like a plan Matthew. Matthew loves to work with Papou in the Modeling/Crafts room.
OK Matthew...first let's open the package and do the unmanly thing...read the directions and check to see if Jim included all the parts. LOL
Step #1 Familiarize yourself with the parts.
Step #2. Brace the walls with included 5/32 stripwood. Use clothes pins or weights to keep the bracing tight to the walls while they dry.
Step #3. After the glue has cured, paint the walls. We stated by using the old ink alcohol mix followed by sponged on craft acrylic craft paints. We learned this method from Doug Foscale at his Studio Workshop at Fos Scale Models in Connecticut. It took me a while to convince Matthew that we needed to pick another color rather than pink. Now lets let it dry and we'll continue the next Friday Matthew comes to visit.
See you then...Matthew!
Can't wait for the next installment! :D
What a great project! Looking forward to your next update.
Great to see the next generation in action, looking forward to the next installment.
As usual, some rookie builds kits better than I do. ;D
Jeff
Doug,
Great stuff! Wonderful thread and thanks for sharing. Looks like Matthew is doing a great job!
Tom ;D
Quote from: Dave K. on April 13, 2014, 04:11:21 PM
Can't wait for the next installment! :D
Good work Matthew, can't wait for the rest of your build.
Tell Popau he's doing a good job helping you, sometimes Popau's need to be appreciated. ;D
Excellent work Matthew! I'm thinking he'll be showing Doug how to build SRMW kits pretty soon! Can't wait until the next update.
Wow, thats so great to see, I have to say he builds and paints much better than I do. Look forward to seeing more
Ken
Great Job Matthew. I built my first model when I was 6 and it didn't look that good. Raymo
Big Kudos, Matthew - your'e doing an awesome job!!! (Big applause if they had a smiley)
But, I'll have to admit - it was a little scary I read that Popau took you around that group of
railroad riff-raff in Holden! I hope you kept them on the straight and narrow track for once! ;D ;D ;D
That's so great! If nothing else, his comfort around tools will serve him for a lifetime. A lot of kids don't have that anymore.
John
What John said! it couldn't be more true...
Hal
This is really cool and fun to see.
My dad started me at the same age but I never turned out anything like this.
My first kit was an old Ayers (later Tru Scale) square water tower. I don't think it was all that square at the end.
Great stuff Doug
see ya
Bob
Matthew's build continued...
Step #4 Paint the 1/16" square wood corner trim. Glue it to both sides of the peaked walls as shown. Then trim it at the same angle of the roof.
Step #5 Paint the laserboard sheet of doors and windows.
Step #6 Now cut out and assemble the doors and windows in layers as shown on back of directions. Next we glazed the windows with Canopy Glue instead of the Acetate that was missing. Last we hit all the parts with some ink/alcohol to darken the paint colors. I had to adjust my magnifier visor smaller because I got a haircut...See you next week.
Matthew
:D :D :D :D
You're on a roll and doin' super, Matthew! 8) 8) 8)
Except for them durn parents and their haircut thing!
Hope you had lots of fun this weekend!!!
I'll be waitin' for next week ;D ;D ;D ;D !
Big ATTA BOY Matthew!
Looking Great Matthew!!
Matthew
I don't think George Sellios or Dave Frary were building kits at 5. In the next printing of Frary's book he should have your picture and the tip # 1 should be "start young". Great job!
This is nice to read. Modern laser kits are good parent-child projects; my daughter's friend liked the buildings on my layout, so I gave her & her father BEST's Salisbury Point Station to build together. It didn't turn either of them into a model railroader, but it's a pleasant memory for them both.
Doug.......
My dad started me at about five also but I didn't build anything till something around eight years old.
What a great adventure for the two of you.
Thanx
Bob
Hi Doug:
Really cool. Keep him interested. Young blood is what the hobby business needs. I worked in a Hobby shop for 20 years. We just closed up about 2 months ago. Reason. Not many young people interested. Any way he looks like he's doing a great job.
Karl