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Title: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on July 31, 2018, 09:45:41 AM
Hi Guys:

Started the Water Tank & Tool Shed A few days ago. Here's a few progress photos. I decided to go with colors rather than the super weathered look. It has a detailed interior. Sink and toilet are installed so far.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: bparrish on July 31, 2018, 12:59:33 PM
Karl...

Good choice on the colors....... the green and depot buff colors are my favorite for on-line structures.

very cool
thanx
Bob
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on July 31, 2018, 02:46:25 PM
Hey Bob:

Glad you like it. I like the colors also for on line structures. Thanks for the compliment.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: PRR Modeler on July 31, 2018, 04:16:49 PM
I agree, nice colors and modeling.
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on July 31, 2018, 04:32:19 PM
Hey Curt:

Thanks buddy appreciate it.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: Jerry on July 31, 2018, 05:29:47 PM
Karl very interesting.

Really looking forward on how you do this.

I blew the plans up to O-Scale to scratch build it.  So I will be following closely.

Great start with the colors.

Jerry
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: dick green on July 31, 2018, 05:44:52 PM
Karl
What will you do when you run out of depot buff? LOL
Dick
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: GPdemayo on August 01, 2018, 08:27:13 AM
A neat golden oldie.....I'll be looking in Karl.  :)
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: jimmillho on August 01, 2018, 10:02:36 AM
I will be following this

Jim
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 01, 2018, 10:12:33 AM
Hi Dick:

I guess I will have to find something else that matches it. Actually Model Master makes Depot Buff. I have some of it also. I'm sure there is a craft paint that will also match.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 01, 2018, 10:13:21 AM
Hi Greg:

Thanks for following along.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 01, 2018, 10:13:59 AM
Hi Jim:

Also thank you for following along.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 01, 2018, 10:14:59 AM
Hi All:

Got the interior detailed yesterday. Here's A photo.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: Zephyrus52246 on August 01, 2018, 10:27:01 AM
Nice interior.  Good idea to put the toilet in first.   :)

Jeff
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 01, 2018, 10:32:01 AM
Hi Jeff:

Thanks for the compliment.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: ACL1504 on August 01, 2018, 12:12:21 PM
Karl,

Just getting caught up on the build. Very well done as usual.

Tom  ;D
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: PRR Modeler on August 01, 2018, 02:11:42 PM
Nice job Karl.
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 02, 2018, 07:34:29 AM
Hi Curt:

Thanks buddy appreciate it.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 02, 2018, 02:19:07 PM
Hey Tom:

Glad to have you along and thanks for the compliment

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 09, 2018, 06:20:39 PM
Hi All:

Been working on the roof and finished it up today.
Here's a photo.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: S&S RR on August 09, 2018, 07:25:34 PM
Good work my friend - I must be getting slower in my old age - your half way done with the build when I find your thread.
I will stop by tomorrow for the finished pictures. ;D ;) :o
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: Janbouli on August 10, 2018, 03:21:46 AM
Looks great Karl , I would like that 1:1 in my garden.
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 10, 2018, 07:41:02 AM
Hi John & Janbouli:

Thanks for the compliment guys. Much appreciated as always.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: PRR Modeler on August 10, 2018, 10:52:41 AM
Very nice modeling.
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: vinceg on August 10, 2018, 01:33:02 PM
Nice job, Karl. That's a lot of character for an unassuming little kit.
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: jimmillho on August 10, 2018, 03:21:29 PM
Karl must be slowing down........it has been 10 days since his first post and he ain't done yet?

Great build Karl.

Jim
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 10, 2018, 08:51:28 PM
Hi curt:

thanks appreciate the compliment.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 10, 2018, 08:52:25 PM
Hey Vince:

yeah thanks fro the compliment. Yep it does have character for a small structure.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 10, 2018, 08:53:41 PM
Hi Jim:

Thanks yeah been watching some TV here and there. Thanks for the compliment.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: tom.boyd.125 on August 11, 2018, 01:37:29 AM
Karl,
Really like that two tone building ! Looks so different than the normal build of the kit.
Tommy
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 11, 2018, 10:38:28 AM
Hi Tom:

Glad you like the way it looks. I just didn't want it to look all that weathered. Thanks.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 17, 2018, 12:56:10 PM
Hi All:

Been working on the water tank. It was somewhat time consuming. But I got it done. On to it's roof.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: S&S RR on August 17, 2018, 04:17:28 PM
Karl


It looks great!
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 17, 2018, 04:47:53 PM
Hey John:

Thanks buddy appreciate it.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: Mark Dalrymple on August 17, 2018, 08:47:29 PM
Looking fantastic, Karl!

Cheers, Mark.
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 18, 2018, 09:34:06 AM
Hey Mark:

Thanks much appreciate your compliment.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: Opa George on August 19, 2018, 08:55:37 AM
Karl,
Beautiful detail work. Nice variation on the degree of weathering.
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: GPdemayo on August 19, 2018, 10:19:06 AM
Quote from: postalkarl on August 17, 2018, 12:56:10 PM
Hi All:

Been working on the water tank. It was somewhat time consuming. But I got it done. On to it's roof.

Karl


Time well spent on the tank Karl.....it looks great, especially with those flat straps.  8)
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: jimmillho on August 19, 2018, 01:08:24 PM
Love the details on the Tank.  Great job Karl.

Jim
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 20, 2018, 12:01:51 PM
Hi Opa George:

Glad you like my degree of weathering. I like my structures to look useful.  Thanks for the compliment.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 20, 2018, 12:02:47 PM
Hi Greg:

Thanks buddy. Glad you like the flat straps. If you look at water tanks its what they have.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 20, 2018, 12:04:03 PM
Hi Jim:

Thanks for the compliment. Much appreciated.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 20, 2018, 12:05:36 PM
Hi All:

Been working on the water tank roof and decided to go with a flat roof as George has done on other kits and structures on the F&SM. Here's a photo. Hope it looks OK.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 21, 2018, 02:10:41 PM
Hi Guys:

George Sellios called me this afternoon to tell he like what I was doing with the kit. He actually liked the flat water tank roof. He said keep up the good work.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: vinceg on August 21, 2018, 03:03:33 PM
Quote from: postalkarl on August 21, 2018, 02:10:41 PM
Hi Guys:

George Sellios called me this afternoon to tell he like what I was doing with the kit. He actually liked the flat water tank roof. He said keep up the good work.

Karl

Wow. A call from George -- that has to be fun!

Personally, I was hoping for no roof and just Billy Jo, Bobbi Jo, and Betty Jo peering over the rim...you know, maybe something like:

(https://modelersforum.com/gallery/760-210818150138.png)


Just a thought....
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: Opa George on August 21, 2018, 04:49:36 PM
Karl,
Congrats on getting the stamp of approval from George Sellios!  Is this hobby great, or what?

Vince,
Glad to know I'm not the only one to ponder modeling that scene, and of course with Uncle Joe asleep on the porch of the Shady Rest.
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 24, 2018, 02:54:15 PM
Hi Vince:

Thats A cool idea but to late know as the roof was already glued on.  Thanks for the idea.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 24, 2018, 02:55:53 PM
Hi Opa George:

Thanks for checking in. It's glued to the base and the terack is installed. On to the scenery around the kit.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 28, 2018, 06:36:52 PM
Hi All:

Got some more done on this. Did the ladders and put the detail casting around the building.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: cuse on August 28, 2018, 08:07:10 PM
Looks fantastic Karl. Great work!


John
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: Opa George on August 28, 2018, 08:13:18 PM
Karl, looks really good. The details castings really tie it to the base. Lots of character in that structure.
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 29, 2018, 10:23:13 AM
Hi John & George:

Thanks much for the compliments. Glad you like how the casting tie everything together. On to the fence and all the other details.

Thanks:

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: ACL1504 on August 29, 2018, 02:06:19 PM
Karl,

Wonderful job and it looks fantastic, as always.

Tom  ;D
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: bparrish on August 29, 2018, 05:01:06 PM
Vince.......

I think you have been sniffing the glue about long enough now ! ! ! !

see ya
Bob
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: vinceg on August 29, 2018, 07:30:37 PM
Quote from: bparrish on August 29, 2018, 05:01:06 PM
Vince.......

I think you have been sniffing the glue about long enough now ! ! ! !

see ya
Bob

I'm off the glue, now.

But, Dio-Sol.....that's a different story.
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 29, 2018, 07:36:42 PM
Hi Tom, Bob & Vince:

Thanks for the compliment and the replies.

Karl

Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 29, 2018, 07:53:19 PM
Hi Guys:

Got the fence built today and am paint lots of castings that go inside the fence. Possibly finisheing up tomorrow.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 30, 2018, 03:43:59 PM
Hi All:

Finished this model up today. Here are the final photos.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: ACL1504 on August 30, 2018, 03:55:08 PM
Karl,

Well done my friend, very well done for sure.

Tom ;D
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 30, 2018, 05:30:41 PM
Hey Tom:

Thanks buddy appreciate your comments as always.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: GPdemayo on August 31, 2018, 09:03:38 AM
Another beauty Karl.....well done.  8)
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: geoawelch on August 31, 2018, 10:58:51 AM
Beautiful work, Karl. Never built that one - only the stand alone one.

George
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: ReadingBob on August 31, 2018, 11:06:37 AM
Karl knocks another one out of the park.   ;D  Wonderful work.
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: sdrees on August 31, 2018, 11:42:27 AM
Hi Karl,

Well the energizer bunny finishes another great project.  WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 31, 2018, 01:16:50 PM
Hey Greg, George, Bob & Steve:

WOW !!! what can I say but thanks for your great comments and compliments. Much appreciated as always.

Thanks much:

Karl

Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: Zephyrus52246 on August 31, 2018, 02:37:15 PM
Nice work Karl, especially the water tank on the structure.


Jeff
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on August 31, 2018, 02:40:05 PM
Hi Jeff:

Thanks for the compliment. Glad you liked the water tank.

Karl.
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: Opa George on September 01, 2018, 06:41:48 PM
Fantastic work, Karl!  Really enjoyed following this build. Thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on September 01, 2018, 06:48:44 PM
Hey Opa George:

Thanks for the compliment. Much appreciated.

Karl
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: Bruce Oberleitner on September 03, 2018, 11:56:24 AM
Hey Karl,
Another amazing model structure!  A Blue ribbon winner in any model building contest!

;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Water Tank & Tool Shed FSM #125
Post by: postalkarl on September 03, 2018, 02:03:29 PM
Hey Bruce:

Glad you liked what I did. Thanks for the compliment. Much appreciated.

Thanks:

Karl
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